Name: Reacting to Kam Patterson Joining SNL, and the Impact of Kill Tony
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Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Reacting to Kam Patterson Joining SNL, and the Impact of Kill Tony' from Theo Von Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2025-09-08. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Reacting to Kam Patterson Joining SNL, and the Impact of Kill Tony' from Theo Von Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2025-09-08. Transcript available.

I wanted to talk about Kill Tony.
You've been labeled by some as one of the best Kill Tony guests,
which is kind of rare because they hate everybody kind of.
They do.
Yeah, they're like old O&A fans too.
They're just animals.
Yeah, they're animals.
They hate everyone.
But I think I love doing that show.
You did The Garden, yeah?
I did.
Yeah, it was like a five or six minute stand-up set.
That's cool.
It's tough to do there.
It is a different energy, man.
And I did it last year, but they didn't film it for,
they just kind of shot it for clips.
But when you're doing the panel, at the Mothership,
I've done the panel a lot.
And I always like to give the,
if I can give the comics a bit of advice, I try to.
Because a lot of those guys are really terrible
and a lot of them are really good, but they're just raw.
And as a new comic man, I was so fucking easily wounded
that if someone made it seem like I really had nothing,
I probably would have quit.
So I always try to fuck around.
And if I can say something that helps them, I try to.
That's a good point.
Yeah, I think, I remember now when you said that,
I remember like one of the first nights I ever did comedy,
maybe the third or fourth time.
Like I started like down in New Orleans
and Mark Norman was there, Dane Fauche,
a couple, some local guys, Scotland Green,
some different comedians down there.
And, but I remember the bartender said,
hey man, you did a good job.
And just something like that little
kept me coming back for the next two months, you know?
Yeah, because somebody who's in the know,
somebody who's in that scene recognized it and went,
hey, you're right, the bartender in a comedy club
or in a comedy scene, they see everybody.
Yeah.
So when they like you, you're like,
all right, I must be doing something right
because they see everyone who comes.
There was a guy named Rob at Rascals,
who's a bartender and he always liked me
and he was always like, yeah, you're really funny, man.
And that gave me confidence back then
because every comic came through there.
And the fact that Rob thought I was funny meant something.
You know what I mean?
Like, that's like when other comics respect you.
Oh yeah.
You feel like, fuck, I'm doing something right
because the guys that are the hardest to make laugh
or the most critical about it like what I'm doing.
Yeah, one night I was coming off stage
and Bill Burr said something.
I had to go on before him at the Dolby Theater
and I was so nervous.
I'd never even been on a theater stage before.
And I did pretty good, but it just went good.
And I was coming off and he was like,
pretty good, man.
You know, some little,
even just getting him to even fucking,
even if he'd have spit on my back,
it would have, you know?
Yeah.
If he'd have come on one of my legs,
it'd have been like, that's, thank you.
If there's something.
He's just multiple migs to that, yeah.
Yeah.
Has the audience stopped cheering, Clarice?
But yeah, it would have been perfect, dude.
But yeah, just, it's so funny,
the little things like that.
What do you think about Kill Tony
and that whole, like, when you see that,
what do you think about?
Do you see it as a phenomenon?
Like, do you see it as like a change?
Like, what do you think about it?
I think it's great because it gives a lot,
the people who bad mouth it,
it's like, it's really, it's honest.
It's like these young guys are getting up on stage,
some are brand new,
and you're watching this minute process.
It's very hard to be funny in a minute.
So hard.
And I love the fact that,
because Tony is so fast.
Like, he really is quick.
Yeah.
Like, lightning fucking fast.
And when he plays with people,
sometimes they'll be terrible on stage,
but they'll win them over in the interview.
So he gives you a shot.
You have a fair shot at Kill Tony.
No one can interrupt you a minute.
And during the interview,
if you have a comic's brain and you're funny,
you'll be acknowledged as being funny,
even if your set wasn't good.
I don't feel like there's any bias,
like, hey, we're going to get this guy
because he thinks this,
or we're going to choose that guy
because he thinks that.
I agree.
I think it's a very honest formula.
I love doing it.
And I just have a fun time when I do it.
It's so pressure-free.
And it's just fun to fuck around and riff.
It's like radio.
Like, I love doing that show.
Yeah.
And you get to be around other guys,
like you're saying.
You know, you just get to be around
another group of, like, comics.
You're all together.
There's the blind guy.
There's the Chris Rogers is doing art.
You know, it's like,
or the black guy,
they took his eyes out for being black
or whatever, which is,
it's like, come on, dude.
Those times have changed, but okay.
And then Tony is, in a weird way,
it's so perfect
because Tony's almost always,
he's kind of the bad guy, right?
He's the wizard,
but he's also the bad guy, right?
Like, so, you know,
he's like,
because he's so, like,
he can be so just cutting
that in the end,
he's almost always the bad guy.
And yeah, some of those people
are setting themselves up
for complete failure.
Some of them just want a moment
of that pain of being up there
and some of them,
they're getting up there to try it
and it probably gets a lot of those bugs
out of their,
just the nerves out of their system.
Yeah, if you can survive in that,
it's a huge stage.
Even if you're just doing the mothership,
you still know how many people
are going to see it.
And he's a sniper.
Like, you know what I mean?
He picks up on everything.
But if you're good,
if he thinks you're funny,
he won't like,
oh, let me go trash this guy
because I have to.
He'll acknowledge you as being funny
and have a good time talking to you.
So I think if you go into it with that
and you know like,
hey, it can go either way,
I think you're going to have a good time.
But I couldn't have done it six months in.
I would have been fucking terrified
to do that show six months in.
Oh, it would have been so crazy.
And that just shows you
that times are different somehow,
I think,
with people seeing clips of things.
The psychology of society changes
and how people are able to be something
and not,
like when I was coming up,
I couldn't have just,
I don't think gone and done that
and known that that many people could see it.
It would have been way too scary.
Yeah, it would have been terrifying.
But the ball's on,
like, because they see guys,
like all these guys that are coming through,
they're all doing well.
The ones that have kind of come through,
Cam Patterson is doing great.
He just made SNL.
He did.
Okay.
I had heard that,
but I didn't want to say it.
I didn't know if they announced it yet.
He just took it.
Please don't.
Good for Cam.
Good.
Yeah, I heard that last week.
Good for him.
Tommy Brennan,
Jeremy Culhane,
Cam Patterson,
and Veronica Slowikowska.
Oh, that's great.
Good for,
yeah, I'm happy that they,
that was official.
I congratulate them.
I'm like, I won't say.
Ari Matty is very funny.
Christina Mariani.
Oh, he's funny.
Christina Mariani's very funny too.
Yeah.
There's a good group of people there.
And I know Fiona Colley,
I'm forgetting some people.
So I apologize.
Fiona's from here, I think, isn't she?
Is she redheaded?
Yes.
I don't know where she's from.
Does she seem like she's like
in a wheelchair or whatever?
I did get that impression.
Okay.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Very definitively got that impression
when she wheeled in.
I wasn't,
I was going to say she didn't seem like it.
Like right now,
I seem like I'm in a wheelchair
because I'm sitting here.
But when somebody wheels in,
you can say without reservation,
that person's in a wheelchair.
And blessings, Fiona.
She should be on SNL.
She's great.
She and I have actually worked together
on the same show a few times.
So I just,
yeah,
yeah,
same,
yeah,
definitely.
I like that whole crew
and they're all nice.
Like,
you see them on the events now
and they're getting real followings,
so many of them.
So it's nice to see
these young comics
doing really well.
And some people,
I don't know why anybody
would begrudge those guys.
It's like there's room for everybody.
That's what Rogan always says
and that's one thing
that I admire about him the most.
He always says
that there's room for everybody.
There's room for all of us
to lift each other up.
Yeah,
like I'm not afraid of my spot.
Like we all,
as we get older,
you feel like,
oh,
I suck.
I'm worthless.
Like it's just a part
of what made me a comic
to begin with.
I mean,
if I had great self-esteem,
I would not have gotten
into this line of work.
Yeah.
that part of me
has remained the same.
But as far as shitting
on other people,
we're trying to keep
other people down
because of what they say
or their belief.
It's just such a weak
pussy thing to do.
It's like,
who the fuck cares?
Like,
I don't care what other guys
are talking about on stage.
As long as you're not
stealing material.
Yeah.
Whatever point of view
you're talking about,
good,
make it funny.
Yeah,
I don't even have time
to think about that.
No.
But guys do.
You do the joke
from the wrong angle
and people are like,
whoa.
And it's dishonest.
When people criticize that,
it's not like,
hey,
I'm old
and I can't handle
young people being involved.
It's that I think
it's dishonest
and attacking other comics
for material points of view
is a way for you
to climb socially.
It's become one more way
to climb the ladder.
It's not based,
these purity tests
are just one more way
for people to climb the ladder.
They give you a purity test,
you fail,
they climb a little higher
because they gave the test.
It's nonsense.
But that ladder
has fallen so far down
in society.
I think people are just like,
whatever that whole system was
for so long
is disappearing so much.