Melissa Esslinger on Kill Tony

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35 sets·2.43 bits/set·2.94 beats/set·0.50 punch density·0.56 tag density

About Melissa Esslinger's sets

Melissa Esslinger has done 35 sets on Kill Tony, the first on episode #109 (6 May 2020) and the latest on episode #173 (24 Oct 2016).

Melissa Esslinger came to the show as a bucket pull, a comic whose name is drawn from the bucket for a one-minute set.

Melissa Esslinger has performed for guest panels including Dom Irrera, Kirk Fox, Jamar Neighbors and Al Madrigal.

Melissa Esslinger averages 0.50 laugh lines, punchlines and tags, for every setup or filler line. That is more than 71% of the 1,713 other comics PunchNotes has broken down.

Melissa Esslinger's punch density went from 0.23 in the first set to 0.36 in the latest.

On average Melissa Esslinger follows each punchline with 0.56 tags.

Of the 103 jokes PunchNotes has classified, 51 are misdirect jokes, ahead of reframe (24).

Appearances

EpisodeDateGuest panelBitsPunch densityTag density
KT #17324 Oct 2016Dom Irrera30.360.67
KT #16612 Oct 2016Kirk Fox, Jamar Neighbors10.070.00
KT #16511 Oct 2016Al Madrigal30.471.33
KT #16423 July 2016Pat Regan, Jeremiah Watkins10.502.00
KT #16321 July 2016Brody Stevens, Josh Wolf10.361.00
KT #16221 July 2016Dom Irrera, Ian Edwards41.250.25
KT #16027 Dec 2018Erik Griffin, Michael Kosta10.631.50
KT #15820 July 2016Moshe Kasher20.361.00
KT #15627 Dec 2018Jeff Ross20.560.25
KT #15531 May 2016Deon Cole, Benji Aflalo10.270.00
KT #15424 May 2016Jesse Joyce, Byron Bowers40.700.75
KT #15122 Apr 2016Doug Benson, Eleanor Kerrigan30.270.00
KT #15022 Apr 2016Morgan Murphy, Sam Tripoli20.200.00
KT #14922 Apr 2016Kirk Fox, Bert Kreischer31.330.00
KT #1482 Apr 2016Bill Burr, Dom Irrera, Andrew Themeles20.200.00
KT #1473 May 2016KILL TONY #14740.400.50
KT #14528 Dec 2018Anthony Jeselnik, Chris Porter50.540.40
KT #1442 Sept 2017Doug Benson, Esther Ku, Greg Fitzsimmons10.891.00
KT #1432 Sept 2017Al Madrigal, Jessica Michelle Singleton20.782.50
KT #1416 May 2020Adam Ray, Matt Braunger20.250.50
KT #1409 Oct 2017Joey Diaz, Jeff Garlin, Steve Rannazzisi31.171.33
KT #13928 Dec 2018Doug Benson, Sarah Tiana30.400.33
KT #13628 Dec 2018Jeff Garlin, Doug Benson30.861.00
KT #13528 Dec 2018Jimmy Shubert, Mat Edgar10.300.00
KT #13328 Dec 2018Josh Adam Meyers, Moshe Kasher10.130.00
KT #1306 May 2020Jamar Neighbors, Michael Kosta30.100.00
KT #12925 Mar 2018Theo Von, Fahim Anwar40.640.75
KT #12711 Aug 2018Joe Rogan, Ian Edwards20.710.67
KT #12610 Aug 2018Bobby Lee, Greg Fitzsimmons30.750.00
KT #12528 Dec 2018Brody Stevens, Willie Hunter30.500.00
KT #12418 Mar 2018Andrew Santino, Sandro Iocolano20.080.00
KT #1236 May 2020Benji Aflalo, Jason Gillearn30.330.00
KT #12028 Dec 2018Dom Irrera, Willie Hunter20.671.00
KT #1186 May 2020Jerrod Carmichael, Dan Germain30.290.75
KT #1096 May 2020Doug Benson, Geoff Tate20.230.00

Jokes from Melissa Esslinger's sets

A few jokes from each of the latest 10 sets. Open a set for the full transcript and every joke.

KT #17324 Oct 2016

misdirect
setup

where it would encourage people to be kind to people. I was gonna call it Killing Them With Kindness, but then I realized it was just one K word away

punchline

from being a really bad racist organization.

tag

So I didn't do that.

analogy
setup

Bipolar is weird.

punchline

It's like getting a box of chocolates every day.

tag

You never know what you're gonna get.

KT #16612 Oct 2016

reframe
setup

when you, I'm still going, I just chose,

punchline

I chose finger paint.

KT #16511 Oct 2016

reframe
setup

You know those desk birds that are like, I don't understand, they're like,

punchline

Oh shit, I'm still thirsty.

tag

Fuck, what was I going to do?

tag

Oh yeah, drink more water.

misdirect
setup

Everybody's doing it. Getting 14 year old girls are like right around the corner from getting, you know, like abducted because you're like, yeah, man, I got a rat attack!

punchline

And then you're in a van.

KT #16423 July 2016

anti-humor
setup

walking around and this isn't a joke so I'm going to get to this. It's not that my kind acts are insincere, it's just that I tend to like pre-major ejaculate from a...

punchline

I forgot the word that I made up. I made up a word for that.

tag

It's a terrible look. Okay.

tag

No, um, fuck. Balls. No, I'm not ending there. I can get... I mean, Jesus.

KT #16321 July 2016

misdirect
setup

And I get pissed off 'cause I'm like, why does this fire hydrant need two spaces the size of a truck?

punchline

Well, a truck, a fire truck, I guess, would go there.

tag

But you don't need the whole space to get a hose to a fire hydrant.

tag

I just don't understand why it's got to be like that and then cost $73.

misdirect
setup

Every time I park somewhere, the red pisses me off and I used to look at fire hydrants and think of like Dalmatian puppies with hats on. And now I immediately think parking tickets

punchline

and that sucks, ruin my coloring books.

KT #16221 July 2016

misdirect
punchline

If I were a cartoon character, I would be the nervous turtle from "Rocko's Modern Life."

misdirect
setup

My doctor once told me that I had oppositional defiance disorder.

punchline

I demanded a second opinion.

KT #16027 Dec 2018

misdirect
setup

I was born a Jedi, but my lightsaber was powered by

punchline

generic batteries.

reframe
setup

But when my lightsaber doesn't work, I just put a helmet on. Because anybody wearing a helmet that's 26 years old,

punchline

nobody's going to fuck with you.

tag

I don't think there's one evil person in the world

tag

that wouldn't back off from a helmet on an adult.

KT #15820 July 2016

double-meaning
setup

The stage is taller, but I feel smaller right now. But my dad always told me to be a mover and a shaker,

punchline

so I got half of that going.

hyperbole
setup

I like check every time I go to the doctor, I check like when they still measure height and I check for that three quarters of an inch.

punchline

Make sure it's still there.

tag

It means a lot to me.

tag

I just, it means that much to me.

KT #15627 Dec 2018

misdirect
setup

It's a natural bridge cliff. Anyway, I was chasing a lizard And apparently, lizards can climb on the sides of things, but people can't.

punchline

But I was wearing overalls, so my dad grabbed them, and that day, Oshkosh saved my life.

hyperbole
punchline

I wish that I fell off of it right now, but that's all I got.

KT #15531 May 2016

misdirect
setup

so I would just start back at 20, and 28, 29, 20, so my mom was never worried that I would be kidnapped ever,

punchline

'cause they would definitely bring me back.

hyperbole
setup

it starts to sound weird. I found that out with Garfield. It was like, Garfield, Garfield, Garfield, Garfield.

punchline

Gar- Whoa. Whoa.