Melissa Esslinger on Kill Tony
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
| Episode | Date | Guest panel | Bits | Punch density | Tag density |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KT #173 | 24 Oct 2016 | Dom Irrera | 3 | 0.36 | 0.67 |
| KT #166 | 12 Oct 2016 | Kirk Fox, Jamar Neighbors | 1 | 0.07 | 0.00 |
| KT #165 | 11 Oct 2016 | Al Madrigal | 3 | 0.47 | 1.33 |
| KT #164 | 23 July 2016 | Pat Regan, Jeremiah Watkins | 1 | 0.50 | 2.00 |
| KT #163 | 21 July 2016 | Brody Stevens, Josh Wolf | 1 | 0.36 | 1.00 |
| KT #162 | 21 July 2016 | Dom Irrera, Ian Edwards | 4 | 1.25 | 0.25 |
| KT #160 | 27 Dec 2018 | Erik Griffin, Michael Kosta | 1 | 0.63 | 1.50 |
| KT #158 | 20 July 2016 | Moshe Kasher | 2 | 0.36 | 1.00 |
| KT #156 | 27 Dec 2018 | Jeff Ross | 2 | 0.56 | 0.25 |
| KT #155 | 31 May 2016 | Deon Cole, Benji Aflalo | 1 | 0.27 | 0.00 |
| KT #154 | 24 May 2016 | Jesse Joyce, Byron Bowers | 4 | 0.70 | 0.75 |
| KT #151 | 22 Apr 2016 | Doug Benson, Eleanor Kerrigan | 3 | 0.27 | 0.00 |
| KT #150 | 22 Apr 2016 | Morgan Murphy, Sam Tripoli | 2 | 0.20 | 0.00 |
| KT #149 | 22 Apr 2016 | Kirk Fox, Bert Kreischer | 3 | 1.33 | 0.00 |
| KT #148 | 2 Apr 2016 | Bill Burr, Dom Irrera, Andrew Themeles | 2 | 0.20 | 0.00 |
| KT #147 | 3 May 2016 | KILL TONY #147 | 4 | 0.40 | 0.50 |
| KT #145 | 28 Dec 2018 | Anthony Jeselnik, Chris Porter | 5 | 0.54 | 0.40 |
| KT #144 | 2 Sept 2017 | Doug Benson, Esther Ku, Greg Fitzsimmons | 1 | 0.89 | 1.00 |
| KT #143 | 2 Sept 2017 | Al Madrigal, Jessica Michelle Singleton | 2 | 0.78 | 2.50 |
| KT #141 | 6 May 2020 | Adam Ray, Matt Braunger | 2 | 0.25 | 0.50 |
| KT #140 | 9 Oct 2017 | Joey Diaz, Jeff Garlin, Steve Rannazzisi | 3 | 1.17 | 1.33 |
| KT #139 | 28 Dec 2018 | Doug Benson, Sarah Tiana | 3 | 0.40 | 0.33 |
| KT #136 | 28 Dec 2018 | Jeff Garlin, Doug Benson | 3 | 0.86 | 1.00 |
| KT #135 | 28 Dec 2018 | Jimmy Shubert, Mat Edgar | 1 | 0.30 | 0.00 |
| KT #133 | 28 Dec 2018 | Josh Adam Meyers, Moshe Kasher | 1 | 0.13 | 0.00 |
| KT #130 | 6 May 2020 | Jamar Neighbors, Michael Kosta | 3 | 0.10 | 0.00 |
| KT #129 | 25 Mar 2018 | Theo Von, Fahim Anwar | 4 | 0.64 | 0.75 |
| KT #127 | 11 Aug 2018 | Joe Rogan, Ian Edwards | 2 | 0.71 | 0.67 |
| KT #126 | 10 Aug 2018 | Bobby Lee, Greg Fitzsimmons | 3 | 0.75 | 0.00 |
| KT #125 | 28 Dec 2018 | Brody Stevens, Willie Hunter | 3 | 0.50 | 0.00 |
| KT #124 | 18 Mar 2018 | Andrew Santino, Sandro Iocolano | 2 | 0.08 | 0.00 |
| KT #123 | 6 May 2020 | Benji Aflalo, Jason Gillearn | 3 | 0.33 | 0.00 |
| KT #120 | 28 Dec 2018 | Dom Irrera, Willie Hunter | 2 | 0.67 | 1.00 |
| KT #118 | 6 May 2020 | Jerrod Carmichael, Dan Germain | 3 | 0.29 | 0.75 |
| KT #109 | 6 May 2020 | Doug Benson, Geoff Tate | 2 | 0.23 | 0.00 |
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
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
from being a really bad racist organization.
So I didn't do that.
Bipolar is weird.
It's like getting a box of chocolates every day.
You never know what you're gonna get.
KT #16612 Oct 2016
when you, I'm still going, I just chose,
I chose finger paint.
KT #16511 Oct 2016
You know those desk birds that are like, I don't understand, they're like,
Oh shit, I'm still thirsty.
Fuck, what was I going to do?
Oh yeah, drink more water.
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!
And then you're in a van.
KT #16423 July 2016
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...
I forgot the word that I made up. I made up a word for that.
It's a terrible look. Okay.
No, um, fuck. Balls. No, I'm not ending there. I can get... I mean, Jesus.
KT #16321 July 2016
And I get pissed off 'cause I'm like, why does this fire hydrant need two spaces the size of a truck?
Well, a truck, a fire truck, I guess, would go there.
But you don't need the whole space to get a hose to a fire hydrant.
I just don't understand why it's got to be like that and then cost $73.
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
and that sucks, ruin my coloring books.
KT #16221 July 2016
If I were a cartoon character, I would be the nervous turtle from "Rocko's Modern Life."
My doctor once told me that I had oppositional defiance disorder.
I demanded a second opinion.
KT #16027 Dec 2018
I was born a Jedi, but my lightsaber was powered by
generic batteries.
But when my lightsaber doesn't work, I just put a helmet on. Because anybody wearing a helmet that's 26 years old,
nobody's going to fuck with you.
I don't think there's one evil person in the world
that wouldn't back off from a helmet on an adult.
KT #15820 July 2016
The stage is taller, but I feel smaller right now. But my dad always told me to be a mover and a shaker,
so I got half of that going.
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.
Make sure it's still there.
It means a lot to me.
I just, it means that much to me.
KT #15627 Dec 2018
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.
But I was wearing overalls, so my dad grabbed them, and that day, Oshkosh saved my life.
I wish that I fell off of it right now, but that's all I got.
KT #15531 May 2016
so I would just start back at 20, and 28, 29, 20, so my mom was never worried that I would be kidnapped ever,
'cause they would definitely bring me back.
it starts to sound weird. I found that out with Garfield. It was like, Garfield, Garfield, Garfield, Garfield.
Gar- Whoa. Whoa.
