Mikey McKernan
Mikey McKernan has performed on Kill Tony 12 times. Every appearance below, with set summaries and timestamps.
Appearances
Material about texting women, narcissism, conspiracy theories, parents meeting at mattress/meat market/sandwich shop, and family dysfunctions. Heavy use of his signature 'boo-hoo' bit.
- Parents met at mattress store/meat market, opened sandwich shop, married at chip stand.
- Conspiracy theorists clean ears with Q-tips thinking doctors withhold info.
Set about growing mustache while getting teeth fixed, deaf friend lip-reading issues, hair salon headlining, stoner haircut joke, new job at Buddhist temple social media.
- Deaf friend won't hang out because can't read lips with mustache.
- Headlined hair salon called hair lining, audience started receding.
- Buddhist temple social media job, chill vibes.
Self-deprecating material about drinking too much, getting drunk bills, and partying without order. Silly and absurdist delivery.
- Drunk people ask easiest questions, don't understand Google
- Got bill more than bank account from getting drunk
Long-time Kill Tony regular and Los Angeles legend who is pulled from the bucket. Quick set with charcoal art van Gogh reference and self-deprecating humor about comedy style.
- Found sketchy neighborhood with charcoal murals, made van Gogh reference.
- Voted intellectuals' least favorite comedian, compares comedy to lovemaking with tiny bits.
Mikey jokes about being mistaken for the guy from Workaholics on the road, meeting a Christian virgin girl, and his signature granola bar choking bit.
- Mistaken for Workaholics guy; doesn't make enough money at gigs
- Met Christian virgin girl, dry humping, angel loses boner
- Signature bit: choked on granola bar while jogging
Set about being tested for ADD, working 11 years at same restaurant, not humping coworkers, joke with coworker named Joy about depression, she took her life. Dark humor about suicide and workplace relationships.
- Coworker named Joy commits suicide; jokes about being killjoy
Mikey riffs on being the youngest of six, ketchup on salads, vegan friends, and his signature 'boo' catchphrase. His set emphasizes physical comedy and audience participation.
- Youngest of six siblings led to ketchup addiction.
- Vegan friends called 'grasshoes' for their attitude.
- Girls at parties try to straighten his curly hair.
Mikey performed about growing his hair long because he can't grow a beard, people with beards seeming smart, having to put hair up while eating, looking like he works at Seven Eleven, and robbing a Seven Eleven but stopping when seeing a cardboard cutout cop.
- Can't grow beard so grows hair long to look smart like bearded people
- Has to put hair up while eating so doesn't eat his own hair
- Looks like he works at Seven Eleven because of his appearance and hairstyle
Mikey delivered multiple tight one-liners: about being so skinny his farts smell like bones, writing jokes about his hair, not believing in soul mates after heartbreak so he wears a soul patch, gym jokes about only working out one arm.
- I'm so skinny when I fart, smells like bones
- Girl ripped my heart out so now I wear a soul patch
- Can't go to gym because girls look good, only work out one arm
Material about smoking weed, annoying questions about hidden talents, writing bad jokes and convincing himself they're good, sarcastic delivery throughout.
- Hidden talent: knowing how to make paint dry faster; dry humor about it.
- Writing bad jokes, crossing them out, running out of ink, convincing self it's good.
Mikey does one-liners: goes by Mikey because it's key to your heart, if you look like him you gotta be spiritual, tried to tap subconscious found self-conscious, doesn't like mouths but they're convenient.
- No one takes him seriously because Mikey, Mikey is key to your heart
- If you look like him you gotta be spiritual
- Tapped into subconscious, found self-conscious instead
- Doesn't like mouths but they're convenient, mouth is convenient thing with tightness options
Mikey performs jokes about friends flaking on shows, giving edibles to homeless people, getting a Jesus audition, and commercial work.
- Friends said they'd watch set but flaked without LA excuse
- Give edibles to homeless people; two birds one stone solves hunger later