Nicole Tran
Nicole Tran has performed on Kill Tony 15 times, winning a golden ticket. Every appearance below, with set summaries and timestamps.
Appearances
Jokes about Chinatown organization, Sweet James billboards, sobriety checkpoints, and miniskirts as dating signals. Also performed a song dedicated to blue-eyed white guys.
- Chinatown Sweet James billboards become 'Sweet and Sour James'
- Sobriety checkpoint led to inappropriate response about miniskirt
Nicole does observational comedy about hairdressers, famous pop stars, her cousin Bing Bing (5 feet tall), mattress on freeway, murder jokes, and performs a song about New Year 2023-2024.
- Hairdresser request makes her look like Paul McCartney
- Cousin Bing Bing 5 feet tall but hairdresser makes her 5'8"
- Heard mattress in box spring on freeway; Bing Bing moving
Nicole, a golden ticket winner from over 5 years ago, performs absurdist material about her aunt's Alzheimer's, fish tacos replacing currency, Walmart geography jokes, and cousin Bing Bing mishaps. Heavy accent and broken English comedy style.
- Auntie Vu moved to San Antonio, got Alzheimer's, can't remember the animal.
- Walmart in Austin bigger than Oklahoma; aisles 7, 8, 9 are Oklahoma.
- Cousin Bing Bing's eyebrow tattoo too high; looks surprised all the time.
Nicole performs about finding an armadillo on highway, funny taco truck names, Motel Six jokes, and her cousin Bing Bing's dating mishaps and pet chicken problems with amusing wordplay.
- Highway 183 discovery: thought Gucci handbag, turned out dead armadillo
- Cousin Bing Bing's chicken escaped to park, developed 'quack problem'
- Cousin should be charged with mister-meaner: without man, she gets meaner
10th appearance on Kill Tony; Asian-American comedian with Asian stereotype commentary, rapid-fire cultural observations, and absurdist humor mixing Vietnamese and American culture references.
- Cousin Bing Bing changes age depending on location (movie/museum/dating).
- Cook tea is beauty standard in Vietnam, contrasts with Alabama preferences.
Absurdist comedy about nails/gossip salons, skydiving into dumpsters, dating preferences for blue-eyed white men, and hanging out at Tesla charging stations. Delivered with theatrical flair and French songs.
- Nail salon business plan: gossip about clients' fungus and bad breath.
- Skydiving accident where she landed in dumpster.
- Hangs out at Tesla charging stations to meet blue-eyed men.
Vietnamese immigrant stories: can't pronounce English letters; ding dong ditch variation; garage sale wind chime vs. neighbor's middle wing chai; seagulls at beach as tasty.
- Can't pronounce certain English letters but can tell you which ones she can't pronounce.
- Playing ding dong ditch as kids: they didn't have double, just ditched their friend.
- Seagulls at beach are annoying but tasty; eats them at picnics.
Nicole performs extended set (5+ minutes) with jokes about dollar tree, Black comedy clubs, Asperger's burger pun, Halloween mother, Vietnamese pumpkins, paying mother for chores.
- Asperger's syndrome mistaken for burger at comedy club.
- Mother hides under bed on Halloween, gives sticky rice to trick-or-treaters.
Legendary material about cousin Bing Bing's snoring, communist party jokes, lottery dreams to raise village rent. Golden ticket winner with perfect historical record on show.
- Cousin Bing Bing snores and dreams of raising rent in Vietnamese village
- Women with big asses get separate Olympic track and field event
Nicole performs absurdist humor about hairdressers, her favorite duck being a golden retriever, burying her boyfriend, and driving a Corolla while getting a speeding ticket.
- Hairdresser mishap: asked to look like famous pop star, got poor Makani instead.
- Golden retriever is favorite duck, boyfriend buried in yard, drives Corolla, got speeding ticket.
Vietnamese comedian performs material about English beauty contests, driving tickets, and organized Chinese culture. References winning 'Miss Pronounced' title. High-energy performance.
- Beauty contest for girls who speak better English—I won Miss Pronounced.
- Chinese people organized: always have ducks in a row.
Nicole performs high-energy set about Little Saigon in San Jose, Uber drivers on scooters, wind chimes, Halloween costume with watermelons and cantaloupes in pants, ends with arrest for shoplifting joke.
- Little Saigon only place where Uber driver rides scooter
- Halloween: stuffed watermelons in pants, got arrested for shoplifting
Vietnamese-American comedian performs material about her accent, language barriers, and misunderstandings with her boss about curly hair vs going home early.
- Can't pronounce certain English letters; her car is a used Hyundai Accent
- Boss said curly hair; Nicole heard go home early
Nicole performed a set that was interrupted by technical issues (poor WiFi/audio). She performed a song, possibly 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow,' and farted during part of the interview.
- Ex-boyfriend turned the paper in her house so she has plenty of toilet paper during quarantine.
No set recap for this appearance.