Tristan Bowling

Tristan discusses having two cats including a Puerto Rican cat with violent tendencies, makes wordplay about black cats not paying rent, prison references.

• Got Puerto Rican cat; she rolls arms when meowing, long nails, prone to violence
• Black cat doesn't pay rent; he's in prison

26-year-old golden ticket winner from Phoenix doing material about Michael Jackson musical, pedophilia jokes, and vacation/time management observations.

• Michael Jackson musical makes people not care about kid allegations
• Michael Jackson did both Thriller and alleged crimes, where's vacation

Tristan opened with dark suicide material, discussing a morbid Halloween scenario and his own past suicide attempt. The set was tonally consistent and darkly comedic with strong comedic instincts.

• Halloween suicide with candy in lap, people think decorations are great
• Eating hot dogs daily changes mood; doesn't eat bread so must be gay
• Podcast called Final Stop about best places to jump in New York

Tristan does golden ticket winner set about tasting own semen, comparing it to cooking, eating fruit for better taste, and sexual confidence.

• Good chef tastes meal before serving; boyfriend should taste his own before offering.
• Will catch own semen in air like seal if girlfriend says it doesn't taste good.

Tristan performed about never being in a fight or performing oral sex, joking about using one as self-defense against the other.

• Never been in a fight or sucked a dick as two fun facts
• Would use blowjob as self-defense in a bar fight

Story about new girlfriend and handcuffs in bedroom. When asked to say something sexy while putting them on, he recites the Miranda rights as a cop character, then calls her a slut.

• Girlfriend asked for something sexy, he recites Miranda rights as cop character

Tristan discusses taking Molly at an EDM festival while on antidepressants, feeling uncomfortable in the hot mosh pit with people touching him. He jokes about women at festivals looking like sexy soccer goals and compares men's penises to wounded soldiers.

• Paid $20 for sweaty Molly pill at mosh pit festival
• Women at festivals look like sexy soccer goals in fishnets
• Every man's dick like wounded soldier ready to serve

Tristan jokes about living with parents at 21, difficulties bringing girls home due to mother, fantasy about mom knocking on door during sex, transitions to discussing suicide attempt and mental health struggles.

• Living with parents at 21 kills ability to bring girls over
• Wished mom would bring lasagna during sex with foam finger

Tristan performs edgy material about being in a psych ward, suicide, a roommate named Rakesh with voices in his head, and dark humor about mental health.

• Suicide is a pass/fail class you either do it or you don't.
• Roommate Rakesh had voices in his head wanting to rape him; he's outvoted.

Observations about white girls claiming to be witches on dating apps, comparing fake witchcraft to actual supernatural signs, manifesting as just asking for help.

• White girls on Tinder claim witchcraft but just own candles
• Manifesting is just asking out loud; someone agrees, you're not magic

Bowling performed about not fearing if daughters become sex workers, wanting daughter's partners to have sports trophies/rings, wanting daughter to be 'swallowing champion' and texting him during hookups.

• Doesn't care if daughter is sex worker as long as she's winning
• Wants daughter's Hall of Fame trophy/ring collection from hookups
• Wants to text daughter at night about lovers while holding trophies

Tristan discusses his dad taking him to Hooters to bond, how he doesn't fit the Hooters demographic, his love for blind people and Braille, and a joke about giving a fuck being like Mortal Kombat.

• Dad takes him to Hooters to bond but he's not a Hooters guy naturally
• Giving a fuck is like Mortal Kombat: fun at first, hands cramp, want to finish
• I love blind people but how do they find Braille

Tristan is the golden ticket redeemer from Phoenix. He does material about his name (rhymes with profanity), participation trophies, and growing up as a young person.

• Named after knight Tristram, anything rhymes with profanity
• Participation trophy generation, got trophies for basic participation

Tristan jokes about his sister coming out of the closet, identifying as a virgin, lacking sex appeal, and comparing himself to a Ken doll. Strong confident delivery.

• Sister came out, he identifies as sexually a virgin
• Has sex appeal of daddy longlegs spider with nowhere to be

Bowling performed about being stuck at home during quarantine, his mother forbidding him from leaving, sneaking out to a friend's birthday party, and drinking beer in his driveway. He played a coronavirus song on guitar about staying home.

• Sneaks out of house like a baby with bedsheets despite being scared of heights.
• Went to friend's birthday party during quarantine despite knowing it was a bad idea.