Kill Tony #163 — Brody Stevens, Josh Wolf

Set: Dark, personal standup about heroin addiction recovery (15 months clean), using heroin while working on TV shows, jail time for driving without a license, and now working in dog-walking dispatch.

Interview: Tony and the panel discuss Dan's recovery timeline, his work in TV locations, his jail stint for driving without a license, and his current dog-walking business model. Topics include his urges, his time shooting heroin, and stories from jail.

Set: Tight set about being called a homophobic slur his whole life, his mom in a wheelchair with rheumatoid arthritis, and using humor to cope with personal depression.

Interview: Joel discusses his 9-year tenure at a skate park where he's being laid off, his Target job, crazy incidents at the park, and his 11-year relationship with his girlfriend. Also mentions he makes horror short films.

Set: Matthew does dark humor about appearing as a serial killer, getting mistaken for a murderer at work by his manager, and struggles with maintaining composure in public.

Interview: Discussion of Matthew's appearance and serial killer comparisons, his 85-year-old Uber-driving mother in Palm Desert, his adopted dog Daisy, his Uber job, and his on-and-off relationship with a girlfriend since high school.

Set: Bo does short tight material about girlfriend jealousy, cultural observation about white people telling Black people who they look like, and jokes about his parents' possessions.

Interview: Bo discusses being from Texas/Austin, moved to LA a year ago, interning and doing extra work, skateboarding, and watching Ridiculousness. Panel explores his interests and hobbies with difficulty.

Set: Brent does material about government surveillance not caring about his boring life, and jokes about waiting for a West Hollywood bear to eat him instead of enduring his comedy.

Interview: Discussion reveals Brent is a preschool teacher from Wisconsin who taught English in Brazil, moved to LA a year ago, has been doing standup 6 months, getting up 4x weekly, and has a creepy/handsome appearance.

Set: Melissa does a single-topic set about fire hydrants, how they used to represent puppies and Dalmatians but now just represent parking tickets and frustration.

Interview: Tony praises Melissa's growth and confidence, notes she balances nerves with control. Discussion about her process for alleviating nervousness by walking fast, her recovery, and encouragement to keep developing.

Set: Venessa does political/philosophical humor about being good vs bad person, babies and constitutional rights, and ending with joke about Republicans wanting babies to own guns.

Interview: Tony notes she maintained one topic like Melissa, discusses her voice work that adds character to punchlines, and encourages her ongoing spots and development.

Set: Preacher does high-energy comedy about getting fired in 2007, moving to LA 4 months ago and almost moving to Watts thinking it was affordable, trying to be a gangster but being ticklish and loving cats.

Interview: Preacher discusses his 7 years of standup, moving to LA 4 months ago, working at LA Fitness on Miracle Mile, coming from Portland Oregon and Memphis Tennessee, living in 15 different cities due to his mother's criminal lifestyle.

Interview: Brody is a panel guest who interjects throughout, discusses his Periscope presence (142,000 followers, 12 million hearts), his Cleveland Cavaliers shirt homage to Ohio, his selfie stick assistant from Pasadena, and his general commentary on performers.

Interview: Josh Wolf is a main guest appearing for the first time on Kill Tony, participating in interviews and providing commentary throughout the episode.