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.