Kill Tony Adam Ray, Matt Braunger
Guests: Adam Ray · Matt Braunger
Lineup
Set: Nicole discusses her father's poor health, his bulldog-like breathing, and her family's low expectations for her dating life, culminating in her nearly vomiting during the set.
Interview: Nicole revealed she's from Orange County, has been doing stand-up for 6 months, and is a political science student at UCLA. The panel extensively joked about her near-vomiting and discussed her hobbies, with Tony trying to get her to reveal more interesting details.
- Father breathes like a bulldog after going to movies
- Family asks why she's single, answers 'lower your standards'
- Performer nearly vomits on stage during first set
- Panel makes extensive callbacks to vomiting throughout interview
Set: Mike recounts his Navy recruiter's Christopher Walken impression, his experiences seeing the world (mostly water), working at Trader Joe's, and his time in a Singapore brothel that delayed his ship's departure.
Interview: Mike shared he's from New York, did 2 years of stand-up, then took a break to work pipeline construction in Colorado and Texas. The panel encouraged him to develop his Christopher Walken impression and storytelling about Trader Joe's and Russian customers.
- Navy recruiter speaks like Christopher Walken to recruit him
- Saw entire world in Navy but it's 95% water
- Held up ship's departure while in Singapore brothel
- Panel heavily coaches Mike to use Christopher Walken impression in storytelling
- Mike tells extended stories about impersonating Russians at Trader Joe's
- Panel suggests Mike start podcast about Trader Joe's stories
Set: David discusses his cat Mike, how he licks himself clean after petting, and jokingly compares it to the cat judging him for masturbating in front of him.
Interview: David revealed he's a TV producer, first-time stand-up performer, and a platform/springboard diver. The panel joked extensively about him masturbating in front of his cat and meeting JJ Abrams at a producers guild event.
- Cat licks himself after petting, appears to judge masturbation
- Panel extensively jokes about David masturbating in front of his cat
- David reveals he's a platform/springboard diver
- Panel makes callback about diving off building with flips
Set: Nick discusses sharing buttons on porn sites, massage parlor sign that included 'child massage,' and introduces his dating app concept called Tinder Garden for kids.
Interview: Nick has been doing stand-up for 5 or 6 months in LA. He's worked as an extra and resembles Harlan Williams. The panel questioned whether he has more than 60 seconds of material and discussed his skateboarding hobby and lack of specific life details.
- Share buttons on porn sites are absurd ways to share content
- Massage parlor sign includes 'child massage' as awkward service
- Created dating app for kids called Tinder Garden
- Panel notes Nick has done similar Tinder Garden joke before on show
- Tony plays 'guess the cross streets' game about Nick's neighborhood
- Panel extensively questions if Nick has more than 60 seconds of material
Set: Clint performs an extremely dark set listing personal anecdotes: touching dog genitals, dry humping cousin as child, defecating on train while on ecstasy, and crushing on his mother.
Interview: Clint revealed he's from Canada, started crystal meth at age 15, went to juvenile detention at 16, robbed taxi drivers with a knife, and is now married. The panel coached him on developing stories rather than just listing dark anecdotes.
- Lists vulnerable personal anecdotes: touched dog genitals, dry humped cousin
- Defecated on train while high on ecstasy
- Matt Braunger gives scathing critique of performance and outfit
- Panel discovers Clint robbed taxi drivers in Canada with knife
- Clint reveals he accidentally cut taxi driver during robbery
- Tony attempts to coach Clint on developing stories vs listing dark acts
Set: Melissa discusses her first Vegas trip, comparing the city to having a friend with bad parents where you can do whatever you want, and draws parallels to Chuck E. Cheese casino behavior.
Interview: Melissa is a regular on Kill Tony who apologizes excessively on stage. Tony and panel extensively coach her to stop apologizing, explaining it's a bad habit that prevents comedy growth and hurts her credibility.
- Vegas is like having a friend with really bad parents
- Chuck E. Cheese casino behavior parallels explains Vegas kid confusion
- Tony delivers extended coaching on Melissa's excessive apologizing problem
- Panel explains excessive apologies prevent comedy growth and progression
- Tony predicts Melissa will become known for overcoming her apology habit
Set: Vanessa performs tight atheist material with unique perspective: celebrates death of Jesus via cross, wishes for God to blame for daddy issues, and questions God's need to keep creating replacement children when 7 billion exist.
Interview: Vanessa is a Kill Tony regular who's been on show for a couple months. Panel praised her understanding of set timing and unique atheist perspective that differs from typical 'believers are dumb' angle.
- As atheist, only holiday is Black Friday
- Wears cross celebrating death of Jesus as atheist
- Wishes God exists to blame him for daddy issues
- Panel notes Vanessa has strong grasp of minute timing despite being new regular
- Panel praises Vanessa's unique atheist perspective vs typical angle
Set: Bruce recounts performing in Bakersfield when a woman banging her head on the emergency exit door interrupts him, then she enters via front door with a box cutter and cuts herself on her wrist during his set.
Interview: Bruce shares his comedy influences include Matt Braunger, Adam Devine, and Tommy Davidson. Panel praised his stage ownership and encouraged him to add more emotional passion and anger to his storytelling.
- Woman tries to steal his thunder via self-harm during comedy show
- Panel notes Bruce accidentally hit microphone during emotional story
- Tony coaches Bruce to add more emotional passion to storytelling
- Matt Braunger compliments Bruce's stage ownership and voice