Kill Tony Brendan Schaub, Sarah Tiana
Guests: Brendan Schaub · Sarah Tiana
Lineup
Set: Set about beating women and dating club girls; largely incoherent with poor microphone technique and incomprehensible delivery.
Interview: First time on stage doing comedy; Tony struggled to understand him due to mic distance; discussion of his sneaker/clothing line; Tony determined he got everything possible from him.
- Going back to caveman days with crocodile king and beating women
- Comedian held microphone away from mouth making set nearly inaudible
- Brendan Schaub offered to bet money on comedian's competence
Set: Set about working in tech, managing Instagram, and a workplace incident where a coworker asked her to smell his beard; included a yeast infection punchline.
Interview: Returning second-timer; works in tech and cotton production; discussed her dating life, Bumble matches, skiing date with short guy, and her single status in LA.
- Tech job more complicated than coding; manages Instagram for whole company
- Coworker asked to smell beard; three laughs meant HR policy okay
- Yeast infection joke about girlfriend after smelling boyfriend's beard
- Second appearance on show; improved performance noted
- Discussed skiing date that went poorly with short guy from Bumble
Set: Set about being blind in left eye from golfing accident; discusses driving challenges, merging on freeways, and missing MLB career due to vision loss.
Interview: Moved from Chicago 8-9 years into stand-up; teaches improv and works with kids; lives without refrigerator in LA; dating someone in Chicago; appears to struggle financially.
- Blind in left eye, turns sideways on freeway to check blind spot
- Wanted to be MLB player but right-handed with blind left eye
- Brendan made observation about Michael's emotional/physical comedy style similar to Dane Cook
- Revealed earning only $5,000/year from stand-up and teaching; no refrigerator
Set: Set about past depression and suicide ideation, bungee jumping and skydiving attempts, surviving for wrong reasons including not wanting to die a virgin.
Interview: Returning performer; works processing health insurance claims; lives in LA 2.5 years with roommates; dating someone since May; discussed showering habits and fear of performing.
- Suicide attempts through bungee jumping never worked; cords never broke
- Didn't want to die virgin so necrophiliacs wouldn't win
- Had sex, realized guy didn't need her alive for that
- Tony complimented her returning with strong improved material
- Sarah made dark joke about wrist-cutting given her bracelets
- Revealed someone died on bungee jump she'd used days earlier
Set: Set about Florida headlines including man beating girlfriend over refused roadhead and teenager posing as gynecologist; delivery included head-tilting and unclear punchlines.
Interview: From Palm Beach, FL; works as server at Yard House in LA for 3 years; performed Yard House waiter impression; discussed tipping and customer interactions.
- Man beats girlfriend for refusing roadhead after buying McDonald's
- Teenager posed as gynecologist and got away with it for year
- Tony asked Austin to roleplay as Yard House waiter taking their order
- Austin gave awkward waiter impression with unclear recommendations
Set: Set about old people being bizarre, phone behavior, and thrift store Bluetooth conversation; observational comedy about outdated technology and elderly confusion.
Interview: From northern Idaho; visiting LA; been doing stand-up about 1 year; works as server at brewery; discussed hometown of 7,800 people near ski resort.
- Old guy asks another if his name is Tom; didn't know friend
- Mom's Motorola ringtone goes off for 45 seconds for a text
- Dad leaves voicemails like he has answering machine at home
- Tony praised his stage presence for one year of experience
- Tony and panel extensively questioned him about his Idaho hometown demographics
- Brendan joked about protein powder and carbs given Austin's Idaho background
Set: Set about weight loss leading to family thinking he does cocaine, white people appropriating yoga and Hindu culture, and extremely hairy buttocks joke.
Interview: Moved from New York to LA 6 years ago; started stand-up in NY for 1.5 years; does French subtitles for Netflix movies; parents own bowling alley in Montreal.
- Lost weight, family thinks he does cocaine but considers it success
- White people in LA more Indian than he is; gentrify souls
- Buttocks so hairy you still can't see it if shown
- Brendan accused Rishi of having AIDS from gym encounter with Jim
- Joel made extended joke about bowling alley owned by parents
Set: Set about seeing an attractive pigeon, feeding pigeons bread types, and one-liner style comedy; very short set with minimal laughs.
Interview: First-time stand-up; 23 years old; works as preschool photographer; writes jokes in notebook; Mexican American; has military background; lives with parents; interested in police work.
- No one cared until putting on eyepatch; Dark Knight reference callback
- Fed pigeons different bread types but they always leave anyway
- Tony praised his comedic delivery and thought process despite weak material
- Reference to previous guest Briana Upton in questioning
Set: Set about eye injury from week prior, ER nurse refusing to look, one-eyed dolphin reference, strip club observations, and suicide pill jokes.
Interview: From Boston; worked at Yard House for over a year; been doing stand-up for 1 year; name means walnut in Greek; has eye patch from recent injury.
- Eye gouge injury; ER nurse shrieks and refuses eye stuff
- One-eyed dolphin with soda ring; wonder where other five dolphins went
- Strip club has lonely guy wanting one more titty before Tylenol
- Tony complimented his eye for talent; noted he has one eye like hurricane
- Showed eye patch to VR cameras at home; visibly leaking
- Multiple callbacks to one-eye theme with other one-eyed guests on show