Kill Tony #286

Set: Robbie discusses driving 8 hours, parking concerns, and a relationship starting with a girl saying 'I'm not anti-semitic but.' He jokes about smoking girls and banking material he didn't finish.

Interview: Tony and panel discuss Robbie's recent cannabis edible consumption (Oreo shake with cannabutter), his move to Boone North Carolina, his printing press job at a candy factory, and his recreational drug use.

Set: Jimmy tells a rambling, confusing story about his mother driving him as a 2-year-old into a KKK rally in Jackson, Mississippi in 1976 to attend his grandfather's Navy ceremony, interrupted repeatedly by Tony.

Interview: Tony struggles to understand Jimmy's story structure and plot. Discussion covers his lack of stand-up experience, his mother's southern personality, and his appearance as someone who might be Black.

Set: Matt discusses being broke, avoiding gas pump shakes, and uses self-deprecating comedy about his appearance and thrift-store fashion.

Interview: Tony teases Matt's fashion sense, his social work job in Murfreesboro, his MTSU education, family background (psychologist mom, engineer dad), Alabama origins, and sexual history including awkward questions about cousins.

Set: Graham jokes about girlfriends as slot machines, his narcissism and relapse in a house of mirrors, his thin frame compared to Jack Skellington, and creates a Papa John's bit with Michael Richards references about all-white pizza.

Interview: Tony praises Graham's first-time performance, suggests improving the Papa John's bit by removing Michael Richards reference, discusses his work as fishing rod distributor, keto diet, and his broken leg recovery aided by Kill Tony podcast.

Set: Sam discusses his massive 6'9" frame, the inevitability of death from heart attack, not seeing old large people, being dehumanized, and comparing himself to old horses being euthanized. Mentions 'freaky girls' and pierced nipples.

Interview: Tony is impressed by Sam's stage presence and wrestler-like build. Discussion covers his artist management career, rugby background, ability to lift people (lifts Jeremiah easily), family (brothers are taller/successful), and dating life.

Set: Nick opens with his community college English teaching job, discusses student plagiarism and creative writing, summer break paid suspension similar to racist cops, and suspended with pay as vacation.

Interview: Tony discusses Nick's 18 months of stand-up, 8 years teaching at Motlow State, student behavior, and acts out a classroom confrontation scenario with Tony as a disruptive student.

Set: Jimmy's very short set: went to a funeral, friend died owing him $45, girl once licked his ass and blew in it unexpectedly.

Interview: Tony discovers Jimmy is 30, first-time comedian who listens to Kill Tony podcast weekly and was inspired to try stand-up. Is a mailman with 5 years experience, has two kids (8 and 4), and recently had a hand-holding accusation from earlier attendee.

Set: Matt jokes about midlife crisis and wanting a Jeep Wrangler, describes Jeeps as hormone replacement therapy on wheels, compares midlife crises to white guy tropes versus other ethnicities, references blog-hopping baseball stadiums.

Interview: Tony learns Matt started comedy 2 weeks ago after seeing Kill Tony listed at Zanies, is 35, married 12 years, has 4 kids (2 boys, 2 girls), works in audio/video production marketing, and discusses relationships and intimacy.

Set: Clay discusses fleas infesting his house and getting drunk on his and his cat's blood, frequent flea orgasms in the bedroom, joking he'd rather masturbate than hear flea sex sounds, and references flea reproductive cycles.

Interview: Tony reveals Clay drove from Cincinnati and was at the previous Cincinnati show. Clay is an electrical contractor who works for Navy SEALs, was previously on the show, and has fleas from equestrian district.

Set: Corey's first stand-up ever discusses nervousness, seeing gay guy in same outfit, Catholic school Catholic school pedophilia (altar boy/boy scout timing), and how transferring to public school changed his trajectory.

Interview: Tony learns Corey actually did open mic at Auburn Starbucks (not a true first), graduated with geology degree, waits tables at Italian restaurant in Birmingham, lives with parents, is 23, and considering kiwi picking in New Zealand.

Set: Micah discusses teachers mispronouncing his name (Le/Lea), dropping out of school because of it, two mental institution stays (first like One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest, second with 'African-American Medusa' arguing), lifetime depression and regret.

Interview: Tony discovers Micah is 33, Ford dealership technician, Taurus, has been suicidal, was just in mental institution this year, and his angry brother is in the audience and previously did stand-up.

Set: Talon discusses stabbing incident at Atlanta music festival Airbnb (avoided paying for oxy by lifting seller's nuts on his door handle after seeing knife), crazy rules at Airbnb like no walking in hallway in underwear.

Interview: Tony learns Talon is Micah's brother (the 'brother off' closing act), was in Air Force doing military intelligence, now project manager at Dell, does kickboxing, can kick very high, and is healthier/more successful than his brother.