Kill Tony #306

Set: Patrick discusses his middle school basketball coach father having his pants pulled down by students, then pivots to discussing pornography as a medium that breaks the fourth wall.

Interview: Tony and panel discuss Patrick's first stand-up appearance, his work in HR at age 24, his band experience, and his girlfriend. Patrick plays guitar live on stage.

Set: Renée discusses her last name Stanko and how it smells bad, references a Chinese tattoo meaning 'trust no one,' and talks about her bad health care and breast exams.

Interview: Renée has been doing stand-up for about a year, works as an office manager at an art facility in Cold Spring, New York. Tony discusses her dating life, painting hobby, and a mosh pit experience involving a violent lap dance.

Set: Jonathan discusses not fitting in between his suburban mother's house and his drug-dealing father's place in 'the hood,' then reveals his family has an incest history with his father's cousin.

Interview: Jonathan reveals his father went to Côte d'Ivoire (Kate Bird) for work and had two daughters with his cousin. Tony digs into family dynamics, his breakup, and his living situation. Extensive crowd work about the situation.

Set: Nick discusses attending a gay pride rally for the first time, contrasts it with a Black Panthers rally, and uses the word 'n-word' as a compliment about experiences like the Special Olympics.

Interview: Nick has done stand-up for nearly two years, sells plumbing supplies, formerly caddied for 20 years. He plays guitar, ate over 100 clams at a wedding, and prefers raw clams. Performs live on guitar.

Set: Atticus riffs on his mother naming him after the inside of a Jeep, claims he's an artist not a hipster, insults West Coast hipsters' aesthetics, and discusses his Volvo and coffee shop job.

Interview: Atticus plays guitar live with a lighter, is in two bands, does graphic design and jiu-jitsu at blue belt level, paints, and has a girlfriend of 10 years. Tony roasts his hipster persona extensively.

Set: Michael discusses mass shootings at a country bar and Vegas concert, attempts a joke about banning country music instead of guns as a solution.

Interview: Just turned 25, works in HR at a major corporation (likely Ross), came directly from work, listens to death squad podcasts, discovered PAWG porn category recently. Tony provides coaching on joke structure.

Set: Ryan discusses growing up with alcoholic parents, his mother hiding beer bottles around the house, and a barber electrically shocking him during a haircut.

Interview: Age 28, trains people on heavy equipment like forklifts, first-time on stage. Has attended Tony's shows at the Wilbur. Listens to comedians and breweries, girlfriend bought him the flannel shirt.

Set: Anthony delivers a true story about pushing a laundry hamper down a loading dock while working at his linen delivery job, unable to see it was stuck on something.

Interview: Half-Chinese, half-Mongolian linen delivery driver, first time doing stand-up. Has bad driving record, tells stories with great stage presence. Wins the bucket trophy and gets kissed by woman from cocaine table.

Set: Adam tells joke about father excluding himself from family photo for divorce, then discusses a roommate naked on kitchen counter and his own childhood with absent father.

Interview: Age 29, from Vermont, been doing stand-up about a year with only 5-6 times on stage. Broke up with girlfriend after 1.5 years due to relationship stagnation. Works in sales, went to art school.

Set: Bobby opens with getting hit by truck while leaving liquor store and having video evidence, jokes that people said liquor would kill him but not this way, then struggles with parent joke.

Interview: Age 25, does industrial plastic molding for Whole Food containers, been doing stand-up 6 months doing it once weekly. Looks like Danny DeVito. Set bombed toward the end.

Set: Brian (Santa Claus) discusses freaking people out with his appearance, edible marijuana gummy bears, and jokes about Haribo's.

Interview: Real mall Santa for 8 years doing houses, businesses, preschools. Age 25, 8th year as Santa. Works from growing a beard and white hair. Tony does crowd work about his appearance and Santa-themed sexual innuendo.