Kill Tony #316 — Russell Peters
Guests: Russell Peters
Lineup
Set: Short 40-second set about being short, having type 1 diabetes diagnosed unexpectedly, and making jokes about his height and medical condition.
Interview: Discussed his recent diabetes diagnosis, his first time doing stand-up, and his girlfriend who was in the audience. He revealed he was a child actor on Wonder Pets and currently works as an usher at the Pantages Theatre.
- Dropped out of school in second grade, explaining his short height.
- Recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes described as 'adding insult to injury'.
- Daniel put on a diaper as part of the baby-themed band bit, creating physical comedy.
- Jeremiah helped Daniel into a diaper while he was still wearing pants, creating chaotic but funny visual gag.
- Daniel's girlfriend identified herself in the audience when asked about his dating life.
Set: First-time performer doing observational comedy about his generic white guy appearance, comparing himself to Eminem without mom hatred and Mumford & Sons listener stereotypes.
Interview: Discussed his age (27), background from Austin (born in California), work in advertising, and revealed he plays drums, leading to a drum competition with Joel Berg for a full-time position.
- He looks like the guy from every college brochure, church camp Draco Malfoy.
- Has a black friend Eric who said he looks like Eminem if Eminem didn't hate his mom.
- Revealed he plays drums, leading to first-ever drum competition on the show between him and Joel Berg for a European tour slot.
- Mitch performed surprisingly well in drum solo, nearly defeating undefeated Joel Berg in the drum competition.
Set: Russian comedian's first stand-up set about being shy, losing virginity in a threesome, meeting a man who asked her to ash cigarettes on his body, and dating uncertainties.
Interview: Revealed she's from Siberia, lived in New York for seven years, recently moved to Los Angeles in May, works as a waitress and studied wine. Married but separated, and her ex-husband has a new girlfriend with a one-month-old baby.
- Lost virginity in threesome with friend's support, now losing comedy virginity on stage.
- Met man who asked her to put out cigarette on his body, now calls him 'ash tree boy'.
- First-ever stand-up performance, visibly nervous but committed to the set.
- Russian accent and pronunciation quirks became running joke throughout interview, with Tony and panel making fun of 'v' and 'w' sounds.
- Russell Peters appeared to be genuinely entertained and engaged with Lisa's set and interview.
Set: Set about considering cutting off his penis (not for transition), never taking dick pics due to privacy concerns with cloud storage/Zuckerberg, compares penis to uncharted island.
Interview: Revealed he's been doing stand-up 4-5 years, previously appeared on show (Pat Reagan/Connor McSpadden kiss moment), works in audience warm-up for Riot Games and donates sperm for $500/month at maximum 3 times monthly.
- Cutting his dick off, not for transition, just because he's not using it anyway.
- Never taken dick pic because doesn't want Mark Zuckerberg to see it, penis like uncharted island.
- Tony offered to let him redo the joke after admitting it bombed in the interview room but went better there.
- Extended interview revealed sperm donation details, Canadian background, mysterious travel history to avoid 'money questions'.
Set: Set comparing erectile dysfunction drug names (Viagra, Stendra, Levitra, Cialis) to strong Black women, suggesting they're named after Black women's potency, wishes for fat Chris Pratt as Jurassic Park monster.
Interview: First-time on Kill Tony, moved to Chile for two years to be in his 11-year-old daughter's life after mother prevented summer visits. Currently visiting for 45 days, both daughter and grandmother got sick on the plane.
- Boner pills named after Black women because of their natural potency and strength.
- Wishes for fat Chris Pratt as Jurassic Park monster so big they tear down walls.
- Audience went to another show, leaving mostly empty during his set (Apollo 13 reference).
- Discussed custody situation and family visit, genuine parenting story contrasted with crude jokes.
Set: Self-deprecating set about staring at his reflection hoping it moves first to grant wishes, wishing for fat Chris Pratt as Jurassic Park monster, comparing himself to Jonah Hill and Kathy Bates.
Interview: From Portland, visiting for a week, has been doing stand-up for one year, gets severe stage fright, 33 years old, started comedy late after being in Dallas for seven years and Kansas City before that.
- Stares at mirror for hours waiting for reflection to move first to grant wish.
- Wishes for fat Chris Pratt so obese they tear down walls for Jurassic Park film.
- Tony joked about finding talent booker in back watching, creating false pressure situation during interview.
- Extended interview revealed personal struggles: anxiety, depression, antisexual due to antidepressants, minimal exercise.
- Tony gave genuine mental health advice about jogging/exercise for anxiety despite harsh roasting.
Set: Observational comedy about performing exorcisms at Indian reservation, coding movie parodies, being Chris Kringle's brother Matt Kringle, membership in satanic church called Church of Secret Serpents.
Interview: Discussed childhood memory of friend Dillard Butler telling him Santa wasn't real, parents Larry and Francis been married 25 years, William is 31, going home to Memphis Dec 23-27, will trim beard at Fantastic Sams.
- Movie about American code breaker in Jamaica, tap on shoulder from Jamaican: 'the code breaker you crack'.
- William Montgomery officially announced as new permanent regular on Kill Tony, replacing Malcolm Hatchet.
- Shoutout to 'cracker barrel kid 55' YouTube hater, showing growth and competitive spirit.
- Confetti cannons fired to celebrate William's promotion to regular status.
Set: Set about learning to speak correctly through therapy, newfound ability to say the word 'retard,' extended bit about mentally ill adults with 'giant ass titties' at KFC.
Interview: Been doing stand-up 7.5 years, worked with Tony early on, helps produce Kill Tony, discussed specific fetish porn involving confederate flag, detailed observations of disabled people at KFC.
- Therapy fixed speech impediment, now can say the word 'retard' correctly for first time.
- Watches mentally disabled adults at KFC with caretaker, compares breasts to chicken buckets.
- Extended KFC detailed sex story about disabled patrons getting aroused in public, extremely controversial bit.
- Discussed extremely explicit pornography taste involving confederate flag and interracial themes.
- Tony publicly thanked Josh for all his behind-scenes help producing Kill Tony every week.
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Set: Comedian from Iowa discussing racial identity, describing himself as pale/white with creativity about being 'cracker' with different variations (saltine, ritz), observations about whiteness as construct vs ethnic heritage.
Interview: Second appearance on show, previous appearance was negative, stage name 'Gonzo' from Twin Cities, was fairly well-known locally before depression/withdrawal. Previously went to Ireland to escape business/money issues.
- Spectrum of crackers: saltine, ritz, with nutella, compares to Kanye's 'pale' mood.
- Irish identity separate from 'whiteness,' five thousand years of Celtic history vs whiteness construct.
- Go actively confrontational with Tony, accused him of being sprite salesman last time, continued tension.
- Discussed serious personal history: depression, withdrawal from comedy, notoriety in Twin Cities before collapse.
- Mentioned business distribution criminal history, fled to Ireland for six months to escape consequences.