Kill Tony #319 — Steve-O
Guests: Steve-O
Lineup
Set: Kevin discusses gaydar, hotel drawers, college parties, and talking people down from ledges with physical comedy and awkward stage presence.
Interview: Kevin revealed he just moved to LA a week ago, started comedy 5 years ago in Denver, is 24 years old, plays golf at scratch handicap level, and may have autism spectrum traits.
- People have gaydar; Kevin has something similar for lesbians being nice to him.
- Hotel drawers never have anything good in them, compared to biblical lessons.
- Kevin attends college parties to call cops and warn everyone, establishing himself as hero.
- Tony noticed Kevin was very funny but seemed uncomfortable with his physical awkwardness; questioned if something was wrong or if it was a shtick.
Set: Jacob makes dark jokes about naming children after natural disasters and catastrophes, building to an absurd punchline about his own name referencing 9/11.
Interview: Jacob revealed he hasn't done stand-up in 10 years, previously opened for someone in Houston at a skate shop, and now works undercover with poachers in South Africa to expose wildlife trafficking for a documentary.
- Why name your child after Hurricane Harvey? Similar to naming them Weinstein or Jonestown Kool-Aid flavor.
- Got his name from United 93, making joke about 9/11 as baby name inspiration.
- Steve-O recognized Jacob as a real 'jackass' kid from early Jackass era and revealed Jacob sent him a photo with rhino-poaching kingpins, conflicting with Steve-O's animal rights work.
- Jacob admitted he literally lives with poachers undercover for his documentary, explaining complex geopolitical exploitation dynamics.
Set: Brandon talks about visiting Detroit in cold weather, running into his ex-girlfriend who brags about his accomplishments sarcastically, comparing relationship dynamics.
Interview: Brandon claimed to have won a $10,000 comedy competition and have a TV show coming up; when pressed repeatedly, contradicted himself and made jokes instead of clarifying.
- Ex-girlfriend brings up his $10k competition win and TV show, minimizing his accomplishments.
- Women treat you differently when they love you versus when they don't, using baby daddy comparison.
- Tony, Jeremiah, and Steve-O repeatedly pressed Brandon for specifics about his $10k competition win; Brandon deflected and made jokes instead of clarifying.
- Tony canceled Brandon's return flight to LA as a punchline after a weak set.
Set: Sarah does observational comedy about retail, Snoop Dogg lyrics, short guys, and makes a poorly landed punchline about a friend's concern being inaudible.
Interview: Sarah revealed she runs an events company currently inactive due to seasonal timing, is from Australia, has been in America 4.5 years, owns a chocolate lab/Ridgeback/pointer mix, and broke her pelvis playing basketball.
- Boss would go out back to smoke crack casually during retail shifts.
- Short guys boast about ex-girlfriends being tall; Sarah compares it to asking them to remove pants.
- Multiple panelists made unsolicited comments about Sarah's appearance and sexuality, calling her a 'hot lesbian Kurt Cobain' and suggesting she's gay.
- Tony and Steve-O both remarked that Sarah's outfit appeared to be borrowed from a thrift store or home office floor.
Set: Vince's first stand-up set covers watching Steve-O and Tony Hinchcliffe, his ex-girlfriend attempting to cheat on Halloween with his best friend, opening relationship dynamics, and a pun about his ex ('Xbox').
Interview: Vince revealed his ex tried to seduce his best friend during an attempted threesome on Halloween while Vince was bartending; the friend held strong but she grabbed his genitals.
- Been watching Steve-O shove things up his ass for 16 years, Tony for 6 months doing the same.
- Ex-girlfriend wanted him to do stand-up, tried to seduce his best friend instead.
- Broke up with ex same week he got PS4; now just thinking about Xbox while horny (pun on 'ex').
- Tony strongly praised Vince's openness about real trauma, noting it distinguishes good first sets from mediocre ones.
- Vince made a deliberate callback to an earlier joke setup about 'grabbing wood' backstage.
Set: Devonte performs with strong delivery about holiday anxiety, primetime lying season, Christmas preparations, a traffic stop with a sheriff discussing job difficulty (cops vs teachers), all with energetic stage presence.
Interview: Devonte is 25 years old, from Virginia, previously on the show (December 2018), confirmed he pissed off black people then, is a Cowboys fan, uncomfortable around white people, prefers poor/working-class white people, and sleeps with socks on.
- Christmas is 'primetime lie season'—everyone has financial problems they hide from family.
- Sheriff pulls him over; discusses whether cops or teachers have harder jobs; makes controversial 'thinning the herd' joke.
- Tony asked Devonte if he was wearing blackface; Devonte deflected, leading to awkward exchange about whether Tony was 'blacker' than him.
- Tony and panel made numerous references to Devonte's feet, which Devonte confirmed were large; extended riffing on race and sexuality followed.
Set: William does absurdist humor about a Lyft driver not laughing at his joke, a poltergeist in his home, a cough diagnosis, a drug dealer on Instagram, and runs a fake ecstasy operation out of his basement.
Interview: William has done stand-up before, previously exposed to asbestos between seventh and eighth grade, had a strange wet dream involving his deceased grandmother, and is looking for his Twitter handle.
- Lyft driver and only other Black passenger didn't laugh at his opening joke.
- Has a cough diagnosis; it's ruined his life; he coughs a lot.
- Ran fake MDMA operation from basement with rattlesnakes; cousin got sick, aunt showed up, 'rest is history.'
- William delivers absurdist punchlines with minimal setup, allowing his deadpan delivery to create humor through misdirection and awkward pauses.
- Brian asked if William ever had a wet dream; William responded with bizarre story about deceased grandmother coming to his bunk during one.
Vokills
Set: Vokills performs chaotic, heavily censored set with extreme profanity, screaming, and fragmented references to Tosh.0, cocaine use, and viral moments; nearly incoherent due to energy drink consumption and rapid delivery.
Interview: Vokills is from Buffalo, came to LA for American Idol (airs ABC March 3), performs 'mystic death trap metal' music genre, admits to 50-60k daily views from online arguments about his own music, and pitched Steve-O to be in their America's Got Talent audition (Steve-O declined).
- Inspired by Steve-O to do stunts; snorted cocaine on Tosh.0 and screamed pterodactyl sounds; went viral on Twitter.
- Came to LA for American Idol audition; fundraised via Sunoco gas station for travel and goes viral daily doing crazy stunts.
- Vokills claimed girlfriend died after listening to his music; later admitted she didn't actually die and he's single.
- Vokills attempted a kick with Tony toward the audience; Steve-O firmly declined Vokills' request to be part of their AGT audition.
- Chroma Chris commented that Vokills 'looks like the final boss on a school shooting video game' due to his Hot Topic outfit and face paint.
Steve-O
Interview: Steve-O discussed his evolution from Jackass performer to full-time stand-up comedian with a multimedia 'bucket list' tour of dangerous stunts filmed and screened at venues. He also discussed his campervan podcast studio plans, recognizing Jacob's poaching documentary conflict, and sharing stories of undercover animal rights work in South Africa.
- Steve-O performed his 'sky jacking' stunt on an airplane—naked, tandem skydiving, masturbating and ejaculating during the jump.
- Steve-O recognized Jacob Calle as a 'jackass' and confronted him about cozying up to rhino poachers while Steve-O fights wildlife trafficking.