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.