Kill Tony #336 — Jeremiah Watkins
Guests: Jeremiah Watkins
Lineup
Set: First-time comedian discussing baldness, werewolf fears, and how his appearance changed after shaving his head. Included bits about growing a beard as a last resort and failed attempts at cool hairstyles.
Interview: Tony explored Jordan's first time doing stand-up, his marriage, and when he shaved his head. Discussed his wife's appearance and made playful jabs about his body hair and pickup lines.
- Full moon turning him into werewolf but bald so nothing changes
- People asking how his cancer is after shaving his head
- Grew beard as last resort/Hail Mary because never got cool hair flip
- Tony and Jeremiah praise Jordan as 'the goat of the first time'
- Jack the Ripper interrupts Jordan's set with character praise
Set: Two-year stand-up from Missouri making self-deprecating jokes comparing herself to restaurants (Applebee's, White Castle). Discussed her state's reputation and made jokes about making guys shit their pants.
Interview: Tony asked about her stand-up experience in St. Louis and Little Rock, her dog food company job, and recent breakup. Discussed her age, living situation, and dating app use including Bumble and Tinder.
- State bird is garage door blowing off meth lab explosion
- Compared herself to Applebee's - not first choice but gets job done
- White Castle comparison - great drunk idea but regrettable after 15 minutes
- Tony makes tag comparing her to Applebee's, gives her the line as gift
- Angela reveals she's on muscle relaxants from recent car accident
- Jeremiah pitches 'slit' dating app as Jack the Ripper
Ben Wade
Set: First-time comedian discussing getting old at 36, back pain, and annoyance with people doing accents. Included observations about liking commercials during Wheel of Fortune and discussed his neighbor Mike's fake accent.
Interview: Tony explored Ben's back problems, weight gain, mattress situation, and IT work. Discussed Ferguson area roots, racial attitudes, and why he signed up for the show.
- Getting old at 36, back hurts getting off toilet
- Notices Wheel of Fortune commercials are all for old people ailments
- Neighbor Mike does fake accent saying Guadalajara Mexico
- Red Band gets visibly upset about Ben's back complaints
- Ben admits to farting during interview
- Awkward moment discussing Jewish people with Ben
Set: Nearly 8-year stand-up comedian with one-fourth Filipino son. Made jokes about ethnic slang for Filipino (flip), the linguistic coincidence of having one-fourth of the ethnicity, and self-deprecating humor about his appearance.
Interview: Tony discussed JC's experience doing stand-up for 8 years in St. Louis, his Filipino background, children, large-format printing business, and seminar work with architects. Invited him to do five minutes at the next show.
- Son is one-fourth Filipino, slang term coincidentally matches
- Half Filipino joke and observation about Midwest not knowing difference
- Tony shows genuine respect for JC's 8 years of experience
- Tony invites JC to perform five minutes at next show
Set: First-time comedian delivering darkly philosophical comedy about suicide hotlines being haters, aborted fetuses being lucky, and contrarian observations. Extremely original and compelling despite dark subject matter.
Interview: Tony praised Jimmy's set as one of his favorite performances ever, highlighting its originality and compelling nature. Discussed NASCAR, motorcycle riding, beer koozies, working as kitchen assistant manager, and his contrarian worldview.
- Suicide hotline people are haters that don't want us to party
- Maybe aborted fetuses are luckiest not having to exist here
- Maybe Mars is good place and this is bad place
- Tony declares Jimmy one of his favorite performers ever
- Tony says he would pay to see Jimmy perform
Matthew Johnson, Bobby Kelly
Courtney Tharpe
Set: Legally blind comedian doing a Gallagher tribute character act about buried tapes from the future. Set included references to historical figures and absurdist humor.
Interview: Tony explored John's blindness, how he navigates, his vending machine business managing 60 machines in Illinois, his sense of taste, humor, and dating. Discussed his background and encouraged him to continue comedy.
- Gallagher tribute character from Fort Knox burying tapes
- John arrived on stage fastest of all performers despite blindness
- Tony gives standing ovation after John's interview
- Woman in audience takes off top during John's ovation
Set: Stand-up discussing eating pubic hairs at restaurants (12 per year statistic), McDonald's Big Mac jingle with pubes, and general observational humor.
Interview: Tony explored Ron's name origin, his appearance (comparing him to various people), his job as an arborist, his haunted house, hockey fandom, and a story about driving a drunk person to get laid.
- People eat 12 pubic hairs per year at restaurants
- McDonald's Big Mac song parody includes pubes
- Tony repeatedly criticizes Ron's jokes and personality
- Ron admits to driving drunk person for sex as 'nice thing'