Kill Tony #346 — Vegas
Guests: Vegas
Lineup
Set: Set about Vegas food culture, racist assumptions at Chinese restaurants, massage parlors, and acid/mushroom use during previous Kill Tony appearance.
Interview: Randy discussed his cannabis wholesale business, his parents' changing attitudes toward CBD, and getting punched in the neck by a drunk woman at Golden Tiki Lounge.
- Assumes chopsticks/soy sauce at Chinese restaurant is racist but he does it anyway.
- Compares acid on mushrooms to his second Kill Tony appearance—can't tell if it worked.
- Heckler is aggressively called out by Tony for being disruptive during set
Set: Set about Catholic dating, girlfriend sending vibrator Snapchat, and changing movie preferences (Step Up reference). Performance was rocky with stumbled delivery.
Interview: Tony pushed Logan to make eye contact with audience, discuss his douchebag appearance (cigarette prop, Subaru ownership), coaching on commercial real estate job, and revealed he's shy despite douchey vibes.
- Catholic 8am mass is for worship, 11am for forgiveness after hangovers.
- Changed movie preferences—won't watch girlie Step Up but will for Step Up 2 the Streets.
- Tony criticizes Logan for constantly apologizing and being self-critical during interview
- Logan reveals he has fake cigarette prop behind ear, confuses audience
Set: Set about October 1st Vegas shooting, being part Asian/Eskimo/Mexican with young parents (15/16), third time doing stand-up. Edgy opener about not condoning shooting but not liking country music.
Interview: Jonathan discussed his mixed heritage (Eskimo/Mexican), family abandonment by divorced parents, Navy service, and photography work. Band member Leon made racial comments leading to awkward dynamic.
- October 1st shooting was fucked up, doesn't like country music either.
- Most Mexican thing: parents were 15 and 16 when he was born.
- Leon (band member) interrupts with racist commentary about child support and being Black
- Jonathan's girlfriend backs him up on the drums/cymbal during interview
Set: Set about green chili in Albuquerque causing digestive issues, 30-year-old with facial hair problems, morning wood routine. Crude sexual humor and bathroom jokes.
Interview: Tony criticized Frankie's appearance and persona, discussed why he moved from Phoenix to Albuquerque (cheaper/cooler), his labor/demolition work, dating 250lb women, and upcoming 31st birthday (May 12).
- Green chili affects digestion like dirty horse—good going, burns coming back.
- At 30 can barely grow facial hair—looks like pubes.
- Tony attacks Frankie's orange construction worker outfit multiple times
- Frankie hitchhiked to Vegas disguised as construction worker
Set: Set about vibrators being indestructible, comparing them to his penis, crude sexual comparisons involving Charlie Sheen and coke binges. First open mic experience.
Interview: Jesse is from Needles California, works at cannabis cultivation facility for 5 years, plays guitar in metal band Regressor, lives in Airstream trailer, rents 2br house for $500/month with 12-year girlfriend.
- Vibrators are indestructible and resilient unlike his penis without RPM rating.
- Tony makes multiple jokes about Needles being scary/trashy
- Jesse reveals living situation: Airstream trailer, $500/month rent, 12-year girlfriend
Set: Set about Nicolas Cage finding maps in movies, National Treasure/Dora the Explorer comparison, claiming to be poor and wishing to be gay 7-year-old on Ellen. First-time performer.
Interview: Jordan is from Boulder City, Colorado, sings in punk band Ness, studies engineering, girlfriend works at Sugar Factory. Tony criticized his avoidance of personal topics and suggested he talk about compelling things like his father's cocaine addiction.
- Nicolas Cage finds maps in every movie, leading to full movies about it.
- Wishes he was gay 7-year-old for Ellen DeGeneres check ($60k).
- Jordan refuses to sing punk song or discuss father's cocaine addiction
- Tony criticizes Jordan for treating interview like congressional hearing
Set: Set about 'Intervention' TV show featuring addicted baby getting high, moving to hard formulas, 12-step program parody. Tight, well-written jokes.
Interview: Cory is Jordan's younger brother, 27 years old, Japanese comedian father (Jeff Foxworthy style), survived leukemia diagnosed at 20, chemotherapy, bone marrow transplant at UCLA, currently on disability.
- Addicted baby progression: bottle to harder formulas, stealing binkies for money.
- Cory reveals stage four leukemia diagnosis just before 21st birthday
- Tony declares Cory has best set of the night due to cancer survival storytelling
Chauncey
Set: Set about porn unrealistic expectations, word 'fuck' as insult, hospitalization with brain tumor (glioblastoma). Struggled opening but recovered mid-set.
Interview: Chauncey had stage four glioblastoma, years of migraines misdiagnosed, passed out from pain, tumor filled head with fluid, chemotherapy/radiation, on disability, wants to teach people with disabilities.
- Porn unrealistic—porn stars cause expectations that damage relationships.
- Chauncey reveals stage four glioblastoma diagnosis, same cancer that killed John McCain
- Tony compares cancer survivorship: Cory survived stage 4 leukemia, Chauncey survived stage 4 glioblastoma (John McCain's cancer)
Set: Set about haunted houses as bragging, ghost shows in tiny apartments, dead college kid asking about toilet paper, dead meth head in bushes. Tight, well-executed jokes.
Interview: Cody is 26, married 2 years, from Massachusetts, design engineer, wife is social worker who earns more, produces electronic/hip-hop music, raps as 'Kid You Not', plays drums, participates in Mexican Drum Off.
- Haunted house shows never feature poor people—apartment ghost asks about toilet paper.
- Dead meth head passed out in bushes with hot dog that killed him.
- Tony is impressed by Cody's natural stage presence and delivery
- Cody wins Mexican Drum Off against defending champion Joel Berg
Ichabod
Set: Set about inviting one hooker who brings five friends, living at Fremont $299/month hotel, getting high with hookers. References being with 'people I love' in hotel room.
Interview: Ichabod is creator of 'Bucket of Destiny,' lives hour away from Vegas, sent daily text updates about worsening nose zit before show, had foot massage experience with hooker and multiple guys.
- Invited one hooker to $299/month Fremont hotel, six showed up instead.
- Getting high with hookers—would be best way to die surrounded by people I love.
- Tony recounts hilarious series of daily text updates from Ichabod about spreading nose zit
- Ichabod reveals he was the foot guy—licked hooker's foot while others watched
Brad Goldby
Interview: Jeremiah and Joel Berg are puppeteers performing as 'Masters of Puppets' band members with ventriloquist puppets throughout the episode.
- Band debuts new puppeteer characters, first time Kill Tony has used puppets
Interview: Joel Berg is undefeated Mexican Drum Off champion, puppeteer, band member. Retains title against Cody Glale in drum battle but loses to Cody in audience vote.
- Joel performs in Mexican Drum Off against Cody, defending his undefeated title
- Joel loses Mexican Drum Off championship to Cody Glale
Leon
PanelInterview: Leon is band member (puppet performer) who makes multiple racial comments during interviews, including about child support and being first Black band member.
- Leon noted as first Black band member in Kill Tony history
- Leon makes multiple racist comments about child support during Jonathan Sifford interview