Kill Tony #349 — Doug Benson
Guests: Doug Benson
Lineup
Set: Joshua performed jokes about anti-vaxxers, dead kids, Black people saying slurs, construction work, and framers blasting drug cartel music.
Interview: Tony and the panel discussed Joshua's age (23), construction job, plumbing apprenticeship, eating chicken, and lack of hobbies.
- Anti-vaxxers, dead kids, and construction worker telling jokes
- Music gets turned down for Bolger but framers blast drug cartel music
- Tony praised Joshua's bone structure and delivery, called him 'slim and shady'
- Joshua revealed he doesn't have hobbies beyond eating chicken and listening to podcasts
Set: Pedro performed jokes about being an immigrant, dating apps, Olympic disqualification, bathroom stalls, and the Mexican border/wall.
Interview: Tony struggled to understand Pedro's jokes, which lacked clear punchlines; panel noted his delivery and confidence but lack of coherence.
- Immigrant dating app mishap and Olympic disqualification for unfair advantage
- Bathroom stalls and ball temperature during border crossing
- Pedro attempted multiple times to make jokes but consistently failed to land punchlines
- Tony and Doug attempted to coach Pedro through joke structure
Set: Timmy told stories about hiking after eating bad food, pooping his pants on a trail, and observing a woman stand up off a Walmart rascal scooter after eating fried chicken.
Interview: Tony confirmed Timmy pooped himself hiking, discussed his corporate trainer job at a time-tracking company, hobbies including stand-up paddleboarding and shooting clay pigeons.
- Trusted a fart, pooped pants 5-10 minutes into hiking
- Woman miraculously healed by Walmart fried chicken, stood up off rascal scooter
- Tony coached Timmy on joke delivery and clarity
Set: Brandon made jokes about his wife, beard, clutch, and life in general with minimal structure and coherence.
Interview: Tony revealed Brandon was intoxicated; discussed his warehouse job, marriage to Tessa, title loan work, and brought his wife on stage for roasting.
- Beard parts like bushy vagina, owns anti-Hitler, life is fun
- Tony realized Brandon was drunk during set; audience members walked out
- Tony brought Brandon's wife Tessa on stage and had her roast him
- Target team leader Zane Roberts interrupted show; Tony warned against more nudity after Brandon flashed
Set: Stephanie performed about her gift of gab, snorting during intimate moments, logorrhea, and her past as a prostitute and drug addict.
Interview: Stephanie revealed 13 years of stand-up comedy, time in LA during 2007-2009, cocaine use, prostitution, heroin addiction, and 5 years sobriety as of July 4th.
- Gift of gab and snorting during sex; logorrhea and gonorrhea comparison
- Past life: prostitute shooting meth, charged $500 initially then coupons for milk
- Stephanie disclosed shooting heroin with her mother in dead grandfather's trailer on July 4th
- Tony celebrated Stephanie's 5 years sobriety milestone
- Stephanie revealed being left at Nampa dog park by client, turning point for quitting
Pinkie
Set: Pinkie talked about growing up in Idaho with five brothers, parents not knowing what condoms are, being homeschooled without education, and a girlfriend named Hannah who avoided him.
Interview: Pinkie revealed he's 19, second-oldest of five brothers, hasn't smoked pot, works at a moving company, possibly queer or questioning sexuality.
- Homeschooled with five brothers, parents don't know what condoms are
- Girlfriend Hannah would run out of room when he entered
- Dated a cat because homeschooled with limited options
- Tony asked if Pinkie was gay; Pinkie ambiguously responded 'willing to experiment'
- Tony called Pinkie the second sweetest comedian of the night
- Pinkie revealed he worked at homeless shelter, not Walmart despite Tony's guess
Set: Nick told jokes about his uncle helping him buy dildos, getting in a fight as a drunk at a school playground with a fifth grader and his dad.
Interview: Nick revealed 6 months as a locksmith, funny incident unlocking a house during domestic dispute, one-month-old girlfriend who's also a comedian, magic tricks, and beatboxing.
- Uncle helping buy dildo from Adam and Eve sex shop
- Fought fifth grader at playground while drunk, then dad beat him up
- Nick performed cigarette magic trick for audience
- Nick beatboxed for the audience upon request
- Nick and Target team leader Zane Roberts performed Target rap together
Set: Trevor talked about childhood trauma from Tales from the Crypt puppet, his attempt to help his child overcome fear, and how he raised himself due to that experience.
Interview: Trevor revealed he's 25, first-time stand-up, was in welding class, works as a welder on trailers, loves psychedelic drugs especially acid.
- Tales from the Crypt puppet traumatized him as child; grenade metaphor
- Tony coached Trevor on joke delivery and structure
- Trevor revealed acid trip where he communicated telepathically with friend on bridge
Set: Nate performed tight, professional material about loving pot and strip clubs, naming a strip club 'Sorry Dad,' abortion doctors having kids, and strip club economics.
Interview: Nate revealed 25+ years performing comedy since 1999, started at Funny Bone Boise, moved to Minneapolis then Milwaukee for 17 years, returned home 4 weeks ago turning 40 in June.
- Strip club name should be 'Sorry Dad' with motherly announcer
- Abortion doctors have kids; bring your kids to work day dark joke
- Tony praised Nate as home run hitter balancing night of first-timers
- Nate revealed he was in ballet with Idaho Ballet Company playing Sancho Panza
- Woman from audience named Molly came forward and appeared to know/date Nate