Kill Tony #378 — Ian Edwards
Guests: Ian Edwards
Lineup
Set: James performs as a demonic character with white contacts and black nail polish, delivering intentionally bad jokes and puns about peacocks and parking brakes.
Interview: James revealed he adopted the demon character in March, lives off a settlement from a lawsuit worth $666/month, and lives with his best friend who supports the character choice.
- What is the opposite of a peacock? Approve (a peacunt).
- Parking brake engagement as congratulations on the car's achievement.
- Tony and panel note James sacrificed entire set to establish character, showing commitment.
- Gary (caveman band member) harshly critiques the set as worse than a T-rex dump.
Set: Milan discusses condom use preferences between men and women, comparing the sensation to a dentist wearing rubber gloves, and uses a gorilla glue commercial punchline.
Interview: Milan is a tutor from Portland who moved to LA in October, grew up around motels his parents owned, and discussed Indian motel ownership patterns.
- Condoms like dentist glove intrusion—awkward sensation comparison.
- Porn rabbit hole ending with gorilla glue commercial reveal.
- Tony shares personal porn story about hairy women rabbit hole.
Set: Mitchell, a military veteran, jokes about military training, female veteran's comments about his legs, and making fun of blown-off limbs.
Interview: Mitchell served in the Air Force as an IT technician in Turkey and Japan, discussed his sexuality and military encounters, and demonstrated marching ability.
- Military training with hip dips to protect freedom.
- Female veteran leg comparison joke about blown-off limbs.
- Mitchell demonstrates marching footwork on stage with band chanting.
- Extensive interview about sexual encounters with military personnel.
Set: Temmah raps about her Jewish roots, references Lisa Ann Frank (combining porn star and school supply brand), and uses absurdist humor about her background.
Interview: Temmah returned to stand-up after a four-and-a-half-year relationship break, works on film sets and drives for rideshare, and previously sucked her thumb until age 15.
- Lisa Ann Frank reference combining Jewish identity and art supplies.
- Tree house head job rumor from seventh grade for popularity.
- Revelation she sucked thumb until age 15, transitioning to other oral activities.
- Discussion of famous actor boyfriend she won't name.
Set: Alysia jokes about using body hair (bushes) as rape prevention strategy and references the trapdoor spider as having good dating qualities.
Interview: Alysia, a brand-new comedian from Phoenix starting in February, works as a content writer and commercial producer, loves plants and knitting, and has her mother in the audience.
- Bush as rape deterrent strategy in dark alleys.
- Trapdoor spider as ideal dating prospect outside her genome.
- Opens with rape jokes acknowledging their problematic nature.
- Caveman character jokingly threatens to rape her during set.
Set: Tokyo performs as an active sex worker, joking about selling sex while living with parents post-pandemic, the shame of home-based work, and men paying extra for shame.
Interview: Tokyo has been a sex worker for five years, one year stand-up comedian, also a musician, has a son she keeps away from comedy, and charges $400+ for 2-hour sessions.
- Shame premium: clients pay extra for humiliation while hooking.
- Sneaking in with five clients while living with parents.
- Red Band extensively questions Tokyo's sex work services and pricing on-air.
- Tokyo reveals she has a 'gorgeous little chocolate baby' son who doesn't know about her comedy.
- Tokyo sings acapella, compared to Sia and Sarah McLachlan by panels.
Set: William performs as a psychic who gives vague readings about body ailments, mentions his lonely past and eccentric history including a dead aunt during Mount St. Helens.
Interview: William spent $20,000 on a De Vries psychic program, gives fake readings on audience members, recently started dating for first time, has Lyme disease, and carries liquid acid.
- Psychic readings about audience members' body ailments.
- Half-aunt died during Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980s.
- William reads Tony's fortune, correctly guessing mac and cheese diet, Tony admits 50-pound weight loss.
- William asks Ian Edwards for opening gigs, claiming he lived in Nebraska and met him there.
- Tony reveals William is dating and has liquid acid plans post-show.
Set: Malcolm performs about working at Clicking Chicken in the valley, an Armenian-owned Nashville-style chicken restaurant, coworkers attributing flavor to him, and menu redundancy.
Interview: Malcolm works at Clicking Chicken, had his car towed, lives in temporary housing, is in a new Rick and Morty video game, has a girlfriend, and boxes to manage stress.
- Coworkers think his presence improves chicken flavor as only Black employee.
- Menu repetition with different wording for same chicken items.
- Malcolm reveals he quits and returns to job frequently; boss allows it.
- Justin Roiland (Rick and Morty creator) found Malcolm through the show and cast him.
Set: Katie performs observational comedy about her New England Catholic upbringing, bragging about traveling and having sex with her first Black partner, juxtaposing Disney Princess shame with adult experiences.
Interview: Katie recently had sex with a Black comedian she met at an open mic, uses extra-large condoms, works as a bar supervisor, hosts porn trivia as a nun, and reads tarot cards.
- Father abused by priests, mother tortured by nuns—Catholic upbringing.
- Disney Princess with toxic shame; boobs accomplished everything for her.
- Katie discusses recent first Black sexual partner with extra-large condom needs.
- Reveals she's bipolar when discussing manic energy, then discusses masturbation methods with all-butthole preference.