Kill Tony #386 — Big Jay Oakerson
Guests: Big Jay Oakerson
Lineup
Zach Hilman
Set: Self-deprecating material about drinking too much, getting drunk bills, and partying without order. Silly and absurdist delivery.
Interview: Discussed working at Bubba Gump, recent skateboarding hobby, breakup after five years three months, and encounters with tourists at work.
- Drunk people ask easiest questions, don't understand Google
- Got bill more than bank account from getting drunk
- Forrest Gump/Bubba Gump trivia callback—one-way street detail
Set: Dark material about his brother stepping on his mother, hitting a car driven by his mom, losing his dog and pretending not to recognize it. Self-deprecating delivery.
Interview: Revealed he sells dead fish to restaurants and prisons, family business spanning generations, boxes in Watts, has long hair, and gets beaten up regularly.
- Brother texted he stepped at hits mom—got hit by car later
- Lost dog, pretended not to know it, claimed new one cooler
- Tony reveals Michael's evil salmon story and possessed cousin detail
Set: Rhyming slam poetry-style material about aging, drinking, getting overdone (burnt), money troubles, and alternative rap persona. Heavy emphasis on rhyming couplets.
Interview: Discussed designing Net Zero prefab homes, renewable energy work, wife Cookie (40 years married), her TV show, and FEMA disaster relief housing prototype.
- Used to sip Henny, now faints; rhyming burn/urn metaphor
- Could be 71 Savage or Gangsta Gramps with amps
- Sam stops rhyming and becomes genuinely compelling; Big Jay notes difference
- Reveals wife named Cookie with last name Cutter—Cookie Cutter
Set: Observations about white girls claiming to be witches on dating apps, comparing fake witchcraft to actual supernatural signs, manifesting as just asking for help.
Interview: 21-year-old from Phoenix, living with uncle in studio above garage, uncle does rigging for Tonys/Emmys, performs rap, released music through Kill Tony connections.
- White girls on Tinder claim witchcraft but just own candles
- Manifesting is just asking out loud; someone agrees, you're not magic
- Golden Ticket winner, performed day after turning 21, rappedfreestyle on show
- Tony and panel won over by Tristan's charisma despite initial skepticism
Set: Rambling, anxious storytelling about car repossession, attempting to change oil and ruining car, hitting tow truck driver who was cheating ex's new boyfriend.
Interview: Four years into comedy, recently moved to Koreatown, was couch-surfing in Van Nuys, interested in crystals/EFT/Reiki/yoga, had tantric workshop and van sex with bartender.
- At 19, put oil in radiator instead of engine, drove roommate
- Tow truck driver was guy ex cheated with; hit him
- Sam demonstrates frog yoga pose during interview
- Admits to tantric sex workshop and van sex with bartender
Set: Absurdist material about smoking K2, wanting young daughters in beauty pageants, joke about cousin with whooping cough infecting his daughter.
Interview: Works at strip club in Destin wearing special underwear, has 20-year-long bit with Ralph Martinez from Philippines, plays Monopoly, takes experimental hallucinogens.
- Smoked weed, felt like K2 in Philippines with Spanish accents
- 3-5 year olds best age for beauty pageants to dress up
- Ralph Martinez from Philippines in audience, long-running 20-year bit with William
- William performs in underwear, explains buying from strip club
Set: Educational bit about only 3% of male birds having penises, evolution removing them because females didn't like male birds. Implication about human men needing improvement.
Interview: Married 5 years, recently had deviated septum surgery (tubes out today), can smell for first time since 7th grade, danced as backup for Puff Daddy/MC Hammer/Paula Abdul, age 36.
- Only 3% of male birds have penises; females evolved them away
- If you're bad in bed, your species loses its penis
- First day after septum surgery tubes removed, can smell for first time
- Revealed backup dancing for Puff Daddy, MC Hammer, Paula Abdul