Kill Tony #393
Lineup
Set: Set about mismatch between his deep voice and appearance, dating mishaps including a girl who couldn't eat sushi rolls, and his Haitian/Puerto Rican background with the sickle-cell trait.
Interview: Discussed his work as an electrician, homeschooling by his mom, Navy family background, dating expenses, and his sweating condition related to the sickle-cell trait.
- Girlfriend thought she could eat eight sushi rolls but meant two pieces per roll
- Mismatch between his cartoon-like voice and manly appearance
Tim Hill
Set: Set about looking like a skateboarder despite not skateboarding, looking like criminals, and how cops should look more like him.
Interview: Discussed his four years of stand-up, weed industry work, hyperactive thyroid causing fast metabolism, gambling addiction with roulette, and his parents' careers.
- Cops try hard to look like cops while crime walks up to him
- People get mad when he says he doesn't skateboard
- Extensive roasting of his appearance by panel and Tony
Set: Set about choking during sex, dating a struggling musician who texted 23 times, engagement breakup, and a joke about getting to 69.
Interview: Revealed she's a drummer, attempted the Mexican Drum-Off against Joel Berg but performed poorly; lost competition with Joel ending in fake blood on her.
- Engagement to struggling musician she paid for, he texted 23 times post-breakup
- Mexican Drum-Off competition; Katie lost to Joel Berg who got fake blood in mouth
Set: Set about putting a sticker on his girlfriend's face causing a scar, making dark jokes about his mom's abuse and parental violence.
Interview: Discussed broken thumb from motorcycle accident, grad student in criminal justice, lived with five sisters, traveled 11,477 miles on motorcycle in 56 days, ex-convict from truck stop robbery, serious anger issues.
- Sticker stuck to girlfriend's whisker causing scar like mom's from abuse
- Sean revealed serious anger issues, road rage history, ripped off car mirror
- Tony coaches Sean to focus on interview questions
Set: Set about sister coming out as non-binary, 300 genders and gender fluidity, and his confusion about pronouns and terminology.
Interview: Discussed selling PlayStation and belongings at 19 to pursue comedy, bartender and barback for three years, sister's non-binary identity, parental reactions, dating a Mexican/Italian woman.
- Sister's non-binary identity and gender fluidity explained as emotions, not gender
- 300 genders and gender fluid sounds like just having emotions
Set: Set with absurdist storytelling about uncle Richard Dracula, living in sewers, working for TNT Network rescue 9-1-1, and a whistling album with dark family themes.
Interview: Tony pulled items from William's pockets, audience member Mike Richardson from high school expressed dislike for William's repetitive material, discussed working at La Quinta Inn in Scottsdale.
- Whistling album about dad's drinking and family trauma hiding from father
- Audience member Mike Richardson explicitly stated dislike for William's repetitive performance
Set: Set about working at elementary school special ed department, kids' insults, told kid he'd have sex with mother, and another kid exposing himself.
Interview: Discussed special ed work, muscular build from needing to defend himself, dating girlfriend for 2.5 years met on Bumble, raising stepson with anger issues.
- Third grader called him COOL (Constipated Overrated Loser), he responded he'd have sex with mom
Josh S
Set: Set about first strip club visit, uncircumcised penis and loose change, sister doing free strip teases, and inappropriate humor about family.
Interview: 21-year-old, discussed powerlifting (275 lb bench), lifting VW bug, surfing and snowboarding, drinking Jager bombs, girlfriend broke up with him two weeks ago, got nose piercing as result.
- Uncircumcised, asks circumcised guys where they put loose change
- Josh revealed he hooked up with a stripper mom who had 5-year-old kid
Set: Set about growing up in foster care, competitiveness with roommate over hunger, and absurdist observational humor about longing for a father figure.
Interview: First time performing stand-up ever, from Portland living in La Jolla five years, works as certified arborist doing fire mitigation for power companies, grew up in foster care in and out of van.
- Competitive over being more hungry than roommate after sushi
- Golden ticket awarded for first-time set; Tony offers guaranteed minute at next quarterly show
- Skeeter spits water during interview multiple times