Kill Tony #397 — Mark Normand

Set: Jokes about teaching her son anatomically correct names, dating after having a kid, and a C-section story. Set featured relatable parenting and dating humor with punchlines about potential partners.

Interview: Discussed her two children, relationship with her ex-boyfriend (black), and current co-parenting arrangement. Tony made numerous jokes about her appearance and dating preferences.

Set: Observational comedy about looking like a mashup of John Wick and Kylo Ren, husky dogs in hot climates, and finding joy in working at animal shelters. Set was well-structured with callbacks to his appearance.

Interview: Seven months into comedy, studied marketing and international business with masters degree but does Uber instead. Parents paid for college, lives in Austin, has good vertical jump and dunking ability.

Set: Largely incoherent set due to heavy lisp, discussing wanting to see women get hit in the genitals on camera and complaints about gay people adopting speech impediments. Set was difficult to understand.

Interview: Been doing stand-up two years, hits nine open mics per week in Dallas, has been to jail ten times mostly for car-related violations. Discussed relationships, prison, current girlfriend, and living situation.

Set: Story-based set about working Guitar Center pro audio selling cheap toy microphones to customers, ending with unexpected punchline. Set built to a strong payoff at the end.

Interview: Now works as flooring estimator in Houston, grew up in Orange County, goes to Disneyland twice yearly, has Tinder profile with music and bars. Told story about drunk Uber ride to Austin costing $450.

Set: Explicit sexual comedy focused on butthole pleasure and gay sexuality. Very short set centered on shock humor and aggressive crowd work toward straight male audience members.

Interview: Discussed sexual preferences, uses dildo and various objects, spins at Lingo Cycle studio in Dallas, intermittent fasts, uses sleep machine for white noise. Multiple explicit sexual discussions.

Set: Set about mixed race identity (half white, half Mexican), getting mistaken for Asian as a child, and parents meeting at dad's job. Used self-deprecating humor about appearance and race.

Interview: Father worked at power plant making GMC vehicles, mother Allie Wong, works in maintenance at Marriott hotel in Fort Worth, lives with girlfriend, attended wwe wrestling and metal shows.

Set: Disjointed set about sports, toilet paper shopping confusion, brief personal anecdotes. First time on stage, appeared to be intoxicated during performance.

Interview: Real estate agent, former banker, recently turned 40, attends concerts (Guns N Roses, Seinfeld, Eagles), plays multiple instruments including bass, had Adderall prescription that helped career.

Set: Short set about intimidating appearance contrasted with soft voice and personality, defending Redman on YouTube. First stand-up set ever, well-received by audience.

Interview: 26 years old, works as fiber tech for Facebook data center in Fort Worth for eight years since high school, engaged to white girlfriend, proposed in Colorado with Amazon Fire Stick story.

Set: Set about excessive body hair as Lebanese person, shaving legs in middle school and father's reaction, girls secretly liking hairy men. First time on stage.

Interview: 26 years old, works in digital advertising with Shopify store, Lebanese father came from war at age 18, has white girlfriend, no previous stage experience.

Set: Absurdist comedy about comparing hard dick to pictures, Texas steak challenge, buying KY Jelly for mom with cancer, and rental app idea for sex dungeons called AirBNB DSM.

Interview: First time stand-up, plays drums for nine years, mother had colon cancer and radiation therapy requiring dildo from hospital for vaginal closure prevention.

Set: Self-deprecating comedy about looking like lesbian version of Drew Carey, being the fat friend embarrassing group at restaurants, ranch dressing on body, bowling scholarship attempt.

Interview: Weighs 275 pounds, almost got bowling scholarship to West Texas A&M but declined to avoid living there, moved to Dallas instead, referred to as looking like Hannah Gadsby.