Kill Tony #479 — Mat Edgar
Guests: Mat Edgar
Lineup
Interview: Tony discussed their long friendship, how they got into smoking pot together 13 years ago, attended Pink Floyd concerts, lived together, and were hired at the Comedy Store around the same time. Mat's album 'Take the L' recorded at NYC Comedy Club was discussed.
- Tony and Mat reminisced about being kicked out of Whataburger in Texas by a cop who thought they were fighting, when they were actually playfully boxing.
Set: William performed edgy material about MTV being fired for not playing music, BET cancellations, fear of COVID, and drug use at his carport. Set was approximately 50-60 seconds with strong opening misdirects.
Interview: Tony and panel discussed William's first headlining gig in Eureka where he did 45 minutes (later revised to 32 minutes), brought a malfunctioning synthesizer, drove with Adderall and beer, and stayed in Fort Bragg.
- MTV fired for no longer playing music.
- Fear of COVID so bad he called the police.
- Reference to Elias Smith's suicide and Courtney Love connection.
- William revealed he actually did 32 minutes, not 45 as previously stated, then claimed 45 again.
- William admitted to drinking beer while driving on Adderall.
- Package of shorts sent by Fener's Freshest business.
Set: Nicki blanked on her PTSD dad joke opening, recovered with material about her 'Peter Pansexual' haircut and bisexuality. Short nervous set that recovered with strong punch lines.
Interview: Nicki revealed she has PTSD, her mom died of drug overdose on Valentine's Day when she's 11, and her father is a Vietnam vet with PTSD. She works as an engineer making oncology cell therapy drugs.
- Haircut called 'Peter Pansexual' and gay.
- PTSD dad is like regular dad, back then called him weird.
- Dad might choke you out at night, like Milton Bradley game.
- Nicki blanked on her opening joke and got nervous, Tony pointed out she fulfilled her own prophecy of him being mean.
- Nicki recovered strongly with 'Peter Pansexual' haircut line getting bigger laugh than William's full set.
- Don't Wake Daddy board game discussion where Tony realized it looked like him.
Set: Sarah joked about being fired from Outback Steakhouse at 18, inability to explain the Blooming Onion without giggling, and dating men in bandanas being harder than dating in general.
Interview: Sarah revealed she's a travel nurse from Houston, started stand-up September last year in Austin, worked on COVID front lines March-June, works in interventional radiology in LA, family is wealthy, father is civil engineer, mother in sales.
- Outback Steakhouse not like Australia, more like TGI Friday's.
- Manager said she's not Outback material, relieved to find out.
- Dating men in bandanas harder than dating in general.
- Sarah spoke too fast and rushed punch lines, band member suggested slowing down.
- Discussed working Super Bowl and Houston Rodeo at NRG Stadium.
Set: David performed edgy material about consent, news cycle, and homeless shelter food being too good. Strong opening with controversial premise followed by social commentary.
Interview: David works door at Comedy Store, is pescatarian, discussed workout routine, dietary choices, and avoiding late-night eating to reduce hangovers.
- Fourth time she says stop is when you should stop.
- News should only air once weekly, not daily Trump/Biden coverage.
- Homeless shelter serving steak/shrimp instead of ham sandwich.
- David tried to avoid saying N-word in jokes due to demonetization issues.
- Discussion about learning comedy history from Comedy Store documentary.
Set: Joel performed a fast-paced stream-of-consciousness set listing ancestry.com results, living in a van, reading signs, and various brand/product placements with rapid delivery and absurdist humor.
Interview: Joel is 29, from Whitefish Montana (pop. 10-15k), lived in van for 2 years, delivers Grubhub/Postmates, previously on show, plays golf, has had girls in the van.
- Listed on ancestry.com as 100% freak, Pokemon comparison.
- Lives in van, delivers Grubhub from Toyota Sienna.
- Rapid-fire brand/sign readings and product placements.
- Joel mentioned hitting dead deer on highway at 30mph, blood everywhere, hit car wash next morning.
- Saran wrap (band member) had meltdown trying to follow drum directions.
Set: Ryan performed tight one-liners about girlfriend breakup, interracial dating experiences, dating apps, left-handedness, and casual observations with quick punches.
Interview: Ryan is 36, been doing stand-up almost 2 years, attended Magic Castle drive-in show, heckled by audience member about white privilege, works from home for liberal university creating DEI courses.
- Girlfriend wanted 500 feet distance after breakup.
- Dated beautiful Black girl, crossed street to avoid her.
- Left-handed but dad said learn right-handed for easier life.
- Ryan discussed getting heckled at drive-in show about white privilege, riffed on her Prius.
- Ryan left journal at girlfriend's house, she read it and found pros/cons list about her.
Set: Phil opened with joke about governor's mask-between-bites advice being unscientific, then performed impressive juggling routine with bowling pins, including behind-the-back and through-the-legs tricks.
Interview: Phil is a juggler and unicyclist, homeschooled, learned juggling and rollerblading growing up, plays sports, goes to Pan Pacific Park, dating someone met through Hinge, picked up trash on first date.
- Governor's mask-between-bites advice unscientific and impractical.
- Phil performed glow-in-the-dark bowling pin juggling routine with impressive tricks.
- Phil demonstrated one-wheel (e-board) unicycling with juggling, goes up to 30mph.
- Tony made joke about Phil collecting money in bush at Pan Pacific Park for sexual services.
Set: Michael performed pre-recorded set from Wyoming about restaurant managers doing cocaine, growing up in Queens as 'white Mike,' interest in LA rap, favorite song having N-word, breathing/chiropractors, and Armenian birthday parties.
- Matthew Perry has nothing on CPK Burbank manager's cocaine habit.
- Favorite song has N-word in title but can't say title.
- 90% of life problems caused by bad breathing, chiropractors right.
- Extended material about Armenian birthday parties with family dancing, food, and drink service.
Interview: Jeremiah announced his debut special coming out December 8th, new merch store at jeremiahwatkins.com, will be in New York first week of November doing podcasts and shows.
Interview: Jet Ski mentioned selling ornaments at jetskijohnson.com, Tony noted he bought 25-30 ornaments and encouraged listeners to purchase.
Interview: Chroma Chris mentioned new music video for Orange Amplifiers sponsor on YouTube with help from kill tony family members.
Interview: Joel Berg criticized throughout episode for urinating while talking loudly in main room, moving around a lot, and speaking at awkward moments.
- Joel was loudly talking in back green room while urinating, picked poor moments to speak.
Interview: Red Band announced virtual reality podcast 'Virtual Red Band' on YouTube at youtube.com/redband, posted about 3-4 times per week, and mentioned Patreon at patreon.com/hinchcliffe for roast school content.