Kill Tony #479 — Mat Edgar
Guests: Mat Edgar
Lineup
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.