Kill Tony #493 — Brian Holtzman

Set: Raymond, a one-handed comedian, made dark suicide jokes about slitting wrists being impossible and losing money in the stock market leading to suicidal ideation. He discussed spiders in his apartment and how being bitten might kill him.

Interview: Tony asked about why he wore a mask throughout, then discussed his congenital condition, his one arm, his job as a barista at Buzz Mill, and whether he'd considered prosthetics.

Set: Benjamin did Soulja Boy themed jokes, discussing soldiers, training, and references that confused most of the audience. His set was largely unsuccessful with minimal laughs.

Interview: Revealed he's never watched Kill Tony before, has been doing comedy for 7 years in Austin/Travis County, revealed he has schizophrenia and disability, and previously worked as a system administrator for AT&T.

Set: Britney delivered strong jokes about dating red flags, confederate flags in bedroom, missing school shooting experiences, med spa/chemo weight loss jokes, and her mother being a cancer survivor.

Interview: She discussed taking an edible and staring at her dog, revealed she was a stripper for a year when 19, performed pole dancing moves on stage, and revealed chronic IBS.

Set: Mohammed performed comedy about being Palestinian Muslim who doesn't follow religion, made jokes about hooking up with older women referencing Prophet Muhammad, dark humor about Palestine/war, and modern dating.

Interview: Revealed he's visiting from Chicago, works as a food lab scientist in quality control, discussed Palestinian heritage and family's anti-Jewish sentiment, revealed being into curvy girls and butt over boobs.

Set: Anthony did his first Kill Tony set, getting fired from work for watching Black people react to magic tricks, discussed making up a girlfriend who wanted him to come on P. Terry's fries, and revealed dating anxiety.

Interview: 24-year-old Mexican from Austin, works in sales, discussed fake girlfriend story, revealed real girlfriend from December, had sex in living room at Italian restaurant on Cesar Chavez, girlfriend convinced him to use condom.

Set: Ryan did strong jokes about a girlfriend, parents hearing sex, his pregnant friend asking if she should have a rape baby, and his father being racist. He mentioned his girlfriend comes from broken home.

Interview: Discussed visiting Austin from LA, revealed anti-mask/COVID conspiracy views, revealed cousin's girlfriend died from COVID, discussed modafinil addiction from India, losing job on administrative leave for controversial jokes.

Set: Thomas did political commentary on Trump's bankruptcies and Kamala Harris's prosecutorial record with allegedly hidden evidence. His jokes were largely unsuccessful initially with minimal laughs.

Interview: Poker dealer from Massachusetts who moved to Austin, discussed getting feedback from Joe Rogan to do something different, revealed magic the gathering background, but breakthrough came when dancing became part of his act.

Set: Ben discussed being infantry in Army for 10 years and killing people, joked about peeing in shower, taking baths, watching too much porn causing keyboard stickiness, and got honorable discharge.

Interview: Stationed in New York, Kentucky, El Paso and Afghanistan, discussed pranks with glow sticks, works at HEB grocery store as personal shopper, ex-girlfriend came out as lesbian a year ago.