Kill Tony #504 — Mark Normand, Ali Macofsky

Set: William performs risky jokes about DMX's overdose, C-SPAN 3, Tiger Woods driving off a cliff, and Chris Farley's death. He mentions his father Larry sent him the DMX joke and admits to having an extensive criminal record.

Interview: William discusses his criminal record, recent apartment hunting struggles, and his interest in opening for Mark Normand. He reveals his father recently passed away and mentions his bright pink skin visible under his white shirt.

Set: Jorge performs about his marijuana use causing paranoia rather than social anxiety relief, his experience on molly where his dick doesn't work, and preferring hair brushing during showers over traditional threesomes.

Interview: Jorge clarifies his name is pronounced with a J sound (Jorge, not Vorge). He's been doing comedy six years, works at Amazon and as a personal trainer with one client. He has a girlfriend and tends to sweat heavily on stage.

Set: Anthony tells jokes about white people not wearing masks, confuses the chickpea/garbanzo bean joke (originally credited to others), makes dating app jokes about a girl asking his dick size, and ends with lemon juggling.

Interview: Anthony admits to stealing the chickpea joke and acknowledges it came from homeless people and the Squatch. He juggles lemons on stage and reveals he also stole a concentration camp joke from his older brothers' camp experiences.

Set: Mariano discusses being Latino from Argentina not Mexico, performs with friend Irwin as 'Erwin and Fire', clarifies he identifies as Latinx, and jokes about Argentine stereotypes being soccer players or Nazis while claiming he doesn't play soccer.

Interview: Mariano restarted comedy after pandemic, works selling Medicare plans to seniors, has immigrant engineer parents from Argentina. Previously worked in social services signing up food stamp applications.

Set: Bradley opens with absurdist veteran service jokes, discusses eating ass to honor troops who died on beaches, transitions to rambling about being a degenerate, mentions the Iraq war, and tells a concentration camp joke about his brothers' camp experiences.

Interview: Bradley reveals he's been doing comedy for one month with nine shows total, performed at Lucky Duck, Blind Pig, Roma Room, and Buzz Mill. He served as Marine Corps sergeant, participated in Iraq invasion, and is unemployed after being fired from North Italia restaurant.

Set: Joshua performs observational humor about his dog having constant erections, watching it occur during walks and drive-thrus, attempts to teach the dog to play dead but fails. Ends with unclear punchline about flavor comparisons.

Interview: Joshua is on crutches from breaking his pinky toe stepping on a step while taking out trash two weeks ago. He works at HEB for seven months, gets promoted to assistant store manager upon return, plays golf since age eight, and is from Houston.

Set: Tamar performs as Muslim comedian celebrating Jewish control of media/money/weather, jokes about vaccine brands (Johnson & Johnson vs Weinstein/Friedman), makes controversial stereotypes about Jewish people, and references the Gaza Strip.

Interview: Tamar is Egyptian from Detroit, came to Austin for episode 500 as fan. First official stand-up set, claims Sarah Silverman co-signed him in 2011 after Q&A. Has written script titled 'Final Party' about end of world tragedy, wants to keep plot secret.

Set: Leonarda opens about her Albanian name (parents expected a boy), jokes about being one of three Albanians in world while others are in Liam Neeson's Taken, celebrates turning 35 and losing fear of molestation, transitions from 'show me where touched' to 'I'll show you where to touch me'.

Interview: Leonarda from New York, moved to Austin three weeks ago, two years stand-up experience. LSAT tutor (took test, did well, didn't attend law school). Has Black boyfriend who's film producer, excited about Austin paddle boarding, books show at Vulcan on Thursday.

Set: Phillip officiates buddy's wedding, kid asks help with belt buckle, Phillip declines saying 'not this weekend I'm a preacher'. References Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt), Transformers/Bumblebee drivers having mental health issues like Shia LaBeouf.

Interview: Phillip won $500 from episode 500 bucket pull. Recently moved to Austin (riverside), spent winnings on barbecue. Discusses bloody hemorrhoid issues, doctor recommends stopping red meat and cigarettes but he can't. Step-dad to 5-year-old girl, became instant parent during pandemic.

Set: Kyle opens with 23andMe test revealing he's 50% white trash (has a 'meemaw'), dad has fake Marine Corps tattoo despite never serving, watches war videos like football commentary ('I could have hit that school bus'). Dad's Steelers fan, roots against Browns regardless of context (football or war).

Interview: Kyle from Buffalo, New York, originally Columbus, Ohio. 23andMe testing, discovers white trash heritage. Father pretends to be Marine despite no service, watches war/drone strike videos like sports. Parents didn't understand meemaw reference initially.