Kill Tony #529 — William Montgomery

Set: Hans opened with observations about being a minority and racism, made jokes about white pride, the Middle East, and hating Jews. He maintained absurdist humor throughout.

Interview: Tony and panel discussed Hans's pea coat, his on-again off-again relationship with Paige, and his recent gaming wins. William expressed concern about Hans's atheist jokes and invited him to church.

Set: Stephen wore a bulletproof vest and made jokes about drunk skunks, light beer, and being DEA. The set was somewhat disorganized and drew criticism from the panel.

Interview: Stephen explained his bulletproof vest was from playing Warzone video games. Tony criticized his tick-tock presence and questioned his preparation for the show.

Set: Braden's first-ever stand-up set included dark jokes about a baby dying from diaper rash, Planned Parenthood, and genealogy companies for inbreds. He forgot material and seemed nervous.

Interview: Tony praised Braden's premise but criticized the execution. They discussed his insurance job, fiancée Hannah in occupational therapy, his kegerator, and a dorm shower birth story.

Set: Strategy discussed loyalty in relationships and threesomes, using repetition of 'loyalty' that became rap-like. First-time stand-up from a DJ with 12 years in the industry.

Interview: Strategy revealed he's a nightclub DJ from Houston via Chicago, offered Hans Kim money for a podcast, discussed his tattooed breasts, and talked about threesomes and double blow jobs.

Set: Tre Pack did four years of consistent stand-up, opening with girl scout cookie season and aggressive sales tactics toward kids. Strong material about manipulative marketing.

Interview: Tre discussed his weight loss challenge (down 16 pounds in one week from quitting Mountain Dew), his bouncer background, his broken penis story from throwing a guy out, and his plan to work door at Rogan's club.

Set: Arash did 58 seconds about moving to the US from Iran in 2001, bad timing with 9/11 bullying, Colin Powell, and the show ending abruptly. First time in Austin after 5 years in Salt Lake City.

Interview: Arash discussed being Iranian-American, his parents being chemists, living in Turkey and Australia, his job as a programmer in video games, his Iranian girlfriend who's a dentist, and being uncomfortable with dancing.

Set: Gabe Kaye, a pastor's kid, did two years of stand-up with material about church girls, hand jobs in youth rooms, and sex with salvation urgency. Moved from San Jose to Austin.

Interview: Gabe discussed his wife who's an industrial engineer at Google, his polyamorous explorations with 3Fun app, full-time stand-up without income, getting COVID, and working in Pflugerville gigs.

Set: Mike did 14 years of stand-up, opening about being a weird Black guy who likes Wu-Tang and anime. He did an extended Game of Thrones quote that got him kicked out of HEB.

Interview: Mike moved to Austin 3 weeks ago, was a Jehovah's Witness as a kid, classically trained chef specializing in Chinese fried rice, homeless as a child, drives a salvage Scion, and had an accomplished girlfriend with a doctorate on slow lorises.

Set: Lauren returned after bombing in LA, doing redemption set with jokes about Abbott's border wall, Disney remakes with diverse casting, and making a Little Mermaid drowning joke.

Interview: Lauren disclosed she drives a Corvette from San Diego to LA in 45 minutes, previously lived in Mexico doing eco-tourism cleanup work, was a drunken motorcyclist hit-and-run victim, and is dating Ryan Joseph (another comedian).

Set: Swiggy, on two hits of LSD at 3pm, did a set about getting a massage thinking the masseuse was a sex-trafficked victim, tried to 'save' her but finished anyway.

Interview: Swiggy is 33, from Philadelphia, works at Terry Black's barbecue, recently moved to Austin in May, does stand-up for the first time on this show, has a show coming at Green Jay tomorrow, last name is Pearl Swig (Jewish).

Set: David Lucas opened with R. Kelly incarceration material, defending him for peeing on people and comparing it to women's 'squirting'. Made controversial cancellation commentary.

Interview: David discussed recent Denver and Rogan shows, upcoming gigs including Thursday secret show, his fashion choices, toe comment, and reconnected with William Montgomery about their 'Brothers in Cursive' podcast.