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.

Interview: William Montgomery appeared as the main guest and regular, discussed his sobriety (3 months sober, addicted to raisin bread), provided roasts and feedback to bucket pull comedians, and invited Hans to church.