Kill Tony #542 — Danny Brown, JPEGMAFIA
Guests: Danny Brown · JPEGMAFIA
Lineup
Set: Hans opens with MLK library joke and escalator bit about people walking up them. Clean, observational humor with strong timing.
Interview: Hans discusses selling out shows in Dallas, career growth from Tony's mentorship, and smoking with Danny Brown backstage. Interview covers hand jobs he's received at shows.
- Library closed for MLK birthday is rude way to celebrate
- Guy on escalator questioning why people walk up them
- Tony praising Hans for hitting new level of headlining
Bawiii
Set: Bawiii tells story about encountering person at gas station pump with broken window. One-week newcomer to comedy.
Interview: Discusses being on vacation, mixing and mastering music since age 14, remixing Wiz Khalifa track. Reveals he's 24, married 8 years, from St. Martin.
- Gas station story about guy's back window and gunshots
- Only week into comedy, audience shocked at confidence level
- Danny and JPEGMAFIA laugh at his energy
Set: First-timer Audrey covers sexual assault as minor, body dysmorphia, being straight in queer friend group. Dark, intimate material with strong punchlines.
Interview: First time on stage, from Northampton Massachusetts (lesbianville). Discusses ex-boyfriend who introduced her to show, current boyfriend who's a bartender, her tattoo artist career.
- Sexual assault by minor makes her worry she's pedophile
- Coming out as straight to queer friends
- First-timer set goes exceptionally strong, crowd engaged
- Revenge set on ex-boyfriend who watches show
Chad Jay
Set: Six-month comedian covers living with alcoholic roommate, racist white noise machine, shower jerking off water bill joke. Strong material.
Interview: Six months in, construction worker from Oakland/Brooklyn, just moved to Austin. Discusses building cars as hobby, karaoke at Latchkey.
- Living with alcoholic Alexa machine roommate from Arkansas
- White noise machine picks up racist ghost sounds
- Water bill high because roommate jerking off in shower
- Chad performs Nothing But A G Thing with Danny Brown as hype man
- Danny Brown gets hyped during performance
Set: Ellis performs as new backup regular, covers autism diagnosis, autistic vs artistic confusion, fighting coworkers, MLK shout out. High energy set.
Interview: Regular debut on show. Discusses being fan of Danny Brown, roller skating since age 12, martial arts interests.
- Can't do things because he's childish and not playing with full deck
- Confusion between autistic and artistic drawing abilities
- Coworker says he can't fight autistic person
- Ellis introduced as new backup regular making his debut
- Danny Brown tells Ellis story about penguin smell reference
Set: Second-time performer, Albanian truck driver. One joke about Biden and vaccines and Asians, removes shirt showing band-aids. Weird energy, incomplete set.
Interview: From Albania/Kosovo, in US 10 years, truck driver. Discusses climate change song, writing books, declining romantic interest.
- Biden vaccines question about openly hating Asians
- Removes shirt mid-set revealing band-aids
- Danny Brown coaches him to do another joke
Set: Eight-year comedian covers autism affecting dating, women loving autism narrative, porn habits, checking weather on phone. Good timing and execution.
Interview: Autistic, same type as Elon Musk. Recently moved from Minneapolis to Austin, worked in warehouse operating forklift. Never had sex, virgin at 34.
- Autism makes women feel good about being prostitute
- Picks up phone expecting weather forecast find porn
- Audience learns 34-year-old comedian is virgin
- Danny Brown offers to take him to strip club
Sam Kiper
Set: Longest-standing regular delivers fresh minute on KFC fake chicken, Eminem fake beef, explicit sexual content, Taco Bell rats, rioting and looting.
Interview: Wearing contracted orange vintage shirt, discusses obligatory five untucked wearings. Reveals three Red Bulls before set, chest pain, soup obsession, crock pot use, bathroom issues.
- KFC fake chicken matched with Eminem fake beef
- Pussy so tight uses airpods for double penetration
- Taco Bell released thousands of captive rats for cooking
- William performing as longest-standing regular with new material
- Danny Brown freestyle about his girlfriend at end of interview