Kill Tony #560 — Deric Poston

Set: Hans discusses gun violence in Chicago, trans people, bicyclists, and his sister as a feminist. Set clocks in at 52 seconds.

Interview: Hans recently headlined at Zany's in Chicago for four shows. Tony asks if he sold tickets and about his romantic life—Hans reveals an awkward phone sex call with his girlfriend that went six minutes without lube.

Set: Marcelene jokes about growing pubic hair, her mother not liking her, having Turkish parents ('Mexicans of Russia'), and wrestling/rape in Turkey versus America.

Interview: Marcelene has been doing stand-up for one year in Austin. She's a nanny for babies under two, studied graphic design in college for two years, and comes from a Turkish family that moved to Louisiana when her white stepdad got a teaching job.

Set: Sandrell discusses her married life, her husband's disability (unequal leg size), his sexual stamina making her disabled, and jokes about needing a handicap placard.

Interview: Sandrell recently started stand-up again this year after a hiatus. She's Blasian (Black and Chinese), worked as an accountant, been married seven years to a comedian named Mickey Housley, and recently moved to Austin six months ago.

Set: Sheamus discusses finding a golf ball-sized benign brain tumor, took mushrooms to ask it questions, jokes about his non-existent sister and schizophrenia, and warns against doing drugs while performing comedy.

Interview: Irish programmer visiting USA for one week. Three months ago was told tumor was plasmacytoma with 5-year survival estimate, later found to be benign. Recently moved to performing stand-up after attending Kill Tony, built five-minute set in Dublin and booked three shows.

Set: Marcus jokes about hating Italians while possibly being Italian, DNA tests, hot girls wanting him dead, and regular dick energy versus big dick energy. Recently moved from Albany, New York to Austin.

Interview: Marcus moved from Albany where he worked at an apartment complex. He's looking for a marketing job while doing stand-up for seven and a half years (he's 25). Nervous on stage, mentioned brother struggling with Xanax addiction.

Set: Alex is a 30-year-old welder who jokes about construction being 'Legos for felons', cocaine and climbing buildings as 'redneck Spider Man', and how his short stature prevents him wearing robes without looking like a sorcerer.

Interview: Alex is a welder from North Carolina who lived in Chicago briefly before moving to Austin post-COVID. He writes short stories, has tattoos including a panther and happiness, and met his girlfriend of six or seven months on a living room floor.

Set: Bianca has masculine energy; discusses a chain hitting a hookup, asking male friends to walk her to car (they refused), her alt-right alcoholic father, and a furniture shopping incident where he said a racial slur about a La-Z-Boy.

Interview: Bianca has been doing stand-up for one year, transitioned about two years ago, has vocal nodules that give her a deep voice. Works in social media marketing and runs shows in Austin. Recently had a beer thrown on her by a lesbian at a show southeast of Austin.

Set: James performs extended abortion joke comparing it to a medical procedure with cameras; discusses becoming confused about why people love abortions, then realizes it's an interesting medical procedure. First-time ever performing stand-up on stage.

Interview: 25 years old from Youngstown, Ohio area (Boardman/Poland). Dad worked at newspaper (Vindicator), mom works in assisted living. Very nervous despite strong visual comedy appeal. Had one girl for eight days eight months ago, then various casual encounters. This is literally his debut performance.

Set: William performs absurdist jokes about abortions, Amber Heard/Johnny Depp, Hunter Biden's laptop, Noah's Ark, and marching bands. Second part mixes random non-sequiturs with dark references to shooting people in Memphis, Phoenix, Dallas, Oklahoma City.

Interview: William was offered an $800,000/year Kirkland Signature sponsorship deal wearing their shirts. Recently dropped from deal due to 'exploits' in Memphis. Has court hearing in Memphis in three weeks regarding five bodies found in sewer near parents' house. Claims he killed five people outside a Target with a 'cig sour.' Claims made $75,000 in past two weeks. Attended same rival high school as Deric Poston.