Kill Tony #588 — Brian Simpson

Set: Jokes about buddies getting girlfriends and disappearing, joint Facebook accounts, and sending unsolicited explicit photos to a couple's shared account. Includes observational humor about the girlfriend's anatomy.

Interview: Tony learns Uncle Lazer is leaving Saturday to shoot a hog hunting show, has a warrant out for his arrest for credit card fraud, and is returning to oil field work.

Set: Jokes about consensual rough sex with wife, safety words, and a punchline comparing himself unfavorably to Joe Rogan. Set runs long and lacks coherence.

Interview: Danny is a contractor who recently shaved his head, has been married 10 years to an esthetician, and is his sixth time doing stand-up. Discussion covers his move from LA to Austin and his rapping ability.

Set: Observational comedy about protesters in China, crowd crushes, and feminist men offering their genitals as crowd-control devices. Attempts at absurdist humor with moderate execution.

Interview: Hans discusses worrying about his previous week's set, traveled to Phoenix and Massachusetts for sold-out shows, got high on mushrooms at last show, wears a hole-filled Goodwill shirt.

Set: Material about just getting out of prison, wanting to see his son during pandemic, governor's lockdown policy, opening a barbecue, and child support laws extending to college. Disorganized delivery with restarts.

Interview: George did five years for DUI, got out 3.5 years ago, been doing comedy for 5 years including in prison. Previously met Tony at Hyenas club in Fort Worth in different rooms.

Set: Crude observational comedy about his gay vegetarian friend, women with purple hair, Trader Joe's managers needing sex, and his beautiful girlfriend who only knows four words. Sexual and misogynistic humor delivered confidently.

Interview: David is a regular headlining comedian in tight pants, discusses his new jacket and clothing acquisitions from men, exchanges rapid-fire roasts with Tony and panel.

Set: Jokes about penis size (two-hand rule), letting four-year-old son grab his penis, avoiding saying 'hoe', and critiquing his own English language learning. Self-aware and edgy humor.

Interview: Francisco from Ohio with Venezuelan family, four years comedy experience starting in Shanghai, moved to Austin pre-COVID, mechanical engineer fired last week for not doing his job, met girlfriend on Craigslist.

Set: First-time comic's set insults female comedians, calling stand-up a man's game. Crude jokes about skipping women performers. Set contains sexist and misogynistic material that bombs.

Interview: Johnny, 22 from San Antonio, works in family screen printing business, first time performing, claims to watch show daily despite it being weekly, performs rap. Defensive about misogynistic opener.

Set: New minute about Gene Simmons being dead for 10 years but people don't notice because of makeup, Oxford Dictionary's 'Goblin mode' word of the year, and jokes about putting on best clothes to 'gobble up that [ __ ]'. Admits being sick from casino super-spreader event.

Interview: William just opened six shows for Tom Segura at 3000, 2500, and 1000-person theaters. Won $200 gambling, slept on tour bus, discusses crowd work at tribal chief's expense, performs Cyber Monday promotion.