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Kill Tony #594 — Adam Ray, Joe DeRosa

📅 January 16, 2023 📍 Austin, TX Vulcan Gas Company 🎤 10 comedians ⭐ 3 regulars

Guests: Adam Ray · Joe DeRosa

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Lineup

1

Hans Kim

Regular

Set: Hans performs edgy material about Texas, loving it despite being liberal-friendly, pandemic fears, and Mexican culture. His jokes use sharp observations about regional differences and cultural contrasts.

Interview: Tony and guests praise his timing and edginess. Hans discusses his approach to evaluating what material stays in his act. Adam and Joe compliment his sharp delivery.

Bits:
  • Mopping is Mexican calligraphy
  • Texans afraid of virus when Hans coughs during pandemic
Moments:
  • Panel members praise his edgy comedy and timing, noting he's refreshingly authentic without trying character work
2

Johnny Statcho

Set: Johnny performs short jokes about a homeless man asking if he's ticklish, a pornography website game, workplace diversity issues, and closing with his catchphrase 'all right sweet.'

Interview: Tony and guests struggle to get Johnny to follow simple directions, attempting to set up a Mexican joke callback that Johnny repeatedly fails to execute properly.

Bits:
  • Homeless man asks if ticklish, wrong read
  • Pornhub.com as online game about not clicking
Moments:
  • Johnny repeatedly fails to say 'yes' to set up a joke, becomes a comedy bit in itself
  • Tony brings out a random Mexican audience member (Joey) to fill in for Johnny's failed joke
3

Joey Bueno

Set: Joey discusses his Mexican heritage, fiancée wanting a tiny home, his mother's love of Ace of Base, his pronouns based on weight, and closing with his experience.

Interview: Joey reveals he's been on the show before, is a speech therapist for 20 years, loves singing and DJing. He performs a cappella version of REM's 'End of the World.'

Bits:
  • Tiny home incompatible with large Mexican family moving in
  • Mother listens to Ace of Base, not Abba
  • Pronouns are they/them because he weighs as much as two people
Moments:
  • Tony and Joe use Joey as an impromptu speech therapist to help Jared Nathan with stuttering
  • Joey attempts to sing REM acapella, creating awkward moment without music
4

Jared Nathan

Set: Jared performs an abstract set with difficult-to-follow material, appearing to reference various topics including Subway's Jared and sexual content, with unclear delivery.

Interview: Tony and guests struggle to understand Jared's material but praise his attitude. Discussion moves to Jared's romantic life, including meeting a girl on Instagram and sexual details.

Moments:
  • Jared reveals he met a girl on Instagram and they became intimate
  • Extended segment where Tony and Joe coach Jared through an intimate story with comedic interviewing
  • Golden ticket winner and gets invited to secret show with paid opportunity
5

Charlie Trace, Mia Chan

6

David Lucas

Regular

Set: David performs about white girls in yoga wear, their feet, the effects of Lululemon, and his humorous observations about physical attributes and fashion.

Interview: Extensive roasting segment where Tony, Adam Ray, and David exchange aggressive insults about appearance. Discussion of David's comedy, wardrobe, and current success.

Bits:
  • Lululemon witchcraft makes every woman look like she has a booty
  • Women with large feet wearing cute shoes like Timberlands
Moments:
  • Extensive mutual roasting with panel and Tony creating highlight reel moment
  • David takes roasts gracefully while delivering his own sharp comebacks
7

Mickey

Set: Mickey performs about mixed marriage parents, her mother being the original Karen, growing up with a Karen named Karen, and imaginary friends.

Interview: Mickey reveals she's 58, doing comedy for first time, lost a bet to sign up. Married, one adult child in Army. Works in property management for 20 years.

Bits:
  • Mother was the original Karen before Karen became a meme
  • Dorises were the precursors who trained Karens to know all manager names
Moments:
  • Gets golden ticket invite during interview for excellent first performance
  • Reveals she does adoption location services and genealogy research
8

Jameisha Albo

Set: Jameisha performs about being adopted, being the only Black person in her all-white family, growing up thinking segregation was good, and a cracker joke bit about white people.

Interview: Jameisha reveals one year into comedy, moved to Austin from Maryland to pursue it. Left Facebook after 5 months. Does cooking, hosts writing sessions, aspires to full-time stand-up.

Bits:
  • Growing up adopted in all-white family made her think segregation was good
  • Cracker joke riffing on types of crackers based on setting (Ritz, graham, etc.)
Moments:
  • Standing ovation from band, guests, Red Band and Tony—rare moment of universal praise
  • Joe DeRosa spontaneously offers to pay for her plane ticket to Baltimore and hotel for showcase
  • Multiple golden tickets and opportunities awarded: secret show, Baltimore trip, door guy showcase
  • Joe offers 20% off hoagies at his NYC restaurant
9

Weston Bennett

Set: Weston performs about online Masters in Business, paying for cheating, being short and white playing basketball, and his friend recommending Kyrie Irving shoes.

Interview: Weston is 23, from Huntington Beach California, moved to Austin 9 months ago. Is an Apache helicopter pilot in military. Has friends at table who encouraged signup.

Bits:
  • Paying 30k/year for online Masters to cheat on tests
  • Being short and white makes basketball difficult, friend suggests Kyrie shoes
Moments:
  • Weston was disruptive in audience all night, security told him to be quiet
  • Weston fails to catch joke book thrown to him due to intoxication
10

William Montgomery

Regular

Set: William performs topical material about Yeti Airlines crash with dark humor, Biden classified documents, Masters Golf Tournament renaming, and Houston's restaurant.

Interview: William discusses his new Tasmanian Devil cowboy hat tattoo, recent penis piercing, Kirkland Signature sponsorship deal, and buying a house in Plano with contract money.

Bits:
  • Yeti Airlines crash—bad news everyone dead, good news beer still cold
  • Biden classified documents found in depends bag
  • Masters Golf Tournament renamed to 'the human traffickers'
Moments:
  • William reveals new tattoo and recent penis piercing, itches during interview
  • Reveals 500k Kirkland Signature sponsorship deal and house purchase in Plano
  • William admits to tricking body into falling asleep while driving 5-hour commute