Kill Tony #594 — Adam Ray, Joe DeRosa
Guests: Adam Ray · Joe DeRosa
Lineup
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.
- Mopping is Mexican calligraphy
- Texans afraid of virus when Hans coughs during pandemic
- Panel members praise his edgy comedy and timing, noting he's refreshingly authentic without trying character work
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.
- Homeless man asks if ticklish, wrong read
- Pornhub.com as online game about not clicking
- 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
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.'
- 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
- 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
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.
- 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
Charlie Trace, Mia Chan
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.
- Lululemon witchcraft makes every woman look like she has a booty
- Women with large feet wearing cute shoes like Timberlands
- Extensive mutual roasting with panel and Tony creating highlight reel moment
- David takes roasts gracefully while delivering his own sharp comebacks
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.
- Mother was the original Karen before Karen became a meme
- Dorises were the precursors who trained Karens to know all manager names
- Gets golden ticket invite during interview for excellent first performance
- Reveals she does adoption location services and genealogy research
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.
- 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.)
- 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
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.
- Paying 30k/year for online Masters to cheat on tests
- Being short and white makes basketball difficult, friend suggests Kyrie shoes
- 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
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.
- 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'
- 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