Kill Tony #598 — Brian Moses, Thai Rivera
Guests: Brian Moses · Thai Rivera
Lineup
Set: Topical set covering drone flying, Biden's State of the Union, airline safety, and Kobe's helicopter crash. Strong execution with timely references.
Interview: Hans discussed meeting a Jewish girl, touring, kissing a couple at a meet-and-greet, and swimming with goggles. Revealed homophobic tendencies despite kissing a man.
- Drone flying as Asian man feels like structural engineer from Turkey
- Biden praising union troops while Kamala reminds him Civil War ended
- Kobe might have survived if he put seat back in upright position
- Crowd erupts when Hans admits kissing a man, confuses him with homophobic comment
Set: Self-deprecating set about gym culture, being threatening-looking, birth control, and Planned Parenthood. Bit about looking like she'd keep babies.
Interview: Samantha struggled in interview, gave minimal answers, appeared withdrawn and shell-shocked. Tony struggled to extract meaningful information from her.
- Only birth control is dating guys who look like low sperm count
- Most threatening thing is she looks like she'd keep the baby
- Planned Parenthood hates that she doesn't use birth control
- Interview becomes awkward as Samantha gives one-word answers and appears disconnected
Set: Cerebral palsy comedian tackles woke culture and the word 'handicapped.' Attacks internet culture and middle-aged white women who police language.
Interview: Extended interview covering cerebral palsy details, sex life, Instagram content creation, and immigration lawyer sponsorship from previous show.
- Karen from internet told him handicapped is offensive to disabled people
- Middle-aged white women policing language while in handicapped bathroom stalls
- Brian Moses makes harsh crack about Tony with polio, sets tone for roasting
- Extended interview with multiple panelists roasting and being roasted in turn
Set: Edgy set about dating, Lizzo's appearance, confidence, and titties. Sharp commentary on body standards and celebrity culture.
Interview: Discussed Super Bowl Planters commercial, history with Ty Rivera at tribal Cafe, Rose Battle legacy, and Vegas appearances.
- Ever since Lizzo, hoes got too much confidence
- Lizzo worst type of fat, fat with no titties
- Gym out of pocket man don't help if girl won't do sit-ups
- Mentioned Planters Super Bowl commercial appearance, panel jokes about placement
- Discussed Rose Battle legacy and roasting Corey Feldman on the show
Set: Philosophical set about money, depression, privilege, and the pandemic. Contrast between rich and poor depression; jokes about SSRIs vs actual money.
Interview: Discussed bird watching hobby with binoculars, being from Brooklyn, visiting Austin for 10 days, broke lifestyle, and love of women.
- Rich people only ones who can be truly depressed, poor just have life
- Instead of SSRI prescription, prescribe him seven hundred dollars
- Mentioned bird watching with binoculars, becomes recurring joke about blue cardinals
- Gets booked on secret show Thursday night
Set: First-time performer extremely out of breath, self-deprecating jokes about being fat and trans-fat. Set hampered by physical exhaustion.
Interview: From Palestine Texas, former aerospace industry salesman, disabled due to back injuries and spinal cord stimulator. Trying comedy as new pursuit.
- I'm so fat hard to find clothing, have to use curtains
- Just got to Austin, excited to chase dream without running
- I'm part of trans community, trans-fat community, fully transitioned
- Extremely out of breath performing, Tony notes seeing heart palpitations on stage
- Mentioned father kidnapped him to Mexico at age 12 to change diapers
Set: High-energy Texas comedy about cocaine culture, sex dysfunction from cocaine, and strangers' houses. Extremely animated and in-character throughout.
Interview: Six months into comedy, from Houston, paid Tony a thousand dollars from Super Bowl bet on Eagles, wears ostrich and anteater boots.
- Cocaine users want to sniff keys with best friends after beer
- Can't get dick hard on cocaine at stranger's house on beanbag
- Every hundred dollar bill has cocaine residue, can make kilo and half
- Paid Tony actual cash from Super Bowl betting loss with dramatic flair
- Extreme character work and energy captivates crowd despite controversial content
Set: Set about needing black barber, Mercury retrograde, astrology jokes. Solid crowd-pleasing material about moving to Austin and friend's astrology obsession.
Interview: Moved to Austin one month ago, started comedy six years ago in Milwaukee, also did New Orleans and Chicago. Works at Cosmic Coffee.
- Can't go to white barber, got job offer after bad haircut
- Friend's Mercury retrograde obsession leads to abundant hoes at club
- Now tracking Mercury with telescope because friend insisted hoes were out
- Gets booked on secret show Thursday night after interview
Set: Body-positive set about weight loss, fitness app goals, wanting both aesthetics and health. Funny about conflicting beauty and health standards.
Interview: Third appearance, opened for Tony in Houston sold-out show, writing cookbook with pastry chef who worked with Ramsay/Bourdain, producing comedy festival.
- Down a quarter pound without gym, just from big shit
- Want to see penis and have big ass and titties simultaneously
- Can't fit all three fitness goals into fitness app goals
- Third Kill Tony appearance, already getting booked on shows
- Writing cookbook with experienced pastry chef and making comedy festival
Set: Rapid-fire topical jokes: three rappers found dead, Biden, gentrification, fortune cookies. Red Band roast jokes on AM radio porn and gluten-free.
Interview: Claims he was on Pringles Super Bowl commercial saying 'once you pop you don't stop,' conflict with D Madness, claw machine collecting at Cracker Barrel.
- Three rappers found dead in Michigan, won't let son become rapper
- Nothing gets him hard like gentrifying Head Start sinners
- Million year old brain found in England is Biden traveling UK
- Disputes Super Bowl commercial credit with D Madness, claims he said the Pringles line
- Claims to have met Ja Rule at Nashville airport about commercial
- Tension with D Madness over various jokes and criticisms throughout interview