Kill Tony #690 — Ari Shaffir, Jim Norton
Guests: Ari Shaffir · Jim Norton
Lineup
Set: Vegas-themed set about getting high on poppers at Spencer's Gifts and thoughts on movies like Mulan and Terminator, wearing distinctive shorts and dice.
Interview: Casey discussed losing money on roulette, received a signed Grinch-with-gun photo from Harrah's Casino, and ended up removing his shorts to show his underwear.
- OD'd on whip-its at Spencer's Gifts, accidentally given poppers instead of smelling salts
- Modern movies are too woke; Superman next to Ant-man and Uncle Lady
- Casey removed his shorts during interview, showing his underwear and body hair
Set: Borderline racism-themed jokes about pool as a racist game, comparing balls to race dynamics, and undocumented Mexican ball living inside the pool table.
Interview: Hector discussed quitting his microchip manufacturing job with a $30,000 severance package, being newly single with no kids, and moving back to West Texas from Phoenix.
- Pool table white ball gets privileges, colored balls locked up and need bail
- Undocumented Mexican ball lives inside pool table, does edges, hides from border patrol ball
- Tony praised Hector for staying in the pocket despite bombing, audience came around
Set: Personal material about being a gay redneck who doesn't fit in with either community, joking about looking like a hate crime and the gay agenda making gay infiltrators.
Interview: Peter discussed coming out as gay recently, being a commercial truck driver and axe-throwing instructor, meeting his boyfriend Hans Kim on Grindr, and not wanting to get married.
- Look like hate crime hostage situation, don't fit with redneck or gay friends
- Built in lab by gay agenda to host Queer Eye, best I can do is drive parade float
- Tony gave Peter a golden ticket spot at any Austin Kill Tony
- An Estonian woman threw a ring at Ari Matti during the interview, proposing marriage for citizenship
Set: Dark material about moving apartments due to suicidal ideation from high-rise balcony, romanticizing suicide over minor issues, and friend's girlfriend threatening self-harm.
Interview: Ari discussed staying at the Golden Nugget, losing at blackjack, and an Estonian woman proposed to him during the interview, offering to marry him for his citizenship.
- 32nd floor balcony provided immediate suicide solution whenever stressed
- Never thought about suicide but romanticized it over wrong coffee beans
- Friend's girlfriend threatens suicide if he leaves, he says sounds perfect
- Estonian woman threw a ring at Ari Matti proposing marriage for US citizenship
- Ari said yes to the proposal during the interview
Set: Set about getting amber alert while watching porn, post-nut clarity, and jokes about woke superhero movies with "Uncle Lady" punchline.
Interview: Connor discussed being a convicted felon (76 days in jail), moved to Austin from Cincinnati, staying at Boulder Station, and his experience in prison with black inmates.
- Amber alert interrupted porn watching; post-nut clarity came pre-nut
- Woke superhero movies; asks what's next, Uncle Lady
- Connor was pulled from bucket twice in three weeks
Set: Jokes about driving a 2009 Honda Civic with 200k miles, calling it Civic superpowers, and dark joke about child pornography and age of consent laws.
Interview: Sam discussed being Italian from Montreal doing drop-shipping of sex toys, got kicked off his soccer team for indigenous comments on his podcast, and dating his girlfriend for 6.5 years.
- Civic superpowers allow cutting off Maybach drivers without fear
- Can have 16-year-old girl legally but can't see pictures, punishable by 5-10 years
- Sam initially bombed set, felt defeated, then doubled down with better material
- Panelists praised Sam's passion and authenticity, encouraged him to keep going
Set: Set about being one year sober, jokes about looking like Ketamine was a person, resembling Cool Turtle from Finding Nemo, and joke about non-binary people being cool.
Interview: Chuli discussed being homeless/nomadic with a house in Florida, living on friend's couch in Santa Clara for 6 months, and his third attempt at Kill Tony bucket pull.
- One year sober; looks like Ketamine was a person or Cool Turtle from Nemo
- Joke about non-binary people being cool (setup/punchline incomplete in set)
- Bear (the angry Fremont Street mascot) punched up Chuli's non-binary joke during set
Set: Set about sister coming out as gay to non-progressive father, father's response about hell, and bit about Hitler killing his son, ending abruptly.
Interview: Kam discussed visiting strip clubs and making strippers do push-ups for tips, supporting their hustle, and visiting 2 clubs in Vegas.
- Sister tells dad she's gay; dad says love her but she's going to hell
- Wonders if Hitler went to heaven since he killed his son
- Kam visibly sweating and frustrated about his set performance
- Kam's father Kenny Patterson appeared on stage
Set: Blind comedian's set using echo location jokes, Rocky Dennis mask comparisons, comparing to Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles, ending with dildo reference and Jose Feliciano joke.
Interview: Armando discussed becoming blind from two head trauma accidents (trampoline and water slide park) causing detached retinas, Stanford wanting to study him genetically.
- Echo location comparison; Rocky Dennis mask; can't see blind spot
- Often compared to Stevie Wonder/Ray Charles but more accurately to Jose Feliciano
- Armando revealed he's been hit by cars before
Set: Observational comedy about plane crashes, Diddy, women in gyms, girlfriend strength, torture scenes, rich people's parties, and references to Benny Hana.
Interview: Brian discussed feeling out of place and in his head during his set performance and wearing a Benny Hana shirt.
- Survivor of plane crash wants to get luggage back, doesn't care about fellow survivors
- At rich Hollywood party, woman pooping on glass coffee table for entertainment
Interview: Jeff popped into the show unexpectedly, discussed arriving late and staying in Newark instead of NYC, made jokes about Ari's appearance and skankfest atmosphere.
- Jeff joked about Ari looking half great, comparing him to Bruce Willis with dementia
Set: Local Vegas jokes about Raiders and A's leaving Oakland, Vegas as place to be magician without pedophile suspicion, Hogwarts for douchebags, Jewish pager joke about Hezbollah.
Interview: Hans discussed planning to do Hogwarts line at the Wednesday show but decided to use different material here instead, explained his Vegas local jokes.
- Vegas took Raiders, A's, and crime from Oakland; magician = pedophile assumption
- Vegas is Hogwarts for douchebags; can tell people you're magician without pedophile assumption
- Jews blowing up pagers in Lebanon; terrorists had to have pagers
- Hans expected Hogwarts joke to get bigger laugh, seemed to panic
Ari Shaffir
Interview: Ari described an extremely controversial moment that occurred during the show that YouTube cannot display, then announced his farewell tour with specific dates and ticket information before leaving comedy temporarily.
- Ari performed controversial act that cannot be shown on YouTube, causing Red Band emotional distress
- Ari announced farewell tour across multiple cities before stepping back from comedy
Jim Norton
Interview: Jim Norton sat on the panel throughout the show, making observations about various performers and reacting to their sets, including crying during Peter Angelo's interview.
- Jim cried during Peter Angelo's interview, made memorable comment about getting tits in face vs cold brew