Kill Tony #698 — Sam Tallent, Ari Shaffir

Set: Jokes about Pfizer, COVID vaccines, and personal isolation during Me Too movement. Self-deprecating material about not interacting with women.

Interview: Discussed six-year anniversary as a regular, upcoming road trip to Memphis, eating habits, and Call of Duty progress. Banter about attractive woman in front row.

Set: Self-deprecating jokes about forehead, German-Polish heritage, marriage, and archaeology background. Brief set with improv influences.

Interview: Revealed 10 years in comedy (7 stand-up), living in Airbnb, newly married, edits feet content with husband for niche community.

Set: Jokes about stroke survivor experience, erectile dysfunction, prostate health, and ex-wife. Comedy derived from medical aftermath and relationship failure.

Interview: Had stroke on birthday this year, now mostly immobilized, survived homelessness and financial ruin post-divorce, reconnected with son, uses Kill Tony as therapy.

Set: Professional magician's perspective on why he hates performing for children versus adults. Brief structured set about magic and audience dynamics.

Interview: Moved to Austin six months ago, commutes to Toronto where wife lives, signed up 35 times before getting selected. Performed real magic trick with purse, money, and vibrator.

Set: Dark humor about gun control, Texas laws, abortion, disability, and bisexuality. Edgy material touching on medical bills and societal attitudes.

Interview: Came out as openly bisexual this year, has men approach with girlfriends for sexual acts, lives on inheritance (45k), eats Thai food regularly, weighs 437 lbs.

Set: Storytelling about Black History Museum visit in DC, white woman at immigration exhibit, cafeteria serving fried chicken and collard greens. Reflexive observations on race and culture.

Interview: Recently visited DC for mother's birthday with family, took six-year-old cousin who wasn't interested, observed white attendees, has YouTube vlogs.

Set: Australian carpenter's material about his accent revealing alcoholism, working with special needs populations, construction industry entry via Benny Benassi music video, smoking cigarettes.

Interview: Married American woman from West Virginia this year on spousal visa, lived in Vancouver, worked construction in Australia, previously had long hair inspired by Jesus.

Set: Self-described recovering addict using dark humor about sobriety attempts, smoking, listening to house music optimistically. Mitch Hedberg-influenced delivery with absurdist punchlines.

Interview: Weighs 265 lbs despite claiming 170 lbs, maintains overconfidence, eats vegetables, confused about his actual weight.

Set: Tight material about Tinder dates living in tents, Sixth Street observations, potholes compared to crackheads, post-election anxiety, women's basketball threat.

Interview: Approaching two years in comedy (January), previously on show in June, works part-time fixing cell phones, from Austin.

Set: Material about sparkling water as trans water, Michael Gonzalez gym nickname, Louisiana Ten Commandments education criticism, boyfriend jiu-jitsu training to protect from homosexuals.

Interview: Kashmiri-Pakistani heritage (Kashmiri), goes to gym with Michael Gonzalez and boyfriend, boyfriend trains jiu-jitsu, does Muay Thai three times weekly.