Kill Tony #739 — Adam Ray, Sam Tallent, Mike Feeney
Guests: Adam Ray · Sam Tallent · Mike Feeney
Lineup
Set: Danny discusses a rap tour in Brooklyn where a friend wanted to time travel, contrasting with his wife's ideas about using a time machine for medical advancement in the 1400s, joking about how men wouldn't listen to a woman then.
Interview: Danny discusses how his life has changed since appearing on Netflix's Kill Tony, mentions doors opening, and engages in a discussion about Canadian accents and cultural references with the panel.
- White Canadian guy wouldn't want to go back to 1980s Brooklyn ghetto
- Woman suggesting going to 1400s with modern medicine would be called witch
- Golden ticket winner returning to the show
- Panel discussion about Canadian accent and impressions
Wilson
Set: Wilson does dark jokes about killing an 8-year-old with beer and canned food drives, then transitions to discussing his father's death from ALS and the bittersweet moment of finding him with an erection on his deathbed.
Interview: Wilson discusses his job as a landscaper, being 25 years old, dropping out of college to care for his father, and his various hobbies including hunting, fishing, and beekeeping. He also mentions his girlfriend works at a genetic research lab.
- How many beers to kill a man, only took one to kill 8-year-old
- Homeless people can't use canned food without can opener or stove
- Father with ALS got erection on deathbed, was happy about that
- Full applause break from Elaine during set
- Discussion of father's death from ALS, compared to Michael Lair who had same disease
Madinah
Set: Madinah, a Delaware state representative with vitiligo, discusses her pronouns as USA, her biracial identity (Black father, African-American mother), and jokes about her skin condition gentrifying itself and how kids ask what happened to her hand.
Interview: Madinah discusses her role as a Delaware state house representative in her sixth year, her recent divorce after 12 years of marriage, how her vitiligo stress-induced condition improved after separation, and her campaigning platform of 'Let's make a difference together.'
- Pronouns are USA, identifies as biracial, body is gentrifying itself
- Kids ask what happened to hand, mom smacked black off her
- Red Bull can gets knocked over during interview, creates comedic moment
- Panel discusses her vitiligo and built-in lip liner
Dex
Set: Dex does rapid-fire jokes including one about being called 'the stair master' at the gym, a joke about KFC having an F, and mathematical/cultural references, delivered very quickly with high energy.
Interview: Dex discusses his bipolar diagnosis after graduating as engineer, his mental health struggles including homelessness in Baltimore, his attempted fentanyl use, his work in his parents' landscaping business, his 400+ jokes, and his dedication to sleep management for mental health.
- At gym called stair master, why F in KFC
- Half of all integers are odd
- Dex discusses his bipolar diagnosis and mental health journey with remarkable self-awareness
- Naked manic episode story with running into woods
- Dex booked for Secret Show Thursday as reward
Set: Busco discusses thinking he was gay in his 20s but being bad with women instead, becoming a simp, learning to become an asshole and becoming a father of three with two women, and contrasting marriage with a mistress.
Interview: Busco has been doing comedy for 10 years (2 seriously), is a successful real estate agent who quit his pizza job, has twins, was visiting from somewhere doing the show multiple times before.
- Thought he was gay but just bad with women, became simp then asshole
- Marriage is like mortgage, not a happy word, mistress is mysterious
- Panel notes Busco's confidence and laid-back energy but jokes need work
Set: Andrew, visiting from Perth Australia, does high-energy set about not being well mentally, wrestling homeless instead of crocodiles like Steve Irwin, complaining about not getting a gun at the airport, and jokes about being uncomfortable in his own body and bad sex.
Interview: Andrew discusses bombing in another room before this set, living in Perth Australia (most isolated city in world), being a failed stock broker who lost millions and called suicide hotline, having bipolar type 2, and his struggles with mental health and self-worth.
- Steve Irwin on meth wrestling homeless instead of crocodiles
- Can't get gun from airport, walking into Call of Duty without weapon
- Ex's mother got butt job at 67, like renovating house before demolition
- Andrew mentions bombing horrifically in another room, texted Sam Tallent apology
- Lost $1.4 million in stock market, called suicide hotline in Australia
- Booked to return to America after visa approval
Set: Pauly Shore does a very brief appearance, apologizing for being late and mentioning he was at a '90s convention giving back, then making a reference about Jews giving back.
Interview: Pauly discusses Rob Schneider being front runner for guest of year, mentions being at a convention, talks about his old films that touched America's hearts, and discusses giving back as part of Jewish culture.
- Pauly Shore surprise appearance at show
Set: Frankie discusses discovering embarrassing messages and photos on a MacBook Pro after 15 years with girlfriend, their engagement at year 9, breaking up for 1.5 years (his happiest time), getting back together, then breaking up again after she read all his messages.
Interview: Frankie's first time doing standup, watched show since day one, has no childhood trauma (parents together and alive), works in affordable housing finance and development, manages rental properties accumulated in college.
- MacBook Pro messages worse than iPhone texts because can't hide them
- Frankie struggles severely during interview, panel tries to help find something funny about him
- Tony kisses Frankie to save his set, says he's never been more alive
- Sam Tallent gives coaching: lean into being the heel/wealthy guy character
Set: Fang jokes about his mother being scared during pandemic anti-Asian sentiment, proudly claims Chinese people make 'number one virus that kills everybody,' and suggests upgrading the virus through China's phone line.
Interview: Fang worked at Comedy Store since 2015, discusses Asian hate being media-created narrative, mentions being stabbed by neighbor during pandemic for being Chinese but neighbor wasn't prosecuted, fought back by tripping the attacker.
- Chinese make number one virus, should upgrade virus through China phone
- Fang discusses being stabbed by neighbor during Asian hate period
- Panel discusses how media coverage of Asian hate may have created violence
Set: Patrick discusses lesbian sex being done wrong (girl laughing while receiving strap-on), questions about time machines and killing baby Hitler, and jokes about Hitler possibly being in heaven if Jesus forgives sins before death.
Interview: Patrick has been doing comedy about a year, came out last year and stayed 9 weeks, this is his second appearance, father passed away and encouraged him to do comedy, recently sold father's mobile home.
- Lesbian with strap-on, girl laughing not good timing for coming
- Why kill baby Hitler, why not kidnap and raise him
- Patrick's mother died right after Kill Tony viewing party aired
- Panel notes tragedy follows Patrick each time he appears