Kill Tony #746 — Adam Ray, Ian Edwards
Guests: Adam Ray · Ian Edwards
Lineup
Set: Opening set about poker tells, a gun at roulette, and advice from a school girl about stalking. Set includes jokes about Vegas gambling and uncomfortable middle school interactions.
Interview: Discussed Vegas trips, playing craps, middle school fan interactions, and wearing a safari-themed shirt. Talked about Stitch Fix clothing service and received frequency healing treatment on stage.
- When playing poker, accidentally drops cards and says 'Don't look'
- Brought own gun to roulette table because needed to be 21
- School girl told him to find where someone lives and let them know
- Frequency healing device used on Martin to stop him from eating sand
- Martin removes glasses to reveal he is more handsome than expected
Set: Returning performer discusses marrying a Pakistani woman in military, kids, and a controversial Halloween costume joke about dressing his child as a suicide bomber. Jokes about ex-wife comparisons and children.
Interview: Discussed three kids, previous appearance on show, military service in Iraq as artillery, recently moved to Austin from Tennessee after court battle to relocate daughter. Talked about kids being straight-A students.
- Ex-wife mix of dachshund and pitbull, called 'wiener pit'
- Dressed 4-year-old as suicide bomber for Halloween, yelling Allah snack bar
- Revealed he spent time in Lincoln Place rehabilitation center as teen
- Adam Ray compares him to Bert Chrysler with sleep apnea
Set: Rapid-fire jokes about wanting to be John Wayne but being a fat gay clown, polyamorous relationships, AI taking jobs, marriage being like hitting women, abortion, and Jesus as a CrossFitter.
Interview: Discussed getting rear-ended 50 mph on way to sign up, working as realtor's assistant, recently lost 40 lbs, Marine Corps service, attempting to lose more weight due to shot knees. Discussed one-night stand with Latina woman at comedy show.
- Wants to be strong silent type like John Wayne, is fat gay clown instead
- Marriage is like hitting women, if you think you wouldn't, haven't met right girl
- Jesus in good shape because original Crossfitter
- Reenacted hookup scenario with Adam Ray playing the woman
- Described raw dogging Latina fan, kicked himself in head earlier
Set: Set about drug addiction recovery finding a classy woman, childhood eating fruit roll-ups addiction paralleling drug use, melting gummies on spoon and injecting in vein at age 10.
Interview: Discussed visiting Austin for week, eating too much, doing comedy for 17 years with 5-year gap for drugs and painting. Talked about mental hospital stay 13 years ago from huffing paint, medication, journaling to prevent suicide, art career.
- Parents should have known about addiction by how he ate fruit roll-ups as child
- Melted fruit roll-up, put on spoon, injected in last good vein at age 10
- Discussed mental hospital Pictionary game with patient named Peter who'd memorized all cards
- Ian Edwards and Adam Ray praised his comedy and mentioned owning his art
Set: Jokes about Joe Rogan n-word controversy and atmosphere layers, kissing sleeping homeless people on forehead as giving back, tucking homeless people in.
Interview: Discussed 10 years doing standup in Iowa and Austin, working at Target doing food samples, moving from Sudan at age 10 to Iowa in 2004 after seeking UN refuge from Sudanese government violence. Had girlfriend who did standup, was supposed to get married but left for Austin. Has genital warts from Cairo at age 10.
- Joe Rogan n-word controversy, if exit atmosphere can say n-word
- Kissing sleeping homeless people on forehead as way of giving back
- Extreme skin tone contrast causes extensive commentary, Tony notes YouTube bleep limits
- Revealed he was 10 when he contracted genital warts in Cairo
Set: Set about moving to Austin and initially disliking it, struggling with homelessness on buses, learning to appreciate city sunsets, compliments from homeless men, mentions favorite comedian is Tony Hinchliffe.
Interview: Discussed episode airing, getting new shoes and showing them off, taking longer public bathroom visits, getting regular spot after 39 attempts, upcoming Fox Theater show in Atlanta for Killers of Kill Tony, opening for Ron White at arena on New Year's Eve, going home to see family.
- First major city had to count black people, Atlanta doesn't have time for that
- Homeless man complimented him instead of asking for money, now shows off new shoes
- Got regular spot after 39 bucket pull sign-ups, performing major venues within weeks
- Opening for Joe Rogan 2 days after regular spot, Fox Theater 3 weeks later
Set: First-time standup set about getting 23andMe results showing Chinese heritage, observing homeless man with vacuum on Frontage Road, joke about black pilot.
Interview: 40 years old, first time ever on stage, wanted to start since age 13, raised three kids alone ages 18-22 with no felonies. Lost leg 4 years ago when pipe crushed him in Denver, recently moved to Austin two weeks ago. Discussed dating, one-leg jokes, new prosthetic leg from Evergreen Prosthetics.
- Got 23andMe results showing Chinese heritage from Vagina
- Homeless guy running with vacuum cleaner, Austin's solution for homeless
- What do you call black guy flying plane? Pilot, you racist.
- Kicked himself in head with prosthetic leg on stage, didn't tear belly button like others
- Mentioned all three kids have clean records and driver's licenses
Pauly Shore, Brian Holtzman
Set: First-generation Irish-American, talks about grandmother from small island with 40 people, family tree is wreath due to inbreeding, jokes about being short and blaming flaws on inbreeding, talks too loud.
Interview: Returning performer from rapid-fire bucket pull episode about a year ago, worked hard since last appearance. Been doing standup 6 years, works as industrial engineer by degree, makes good money, lives in one-bedroom apartment. Recently broke up with girlfriend couple months ago, tried cricket noise impression but too nervous.
- Grandmother from island with 40 people, family tree is just a wreath
- People say I talk too loud, I blame it on inbreeding
- Failed to do cricket impression under pressure from panel
Set: Jokes about having urges at night whether to jerk off, bad dreams about getting stabbed by Shrek if he does, epic dreams about Shrek's wife Fiona if he doesn't, wakes up at 3am aroused and repeats cycle.
Interview: 26 years old, doing standup 6-8 months, works in oil field can't do drugs anymore, started comedy for rush like gambling. Engineer by profession, Argentinian, won World Cup reference. Discussed being complimented on looks.
- When jerks off, has nightmares about Shrek stabbing him and bleeding out
- If doesn't jerk off, dreams about smashing green swampy Fiona
- Wakes at 3am aroused, jerks off again, back to Shrek nightmares
- Tony questions the disturbing nature of the entire Shrek-based set