Kill Tony #772 — Joe DeRosa, Tim Butterly
Guests: Joe DeRosa · Tim Butterly
Lineup
Set: Dedrick discusses forgiving people, a laser tag incident with his nephew, and mama jokes. He reflects on how southern upbringing taught him to fight over disrespect to his mother.
Interview: Tony and panel discuss the joke setup, clarify the nephew's race, and compliment Dedrick's Lord of the Rings shirt while making character jokes about his appearance.
- Recently decided he's done pretending to forgive people; still hates them on sight.
- Nephew told him 'you can hide but you can't run' during laser tag, disrespectful.
- His mama confirmed she's fat when he complained about mama jokes.
- Opened the Dallas show and set the tone with energetic set about forgiveness and family
Jefe
Set: Jefe talks about visiting his grandpa in Vegas who's been married six times, mostly to women named Barbara. He discusses his grandpa's openness to drugs and his racist political views.
Interview: Tony discusses the pronunciation of his name, asks about stand-up experience and work, clarifies background, and makes light-hearted jokes about his appearance and military service claims.
- Grandpa married six times; five women named Barbara, so sixth wife also Barbara.
- Grandpa's adopted revelation happens when Jefe takes back the blunt he offered.
- Tony stops him mid-set and he has to finish the punchline after the interview begins
Set: Lawton discusses living with a roommate and hearing what he thought was sexual activity but was his roommate's girlfriend crying. He makes dark jokes about depression and self-harm.
Interview: Tony discovers Lawton flew from West Virginia specifically for the show, works as a commercial real estate appraiser, and has a story about installing security systems for a couple with a porn TV.
- Thought roommate was having sex, actually girlfriend was crying; both jerking off scenarios.
- Asked babysitter if he could do stand-up; she said she wanted to as a kid.
- Gets so depressed he eats ham from fridge instead of brushing teeth.
- Joe DeRosa gave genuine compliment about his persona and visual presentation matching his comedy
Set: Liz discusses being sent to fat camp despite always being her current size, being the most attractive girl there, gaining weight, and being 'prison rich' with snacks. References becoming a Twinkie.
Interview: Liz reveals she's from East Dallas Lakewood, went to high school in Oak Cliff, and threatens to take Heidi's job on the show, leading to physical confrontation with Heidi.
- Sent to fat camp but always been her size; was cool/healthy fat, like avocado.
- At fat camp she was hot; chubby guys on knees treating her like princess.
- In prison she'd be rich; Twinkies rule; she was the Twinkie.
- Liz physically confronts Heidi Vale on stage, challenging her for her job, leading to dramatic moment
Set: Marco discusses being bad with money, therapy where he couldn't pay and was kicked out, going to a bar and being waterboarded with Pedialyte. Makes self-deprecating jokes about his financial situation.
Interview: Tony and panel discover Marco is unemployed but was a lifeguard. They joke about his size, his work in a poor neighborhood, and clarify details about a woman he supposedly saved.
- So bad with money, Instagram ads ask if he has $10k credit card debt.
- Therapist kicked him out after telling him parents don't love him, couldn't pay.
- Bar waterboarded him with Pedialyte to ensure he left sober.
- Panel jokes extensively about Marco's size and fitness level for being a lifeguard
Set: Albert discusses religious upbringing where shooting stars meant priests being cast out, not being good at being Mexican, not speaking Spanish, and going to therapy while his family dismisses it.
Interview: Albert reveals he's from Mineral Wells near Fort Worth, recently fired from Amazon for speeding violations, got rehired at a closer location, and grew up in a Spanish doomsday church.
- Family said shooting stars were priests cast from heaven; he thought 'damn, another priest'.
- Bad at being Mexican; doesn't speak Spanish; gets called white boy by family.
- Goes to therapy; grandma would think he's gay; Mexicans go to church drunk.
- Reveals he was in a Spanish doomsday church that only had two families, left at 23
Set: Colt discusses shortening his name, making joke about remaking 'Holes' with all-female cast, comment about blacks and gays not getting along, and joke about Melania Trump being the first lady.
Interview: Colt reveals he works for Kill Tony production as a PA, is from Allen Texas, is a fourth-degree black belt in taekwondo, and does yo-yo tricks on stage.
- Saw movie 'Holes,' remaking with all-female cast. Asks 'even better holes?'
- Blacks and gays don't get along; joke about both dads walking out.
- Looked at first ladies; Melania Trump might be the first lady.
- Does impressive yo-yo routine for crowd; called a 'new low' by Tony
Set: Ashley discusses historically terrible taste in men, being a single mom, her 14-year-old son in puberty, and putting Bark notifications on his phone to monitor his activity.
Interview: Ashley owns an entertainment company hosting karaoke and open mics in DFW. She was previously on the show, recently got unengaged, and hosts multiple shows per week.
- Dating history looks like foreplay needing background check; attracted to troubled men.
- 14-year-old son talks disrespectfully after puberty; she rocks back/forth reading his search history.
- Put Bark notifications on son's phone to monitor him; he called her 'baddie' (hot).
- Tony makes her do 10 jumping jacks; crowd goes wild at physical display
Set: Scott discusses being terrible to work with, getting called out at work for minor infractions while doing worse things, stealing from FedEx, receiving military gratitude, and smoking weed.
Interview: Scott reveals he's been doing stand-up 8-10 years but takes long breaks, fell through a hole at work with 34 stitches, refuses to jump despite crowd pressure.
- Terrible to work with; boss calls him out for being late, he's been stealing money.
- At supermarket people thank him for service; he says 'two tours in Dallas'.
- Likes smoking weed; makes joke about having fun.
- Pulls out bandaged leg wound to show 34 stitches from work injury
Aya Amayere
Set: Aya discusses her cousin thinking gay people waste sperm, jokes about gay people wasting sperm, skepticism about lesbians, recycling feeling like trash decisions, and lesbians needing pocket dildos.
Interview: Aya is from Garland, Texas, Moroccan, and sweetly polite. DeRosa compliments her set, she mentions David Koresh went to her high school, and she asks D Madness about his porn preferences.
- Cousin said gay people waste sperm; she initially thought he meant they waste lots.
- Gay people waste so much sperm; it's what they mainly do with it.
- Skeptical of lesbians; if really lesbian, would have pocket dildo not toy.
- Asks D Madness on stage about his porn preferences, very sweet and innocent
Set: Tomek discusses being Polish immigrant with strong accent, difficulty being sexy with Polish accent, pickup line 'how much', wanting to trick Latinas with green card promise, and Poland's lack of oil.
Interview: Tomek arrived to US one week ago, previously in Austin for 3 months. Tony brings up a Latina woman to kiss him but Tomek refuses due to having girlfriend in Poland.
- Polish accent not sexy like Italian/French; best pickup line 'how much' for prostitutes.
- Poland has no oil; white people without white privilege; like black guy with short dick.
- Polish soccer team is terrible; understands Dallas Cowboys fans' disappointment.
- Refuses to kiss Latina woman brought on stage, mentions girlfriend in Poland
Gill
Set: Gill discusses Pope Gregory killing cats, incest terminology joke, thinking gonorrhea cures diarrhea, crocodile/alligator 'Cayman' joke, girlfriend saying he looks like Lorax, being broke with EBT internet.
Interview: Gill has only done stand-up about 10 times, is from Atlanta but lives in Panama City Beach, divorced a year ago, reconnected with first girlfriend after 1.5 years.
- Pope Gregory hated cats so much he wanted them all killed.
- If you commit incest more than once is it recess? Asking for cousin.
- Crocodile and alligator joke; he says 'I'm Cayman'.
- Tony notes set gets noticeably better as he goes, encourages him to continue