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#749

KT #749 - SLY STALLONE (KYLE DUNNIGAN) + TONY YAYO

Recorded
Dec 8, 2025
Published
Dec 23, 2025
Venue
Comedy Mothership, Austin, TX
Runtime
2h 6m

Panel

SLY STALLONE (KYLE DUNNIGAN)

TONY YAYO

Lineup

13 on stage
  1. 1
    Aaron Balile6:15Golden Ticket

    Opened the show as an established golden ticket winner, not a new one. Tony recapped that he was discovered several years ago at Vulcan Gas Company during a record 22-bucket-pull episode, then Howie Mandel put him on America's Got Talent where he placed second. Said he did 23 sold-out road dates last month opening for Steve-O and has 26 more booked.

  2. 2
    Lingo Smith12:35Bucket Pull

    First bucket pull of the night. Originally from Orlando, moved to Austin in September and lives on East Fifth; about three years in comedy. Works retail at the Apple store in Barton Creek Mall and freestyle rapped over the band, roasting Tony and Redban.

  3. 3
    Jason Robo25:22Bucket Pull

    Confirmed on mic it was his first time on the show. About 13 years in comedy; moved to Austin in March and lives in a converted ATV trailer with his 14-year-old dog. Former cannabis-industry worker turned reflexology/bodywork practitioner, and claims he once wrote Tony's Wikipedia page.

  4. 4
    David Lucas36:05Regular

    Introduced as a Hall of Fame regular with hundreds of appearances, billed as a long-awaited return. Did a fresh minute and traded roasts with Tony, Redban and both panel guests. Said he is out on the Killers of Kill Tony tour.

  5. 5
    Ben Dulkey?43:01Bucket Pull

    Said this was his second appearance. 22 years old, about two and a half years in comedy, lives alone in an Austin apartment on roughly $30k inherited from his grandparents. Long interview about recently losing his virginity to an open-micer; received a little joke book.

  6. 6
    Nino55:04Bucket Pull

    Returning performer who said it was his best set on the show so far. From Orange County, SoCal; started comedy in Austin and has been here almost four years (four years in comedy in May). Delivers groceries for a living, collects toy cars, and got a big joke book.

  7. 7
    Dedrick Flynn1:04:43Regular

    Billed as the newest regular and the dark storm of Atlanta; did a brand new two-plus minute set. Talked about roughly 17 years at an Atlanta car wash and years in restaurant customer service before comedy. Now headlining on tour.

  8. 8
    Keegan Carmichael1:13:53Bucket Pull

    Second time on the show. Tony walked back the previous Mitch Hedberg comparison, saying people had vouched that the one-liner style is genuinely his. Delivers food by bicycle in Austin, once delivered to Longhorns coach Sarkisian, and got a big joke book.

  9. 9
    Sean Canwell?1:21:12Bucket Pull

    Said on stage it was his first time ever doing stand-up, having wanted to try it for about three weeks. 47 years old, from Pennsylvania, works as a licensed investment adviser and repeatedly said he could not discuss his work. Tony cut the interview short and told him not to sign up again.

  10. 10
    Timmy No Brakes1:25:49Bucket Pull

    Introduced as the most powerful bucket pull in the show's history and given free rein. Did roughly fifteen minutes of chaos, restarting his entrance three times and performing through an older black man who lip-synced while Timmy spoke off mic. Received a big joke book.

  11. 11
    Patrick Cassaday1:40:39Bucket Pull

    Returning performer who last appeared about two months earlier. Around 50 years old with about six months in comedy and 33 times on stage; moved to Austin in August and lives in the motor home his late father left him, about two miles from the club. Formerly in insurance, now DoorDashes on a motorcycle; kept his little joke book.

  12. 12
    Dusty Carter1:46:25Bucket Pull

    Introduced as the last bucket pull of the night and as one of the show's own team members, doing a brand new minute. Works backstage opening one half of the curtain and helping assemble the LED table; 45 years old with an 11-year-old daughter and a 26-year-old son. Said he previously served time for manufacturing methamphetamine.

  13. 13
    William Montgomery1:52:21Regular

    Closed the show with the most appearances and interviews in Kill Tony history, introduced as the Memphis Strangler and the big red machine. Interview covered his rowing machine, a 1000-piece cake jigsaw puzzle, Metamucil and his digestion, plus a roast battle with Redban. Named a Predator scene as his favourite Stallone work before correcting to Rocky III.

This lineup was compiled from the episode's auto-generated captions. Names marked with a question mark are uncertain spellings, and corrections are welcome.

Extracted from the YouTube auto-generated transcript (114,868 characters after timestamp-label cleanup), which runs to 2:05:37 and matches the stated 7542s duration. 13 performers. start_s is the caption timestamp of Tony's on-mic name announcement for each performer. Tony summarised the episode near the end as having 'three regulars and a golden ticket winner', which matches David Lucas, Dedrick Flynn and William Montgomery as regulars and Aaron Balile as the golden ticket winner opening the show; no new golden ticket was awarded, so golden_ticket_winners is empty. Timmy No Brakes was explicitly framed as a bucket pull ('the only bucket pull ever that I am slightly afraid of'), so he is recorded as bucket_pull despite being a past golden ticket winner. Dusty Carter is a Kill Tony crew member but was introduced as the last bucket pull of the night with a brand new minute, so he is included. Auto-captions mangle several names: Ben Dulkey, Sean Canwell and Patrick Cassaday were each rendered multiple different ways and their spellings are uncertain; Aaron Balile's surname spelling could not be confirmed against the supplied roster. Hosts (Tony Hinchcliffe, Brian Redban), the band and other crew are excluded.