KT #757 - MATT RIFE + JEREMY (ADAM RAY)

Weekly regular and all-time record holder for appearances and interviews on the show; unusually opened the episode instead of closing it. Set covered Epstein, spam email and a stolen Razor scooter in Tucson. Interview was dominated by his admission that he had watched 30-40 episodes of the children's show Blippi in a week and his obsessive rowing (210,000 meters since February).

First bucket pull of the night. Lives in Austin, moved there at the end of 2023; previously appeared on the show in 2018 at the Comedy Store main room. Sober since 2017, a breast cancer survivor, works as a massage therapist and attended the American Academy acting school in the mid-90s.

Five to seven years in comedy with a multi-year break during COVID while working a production line at Lockheed Martin; now performing two or three times a week. Says he speaks six languages and has a long-distance girlfriend in New York. Ran out of time mid-joke and did not finish his minute.

First time on Kill Tony. From Lafayette, Louisiana, where he runs the local comedy scene; a little over ten years in standup. Works in special education administration (23 years in education), married 22 years with two kids, and recently lost about 80 pounds.

One-word name and his first-ever attempt at standup, with no material prepared; Tony called it somehow the best bucket pull set of the night. Lives alone in a cabin in the woods in Oklahoma built with his father, does bird calls, and rode a scooter roughly 500 miles to get to the show.

Returning act given a special non-bucket introduction with a brand new minute. A British evil-clown character from Yorkshire, England, performing in half-and-half clown makeup. Tony and the panel singled out his dark sponsor-child punchline as a favorite of the night.

Kill Tony debut, though he hosts his own show in San Antonio and first did standup in 1992 in La Jolla after talking trash to Paulie Shore. 51 years old, six months sober after a $200,000 rehab stay and a divorce, 15 years of jiu-jitsu, and owns a river outfitter in New Braunfels, Texas. Tony said he was the first person he had ever shushed in 13 and a half years.

Drove 25 hours from Carson City, Nevada and openly stated his reason for coming was to get comic Kim Congdon's attention, having brought a ring and flowers; Tony called it a live stalking and one of the most compelling and unsettling moments in the show's history. 29 years old, longest relationship ten months. Sent off with no joke book.

A recent returnee rather than a first-timer, originally from New York and now in Texas. Tony noted he was one of the few who had prepared and memorized his set. In the interview he mentioned slipping on ice and bruising his ribs after his last appearance, losing his joke book, and that his dog and grandmother had both died in the past few weeks.

Second appearance on the show; originally from Nebraska and living in Austin for eight months. A former male model now working as a hotel bellhop, and a rewards member at the hotel where he works. Closed the interview with a long story about a breakup and packing up his Legos.

Weekly regular who closed the show with a brand new minute, running roughly two minutes instead of one; Tony called it the best set of the night. Billed as formerly the Dark Storm of Atlanta and now the Dark Storm of Austin. Brought a custom slingshot on stage, saying he needed to protect Kim Congdon from the earlier bucket pull.