KT #758 - DONNELL RAWLINGS + TREVOR WALLACE

Not his first time - he was on about a year and a half earlier. Roughly 16-18 months into stand-up, living in Austin, works at a weed dispensary despite not smoking. Heavy Texas drawl that Tony compared to the Big Lebowski narrator; hobbies are building guns and fishing.

First time on the show, six months into comedy, age 30. Moved from California to Austin after quitting Amazon, lives alone in a travel trailer for about $575 a month and drives Uber. Tony praised his premise writing and said only his delivery needs to catch up.

Introduced as someone who works at the club, doing a brand new minute; he is one of the Comedy Mothership door guys. Known from earlier episodes for the 'bags and boxes' bit and song about his ex. Lives with his two kids and their mother, whom he is no longer with.

First time on the show, about seven years on and off in stand-up, age 31. From Wichita, Kansas and in Austin three years; works as a rope access technician cleaning high-rise windows. Recently quit a long-running drinking problem.

About a year and a half into stand-up, based in Fort Worth where he works at Big Laugh Comedy Club. Did a full minute on one premise. Both parents are dead; he told the story of his father dying in the car in 2018 while he drove him to the hospital.

Billed as his first time ever on stage, age 55, living in Temecula and claiming 35 years as a Counting Crows roadie. Closed the interview with a long improvised slam-poetry piece and won a golden ticket. At the end of the show Tony noted he was plugging adamraycomedy.com, indicating this is a character performance by Adam Ray.

A returning bucket-pull favorite, age 29, living in Austin and getting on stage nightly. Fired from a mortgage company two weeks earlier; his father died of liver cirrhosis at 40. Tony awarded him a golden ticket and said it was long overdue.

Introduced explicitly as a regular who writes a new minute every week - 'once the dark storm of Atlanta, now the dark storm of Austin.' Originally from Atlanta, Georgia. Donnell Rawlings praised him at length as an original, authentic comic he had found on his own timeline.

Has been on the show before. From the East Coast, now working the door at the Vulcan Gas Company in Austin; previously sold sports and Pokemon cards. Said he recently lost close to 100 pounds by running and eating salads.

A return appearance; 15 years in comedy, all of it out of San Antonio, though he is originally from Washington DC. Full name Jerry Dwayne Smith, 'Debo' being a nickname used as a stage name. Delivered furniture for years and worked the door at Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club for ten.

Final bucket pull of the night and, per Redban, the first female comedian of the episode. A little under six months into stand-up, started after a divorce from a six-year relationship. Works as a welder and mechanic and does motorcycle stunt-double work; father died when she was four.