KT #760 - STEVE0 + TIM BUTTERLY

Weekly regular and Hall of Famer introduced as having more sets than anyone in the show's 13-year history; nicknames given include the Saratoga Singer, the Memphis Strangler and the vanilla gorilla. Opened the show with a new minute built largely on Redban's mother, Ozempic and a Jesse Jackson bit. In the interview he described writing in a Star Wars-filled home office, rowing 200 miles in February, and spending hours a day rolling and brushing walnuts.

First time on the show. Lives in San Diego, three years in comedy, works a tech job modernizing city transit plus door and host work at the American Comedy Company. Moved in with his grandmother about six months ago after his grandfather died of pancreatic cancer; Tony debunked his claim to unusually soft earlobes. Left with a medium joke book.

First time on the show, age 63, roughly ten years of stand-up on and off starting at the Ice House in Pasadena. Career guitarist, songwriter, engineer and producer who played for Blake Shelton for about ten years and previously installed carpet; had a son at 60 and is moving from Wisconsin back to Nashville. His guitar spot had to be cut because he played a song already cut on a Blake Shelton record. Left with a big joke book.

Returning performer, roughly three years in comedy, originally from Boston by way of Miami and now in Austin. A second-degree black belt in karate who threw a kick on stage and explained her jellyfish tattoo as a face-your-fear piece. Reported doing her first three feature spots in the past year; Tony called it her best set yet and booked her on the Thursday secret show, and she left with a big joke book.

Returning performer based in Austin who said he had recently gone from about three minutes of stage time a week to thirty. Interview covered a Tinder date at Lady Bird Lake, a DUI a year ago that left him riding a scooter after an '06 Mustang GT, and extended confessions about middle school. Last name is badly mangled by the captions across three different spellings. Left with a big joke book.

First time on the show. Seven years in New York after two in Orlando, Florida, regularly at New York Comedy Club and the Grizzly Pear, sharing a three-bedroom one-bathroom Williamsburg apartment with two other comics. Described selling plasma and feet pictures, having about $600 to his name, and spending $300 to become a MUFON UFO field investigator. Tony booked him for the Madison Square Garden show in August and gave him a big joke book.

Weekly regular introduced as the Dark Storm of Austin, formerly the Dark Storm of Atlanta, doing a brand new minute as he does every episode. Material covered armadillos as Mexican turtles and a conspiracy bit about smoke detector low-battery chirps. Interview ranged over armadillos, Austin bats and lightning bugs, and Redban landed several rare laughs during it.

First time on the show, age 55 though he tells people 53. Started comedy in 2007 while living in Busan, South Korea, where he spent about 30 years and worked as a university professor of international relations; opened for comics including Danny Cho and is friends with Tom Rhodes. Recently moved back to the United States after a ten-year marriage that ended amicably. Left with a medium joke book.

First time on the show. Seven years in comedy, based in Huber Heights outside Dayton, Ohio, where he stays for cheap rent of about $700. Makes his living from road dates, donation-based sticker merch and producing, including his own show Jerel's Wheel of Comedy with co-host Cockarue. Tim Butterly floated booking him for a Dayton date in March. Left with a Bonesy leather joke book.

First time on the show. Originally from Virginia and in Austin about a year and a half; works as a sign language interpreter handling video relay calls, mostly medical. The interview turned into an extended sign language demonstration segment. Last name is mangled in the captions and Tony himself could not work out the spelling on stage. Big joke books had run out, so he was promised one.

Second appearance on the show; previously revealed he was a formerly very overweight heroin addict. Update since last time was mostly that his car was rammed outside his house by a drunk driver and that he had had back surgery. Tony's note was that he has strong premises but abandons them instead of writing them out. Left with a little joke book as the final bucket pull.

Rarely available returning performer, not a bucket pull, introduced as the only person Tony lets do whatever he wants. Closed the show with a shock collar bit in which an audience member repeatedly shocked him during his minute, a horse semen taste-test challenge aimed at Tony, and a trivia segment about Tony's tap water. Not one of the era's weekly regulars.