KT #768 - SHANE GILLIS + JAMES MCCANN

First bucket pull of the night and his Kill Tony debut. 26 years old, originally from Nashville, Tennessee and moved to Austin one month ago for the comedy scene; works at a hardware store. Set was about a Robert Wadlow documentary and playing leapfrog naked. In the interview he claimed 400 tree-climbing backflips a day, said he keeps fentanyl in his tank-top pocket, and performed 'homosexual covers' of Michael Jackson and Elvis songs. Won a big joke book.

Second bucket pull, a returning performer with a goth look and a Waffle House jacket. About two and a half years in standup, moved to Austin from Georgia about a year ago, works as a vet tech of nearly 10 years. Puerto Rican father and Italian mother; her mother worked at Waffle House for over 20 years and was killed by a car in August 2023, which is the reason she started comedy. Set covered listening to spirituals as a sleep aid and her father's crack habit; she already had a big joke book and asked for a medium one.

Third bucket pull and his Kill Tony debut. Six years of standup in San Diego, still lives there and was just visiting; works reception at the YMCA and makes about half his income from comedy. Set was about his gay brother, acid trips, and a DoorDash notification. In the interview he talked about his brother coming out, his anime tattoos from a phase at 20, and meeting his Jewish girlfriend at a San Diego brewery. James McCann invited him to his American Comedy Co. show in San Diego; won a big joke book.

Fourth bucket pull and the night's one-word name; 36 years old, from Salt Lake City, Utah, raised Mormon. Only his second time ever doing standup after one open mic at Wise Guys in Salt Lake roughly six months earlier. Sweated profusely and struggled to get the mic out of the stand. Interview became the standout of the night: six months sober after a DUI where he blew a 0.25 while also on mushrooms, plus resisting arrest, an earlier DUI, and a DEA raid over growing mushrooms that turned up a shotgun, three pistols and a roommate's AR. Shouted out his probation officer, Tracy.

Fifth bucket pull and his third appearance on the show. Half Mexican, raised by a single white mother; set built on his mom having to fill in as a Mexican dad and closed with a black mom having to be a white dad. Originally from St. Louis. Recently won a roast battle at the Comedy Mothership; works the door at the Sunset Strip and previously worked at Home Depot. Tony booked him for the Secret Show on Thursday.

Show regular who writes and performs a brand new minute every week, introduced as formerly the Dark Storm of Atlanta and now the Dark Storm of Austin. New minute about his white friends reappearing in summer, taking his brother to a sandbar party, and claiming his brother's 40 acres and a mule. In the interview he explained sandbar parties and the drinking game dizzy bat, and admitted he cannot swim. Wore an Eddie Guerrero shirt.

Sixth bucket pull; opened by admitting he was high and had a rough set. Three years of standup on and off, started in Colorado Springs and Denver, now lives near Manor, Texas; originally from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joined the Army at 32 and never deployed. Quit a flooring sales job the week before and starts selling tires; took off his hat on request to show a famously large forehead. Admitted to petty theft, including taking a woman's wallet from lost and found while working mall security. Won a small black joke book.

Seventh bucket pull and a returning performer; 31 years old. Ten years of standup on and off, started in St. Louis, then New York, and has been in Austin about two years; sells motorcycles for a living. Set was a porta-potty sock bit and a barely-legal-porn joke about his grandpa that Tony praised as genuinely good. Interview centered on his girlfriend of three months, a Canadian musician he met through his DMs after a previous appearance, who had just gotten a boob job he had protested. His mother died about four or five years ago of a drug overdose at 46. Won a big joke book.

Eighth bucket pull, the second Gonzalez of the night, and a returning performer. Works as a mechanical designer in AutoCAD; lives with his grandfather and brother. Last appearance he was sleeping in a hammock for a year and a half; he has since upgraded to a full-size bed. Set was about Catholic old ladies expecting him to become a priest. The interview ran long into a cock ring saga after he found one on his shampoo bottle in the shower; Tony called his brother Sammy live on air, who confirmed it was his and named the brand, and the panel crowned him the Lord of the Cock Rings. Won a big joke book.

Ninth bucket pull, introduced as one of the show's co-producers who helps out all the time. Set was about being racist against anything without blood vessels, robots and Waymos, plus a bit on this generation never knowing weed prohibition. A former meth cook; has been with the same black woman for six years and riffed on setting spray and the differences between black and white girlfriends. Was at WrestleMania the previous weekend.

Tenth bucket pull; 53 years old and traveled in from Las Vegas. First touched a mic in 2011 but has only been serious about comedy the last three years. Set was entirely about being engaged to a three-foot-six woman, which he later admitted was just a joke premise. Quit a six-figure job selling timeshare upgrades to drive Uber and chase comedy, and has lost 84 pounds after giving up drinking and weed. Told a story about a lunch lady passenger he had to have removed from his car by police. Won a medium joke book.

Final bucket pull of the night and a new name to the show. Tried comedy about 15 years ago, restarted roughly two months ago in Denver at the Lion's Lair on Colfax, where he and his father did their sets together. Set was a true story about faking Arabic in a high school art class using a line he learned from Call of Duty. Known for very long pointed fingernails he insists are natural; describes himself as an alien wizard scientist with a laboratory in Denver where he shines light through rotating glass for near-viewless YouTube videos, and he has been a professional body painter for seven years. Won a medium joke book.

Closed the show as the newest regular on Kill Tony, introduced by Tony as being on a terror. Brand new minute of crude relationship material about his ex-girlfriend, his new girlfriend and a herpes bit. Both panel guests praised him: James McCann said he had seen him once before and was proud of the glow up, and Shane Gillis recognized him from the Netflix special. Follow-up interview covered his strictly missionary preferences and his lack of interest in toys.