KT #771 - BRAD WILLIAMS + TIMMY NO BRAKES

Opened the show as the newest elite regular, made a regular just the week before and described by Tony as the first person ever upgraded from golden ticket winner to regular. First appearance where he knew in advance he'd be on. Tight punchline minute (girls named America, homelessness, Redskins renaming, an NAACP acronym bit). In the interview he confirmed he is sober -- quit drinking and cocaine -- and joked he celebrated his first week as a regular with Shirley Temples.

First bucket pull of the night and his first time ever doing stand-up anywhere -- he started on Kill Tony rather than at open mics. Originally from Kansas, now living in Austin, works in the corporate insurance world. A Black man with blonde hair; Timmy and Brad relentlessly riffed that his set about gay accusations was projection. Revealed he is a multiple-time IBJJF world champion (purple, brown, and black belt, earning the black belt in December) but cannot swim.

Austin-based DJ of 13 years, about 3 years doing stand-up, originally from the Cayman Islands and moved to the US roughly 15 years ago hoping to be a rapper. Helps manage a venue called The Green Room in North Austin, which got him into running comedy shows. Ran short on his minute with bald/hat and ICE material, then closed out the segment by freestyling a reggae verse over the band.

First time on the show, about two and a half years in comedy, based in Dayton, Ohio, where he sells security systems. Set was conspiracy and Clinton/Epstein material, plus a bit about looking like a sad divorced-dad Alex Jones. Has an 11-year-old son and is no longer with the mother. The interview turned into a long panel bit about him refusing oral sex, with Tony riffing that Adidas had dropped Kanye and picked him up.

Former UFC fighter (roughly eight fights) and jiu-jitsu black belt, originally from New York City, spent about 10 years in Montreal training at Tristar, and had just moved to Austin days earlier. Around two and a half years in stand-up; joked about cauliflower ears and jiu-jitsu being homoerotic. Also got a WWE tryout and was told he was too small. Tony offered him a secret show and Timmy booked him on a Sanjack open mic. Briefly thought he'd won a golden ticket when the band played -- he hadn't.

From the Bay Area, California; moved to Austin in March of the previous year and works AV at the Moody Center arena (recently worked a George Strait show). Panel praised him for having real setups and punchlines, a rarity for the night. Has shaved his head since age 11 after a cousin home from the Navy buzzed it. Has roughly 80 percent hearing in one ear and 60 in the other after blowing out both eardrums jumping from 18,000 feet congested.

Lives in Japan (about 22 years, fluent in Japanese) and produces English- and Japanese-language comedy shows in Tokyo; was in Austin touring with a group of Japanese comedians. Set was about buying cocaine on the Silk Road with early Bitcoin. Interview revealed he worked for the Mt. Gox exchange writing the press releases about why customers couldn't get their money back, and was subpoenaed by the Southern District of New York the day his first child was born. Has three kids. Tony later brought him back on stage to translate for Daisuke.

Tony could barely read the handwriting on the bucket slip and guessed at the name; the correct spelling was later given on-mic when he plugged his Instagram letter by letter (Daisuke Muramoto). A 23-year veteran Japanese comedian who was a star in Japan, moved to New York about two years ago and learned English then. Killed with a sustained 'kamikaze' tag run and was the biggest hit of the night. Flies home to Japan every few months to earn money touring. Said he came to America after discovering George Carlin on YouTube. Michael K was brought back out to translate.

Austin comic who started right after COVID restrictions lifted, working the door at Little Woodrow's in South Park Meadows; had only been signing up since New Year's Eve. Tony called the minute brilliantly constructed and said he had about 10 more like it. Army veteran living on disability after severing the tendons between collarbone and shoulder blade in a training accident in the US. Wearing an ankle monitor for two DWIs in 14 days, and had come in to the show wearing brass knuckles.

About 10 years in comedy out of Baltimore, with time in Atlanta and New York, and had moved to Austin about a year earlier; had done the open mic on the other side at the Mothership before. Drives a truck hauling food. Set was about a lesbian baby shower and getting fired from the YMCA for stealing a coworker's Hot Pocket -- a true story, from when he was the aquatic director. Claims he trained with Michael Phelps and can swim better than anyone on stage. Closed the interview with a story about exchanging pictures with a trans woman on a dating app.

Spelled his own surname phonetically on stage (Lincoln-Union-Delta-Lima-Alpha-Mary, i.e. Ludlam) while doing a put-on accent, which he admitted he picked up messing with people at his Costco job. From Pomona, California; about five years in comedy, having started on Kill Tony in an empty Comedy Store room during the pandemic. Moved to Austin one week earlier via a couple of years in Chicago. Lives rent-free as a live-in caretaker for a 77-year-old man with Alzheimer's he was hired to look after off Craigslist. Told a long closing story about discovering during a jail intake body scan that he had a bullet in his knee he'd forgotten about.

Return appearance -- he'd been on before and said he was terrified that time. Aerospace engineering degree; worked for a jet engine company and the water department in Las Vegas, and now works for the City of Austin water department. In Austin about a year and a half. Set was about not wanting dreamers building airplanes. Now single after a breakup, and the interview covered a swinger couple propositioning him in Tampa and an awkward encounter with a woman who had misjudged her shaving. Timmy asked him the panel's running existential question about death, which Tony called maybe the greatest question in the show's history.

Overtime bucket pull. Four years in comedy, from Des Moines, Iowa, moved to Austin a couple of months earlier. Set riffed on a TikTok ad for a smelling-salts stick marketed as legal cocaine, and on speakeasies charging twenty dollars for a martini. Interview was cut off almost immediately by the time bell right after he mentioned being two years sober.

Closed the show as a veteran regular Tony introduced as 'America's favorite uncle', after explaining that several regulars were absent (one dealing with a family tragedy, Ari Matti doing sold-out shows overseas, and Dedrick also away). New minute about his late aunt Rose's dementia and imagining today's kids with dementia in 40 years. Interview: he's from Orlando, moved his mother in with him in Austin around Thanksgiving, is on the road every weekend, and met his girlfriend in person at a Ross. Ended with a long back-and-forth roasting Redban.