KT #785
Lineup
- 1Brent Reed8:36Golden Ticket
First comic of the night and his first-ever cash-in on a golden ticket won a couple of weeks earlier, from a small Alabama town of about 1,200 people, tony praised the set as punchline-dense.
- 2Donna Lee12:19Bucket Pull
Third appearance. Thai mother, Irish father, calls herself 'Tyrish.' Took 12 years off comedy after 2006, returned May 2024, full-time touring headliner since May 2025, clean comic with a documentary coming in October. Has opened for Leanne Morgan and Jo Koy.
- 3Matthew Jordan19:41Bucket Pull
Interview centered on 48 hours in Montgomery County Jail. Second time on the show, said he bombed the first time, two years in standup plus long-form improv, retired Dave & Buster's manager.
- 4Patricio Gutierrez29:28Bucket Pull
Came in under time; Tony liked him and gave him a big joke book, one week into standup, optometrist who graduated in 2025 and doesn't wear glasses, very Catholic family; his older brother lectures on the Shroud of Turin for a living.
- 5Sir Winston Pickles41:39Golden Ticket
Sir Winston Pickles performed in his evil-clown persona. Very dark material; handed out 'caution baby in trunk' bumper stickers. Surprise returning golden ticket winner brought out from behind the curtain. Tony called him one of his favorite golden ticket winners ever, performs in white clown face, age 61.
- 6Trey Stewart45:59Bucket Pull
Former Comedy Store door guy, in Austin a little over a year. Tony told him he was 'about to win a golden ticket' if he kept it up, and Redban invited him onto the Thursday Secret Show.
- 7Zane Anas?53:05Bucket Pull
Legal first name spelled A-N-A-S, goes by his middle name Zayn, syrian parents, born in Texas. Lives near the Comedy Store but had never done standup in LA; drove 30 hours to start, while living out of a Chevy Equinox driving Uber, tony gave him a week at the Four Seasons Austin.
- 8Tim Rykert1:04:46Bucket Pull
Age 60, Canadian, started in 1990 with 20 years in Toronto and Vancouver. This was his first standup set in 15 years; he flew in on the red-eye just to see the Austin scene and got pulled, produced a documentary about sports gamblers.
- 9Dedrick Flynn1:12:33Regular
Material on his nephew being suspended for selling vape pens, Subway selling nachos, and magnesium, while performing a brand-new minute, introduced as 'the dark storm of Austin, Texas.'.
- 10Mike Ryan1:18:22Bucket Pull
Third appearance, down 100 pounds. Just opened the Pink Flamingo Comedy Club in Houston, 150 seats in a 1908 silent movie theater that was a Prohibition speakeasy, credits Duncan Trussell's 'Midnight Gospel' with helping him through his best man's death.
- 11Trini Martinez1:26:57Bucket Pull
Practices jokes on clients in the barber chair, kill Tony debut and his first ever standup set, barber in Houston, licensed 2018, age 31. Tony praised his risk-taking but said the punchlines aren't there yet.
- 12Timmy No BrakesPlayed by Tim Stiefler?1:38:06Golden Ticket
Tim Stiefler performed in character as Timmy No Brakes. Long-awaited return. Tony described him as 'a golden ticket winner slash regular,' compared him to the Undertaker being saved for pay-per-views, and said it was his first appearance since Kill Tony Mania. Played a pre-made in-memoriam video for a not-yet-dead Redban.
- 13Jewell Tollie?1:47:09Bucket Pull
Tony gave him a big joke book purely because he liked him. Had to follow Timmy. From Gun Barrel City, Texas, moved to Austin about five months ago, three years in standup, army reserves.
- 14Q Rose?1:57:35Bucket Pull
Second appearance; the first was about two years earlier during SXSW on a dare, and he has been signing up every week since. From Dallas, started in Philadelphia, air Force veteran. Runs a rental event space in Dallas.
- 15Pat O'Neill2:08:24Regular
Tony said no one had cracked the homeless-dog-joke premise before despite 10 to 20 attempts. Closed the show, introduced as 'the anomaly, the real deal', on the road with the show in Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas and the Moody Center on New Year's Eve.