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Kill Tony Stats

792
Episodes
3,950
Comedians
7,684
Sets
388
Panel guests
3B+
Views

History

Kill Tony began at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles in 2013, created and hosted by Tony Hinchcliffe with Brian Redban. The first episode in this archive was released on Jun 14, 2013. It started as a live comedy podcast built around an open sign-up and a bucket of names.

The format gives selected comedians one uninterrupted minute on stage. Tony, Brian, and the episode's panel guests then interview the comedian. Regulars, golden-ticket winners, and other invited performers also appear alongside the bucket pulls.

After its years at the Comedy Store, the show relocated from Los Angeles to Austin in 2021. It played Austin venues before making the Comedy Mothership its home in 2023.

792 episodes have been released since the beginning. The busiest year in the archive was 2019, with 108 episodes. In every full year since 2021, the show released between 52 and 56 episodes, roughly one a week. The live audience, touring arena dates, and online episode releases have carried the format far beyond its original room.

This archive keeps the episode history searchable by preserving each lineup, the people on it, and the minute each recorded set began.

Together, those records show how a small live-room experiment became a long-running weekly record of new and returning stand-up comedians.

Kill Tony terms are defined in the glossary.

Episodes by Year

Episodes released each year.

  • 201328
  • 201450
  • 201557
  • 201652
  • 201755
  • 201874
  • 2019108
  • 202061
  • 202152
  • 202252
  • 202353
  • 202456
  • 202552
  • 202642

Records

One and done

73.7%

2,913 of 3,950 comedians have exactly one set.

Bucket to GT or Regular

50

Bucket to GT or regular

Most viewed

31.2M

Episode #672 with Donald Trump (Shane Gillis) and Joe Biden (Adam Ray).

Biggest lineup

33 sets

Episode #707, released Feb 17, 2025.

Kill Tony Top 20 Leaderboards

Most Comedian Appearances

  1. 1. William Montgomery337
  2. 2. Hans Kim167
  3. 3. David Lucas154
  4. 4. Kim Congdon113
  5. 5. Sara Weinshenk99
  6. 6. Michael Lehrer98
  7. 7. Kam Patterson94
  8. 8. Ali Macofsky70
  9. 9. Ari Matti51
  10. 10. Melissa Eslinger49
  11. 11. Vanessa Johnston49
  12. 12. Dedrick Flynn45
  13. 13. Malcolm Hatchett44
  14. 14. Martin Phillips38
  15. 15. Aphrodite35
  16. 16. Uncle Lazer33
  17. 17. Jared Nathan29
  18. 18. Pat O'Neill28
  19. 19. Casey Rocket24
  20. 20. Sara Mostajabi24

Guests

  1. 1. Dom Irrera30
  2. 2. Doug Benson30
  3. 3. Luis J. Gomez28
  4. 4. Joe Rogan27
  5. 5. Ari Shaffir23
  6. 6. Kirk Fox21
  7. 7. Big Jay Oakerson17
  8. 8. Moshe Kasher17
  9. 9. Ron White17
  10. 10. Erik Griffin16
  11. 11. Greg Fitzsimmons16
  12. 12. Shane Gillis16
  13. 13. Adam Ray15
  14. 14. Mark Normand14
  15. 15. Mike Lawrence14
  16. 16. Pauly Shore14
  17. 17. Sam Tripoli14
  18. 18. Jeff Ross13
  19. 19. Joe Derosa13
  20. 20. Sam Tallent13

Charts

Bucket pulls: 6,123; Regulars: 1,454; Golden ticket winners: 295; Special appearances: 112; Unclassified: 45. 8,029 sets total.
Every non-guest set, grouped by its recorded role. Golden ticket sets are counted from the winning episode onward.
Episodes released annually: 2013: 28, 2014: 50, 2015: 57, 2016: 52, 2017: 55, 2018: 74, 2019: 108, 2020: 61, 2021: 52, 2022: 52, 2023: 53, 2024: 56, 2025: 52, 2026: 42. The final bar is outlined.
Episodes released each year. The outlined final bar distinguishes the latest release total.
1. William Montgomery: 337; 2. Hans Kim: 167; 3. David Lucas: 154; 4. Kim Congdon: 113; 5. Sara Weinshenk: 99; 6. Michael Lehrer: 98; 7. Kam Patterson: 94; 8. Ali Macofsky: 70; 9. Ari Matti: 51; 10= Melissa Eslinger: 49; 10= Vanessa Johnston: 49
The leading comedians by sets performed, with Melissa Eslinger and Vanessa Johnston tied at tenth on 49. Panel guest appearances are not counted.
44 golden ticket winners among 3,950 distinct comedian identities, about one in 90. Distinct comedian identities with at least one non-guest, non-ambiguous set. Case, punctuation and accents are normalised; character identities stay separate.
44 of 3,950 recorded comedian identities have won a golden ticket. Distinct comedian identities with at least one non-guest, non-ambiguous set. Case, punctuation and accents are normalised; character identities stay separate.
Golden ticket winners by the release year of their first set recorded as a golden ticket winner: 2014: 0, 2015: 0, 2016: 1, 2017: 0, 2018: 1, 2019: 10, 2020: 0, 2021: 1, 2022: 0, 2023: 3, 2024: 6, 2025: 9, 2026: 13.
Each winner is counted once, in the release year of their first set recorded as a golden ticket winner, which is not always the night they won it. Years with no winners remain visible.
1. Doug Benson: 12; 2. Dom Irrera: 11; 3= Ari Shaffir: 9; 3= Big Jay Oakerson: 9; 5= Kirk Fox: 8; 5= Ron White: 8; 7= Jeff Ross: 7; 7= Joe Rogan: 7; 7= Mark Normand: 7; 7= Pauly Shore: 7; 7= Shane Gillis: 7
Panel guest appearances only, counting each real guest under their own identity. Character appearances and performed sets are not counted.