Kill Tony: Kill or Be Killed

This episode was a weirdly packaged version of what Kill Tony really is. New viewers will be misled.

The episode is called Kill Tony for a reason - Tony is the showman that makes it work. But here, he's mostly a host introducing the next segment while showcasing his mates with barely any bucket pulls - the magic of the show! His roast of bucket pulls is soft and misses the usual quick, hilarious, ego-destroying responses. He even leaves awkward silences between guest contributions that would normally be filled because he understands showbiz. And there is just a general sense of nervousness to make it work rather than just going with the flow.

Overly prepared, unnatural, uninspired.

If you want the real deal - head over to YouTube.

Tony has lost his mind. This is the worst show I have ever seen. I would rather be strapped to a chair and made to repeatedly watch frozen then endure five minutes of this. The show makes no sense and I can assume anyone that watches this is lonely and ashamed of themselves. Please end this show. It is destroying our society.

Unfortunately the format of the show was poorly executed, with fake bucket pulls (like Francis foster from Triggernometry, a Youtube channel with over 1.3 million subscribers and a regular JRE guest), and unfunny guests (Rogan and Segura). Ari Matti was a poor opener, who's previous jokes include bombing a Taylor Swift concert. Casey Rocket, a usual fan favorite flopped. The only light brought to this episode was from Kyle Dunnigan as Elon Musk and JFK, and Shane Gillis as Trump, Adam Ray as Biden and and closer William Montgomery. I think everyone was nervous for Netflix, even Brian Redban wasn't on form, who is a staple of Kill tony.

I'll start on the positive side, some of the bits were ok, amusing at least. Shane Gillis as Donald Trump was leaps and bounds better than the rest of the show. Honestly, probably one of the best Trump impression I have seen. Now, on the negative side, the bucket pulls were shockingly bad. It's going to sound like I'm being mean or exaggerating, but about halfway through I seriously started to ask "does stand up comedy just suck that bad in Austin ?" As for the bucket pulls, they obviously had to be pre picked, are these people the best of Austin? Also, if you think it's just me having a bad sense of humor, listen to the crowd, you could hear a pin drop. Typically in live comedy things are objectively funnier in person, laughter is infectious, but whoa, this crowd is silent. It takes a ton of guts to get up and perform in front of people, especially on Netflix, so I'm really not trying to trash these comedians, but it really was bad. I wish all those comedians the best.

I'm a big kill tony fan, watch every episode weekly, and buy and watch the live shows. I've seen good and bad episodes. This wasn't great. Tom and Joe have proven time and time again they suck as hosts, best example being the 10 year anniversary. Shane, Adam, and Kyle were at least trying with their characters. While i wasn't a big fan of Kyle's character's, I know thats just me, and i respect the attempts he was making. I thought Shane and Adam did good with their characters and the regulars all did decent, but some of them felt off, but that happens in normal episodes too. I think they did a few too many special guests and regulars, with not enough bucket pulls, and it didn't portray the spirt of the show fully. Overall, a little disappointed, but it wasn't worse than any other so-so episode with bad guests.