Kill Tony: Kill or Be Killed

Assuming you didn't do this merely for the Netflix money and you actually tried to present the show to a wider audience, here's my little piece of advice: actually DO THE SHOW.

You see, people go on Netflix and see there's this thing about amateur comedians having the chance to prove themselves in front of a bunch of professionals - sounds awesome! But none of the new viewers will have a clue what the hell is going on here cause you're not DOING THE SHOW.

In over two hours we get to see merely SIX bucket pulls cause you're too busy trying to make this episode about your celebrity friends and your artificially hyped regulars.

The premise of the show is unknown comedians going on a big stage. What do we get? Entire sets by Adam Ray, Jeff Ross, Kyle Dunnigan, Adam Ray AGAIN, somehow Francis Foster sneaked in there? And of course Ron White has to have his moment as the saviour of comedy. Stop talking about how important this show is for comedy and actually DO THE SHOW.

I don't really understand what you get out of hyping these horrible regulars, but whatever, they should be an exception and not make up 50% of the show. You can't even criticise them here, because this is Netflix now and you have to pat yourself on the back. Criticising them would be criticising yourself. Kam, you've done it again! William Montgomery must seem bewildering to the new audience cause he's just screaming nonsense until something sticks, but my hungry wolf is here TO EXPLAIN to the audience that he really really is funny, promise. DO THE SHOW

Joe Rogan is completely useless on Kill Tony. Tom Segura is completely useless as a human being. Shane is a God, he is invincible. Kudos to him for calling BS on giving that horrible lady a spot at the secret show - but hey, they had to prove that this show is really important for new comedians and they kinda just forgot about it until the very end.

But even Shane is too much here cause he steals the spotlight. Get somebody like Sam Tallent who can make everything funny without stealing the show. And we want to see those 200 freaks waiting outside. Let them bomb, let them surprise us, let them tell their stories, show us how delusional they are, let them show us their hidden talents - instead of rushing through a Mexican drumoff cause you're worried that your bestie Ron White won't have enough stage time. DO THE SHOW.

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.

Even if I was drunk and kicked in the head I would struggle to find anything funny about this train wreck. The special is desperately trying to be roast special mixed with the View but misses the mark on both counts. It drops the good natured insult humor of a Don Rickles or Ross of a roast in place of meaningless sarcasm and oddly desperate boot licking. The only thing missing is a four hour rant in the middle selling supplements or secretive men only weekend retreats, that will probably be on a future release. I know Netflix wants to expand their audience but this reeks of a cash grab appeal to the lowest common denominator.

Billed as stand-up at its most unforgiving - and unpredictable. This popular podcast created by Tony Hinchcliffe has made its way as a Netflix special.

Tony, I would put off your retirement plans if I were you. That Netflix money will not be there for the long term.

The comics who had one minute to make people laugh sucked. The Hall of Famers sucked.

Joe Rogan who owns the club and is the world's most popular and richest podcaster was there wondering. How did these guys even get on here?

You know it's bad when the many bald headed band members were laughing to gee up the audience.

So comedians, I use that word loosely. They have been doing the small club circuit for a few years, also known as their bathroom.

They have one minute to make Tony and his panel laugh. Some have travelled hundreds of miles to get a shot. One biked it on a BMX from California.

Unfortunately they turned up with no material. Zilch.

They have not honed their act, road tested their material. It is a long minute and I have no sympathy for them at all for not having 60 seconds of their best jokes.

Most of them knew they were dying. That Hall of Famer who used topical material that dated back to the mid 1980s. He knew he messed up. The reason they are not Hall of Famers, just less mediocre than others.

These wannabe comedians should had been inspired by that Eminem song, Lose Yourself.

I liked how Tony kept pulling a name out of the hat, so he could find one female comedian to come on. She sucked as well and Tony then invited her on for another show. Well he was impressed with the weak jokes.

The other main issue was all that inane chatter. The acts had one minute of stand up, then they talked to Tony and the panel for five minutes. That time could had been used on more acts, some who have travelled hundreds of miles, even thousands for a chance to perform.

The only people that were funny was the guy doing Donald Trump. The British stand up at least had some material. Even Ron White left his best stuff at home.

Then there was the Joe Biden guy who tried to push Tony out of the closet!

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.