What Is Kill Tony?
A live podcast stand-up comedy show where comedians pulled from a bucket get sixty seconds on stage in front of a celebrity panel — and an audience that can smell a bad set from row twenty.
Kill Tony is hosted by Tony Hinchcliffe, co-hosted and produced by Brian Redban, and it's been running since June 3, 2013. What started as a small room in Los Angeles now fills arenas.
Kill Tony tickets get harder to find every year the show adds a city, which is the whole reason this page exists: to answer what the show actually is, who's on it, what a ticket costs, and where to actually buy one without getting burned.
What Is Kill Tony, Exactly?
Here's the format in one breath: names go into a physical bucket, Tony pulls one at random, that comedian gets exactly sixty seconds of stand-up, and then the panel tears the set apart — or, occasionally, falls in love with it on the spot. That's not a metaphor. There's a literal countdown clock. Go over sixty seconds and the band drowns you out.
Anyone in the room can put their name in — no booking agent, no five years of open mics required. Some of the biggest names in comedy right now got their first real audience from a bucket pull that could've just as easily not gone their way.
A house band plays comedians on and off stage, punctuates punchlines, and fills the dead air after a joke lands wrong. It's doing more work than most viewers give it credit for.
Tony sits with a rotating lineup of comedians and, often, a surprise celebrity guest, and they react to every set in real time — no filter, no notes given kindly. It's closer to a roast than a critique session.
Every show gets filmed and released as a podcast episode, which is how Kill Tony built an audience that dwarfs the room it started in. It streams on YouTube and other podcast platforms.
The show has since outgrown clubs entirely. It's now based permanently at The Comedy Mothership, a venue Hinchcliffe owns in downtown Austin — and the touring version, branded Killers of Kill Tony, takes the format to arenas and theaters across North America.
Killers of Kill Tony
"Killers of Kill Tony" is the name for the touring lineup — the rotating cast of comedians who join Tony on the road for stops outside Austin. Who's on stage changes city to city and month to month, which is part of the draw. You're not buying a ticket to see one comedian's set — you're buying a ticket to see who shows up.
David Lucas
Hans Kim
Martin Phillips
Dedrick Flynn
Ahren Belisle
Timmy No Brakes
David Jolly
Ari Matti
William Montgomery
Pat O'NeillKill Tony Tickets: How to Buy, What They Cost
This is the part most fan sites get vague about. Here's the direct version.
General admission typically runs $50–$100, depending on the city and the venue. Premium seating closer to the stage lands in the $150–$300 range, and VIP packages — which can include a meet-and-greet with the cast — start around $500.
Tickets go live as soon as a stop is officially announced, and the popular cities can sell through the good seats within days. If a city you want is already on the schedule, don't sit on it.
Directly through the live ticket widget synced to the box office, or through a verified resale marketplace if the primary allocation is gone. Skip anything that isn't a real ticketing platform.
Resale tickets are priced by independent sellers and can land above or below face value depending on demand. Always check the seller's buyer guarantee before paying.
Kill Tony Tour Dates: Where's the Show Actually Playing?
The touring schedule changes constantly — new cities get added through the year, and a date that isn't announced today might be locked in next month. The only way to know for certain is to check the live 2026 tour schedule, which we update the moment a new stop is confirmed.
If you searched for a specific city and didn't see it — Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Nashville, Phoenix, wherever — that doesn't mean it's off the table. It means it's not on the schedule yet. What we won't do is tell you a show is happening in your city when it isn't — if it's not on our schedule, it's not confirmed.
Kill Tony Podcast vs. Kill Tony Live
They're the same show, watched two different ways.
The recording — every Monday night episode, uploaded to YouTube and audio platforms, free to watch from your couch. This is what most people mean when they say "I listen to Kill Tony."
Being in the room (or the arena) when it happens. Same bucket, same panel, same sixty-second clock — except you're in the crowd instead of watching a screen, and the energy of a room that might turn on a bad joke doesn't translate through a speaker the same way.
Is Kill Tony on Netflix? Yes — as of April 2025, sort of. Netflix ordered a set of Kill Tony comedy specials, filmed at The Comedy Mothership, with the first one premiering that April. That's a different product from the weekly show, though: it's a polished, edited special, not the same as the raw, unpredictable weekly episode or the live tour. If you're trying to watch the actual bucket-pull format every week, YouTube is still where it lives.
Kill Tony FAQ
What is Kill Tony?
Kill Tony is a live podcast stand-up comedy show hosted by Tony Hinchcliffe, where unsigned comedians drawn from a bucket get sixty seconds on stage in front of a celebrity panel. It's recorded weekly and also tours as a live arena show under the name Killers of Kill Tony.
Who's on the Kill Tony panel?
The panel rotates. On tour, the lineup is branded Killers of Kill Tony and changes by city — see our cast guide for who's currently touring.
Is Kill Tony coming to my city?
Only if it's listed on the current tour schedule. New cities get added throughout the year, so a city that isn't listed today isn't necessarily off the tour permanently.
Is Kill Tony on Netflix?
Yes. Netflix ordered a set of Kill Tony comedy specials, with the first, Kill Tony: Kill or Be Killed, premiering in April 2025. It's a separate, edited special — not the same as the weekly live show or the podcast.
What's the difference between Kill Tony the podcast and the live show?
The podcast is the recorded weekly episode you watch on YouTube. The live show is the in-person version — same format, same bucket pull, but you're in the room instead of watching a screen.
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