KT #706 - 2025 NYE HEB ARENA

KILL TONY #706 - New Year’s Eve arena notes James McCann and Joe DeRosa join the live H-E-B Center show. The Undertaker appears, Marcus King joins the band, and Gary Clark Jr joins the musical close. The opening montage contains earlier events, not this night’s performer list. Discoveries and details 1. 11:32 - James calls this the one-year anniversary of arriving in America and recalls coming straight to the show. It is his recollection, not an immigration record. The panel’s first-appearance and rookie descriptions are introductions, not audited lifetime ordinals. 2. 13:45 - The timer explanation gives way to an entrance. The Undertaker is named at 14:51 and joins the stage. Tony connects him to the small figure hanging from the bucket. An intervention for going over time becomes a running threat, but no actual attack on a bucket comic happens here. 3. 19:43 - Martin Phillips’s turtleneck gets a Rock comparison. He says the chain came from Walmart’s girls’ section that day for three dollars. The accessory is the joke, not an appearance by The Rock or verified retail-price data. Private medical and relationship claims are not metrics. 4. 27:21 - What the Hector says his wrestling minute was planned before The Undertaker’s entrance. The surprise makes his topic timely without proving a staged draw. Later, parking his RV behind the tire shop gets flipped from working from home to homing from work. Private intruder allegations are not accepted as facts. 5. 45:04 - Jackson Barr’s formal outfit gets a Paul Bearer comparison. A mock Shark Tank pitch follows: a dating-app premise, not a real service or advice to disclose financial credentials. His political positions, money and private family history are not audited here. 6. 1:01:11 - Uncle Lazer recalls a New Year’s invitation at Vulcan three years earlier, when he was considering leaving his job. He thanks Tony for the chance. That earlier opportunity is not necessarily his first Kill Tony appearance. His animal story and other roasts are not verified wrongdoing. 7. 1:04:29 - Joe Barnholt distinguishes about a year of stand-up from roughly sixteen years playing music. He gets a guitar for a short rap, a musical bonus rather than another stand-up minute. The later comparison to an existing milk joke is an unverified allegation; Joe says he has not heard it. These notes do not establish plagiarism. 8. 1:10:25 - Aaron Belisle uses a Trump-style voice. The claim that the bit came from one interview is a joke, not an authentic quotation. Tony praises writing new material in another voice instead of assembling clips. The later Australian-voice exchange gives James a Bluey callback. 9. 1:26:28 - Vic describes his book, Rolling with It: Lessons Learned While Sitting Down, and playing wheelchair basketball for the Austin Wreckers. These are his accounts, not verified credentials or therapy advice. His injury story and drink counts are not health metrics. A volunteer joins for a kiss and replay; the panel’s predictions do not establish a subsequent relationship. 10. 1:46:23 - Joe tells Casey Rocket that a younger comic this distinctive makes him want to work harder. Casey’s completed-city count is self-reported and next year’s cities are plans. The garlic fortune, medical-school story and age nineteen are persona material, not identity records. Unnamed imitators are not proven plagiarists. 11. 1:50:16 - Tim Hill says he works with dogs. The UPS shirt is borrowed from his girlfriend, so it does not establish a delivery-company job. His extended private interview is not another minute, and its sexual, drug and financial claims are not verified facts or income statistics. 12. 2:07:08 - James tries to sit out David Lucas’s roast exchange, then answers back. Late-notice panel booking returns as a no-time-to-prepare joke. The cap’s last notch gets a requested close-up. These are stage exchanges, not health diagnoses or a verified attendance count. 13. 2:16:36 - Dice’s noisy-companion complaint turns out to concern Alexa, not violence against a woman. He imagines Anthony, an assistant who only needs to be told once. It is a character routine, not an announced product or tested device review. The requested nursery-rhyme sequence is a real continuation of his appearance. 14. 2:26:32 - Cameron Altman’s missed joke-book catch gets slow-motion replays. His reaction becomes a production gag. The injury and self-harm roasts do not establish a diagnosis or an actual incident. 15. 2:30:54 - Cam explains his failed water trick, then sees a replay. Tony encourages him and discusses the challenge of a new minute. Sarah Sloan is introduced at 2:36:35 for horse noises during the retry. Water drops, the replay gets another horse sound, and Heidi mops. It is not successful magic, an Emmy win or another stand-up minute. 16. 3:04:17 - William’s New Year’s baby outfit leads to a supposed plan to quit comedy for a locomotive job. He immediately says he was kidding, setting up never going to stop. No retirement or job is announced. The Scooby-Doo live-studio-audience line is a cartoon joke, not production history. Ari’s preceding set and Redban’s physical stage gag are separately indexed below. 17. 3:06:17 - Gary Clark Jr joins the closing rock song as the performers return. Tony says midnight is still an hour and fifteen minutes away, so this is not a midnight countdown. Drew Nickens appears in the curtain call but has no individual set in the captured source. Nashville ticket information is an episode-time future promo, not a verified current schedule. 18. The complete automatic captions contain 13 “I love it” matches and 1 “absolutely incredible” match across all voices, including the opening montage and advertising. They are literal text counts, not Tony-only or independently verified spoken totals. Censored omissions can interrupt matches. Sets & timestamps 09:21 - Panel: James McCann. 10:05 - Panel: Joe DeRosa. 18:03 - Martin Phillips introduction; set begins 18:22. 25:50 - What the Hector introduction; greeting 26:01, material 26:05. 38:32 - Liz Splat introduction; set begins 38:47. She describes her first arena; her parents attend and her mother appears on the screen. 43:36 - Jackson Barr introduction; set begins 43:57. Captions spell the surname bar. 55:43 - Uncle Lazer introduction; set begins 56:13. Captions spell the name laser. 1:02:59 - Joe Barnholt introduction; set begins 1:03:12. Captions vary Barnholt/Barnholdt/Barold. 1:08:43 - Aaron Belisle introduction; set begins 1:09:15. Caption name variants are not global identity merges. 1:19:56 - Vic introduction; set begins 1:20:16. Captions vary Shivdasani/Shivdesani/Shivdanani. 1:33:31 - Britney introduction; greeting 1:33:47, material 1:33:54. Surname captions vary Oada/Ouadda. She calls this her first stand-up attempt, for her husband’s birthday; Tony declines the crowd’s Undertaker request. 1:38:49 - Casey Rocket introduction; set begins 1:39:33. 1:48:02 - Tim Hill introduction; set begins 1:48:12. 2:00:33 - David Lucas introduction; first thanks 2:01:02, material 2:01:24. 2:13:09 - Andrew Dice Clay introduction; first spoken line 2:14:19. 2:23:38 - Cameron Altman introduction; set begins 2:23:52. 2:28:33 - Cam Patterson introduction; first spoken line 2:29:13, then material following the opening trick. 2:39:09 - Daisy Hart introduction; set begins 2:39:31. The possible award in the introduction is not an actual Golden Ticket presentation. 2:41:59 - Brian Holtzman introduction; set begins 2:42:22. Captions also use Holzman. 2:51:07 - Ari Matti introduction; greeting 2:51:30, material 2:51:43. Private, medical and political roasts are not factual claims here. 3:01:22 - William Montgomery introduction; set begins 3:01:57. Bonus performances & navigation 05:58 - Marcus King introduced with the band. 13:45-17:00 - The Undertaker’s entrance and live cameo. 31:50-32:10 - Hector’s requested short voice impression. 42:54-43:00 - Liz identifies her mother on the big screen. 47:49-48:13 - Jackson’s mock Shark Tank pitch. 1:05:54-1:06:28 - Joe’s guitar-rap bonus; no lyrics reproduced here. 1:18:48-1:19:22 - Aaron’s Australian-voice exchange and panel response. 1:30:55-1:31:10 - Vic’s audience-volunteer kiss. 1:32:01-1:32:12 - Kiss replay and reaction. 1:44:20-1:44:32 - Casey ties his hair back and shows the ponytail. 1:53:29-1:59:54 - Tim’s extended private interview, not another set. 2:09:01-2:09:19 - David’s cap-notch close-up request and reactions. 2:21:46-2:22:53 - Dice’s requested nursery-rhyme continuation. 2:26:32-2:27:16 - Cameron’s missed-book replays. 2:31:31-2:31:54 - Cam’s first trick replay and reaction. 2:37:35-2:38:36 - Sarah’s horse sounds, Cam’s retry and the replay. 2:38:52-2:38:57 - Heidi mops after the trick. 2:56:42-2:57:14 - Redban’s brief physical stage gag after Ari’s set. 3:06:42 - Ensemble curtain call, including Drew Nickens. 3:07:10-3:10:33 - Closing rock performance with Gary Clark Jr and the band. 3:11:23-3:12:14 - Episode artwork credits and reaction. Which surprise worked best for the arena: The Undertaker, Dice’s Alexa story, or the horse-and-magic act?