KT #718 - JAMES MCCANN + KIM CONGDON

KILL TONY #718 - episode notes James McCann and Kim Congdon join the panel. David Jolly opens, William Montgomery closes, and Alex Tarune's interview grows into two later returns to the stage. Those returns are interviews, not three separate stand-up sets. Discoveries and details 1. 04:04 - James's American-tour discussion quickly becomes a joke about introducing a performer and explaining where to get tickets. Later, Chad's description of a clear website triggers another detour into how complicated James's ticket address sounds. The automatic captions are inconsistent on the address, so these notes do not invent a working link. 2. 12:21 - Tony warns James about greeting everyone offstage, but the conversation turns it into an actual handshake demonstration with David. The same impulse is revisited after Joseph, when James explains that it is a lonely city. It is a running panel interaction, not an additional stand-up set. 3. 15:27 - Joseph's hand is covered in notes, but the panel struggles to find a complete joke in what he delivers. At 18:47, the panel identifies the issue as setups without finished jokes. Joseph's Mary character becomes more animated when he gets annoyed with the panel, giving them a brief glimpse of a stronger character voice. The aliases are part of the act, not separate guests. 4. 27:33 - Isaac Kain Brown says he sells Yu-Gi-Oh cards online. The niche work detail immediately pulls James into the discussion. It is Isaac's account of his work, not verified sales volume, profit or investment advice. His private anxieties and the panel's teasing are not diagnoses. 5. 30:09 - Isaac openly says he does not know what to do with his hands onstage. The panel tries putting them behind his back, using the stand and holding the microphone. The little demonstration makes a delivery question visible rather than leaving it as a vague instruction to be confident. 6. 36:30 - Chado says he has been working at least five nights a week. Tony hears improvement compared with his earlier appearance, which Chad dates to September 11, 2023. Those are the performer's recollection and the host's assessment, not an audited appearance date or a measured practice-to-results relationship. 7. 38:44 - Chad describes a psychological thriller told from a female killer's point of view. The panel questions why simply walking away is presented as a happy ending; Chad explains the viewpoint behind it. This is a discussion of fiction, not a real crime or a clinical explanation of the character's behavior. His higher-education description also gets an obvious wordplay response from the panel. 8. 52:44 - Zack Hollis gets a concrete closing note: pick favorite jokes, commit to them and slow down instead of rushing through everything. The advice is about making the short slot work. It does not turn the set's fictional threats or shock premises into real actions or verified allegations. 9. 56:36 - Tommy Tickles takes up the invitation to roast Tony. It is a requested extra sequence after his original minute, with further one-liners surfacing during the interview. His pretend book titles and pet-cemetery sales pitch are comic premises. He explicitly says he does not kill pets, so the earlier jokes should not become a real animal-cruelty claim. 10. 1:01:14 - Tommy says his wife is bottle-feeding nineteen baby goats and sheep at the time of the recording. That is a source-qualified household count, not an independently audited animal inventory or a veterinary instruction. At 1:02:42, he explains that he practices stand-up in front of the animals; a goat called Clown Face ate half his notes. The suggested ranch reality show is an idea, not an existing series. 11. 1:15:40 - Asked about Mario, Kai chooses Waluigi and compares the character with Tony. The gaming conversation becomes another interview callback. The later sausage-pronunciation exchange runs into a full Waluigi sentence, tying the earlier reference back in. The captions vary between Kai Yuda and Kansai Yasuda; these notes retain the source uncertainty without creating a global alias. 12. 1:21:50 - Alex says he stopped wearing socks while trying different things before finally getting drawn from the bucket. James jokes that the result proves the system works. That is a superstition played for laughs, not evidence that clothing can influence random selection. Alex's roughly twenty-month sign-up estimate remains his own recollection. 13. 1:29:15 - Alex's proposed pizza giveaway prompts a practical follow-up: Tony asks where and when it would happen. The discussion is not proof of a current offer or fulfilled promotion, and these notes do not direct anyone to claim a free pizza. The same interview's private medical, family and sexual stories are not treated as verified biography or useful stats. 14. 1:44:02 - Cameron Frisk's interview turns back toward Alex, first through conversation about him and later by calling him back to the stage. On the actual return at 1:53:19, Alex confirms that he makes animated cartoons. He says he has made four and is working on a fifth; a work in progress should not become five completed episodes. His censored title and handle are not reconstructed here. 15. 2:00:20 - Alex shows a broken shoe. Audience shoe offers do not resolve it: one pair is rejected. Tony then promises a new size-ten pair and an automatic minute the next week. Those are future promises, not shoes delivered during this episode, a completed later appearance or a Golden Ticket. The host's combined-interview record claim is also not an audited all-time record. 16. 2:02:14 - Lisa Jane Spencer's Australian accent opens a new panel exchange with James. She later supplies the ending she says she left out of her original joke. Alex returns again at 2:06:55 for a comic introduction to Lisa; the pizza-date and dog conversation are stage banter, not proof of an actual date or relationship. 17. 2:17:16 - William and James swap headwear, and the room reacts to the visual change. They swap back before the final tour plugs. William is the actual closing stand-up performer; the later hat exchange is a separate onstage bonus, not another minute. Claims about infections or altered personalities around the clothing are jokes. 18. Phrase watch - The native full-source rules find nine automatic-text matches for “I love it” and seven for “absolutely incredible.” These include all voices and opening/advertising material, not only Tony. Captions can omit or censor speech, so these are text matches rather than independently audio-verified spoken totals. Performer and panel navigation Times distinguish introductions from first captured set lines. Names follow local speech or caption forms, with uncertainty retained and no canonical spelling/history edits. 03:30 James McCann / 03:33 Kim Congdon - panel introductions 06:46 David Jolly - introduction; set from 06:52 13:02 Joseph Paul Alampy - introduction; captured set from 13:13; Mary character begins around 13:38 25:33 Isaac Kain Brown - introduction; set from 25:45; Kane/Kain variants in captions 34:51 Chado - introduction; set from 35:02; also addressed as Chad 46:40 Zack Hollis - introduction; set from 46:49 53:15 Tommy Tickles - introduction; set from 53:26 1:08:41 Kai Yuda - introduction; set from 1:08:52; full-name captions vary 1:19:25 Alex Tarune - introduction; set from 1:19:32; surname captions vary 1:41:13 Cameron Frisk - introduction; set from 1:41:21 1:48:42 Alex O'Brien - introduction; set from 1:48:50 2:02:06 Lisa Jane Spencer - introduction; set from 2:02:14 2:11:48 William Montgomery - introduction; set from 2:11:58 Additional onstage performances and bonuses 12:21-12:30 David/James handshake demonstration 18:07 Joseph's wig reveal during the interview 20:50-21:11 Joseph briefly re-enters his character voice 21:36-21:50 Joseph's requested additional joke attempt, not a second full minute 30:20-30:52 Isaac and the panel experiment with hand and microphone positions 56:36-57:47 Tommy's requested roast sequence; further roast lines around 58:38 and 1:03:23 1:06:08-1:06:25 Tommy's joke-book signing; he already had the book 1:17:11-1:18:51 Kai's pronunciation exchange, ending with the Waluigi sentence 1:53:19 Alex's second entrance; additional interview and discussion of his cartoons, not another stand-up set 2:00:20-2:01:13 Broken-shoe discussion and rejected audience offers; new shoes and next-week minute promised around 2:01:22 2:04:33-2:04:48 Lisa supplies the omitted ending after the panel asks 2:06:55-2:11:05 Alex's third entrance and joint exchange with Lisa; no new full minute 2:17:16-2:17:42 William/James headwear swap; swap back around 2:18:37-2:18:42 Source note: All stored automatic captions were personally read; this is not independent listening. Stage fiction, private allegations, medical claims and future invitations are not verified biography, advice or completed bookings. Explicit material involving minors is excluded from selected contexts, discoveries and cards. Source, rights, identity, canonical history and award records remain unchanged.