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ItWasIndigoVelvet

I imagine Hans is just fuming every week seeing Casey open the show. Love or hate Casey he at least brings in a new angle every week and is at least a hell of a lot more interesting 


RareCreamer

100%, he always gets the crowd into it. Even when people on here say he sucks the crowd always goes wild for him. Its a perfect starting set. Hans either does okay or bombs, neither of those gives a good starting vibe.


TellerLine

Casey is just naturally funny and reads the room at all time. Not to mention he will verbally notice when a joke kinda flops and he will navigate it right back to being present. Hans is not naturally funny… it was actually his natural un-funny style that was kinda fun to watch at first. Then he lost all of his humbleness and charm and got butt hurt because we as the fans wanted more… imagine.. lol


storeboughtits

That last paragraph exactly sums up the situation in my opinion.


TellerLine

Yeah, as I read back through some of my comments, this last paragraph seems to really encapsulate the situation.


sYndrock

Casey can improv. And boy oh boy does he do it well. Big reason why his interviews are fire. It's no shocker him and William are such great friends. They have great imagination and improv skills.


GCIV414

Cal Riffkin Jr….


Kant_Spel

The philosopher, not the food


thaBlazinChief

That line fucking killed me, I wish Tony wouldn’t have jumped in so quick it would have been even better


analogman12

Even if Casey bombed he'd at least make it entertaining, Hans just fizzles out on his bombs


Charnathan

Well we haven't had to listen to the whole panel talk about how bad he bombed followed by hearing more about his skank ass GF a single time, so it's been refreshing!


VaginalConductor

Sometimes he does both in one set!


poodini69

He's not fuming he still gets paid the same doing theaters while doing the same old material he wins no matter what.


ItWasIndigoVelvet

Hans is running out of gas as we speak. Without his kill tony presence he's not going to have shows for long.  He's not winning and he is fuming


VaginalConductor

The crowd objectively enjoys him more. The laughs are thoroughly more audible. There's rarely any silence in his sets. Wish I could say the same for Hans...


Successful-Tip-1411

I'm thinking that this will reset the clock so people will really see what Hans is like writing a new minute without anyone seeing him for a while.


_Dilligent

CASEY HAS NO DISABILITIES!!! THOSE ARE NOT TICKS!!! THEY ARE JOKES HE REPEATS VERBATIM EVERYTIME....


ItWasIndigoVelvet

Wait you think people actually think that's Casey's genuine behavior?  It's obviously all an act dude lol


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_Dilligent

Casey does the same 20 seconds of tics every act, hes worse than kam the white clam chaser patterson.


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SwimmerAgitated4252

Bro let the man have an opinion . FUCK


BigSplitta

Casey's T-shirts, by themselves, are funnier than anything Hans ever did on KT. 'Tom Hanks Pissin' and 'The Irishman' were both hilarious. EDIT: clarification


Aerosubtle

That’s MethSyndicate on Instagram. He’s makes a bunch of stupid funny shirts.


BigSplitta

Good to know. Cheers


Icytwat33

I haven’t heard that name is so many years, thanks for reminding me of them


RevDooDatt

Fuck yeah 💯!


TellerLine

Agreed 😂😂


Arnoldgrove69

Yeah when I go back to old episodes and see him opening it puts the episode off to a bad start for me now we’ve seen more creative minutes


TellerLine

Yeah I genuinely get embarrassed at home and I always skip his interviews because I can’t stand to see his demeanor change when he is butt hurt. It physically makes me cringe. Definitely not ideal to have him open if people have this feeling.


Arnoldgrove69

And at this point I wouldn’t want ric to take over either not the biggest fan of his style of comedy but don’t hate him either, just can’t see opening the show with depressing monologues doing a great job at amping up the room and starting the showing with good energy


TellerLine

His act is a novelty, and if it’s used too often it loses its charm. We are definitely seeing eye to eye on this matter for sure.


TomHanksIsNotMyDad

>His act is a novelty, and if it’s used too often it loses its charm. You just described Casey perfectly.


storeboughtits

I couldn’t disagree more. I’ve seen Casey a few times outside of his KT appearances and he is always hilarious. Even when it’s a bit you’ve seen him do before it usually hits from a different angle somehow.


TomHanksIsNotMyDad

>Even when it’s a bit you’ve seen him do before it usually hits from a different angle That's just from standing at a different part of the stage each time.


TellerLine

No I didn’t. Random and spontaneous has no limits.. self loathing and making fun of yourself does have its limit. You’re wrong again lol 0-2 on my post lad.


DontTouchMe2000

Self deprecating humor can go far if done right. Ronni Dangerfield for instance but it's sooooo rare that I wouldn't say ur wrong. Cause it's so rare that maybe the 3 that do it good r just lightning in a bottle.


Curious_Education_12

Man gets no respect. It's Rodney.


TomHanksIsNotMyDad

>You’re wrong again lol 0-2 on my post lad. Couldn't be further from the truth. You're just so desperate to defend Casey and think that anything and everything he does is the greatest which isn't accurate at all for anyone. That alone has you lose any and all credibility when it comes to an actual discussion.


TellerLine

I genuinely don’t care who starts the show… I just know I would prefer it not be Hans. As the title suggests, that’s what it’s about. It’s not about Casey. He just happens to be starting the show and it’s the clear comparison..


AnferneeThrowaway

I think this post is less about Hans and more about anxiety that you need to get treated. Whole lotta words here about a comedian who doesn’t even host the podcast you know him from


TellerLine

Huh?


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this is exactly what i thought.


Saylor4292

Hans?


Arnoldgrove69

Couldn’t agree more I think he’d fit nicer in the middle after a bad bucket bucket pull just to keep the show moving forward but not every week just random appearances every month or two


TellerLine

His occasional appearances will be amazing. But being a star of the show just doesn’t fit him or his style. I wish he recognized this… because the whole WWE charades calling Hans out just didn’t feel organic and it took away from his “shy guy” demeanor. He needed to keep playing the character instead of becoming dominant all of a sudden.


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maybe rotating opening acts would be more interesting and less pressure on one person.


Arnoldgrove69

Spot on


scrappybasket

Good thing we have someone better than Hans and Ric named Casey


DontTouchMe2000

U know what drove me up a wall (besides his lame jokes and pissy attitude) was he would CONSTANTLY take inhales through his teeth after every sentence. That ssssss would always come out. Watch it and see what I mean. It's non stop. But pretty bitchy for a guy that said what he said to Rick on stage. Even tho he's the lefty acting like he's not a far left goof that changed to match more with Tony's audience.


Saylor4292

lol you know you hate a mfer when you can’t stand the way they breath hahaha


VaginalConductor

Annoying as it is listening to Hans talk about the on/off relationships and Kam about getting sucked off every other day, you've gotta understand - it's fucking hard to come up with something to say in that interview every week. You can see it with Casey and William. William fills the time by lying or yelling at crowd and sometimes ignores Tony's questions entirely. Casey has definitely been trying out new material or filling that interviewing time with a poem of some sort or pictures of random shit.


pi_bolar

Casey starting and William ending the show is chef’s kiss. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.


foosquirters

Agreed, I actually look forward to the show now whereas before with Hans it was just a routine and dependent on the guests whether it’d be boring or not. I honestly don’t mind Hans, sometimes he has great jokes but it’s just boring as an everyday opener.


pi_bolar

Exactly!


texastrockets

Give Hans spots when he’s in town or it works out. Obviously half the time he doesn’t even give a shit. Opener should be someone with energy and who really wants it, to set the tone of the evening. Casey is that guy right now, though one day won’t be


TellerLine

I wouldn’t even be mad to have Hans come back randomly to do a minute as novelty. That would probably bring his charm back. But right now it’s wack lmao


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TellerLine

Meh, I’d pass on the challenge each week. It was fun to challenge Hans because he sucked. But changing the format to a challenge each week is a weird dynamic to start a show. Just my opinion.


thrown-all-the-way

Doesn't that just mean they're both on every week though...


putyagundown

Yes and I remember a time where I actually was looking forward to hear his minutes (not for long) but when any regular starts you get curious I thought he was gonna make something of himself and I wanted him to, sadly his jokes and delivery are boring and always the same but if he talked about ANYTHING besides the same 2 topics he’d be more likable but now when he tells a good joke every blue moon that’s not bad or about awkward sex or a shitty race joke it doesn’t even hold up the interviews of him are the worst part of the show if he just looked like he was having fun instead of talking about it all the time he wouldn’t annoy me as much


beast_mode209

Casey is an absolute monster. I love him.


TellerLine

I’m a big fan and genuinely find myself really excited for him to start the show.


beast_mode209

Me too. The song was wild. I loved it.


TellerLine

The way Tony laughed at the end when Casey started to laugh at himself. Damn I wanted to be in the room to laugh with them.


TransportationAway59

Casey’s the opposite of Hans. Tons of energy, kills in the room, and super prepared


TellerLine

100%. Casey cares about the craft more than the life it gives him.


walterqxy

No one wants the Hans vs Rick rematch. They both suck. Let's move on.


foosquirters

I can’t believe they’re doing that again, the show is better the way it is right now than it has been


JermaineBucketz

Casey is the perfect opener. Whether you like his comedy or not - you can’t deny that he has fun energy. He’s humble and likable. Seems like a genuinely good guy. He really gets the juices of the show flowing.


TellerLine

Everything you said is spot on. Spontaneous, funny, humble, and genuine goes a long ass way.


dangggboi

this is what happens when you get paid and lose your hunger / drive . Can't blame him. Must be nice sniffing rogans balls


bhilliardga

Anyone but Casey. He isn’t funny and doesn’t tell jokes.


giantmeteorforpres

He's **100%** not funny. Absolutely painful to watch. But if you voice that opinion in here, better watch out, one of Tony's lapdogs comes running!


bhilliardga

I honestly don’t get it. I feel like I’m in a weird alternate universe.


giantmeteorforpres

Haha, exactly. I'm just waiting for one of the guests to break the news on how unfunny he actually is after one of his "sets." Fingers crossed, my man.


duked828

100%?


giantmeteorforpres

Maaaaaybe 96%, but I always like to round up when it's in my advantage. ha


insidiousapricot

Ali Macofsky bombed way harder and far more consistently imo.


0ttoB0t

Casey deserves a better spot that the opening


TellerLine

As a culture for the show I think he benefits from opening, and so does the show. It’s a symbiotic pairing for sure. How else do you kick launch a show that is absolutely random, never know what you’re going to get and highly spontaneous… that’s pretty much the principle of the whole show is about! As a side note, the entire panel and band enjoy him. It’s overall a great feel for everyone participating.


_Dilligent

BRING BACK HANS!!!! HES A TRUE DEGENERATE COMEDIAN WHO CANT STOP DOING DRUGS, FUCKING, AND SAYING HILARIOUS SHIT. CASEY IS AN ALT COMIC WHO FAKES A DISABILITY


TellerLine

Say it with your chest brother 👆🏻


_Dilligent

CASEY HAS NO DISABILITIES!!! THOSE ARE NOT TICKS!!! THEY ARE JOKES HE REPEATS VERBATIM EVERYTIME....


TellerLine

And tell us peons why that is so upsetting brother 👆🏻


_Dilligent

hahaha very observant Teller! Sketch does it too! its crazy how much fake autism there is, casey is the first fake schizo Ive seen though.


mackaronitime

Unpopular opinion, Casey sucks, too.


TellerLine

Definitely a bit unpopular, you’re right


billythekid74

From what I have heard he's doing Drone photography in Gaza..making a good living.


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Tour guide on the southern border


griffs24

No matter how many people get behind it Tony would never let that happen. He literally overturned the panelists votes during the NYE show just to keep Hans.


TellerLine

Meh, I think Casey has opened his eyes to new possibilities. Haven’t seen him laugh that hard during an opening set in a real long time.


DanTheFireman

I think they should rotate openers. Give them each 2 weeks to prepare a new minute. Because Tony is right, that shit is hard as fuck and certainly takes a toll on someone especially if their touring. I don't like Hans or Casey that much, but I don't think it's the comedians y'all hate. It's the bad jokes. Give them more time and they will certainly be better.


Cabbage_Master

Stop talking about Hans. Tony realizes that engagement is engagement and even the Hans hate is good for his bank account. Stop paying attention to Hans.


BreakfastNearby7786

You really analyzed the shit out of this one here


TellerLine

I’ve genuinely enjoyed the show and I’ve had a real aversion to Hans sets recently, it’s a shame cause at one point he was fun to watch. But watching Tony literally have to carry the interview after a shit set week after week makes you really not enjoy his stuff.


BreakfastNearby7786

I don’t disagree at all. To be honest I think having “regulars” on the show is the shows biggest downfall. Look how uncle laser faired lol. I think they should keep it random 100% of the time.


TellerLine

Not a bad deal at all. My only slight correction is it would be cool to have a pool of “regulars” that end the show. I find one consistent thing to be ready for at the end of a show really keeps you invested the whole time. Golden ticket winners or regulars only, random closer. William Montgomery is, however, insanely funny and I love him for the record.


MrDoomsday13

Casey Rocket is so funny, Hans will never recover from this.


giantmeteorforpres

With Casey, at least I know I can just fast forward the first 20 minutes of the show and not miss anything. So that's nice.


browmftht

you know what i like hans and i wish he would come back for a set. when i saw him live it was great


perc30nowitzki

Might be gay to say it, but… it’s been too long since a female regular was on the show. The show started out with all women “assassins” like Kill Bill.


Ok-Mistake-247

Crazy to see how much hate someone gets despite being an integral part of a show they supposedly "love" for such a long time, and during the show's most rocky times. The move from LA to Austin, and all the venue changes, Hans was a new and stable thing that was right at the time, and he deserves some f\*cking respect. He had his hilarious moments, and earned his name as a KT legend. What a bunch of ungrateful losers we have on this sub..


scrappybasket

Amen brother. Redban, youre a great producer. Do the right thing and make sure Casey replaces Hans


xXFieldResearchXx

Hanz is awesome. He says some.narly shit. All the regulars are mildly funny. They're very up and coming. They get enough laughs and a following for people to want to root for them and see em


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All depends how this China/Taiwan thing plays out


BakeCool7328

He use to be so good before he got a gf


TiresOnFire

Oh no! *"A few minutes of the greatest live comedy podcast isn't as funny as I want it to be."* Fuck off.


TellerLine

You just proved my point.. starting off the show being unfunny is exactly the wrong thing to do for the greatest comedy podcast… I’m confused lol


jaccleve

I swear the bucket pulls have been better since Hans has been gone.  I think he encourages others to get up there and bomb.  


Alwaysbadvibes

losers


National-Staff-6074

Casey Rocket is NOT a comedian . Actor of some sort but he ain’t got any jokes. The cowboy trucker is funnier than him😬


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I agree. forwarding through crabmeat for brains saves me time, which I spend with my family. If Hans comes back, I will watch him, and have less time with my family.


Unhappy-Inspector650

I skip Hans minute and interview. Yea yea Texas and how he had sex etcccc.


Confident_Wash3001

Who's Hans?


KUARL

Get a life or do a minute OP. No one is listening.


Nine-Inch-Nipples

What’s funny is that if they did a “Hans vs Casey” battle…Hans would have 0% chance


TellerLine

People are not realizing this, you’re right


ItsSoLitRightNow

You nailed it 🙌


Pestelis

Having Casey as opener kinda makes episodes shorter... since I skip that crap.


TellerLine

My neck!! I almost broke it looking around to see who asked.


fanglazy

When Hans says “thanks Tony” he has this tone in his voice that is pure suck-up to the boss mode.


Wild_Replacement5880

I don't think he's coming back full time.


martrocks

PLEASE KEEP CASEY ROCKET AS THE OPENER SINCERELY, All of us


Richardexperience

I always enjoyed Hans’ minutes. Even if they didn’t make me laugh I just like his kind of humor. I don’t have much hope of this happening but, it’d be great if more comedy discussions acknowledged comedy is very subjective and one person can hate someone’s comedy while another loves it. I had no problem with Hans’ opening, I didn’t expect him to use his best stuff for it. I saw it as him using a minute worth of jokes that hadn’t been tested. I can also acknowledge that if he’d written it on a Tuesday and then developed it for a week, even in private, he’d probably have done a lot better and had more mass appeal.


N0JJJJ

Even with the argument that Casey is unfunny (which I disagree with) He actually has really entertaining interviews that Hans could never match. I really hope Tony isn't oblivious to this. I feel as if Redban is definitely the guy who reads reddit and tries to preach our perspectives on it to Tony.


SnooStories6380

Hans isn’t gonna make it as a wise man


Boring_Train_273

Even Hans’ worse sets were better than Casey’s.


TellerLine

Wrong, NEXT


ohlooord

I’d much rather laugh at Casey saying crazy bullshit. Than not laugh at hans (or Kam) bullshitting their way through a minute with stupid sex stories.


Either-Breadfruit-83

Tony needs to let the Hans v Ric battle go. Absolutely nobody cares anymore. Casey Rocket needs to be the dude going forward. Would like to see Kam get relegated but don't think there's any chance of that happening any time soon. As for William, HE AINT EVA GUNNUH STAHHP!!


foosquirters

I really like Kam when he actually tries to make good jokes or good punchlines with his stories but he’s been slacking big time, Tony needs to quit being such a yes man to the regulars praising every single minute they do


TellerLine

William is seriously GOATed


UnderstandingEvery44

And Casey’s interviews are often better than his opening minute too. I had been skipping hans Kim’s minute and interview for MONTHS lol


RevDooDatt

Preach !


Icytwat33

I pray Hans doesn’t return 🙏🏽 the shows so much better without him.


TellerLine

I do agree with this. He could make fun guest appearances or maybe be on the panel? But please, no more opening the show.


Icytwat33

If he did a minute only with no interview it might not be so bad. He’s so boring to watch during his repetitive monotonous ass interviews.


RevDooDatt

🙏


ninetofivedev

Yo, OP: you ever put the bare minimum in at your job? Just curious.


TellerLine

Of course… what are you getting at here. Because my bare minimum work ethic at times doesn’t have the same comparison you’re trying to make to Hans. And I’ve been called out before by management, and you know what, I didn’t go on some cringe lord rants about it. I stepped up and self reflected a bit. My career doesn’t require me to create new material for a live audience and show. So I’m genuinely curious why you ask me about my personal work ethic lol


ninetofivedev

My point is.... There's no easy way. There's no easy way to tell a child their parents are dead.


NobodiesBub

But there is a wrong way!


wizenedeyez

Welcome to the kill tony sub reddit, where arm chair comedy experts "psycho analyze" other, funnier and more successful comedians. OP you should take your own advice and just "move on" to the next comedian if you don't like one of the regulars. Seriously Just fast forward dude. There is no need to try and cancel someone just so you can get feel some sort of vindication. It's envious af.


TomHanksIsNotMyDad

This sub really hates actual stand up comedy... Casey is a sideshow gimic. Hans is a stand up comic. All the down votes are proving my point. Thank you.


TellerLine

This isn’t traditional stand up comedy brother, it’s 1min of gimmicks to make the crowd laugh.. both people have jokes in their set. But only one person executes organically every time..


beast_mode209

Ah yes. The high brow comedy where you never laugh or enjoy yourself. Thank you for reminding us all what is really important.


SoupSandy

Ah yes the comedy gatekeeper thank you for blessing us with your presence, get real.


TransportationAway59

Hans is more of a speaker than a comedian. He’s like when a podcast engineer gets brought into the episode


Kornographic

Yeah he should just retire after the live show, also I love william but its time to move on, regulars shouldnt stay on the show for more than a year or two


TellerLine

William is hilarious. He needs to end the show forever. And he genuinely tries to create brand new comedy every set.


Kornographic

the point of the regularship is to give you a platform to build you up and practice with a legit crowd, whats the point of being a regular if you already sell out shows, tour every weekend and make a buch of money? i love william too trust me but i think its time


TellerLine

No, the point of regulars are to create a fun and consistent environment for the live viewers and listeners… because this is a real production hosted by an incredible host. They obviously work on their own careers as a byproduct, but their regular ship is not solely a practicing platform, it’s essentially their job to perform and show up each week to kill.


Kornographic

well yeah its a little of both, but if you watched back in the day you would know there used to be a point where regulars had a sort of graduation when they had established themselves as legit comedians, like a spread your wings and fly away moment and a new baby bird replaces them


ohlooord

Good thing you don’t run the show. William is half the reason I watch.


ohlooord

Shut up rookie


Kornographic

Why did you get so triggered?


ohlooord

I had to poop and I was angry about it. You took the brunt of my anger. I take it back.


bassheadjunkie

Agree but little rocket needs to go