Tequila Werewolf and the Taco Bell Maniac

JC Currais delivers a manic, sweat-drenched performance that relies on a booming vocal range and wide-eyed physical commitments. He specializes in escalating mundane, late-night bad decisions into frantic horror stories. The centerpiece of this set is a chaotic 2:30 AM drive-thru saga involving a minimum-wage teenager wielding a broom against a shirtless, tequila-fueled maniac who is wearing a cardboard box on his head.

Released in May 2023 as a secret set on the Don’t Tell Comedy YouTube channel, the twenty-minute showcase captures Currais during a steady rise in his stand-up career. Around the time of its release, the Miami-born comedian had transitioned from late-night sets on Conan and Comedy Central to acting roles, including an appearance in Damien Chazelle’s film Babylon. His performance here relies heavily on his imposing physical size, a trait he weaponizes to describe a catastrophic 150-milligram edible trip that turned a house party bathroom into a portal to hell. He also acts out a bizarre arrest at a TGI Fridays and his girlfriend’s pragmatic plan to use him as a human shield if they ever face an intruder.