And, no, we don’t mean weblogs. We’re talking about comedy clubs. In the wake of the Michael Richards fiasco there’s new interest in hecklers in comedy clubs. SO;
Since we know the readership of TMV contains MANY Pauly Shore fans, here’s a You Tube video of a recent Pauly Shore comedy club performance thatwas apparently a knock-out. (We say “apparently” because some wonder if it was staged while others say not). This You Tube video loops The Big Moment over and over but there is a bit of new footage at the end, if you wait a few seconds. WARNING: VERY ADULT LANGUAGE:
Next, here’s Fear Factor’s Joe Rogan dealing with an obnoxious female heckler. We’ll just give the LINK HERE rather than embed it due to extremely adult language. Note what we have stated before: racial putdowns are taboo; sexist putdowns are still the norm in much of the comedy club culture.
We thank On The Road With Dave for the tips on these two comedy club performances.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.