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Opinion: Heckler videos are bad for comedy and here’s why

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Hecklers are one of the worst parts of the comedy club experience. It sucks for the comedian on stage and it ruins the show for most everyone in the crowd. There’s hardly a dispute about that. However, there are mixed feelings in the comedy community about the popularity of these ‘heckler takedown’ videos. Some say their popularity exposes more people to stand-up, which is good for comedians everywhere. Others argue

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Opinion: In defense of heckler videos

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Hecklers are one of the worst parts of the comedy club experience. It sucks for the comedian on stage and it ruins the show for most everyone in the crowd. There’s hardly a dispute about that. However, there are mixed feelings in the comedy community about the popularity of these ‘heckler takedown’ videos. Some say their popularity exposes more people to stand-up, which is good for comedians everywhere. Others argue

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Comedian attacked onstage at South Carolina comedy club. Where was security?

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All I keep asking while watching this footage is simply: Where is the club’s security staff? Why isn’t anyone breaking this up? How is this happening? In case you haven’t already seen this or heard about it, stand-up Steve W. Brown was headlining over the weekend at Comedy House in Columbia, S.C., when an audience […]

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Benny Feldman uses his Tourette’s to heckle himself onstage

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Benny Feldman is a clever young comedian from the Philadelphia area who has opened for multiple headliners when they’ve come through the City of Brotherly Love. But Feldman also was diagnosed with Tourette’s. So he decided to incorporate it into his routine onstage, focusing intently on one-liners, then taking the mic away so he can […]

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