We were enjoying Jerry Seinfield’s comedy performance on Saturday night at the Metro Centre – it was a privilege to have him here in Halifax. Then, some idiot way in the back of the seating area started yelling something, very loud. This was most distracting to me, as well as to Jerry, I’m sure, because he seemed become disconnected to what he was saying. That person then loudly yelled “donair, donair!”. Jerry did hear that, and asked what a donair was. He was at least professional enough to make a joke out of the distraction. Some woman way up on the right side of the stage then began yelling something else. All this took away from an otherwise fun evening.
When Jerry ended his set, he simply left the stage, without his usual Q&A session with the audience. I fear that the hecklers had something to do with this! What a shame if this tainted Jerry’s memory of Halifax! Come on hecklers, grow up! —Laugh in Peace
This article appears in Apr 12-18, 2012.
I thought heckling was pretty standard at comedy shows?
Maybe Jerry had to have a dump?
Or maybe he was so excited about learning about do airs he just HAD to get one?
At least he didn’t try to banter with them in “The Michael Richards” way.
Gawd forbid there be hecklers at a comedy show!! Fucking delicate genius. Maybe his pilot was in the audience.
Comedy seems to be the only form of performance where it’s still acceptable (to some) to yell things/interrupt of your own free will. If someone started yelling “donair!” during La Cage aux Folles this conversation might be a little different. And who pays $100 to go somewhere and yell like an idiot? Cover at the Alehouse is so much cheaper.
hecklers and drunk douchebag(ettes) can ruin a comedy show pretty quickly.
I paid to hear the comic… and listening to some idiot trying to talk over him just pisses everyone off.
Same happened at Rob Schneider with some drunk bitch at the back…
same with Pauly shore last year where there was almost a fist fight and security was about to get in on the action..
It’s not only Jerry’s view of halifax that’s tainted…
and it’s because people can’t keep their fucking yappers shut for 90 minutes to listen and laugh.
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Meaty, fella, the Coast is a WEEKLY, not a daily paper. There are plenty of daily outlets to keep up to date on this horrible tragedy. It is a sad day for those of us who supported his message.
Exactly, TTFN. The Coast probably updates some parts of their online site more often than weekly and that’s where this news was put.
I’m sure more coverage is in the works for Thursday’s addition.
Three simple words:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvdcN4csakk
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grow up
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“Tainted”
(snickers)
And wtf do you mean the Coast isn’t a daily? And the way the Coast is always talking shit about The Gays.
You tell em, Meaty.
Wp
yean that there really is someone who likes that no talent has been? fuck me, i gag everytime i hear his whiney little voice, and his lousy jokes. what the fuck is wrong with ssome people’s brains? i’d rather have a complete root caanal on all my teeth, than to be stuck listening to him drone on and on about inane bullshit, that no fucking body sane cares about. o.p., you have my pity, hopefully your brain didn;t suffer too long by listening to that twit.
first words should be, you mean that there is
you mean people still actually listen to his stupid shit? i think you need shrink there, o.b.
Wheelie, what up? I was wondering about you the other day-long time, no hear…
How would they like it if he went down to McDonalds and heckled them at their job?!
I didn’t even know that Seinfeld was coming here. I’m a big fan from back in the day. It would have royally pissed me off too, OB.
Hecklers are people with no conception that anybody else in this world but themselves exists. They have low intelligence thus little impulse control. Shouting “donair” in the middle of the Seinfeld act is good example of that.
Hi Xeno!
I made some life changes, career-like, and life is pretty sweet. I read a few times a week, but I haven’t been piling on as much as usual.
I’m still here though.
Hope everyone is well!
Wp
well as we can be in this grey, gloomy shithole.
Nice to see ya on board, Sweet Smellin’ Wheelie.
*Waves to the Wheelie* ‘Ola, muchacho!
I LOATHE hecklers. Troon is absolutley correct. They exist only for themselves and somehow think they are more witty or funny than the PROFESSIONAL comedian onstage. No one paid their hard earned money to come and listen to these ignorant, self-centred, dilusional, (and most often drunk), assholes try to engage in a battle of wits with people who make a very comfortable profession out of that sort of thing. They simply ruin the enjoyment of the show for everyone and they should be ejected from the show immediately. It would be the same as paying to go see a movie and having some jerk shouting at the screen. It wouldn’t take very long before this person would be shown to the nearest exit. The same should happen at stand up comedy shows. And if they argued that they paid for tickets too, they’re right. But they paid to go and “WATCH” the show, not disrupt it or take part in it.
There were hecklers at the Danny Bhoy show a couple of months ago and at Billy Connolly and Russell Peters as well. Being the true professionals they are, they quickly shot them down and made them look like the inbred monkeys they are. It still marred the show overall, however, because regardless of how funny the comedian is, that one instant in time when the numpty-fuck in the back row thought he was funnier, stands out.
Yep, there’s only one thing good about hecklers, and that’s the golden opportunity for laughs they provide to a comedian who’s skilled at shooting them down. Especially in a smaller venue.
Loves ya, TTFN! How are your cans swingin’? 🙂
Vastie, my buddy! Nice to wave at you too.
P
As long as I tie them together behind my back when I eat soup, the twins are flab-u-lous, Wheelster. Hoping, hoping, hoping you’ll make the next Summit – just ain’t the same without you, buddy. Plus my nostrils get such a stellar workout with your awesome scent – you should bottle that shit, mister. – ‘Eau de Wheelie Neck’.
Absolutely – Wheelie, you and Vastie need to make the scene at the next round table. Limited edition objets d’art from the atelier of Ivan await you both.
Can we Roundtable soon?
Wp
29th, wheelie?
29th? I’ll be there!
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You better not just be toying with emotions, zilla!!!
As of now I can say Yes to the 29th!
Same spot? Corner roundtable?
Wp
And a hearty “lol” to the jealous ForeverAlone who “disliked” me asking “Can we Summit soon?”
Wp
Survivor’s been cranky ever since she lost out on the cushy Film Classification Board gig.
I will make every attempt to be there. The 28th is looking to be a busy day, so I may or may not be dead tired. 😛
Delivering a lecture on the geneology of Lady Gaga, are you Agent 195. Not quite as elaborate as Dennis Hopper’s dissertation on Sicilians, but every bit as entertaining.
RAWK!
I will be heckling the shit out of that lecture ;D