Bruce Campbell vs The Audience - Wizard World Austin

Bruce Campbell takes questions from the audience at Wizard World Austin 2013.
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[@wout.schreurs]

He's like the high school jock who accidentally became the king of nerds.

[@sa1ntluke]

@SlattSlattSlatty On slime

[@MetalSlug-ev5wu]

I struggle to believe he ever would’ve been a high school jock. Good looks, healthy physique, but one of the best physical/slapstick performers of the modern age. He’s also intrinsically funny. High school jocks don’t tend to develop such personalities or become friends with quirky kids like Raimi. Campbell was a movie and performing arts geek with one hell of a chin. He does seem to enjoy ripping people though, but surely that’s what they’re there for.

[@frankieriver5296]

Jimmy Hopkins for sure.

[@jacobmcmillan6787]

Well no. This is his schtick

[@bluesky2195]

@@jacobmcmillan6787 schtick?

[@D0W666]

This guy is more entertaining than 90% of stand-up comics these days.

[@IblewuponyourfaceIII]

that's the fucking TRUTH

[@bored1ca]

Try 97% - the other 3% are already dead....

[@MarkMcDaniel]

1000% No wokeness, no emotional vomit, just straight classic Bruce.

[@loremaster8475]

90% is weird

[@CreepyPersonCube.]

Partly you can chalk that up to his age and him using his years wisely. He was born in 1958 and had a childhood of exploring stupidly dangerous dirt caves. 90% of comedians lack those decades of honing their craft, and most won't have worked in front of a camera for that entire time, or making documentaries with his wife, etc. He is awesome though. Once he made a pass at one of my ex-girlfriends, she said she kind of regretted turning him down because she was with me. I said I kind of regretted it too.

[@i5C0R3Pi0N]

When you get insulted by Bruce Campbell/Ash Williams, you know that your life is complete.

[@cjwright79]

Bruce Campell is a goddamn national treasure.

[@nataliecameron]

International treasure*

[@thesinclairblues5941]

Universal treasure

[@ozzymorrison8628]

Hes a national ASSHOLE

[@cjwright79]

@@ozzymorrison8628 are you freaking kidding me bro!

[@ozzymorrison8628]

@@cjwright79 nothing wrong with being an asshole in THIS fucked up world

[@jeddronet1918]

Bruce Campbell loves his fans to the point that he allows them to be a part of the experience.

[@wolfborn6483]

Right. We all know the cliche questions and he has no doubt heard all the questions there are..so its great that he is 'in character' and giving them a bit of Ash in his presentation. That's much more interesting than answering the same question for the 100th time.The audience seem to get it, brilliant Q and A.

[@fistfulofgroovy9746]

Dude, Bruce has such an amazing personality he needs either his own podcast or host some kind of talk show... I would be on board 100%

[@BSschoolname]

maybe he should be in movies

[@wintergacha9325]

BSschoolname he is ever seen evil dead 1 or 2. or army of darkness?

[@fistfulofgroovy9746]

Andrew Howard I think he was trying to be sarcastic to me, to which I would reply He usually doesn't play himself in movies... even in My Name Is Bruce he just plays an exaggerated Hollywood view of himself...

[@wintergacha9325]

yes but it seems to me that he is one of those people to where if something bad happened to someone he'd be like its better them than me.

[@shabaaz79]

Fistfulof Groovy yes msn.he would be awrsome

[@russellcraber7900]

I respect an actor who takes his verb tenses seriously!

[@matimus100]

Respect is earned not just given

[@Crow__007]

@@matimus100 What are you on about? This is an 8 year old comment that I am responding to 10 months after your comment.

[@georgelinglejr]

@41:06 You can tell Bruce knows when to ease up if someone actually can't handle it. Awesome guy all around.

[@Dung30n]

@Walter The Terrible the "proper" snowflake term would be : on the autistic spectrum. but i agree, though once he did notice he went too far he dialed it right back. Bruce is the man. never doubt the man

[@BreakfastAtNoon]

Yeah I felt uncomfortable for the guy, I'd of cheered for Cloud.. original not remaster.

[@MorrisseyMuse]

@@BreakfastAtNoon remaster > original

[@MorrisseyMuse]

He went a bit too savage on the kid IMO, but at least he did finally realise that and eased off. It's a Con, half that audience were probably silly looking cosplayers lol

[@KingIjazMalik]

@@MorrisseyMuse He knows his Audience

[@travissouza9008]

He's masochistic, macho, sarcastic, rude, and a troll, and everybody loves him for it because they know he's not being serious about it at all. Its all in good fun.

[@Blargy2inch]

Masochistic? Replace it with narcocistic

[@craftylemon2460]

@@Blargy2inch i'll take one narco up the nose please.

[@Clowncentral101]

Sadistic*

[@ahabduennschitz7670]

*supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

[@orpheus..]

_"and everybody loves him for it because they know he's not being serious about it at all. Its all in good fun"_ Yeah...I'm not so sure about it tbh. I think they all "tolerate" his rants because it's part of the guy's charm and mostly because he's the star and he's the one with the mic. There's really not much they can do about it. Plus these are nerdfest cons. Most of these guys can't hit the air so they just have to take the "abuse" and deal with it. That's why most of them *aren't even trying* to hit him back. The guy oozes charisma so he knows when to push and when to be polite. I doubt he will say anything like this face to face to someone like Alan Ritchson. And if we're being honest here... as a Q&A/panel or whatever this was... it was abysmal. The guy spent almost an hour trolling everyone and answered almost no questions. These people probably waste hours in line to be able to get in just to see their idol and ask some questions...only to leave an hour later empty-handed. Funny or not it was pretty awful imho.

[@pur1tyz]

as someone with autism i have mad respect for bruce for treating the kid with a disability the same way he’s treating everyone else on this panel. the whole point of this is for him to be mean to the fans, which is what he’s doing. he’s not excluding or babying the kid because he has a disability, which way too many people do. and even more respect to him for recognising that he was uncomfortable and answering his question in full afterwards. i can tell by the way he said “thank you” that answering the question made his day. people need to start treating adults with disabilities like adults. we are not children

[@AshtonWilliams-od1ff]

He's joking mate fuck sake

[@filmgeekstudios4393]

Bruce Campbell gives money away constantly. He's like everyone's uncle.

[@stephenramos2824]

I'm a an uncle, am I supposed to give money away?!!

[@salemoctober2497]

Yes

[@primordial.sounds]

I must have defective uncles. haha

[@evanmartin-snyder3592]

@@primordial.sounds fr tf?

[@TruthGatherer2013]

@@primordial.sounds I never had one O_O

[@fuzzyscarfandmittens4772]

To get insulted by Bruce Campbell is like being blessed by God himself. Hail to the King baby!

[@matimus100]

Utter nonsense comment

[@UziNineMillomeetah]

All trolls bow down to the mighty chin.

[@danthewatcher9681]

+UziNineMillomeetah all trolls yell :" HAIL TO THE KING, BABY!"

[@chadpunisher]

I emailed Bruce in the late 90s and yes he really is this sarcastic. I love how he doesn't hold back his opinion. I have A LOT of respect for this actor. He is a true talent

[@dallaspayday4673]

How did you email him? Was he surprised? Did email him more then once? I’m actually intrigued lol

[@chadpunisher]

@@dallaspayday4673 Well this was back in the AOL days and I found out he had an AOL account. I wrote him and just told him I appreciated his work and what an inspiration he was. I never bothered him again. He responded with a brief message back which I didn't think he'd even respond. He was sarcastic but it made me laugh.

[@dallaspayday4673]

@@chadpunisher sounds awesome, thanks for coming back after 5 months to respond, and In rather record time too!

[@chadpunisher]

@@dallaspayday4673 It said you asked me that 1 hour ago. So blame it on KZbin 🤷

[@shred5]

I like when he said that he's been married for two decades and someone in the audience said "sorry"

[@ryuzen30]

He actually listened to that kid 8 years later to release a new game. Incredible 😂

[@GunslingerkKW]

He waited for the kid to grow up

[@LolDongs69]

The hat took a while.

[@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy]

That is nothing compared to what most companies do. I will mention just a few great examples. When we were kids in 80s and 1st half of 90s Muppets were big and one of the reasons why I learned English too from early age. LEGO entertained the idea of releasing sets with Muppets themes and we as dumb kids as we were not realizing how LEGOs really stupid and expensive are said yes, the parents said yes because all generations back then loved the Muppets, we begged the companies please do so bring us more Muppets. THEY NEVER REALLY BOTHERED TO GIVE US THAT. It took LEGO 30+ years to deliver that demand releasing halfbaked minific collection that have zero play value. In the age when most people don't even know wtf Muppets are thanks to Disney cuc-olding and locking away that franchise ever since they obtained the rights of it. Then there is Capcom aka Crapcom, they built their consumer base with PlayStation then they went full turn on them (us) releasing exclusive games on Sega, that was already fully in a grave, then Nintendo that next to no one in the world cared about. It took Crapcom whopping 15+ years to port a scuffed Remaster of RE1 Remake to other platforms. Not going to bother to mention their other brainless excursions. Meanwhile the people who asked for this are grown up and 99% quit gaming ages ago ... When we ask something give it due time not 10+ years later when those people are grown up or dead... Konami killed the Silent Hill franchise too. We the OG fans asked for one things they kept releasing garbage with Silent Hill title in it thinking it will sell, it didn't, basically ended the franchise. Who ever owned Crash Bandicoot series, same thing, we asked for one thing they keep releasing agenda and gimmick driven bunch of nonsense that have nothing to do with the lore, franchise and lastly games are not even games any more but pathetic cashgrabs and addictions of the weak minded fools who still support this mess .... As for the new Evil Dead game, it's good as if doesn't exist because one way or another is unplayable and irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

[@johnduncan4287]

Listen, I was extremely awkward when I met Bruce as a teen too, I get it. He’s one of my all-time favorites… but that Xena question with the girl that thought his name was Blackjack was BRUTAL

[@absin8078]

Yeah that was really brutal, he just went in on her like no tomorrow

[@adamh4h4]

Shut up, its the Greatest moment on TV. I died laughing. XD Bruce, I aspire to be you and roast my children just as brutal as you did to that girl.

[@matman8812]

She totally deserved to be roasted

[@bored1ca]

Q: Well what do you think? Bruce: well I don't know Blackjack! 🤣

[@alexcooke4856]

"People who are too prepared are boring" "But I'm right here" Proceeds to be the least prepared person in the room

[@michaelcollins8684]

Pretty sure that was Perri Nemiroff from Collider

[@redMrCrayon]

Troll level: Bruce Campbell

[@egyptmachine]

He's the fuckin master at roasting

[@kyleseals710]

I agree, he needs to do a roast or standup or something, hes a natural

[@kevinglynn6167]

28:28 Bruce: “what do I like to do for fun?” Tiny voice in the background: *ladies

[@TrashDaddy1]

Slightly larger voice: *DRUGS*

[@kylepatterson1143]

I love this. No one should ever take these ridiculous conventions seriously. I would love to see him roast everyone at those Star Wars celebration things.

[@TheSindustriesLtd]

god i love how he pretty much takes the piss out of everyone, he's the best

[@matimus100]

Is Zeus your God?

[@ericfranko9867]

11:21 when actors have to much fun the show tends to get cancelled. Still feeling the pain from Ash Vs Evil Dead

[@Potaytoyes]

@Mariana D'Amelio still bothers me to this day

[@Dylan-kv1ee]

@@Potaytoyes why did it get cancelled anyways

[@taylorthomas4222]

@@gilson1982aw man didn’t know that :( thought it was the sole fact it was on starz so that’s why it got dumped but hearing that makes it sting all the more

[@treykennedy4106]

STILL HURTS

[@slippydouglas]

Bruce Campbell belongs in one place and one place only- Vegas. It’s a rare gift to be able to just play with the crowd like that with apparently no overarching agenda or set list.

[@vincentvangogh3634]

Bruce is amazing, he just comes on the stage and interacts with the audience and puts on a show that regular comedians work on for a year! He is such an entertainer, he is EXACTLY like Ash Williams...the most lovable asshole alive and people love to get insulted by him! And he's the ONLY guy who gives his fans money! Outstanding!

[@Will21st]

@@marianafrusciante he has to have Ash inside him, otherwise he couldn't do it, no doubt about it.

[@cjwright79]

Bruce is a master of charisma and cunning.

[@testikuskitestdrivr6012]

True oldskool showman. Fucking amazing how he plays the room.

[@BrandonJCruz-gq3lj]

I’m terrified to ever meet this man, he’d bust my balls so hard that I wouldn’t be able to walk for a week.

[@duckman3173]

what the hell are you doing here?

[@drpapa26]

"But enough about me... How do you all feel about me?" Fucking epic!

[@WildBill-ACMC1345]

Bruce Campbell owned that stage! Funny ass dude and one of my favorite actors!

[@bluethunder7391]

This was an unintentional stand up comedy. Bruce is great.

[@IntoTheMindlessAbyss]

He makes me wanna have a fine rare steak with lots of A1 sauce. Here's to you, Bruce! One of the coolest people on this planet today.

[@orwellianson]

Champion of the VHS aisles, Sultan of Schlock, the one and only Bruce Campbell! Hail to the King, baby!

[@XFreedomPrimeX]

He is the master of roasting people. hail to the king baby

[@drazencurcic6465]

hail to the king

[@quatz1981]

Hail to the Chin

[@kextrz]

This guy's multiple talents. Unreal. And his mastery of insulting an audience and making them laugh and feel good at the same time. Brilliant!👍

[@oh1life2live]

Campbell is cool. He held that stage for a good time, and only did what he is supposed to do: React to audience questions and reactions as they came. Some of the questions weren't exactly 'in line', and once the flow is set, you can always expect the same from the host

[@mr.gamersen]

I love how he goes from mocking and having fun, to showing respect for vets and soldiers😌 truly a great guy

[@minmogrovingstrongandhealthy]

Love hearing the pathetic 'thank you for your service' what service that would be?! Being a disposable puppet in a gimmick driven parasitic missions where USA is milking other counties and killing native civilians that been hundreds of thousands years older then USA ?! And later suffer from PTSD and can't live the rest of your life at all ... Nice jolly service you have done clowns ... to others and yourself

[@carriesmattick]

Man Bruce was on FIRE with that crowd lmao

[@TheMsLourdes]

I have met Bruce Campbell at an Evil Dead showing and my gods he is on fire with his presence from the beginning :)

[@kyleseals710]

He could do standup. This guy is funny as hell

[@BL4CK-L1ST]

I’m not the type of person to listen to a podcast at all, but if Bruce decided to make one, I would be there, listening to it, on day 1.

[@PresentsCinema]

23:35 Damn Bruce was hard core with that one lmfao 🤣🤣🤣 fucking savage

[@somerandolad]

That fella was kind of asking for it.

[@beedlej00z]

"He must have sucked cause they fired him!" lmao /respectthechin

[@liv2grind409]

what an honor it would must've been to shake his hand. Hail to the king, baby

[@jonblake9163]

+Jose Barraza Shut you he gave (you) five dollars!

[@rogerpuzzitiello5175]

What an honor it must have been to be insulted by him!

[@RyanKevinHollar]

The dude could be one of the best standup comedians ever I’m really surprise he hasn’t gone on some insult comedy tour lol

[@radioactive1287]

This is still great in 2022 😂😂😂😂

[@AJScraps]

Poor dude who dressed like Cloud just to get shat on 😂😂

[@danielpetit5530]

When he said "I'd work with the great Stan Lee again" I 😭

[@xthevortexknightx6356]

Bruce Campbell is literally the funniest and nicest guy I have ever seen

[@ericrinker2741]

Bruce campbell is not that nice lol...

[@pur1tyz]

@@ericrinker2741he is. this is all an act, his fans know not to take anything he says seriously and the whole point of this show was for him to be mean to the fans, which is why he’s being especially brutal. they knew what they were getting in for. you can tell he knows when someone can’t take it, since he apologises to one of the guys nearer the end of the video. everyone who has met him individually when he’s not on stages has said he’s a nice man with a good sense of humour

[@Kalas82]

Jesus, he`s still just killing it!

[@matimus100]

Yes my child

[@reaper.-._.-._.-._.-.]

@@matimus100 do you like bruce or not?

[@TheGamerZapocalypse]

@19:10 about the origins of "Gimme some sugar baby"...LMFAO

[@skysayshi4039]

Oh shit he's actually hilarious, I'm sorry to any Campbell fans for not realising this, I'm new to the scene xD What a treasure, and the balls to totally flip the audience off

[@matimus100]

What's with the foul language!?

[@skysayshi4039]

@@matimus100 None of which was directed towards anybody, even less so in a hostile or derogatory manner..! I'm surprised somebody who's enjoying a Bruce Campbell appearance is adverse to swearing!

[@reaper.-._.-._.-._.-.]

@@skysayshi4039 he's not a fan. He's going around looking for attention by saying bruce is a clown and harassing his fans

[@zacharyschannel6336]

Guy: Which do you think is better tornado or alien apocalypse Short silence Bruce: Your being RUDE! Not gonna' answer your RUDE question Bruce is hilarious!

[@bluethunder7391]

23:23 What came after that was killer.

[@jasonbeavers8348]

This is why I love this guy!!!

[@thornie123]

I love how he starts mocking that guys laugh “he he he he. Eh he he he. That’s what I get” lol

[@matimus100]

How long have you been in love?

[@Vergil2122]

if you listen very closely you can hear Bruce talk about being married for two decades you can hear a guy in the crowd say I'm sorry 😂💙

[@thegamedudeguy]

I had no intention of watching all of this but this was great.

[@TheAVJ2]

hes so awesome, so savage, yet hes such a gentle soul

[@freecanadianshadowbanned4954]

Holy sh*t; he kills even harder without a chainsaw and a boom stick.

[@matimus100]

Holy s*it stinks to

[@jrvilchis55]

We need Bruce Cambell for the Academy Awards 2020!

[@JaxenRossisback]

As long as Will Smith isn’t there to slap him over one of his jokes, no offense to him.

[@stonesheeva7158]

Bruce Campbell is ruthless, hilarious and probably funnier than half the comedians I have ever seent.

[@wedgewizard5429]

I would watch a variety show with this guy as host.

[@OptimusGamer1981]

My Name Is Bruce needs a sequel... NOW!

[@marlonbonnici]

Met the man last night, genuinely funny and a class act.

[@bagginbrooks6573]

12:00 I'm actually really happy he made a new video game. It's pretty good!

[@CollectionTHX1138]

I saw him talk at a book store twice. It was a place they had a little area set up for authors to talk to like ten old ladies every week. the place was packed with comic book guys hanging on his every word. he was hilarious. I was standing by the home theater and photography magazines. great POV. people who didn't know who he was came up to me and asked who he was. they were pissed like "who IS that." I lied and said I don't know. I think he wrote a cook book. for old ladies. then they were pissed at me. true story lol and he stayed to sign every book and say a few words to each fan. the second time he was fashionably late like guns n roses.

[@easybake8420]

I'd rather be an old lady than a comic book guy. F'in Nerd Alert. Nerds are rounded up and herded back to comic book stores where they belong.

[@EliasWolf77]

You gotta be prepared to ask Bruce Campbell a question, he's gonna call you out if you don't do your research or are not a genuine fan he's like the really cool old school professor that is tired and is just there to do his job as efficient as possible

[@borntobearaider7677]

Bruce is amazing and ash vs evil dead needs to give us season 4 because i have watched the series about 1000 times is my go to sleep now....

[@NoFapKing]

Yeah I think we need another 10 seasons and 3 movies and I should be good

[@callmepsycho3132]

@@NoFapKingwe need a second franchise just for Ash vs Evil Dead

[@rafobij182]

He is really smart! Intelligent beast 😀

[@shabaaz79]

He s a genius..how he reacts onthe questions...just amazing

[@matimus100]

Nonsense he's just a actor primate

[@xMRxZEROx]

That poor lady who called him Black Jack... Ouch. 😨

[@JBthree24]

He's completely doing it out of love.

[@delryn256]

Damn this is hilarious. Never seen Bruce do a live bit before.

[@Chaoschef]

Bruce Campbell a true classic

[@matimus100]

Coming from a cartoon

[@Chaoschef]

@@matimus100 Nyaaaaah hahahahahahaaaa .. wait He-man how did you get on youtube

[@XxMadAboutPotterxX]

He's so savage, but I love it!

[@reaper.-._.-._.-._.-.]

12:00 I guess we can thank this guy for the new game lol

[@spykatt]

What a wise guy. He's great!

[@matimus100]

Coming from a cat

[@PHANTOMZ0NE]

Bruce would be awesome with hecklers!

[@woolfel]

oh man, this video is soooo funny. Bruce is a crack up

[@adamjohnson9832]

Sav....age literally savage. What a goddamn legendary savage.

[@007REAPER007]

i could see Bruce hosting the tonight show or something like that :P

[@MatsThyWit]

Nah...but he's a great guest performer. He couldn't be the host of a show every night, five nights a week.

[@rcola6235]

He is shit.

[@easybake8420]

Insult comic playing at a comedy lounge near you.

[@chrisreynolds1202]

Bruce is a legend

[@RiceOreo]

Bruce Campbell is the troll master

[@easybake8420]

He's just a troll himself.

[@KingIjazMalik]

@@easybake8420 Troll

[@easybake8420]

@@KingIjazMalik Troll

[@KingIjazMalik]

@@easybake8420 You are Troll

[@easybake8420]

You are the King of Trolls! 👑

[@housebaelishgaming]

Well he made a other video game 8 years later and it rocks

[@MoviesWithJosh]

I will watch this video till I die!!! I love Bruce.

[@matimus100]

How long have you been in love?

[@kalebadams526]

Bruce needs to be on snl.

[@naturesquad9174]

"I'm practicing my Captain Morgan for later tonight on sixth street" seriously though, that was entertaining as fuck

[@Wetknees]

Wow this guy is quicker that a lot of comedians

[@theretrogamerno1]

Best actor ever.

[@TheAGCteam]

This guy.. He's awesome.

[@40GamesAG]

LOL he insulted David Tennant XD

[@thefdvproduction]

That poor girl must be so embarrassed but that made my day I laughed my fucking ass up

[@pab1381]

Coming from Chicago where we actually have a good skyline I can verify the statement about Dallas is true lol. The girl who got his characters name wrong was so sweet haha.

[@DrowningSorrows1]

I think he was the hardest on the guy that asked about Tornado and Alien Apocalypse lol

[@walteraprichard6456]

Wow! I live in Austin and didnt know he came here! I wouldve been there! 😓

[@jackmendez8579]

I like how the Wizard World Bruce Campbell VIP ticket is $200 for Wizard World and Matt Smith's VIP ticket is $400...shit, even Stan Lee's VIP ticket is less at $300. STAN FRIKKING LEE!

[@ChrisDickZemosOfficial]

Only Bruce Campbell can solicit a preemptive like.

[@joeburns5814]

"Bruce Campbell is the finest man to grace the silver screen!" -Psychostick-

[@ryanparker4996]

Im gonna get me, a tattoo of your chin And put it right on my chin

The guy is a legend. He's hilarious!