TikTok Has a Comedian Problem

[@ethanisonline]

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[@9DRK]

Oh my

[@mikaela5607]

Loving the long hair 👌

[@Paulxl]

I've been buying a four euros deodorant when it's on sale and I feel quite guity about it. No way I'm buying a three pack costing 12 dollars each. Especially, when I buy the 4 euros one bc I would smell really bad otherwise. I get you have to earn money to eat, but I can't justify that buy.

[@Anna-xh6fk]

Ok but pleas-drop the link to those glasses 😩😪 Need some new sight spheres

[@PetSymmetry]

@@Paulxl ingredients are better as well as sourcing and environmental impact. Even if you prefer cheap items you gotta be aware that there are other factors, right¿

[@vetreas366]

My favorite part is how that guy who was called "gay" immediately jumps into an "I fuck" monologue to prove his manhood thereby suggesting gay men somehow don't have sex or that having a big dick is an inherently straight thing. Dude be letting his stereotypes be getting in the way of his thinking straight. That or he be thinking too straight to overcompensate for some stuff.

[@LacroixboiMarx]

Right?! Like, oh I’m gay? Well what if I told you I have SEX?! …uhhh okay? 😆

[@bigbangontop6635]

I find it funny that he called himself the "love master". Isn't that just coming out...

[@dai9730]

He should read some bl

[@BulldogLawyer]

It’s especially funny when people realize that *most* gay male relationships have a higher rate of sex as men usually have higher sex drives. 😂

[@brookejon3695]

I subscribe to the homophobia=gay theory. Not to say that every homophobe is gay, but for sure a higher percentage of homophobes are not perfectly 100% straight than the population of non-homophobes.

[@deer0skullz]

seeing someone discover Jimmy Care’s laugh for the first time is an incredible experience

[@ZA-mk7dd]

I was just thinking this 😂

[@kazbrekkybar]

i know hahahah

[@benchilada]

I felt it testing my psychic barriers.

[@mbr_80085]

YES THANK YOU I COMPLETELY LOST IT 😭😭

[@reggiepollock4669]

Wait till he finds out about all the tax evasion

[@kater4210]

the uk is so desensitised to jimmy carr's laugh that I forget how batshit insane he actually sounds

[@rafiaverage]

Used to scare me quite a bit and now I simply accept it

[@SlimThief]

But I still love his comedy. Bloody hilarious

[@harriettrott5970]

i don’t like jimmy but seeing someone react to his laugh (and general appearance) for the first time was really wild and i totally forgot not everyone knew him lololololol

[@superdrwholock]

I reckon it’s fake lol

[@mr.bingusthecat]

dude sounds like a one piece character

[@RobAdieComedy]

Telling a drunk person they're drunk will probably make them laugh which defuses the situation whereas threatening to fight a drunk is escalating the conflict.

[@diskgrinder]

Do you remember. Do you remember right, when escalator was the Spanish word for data scientist? You can’t say that any more. Not since salesforce redefined data as personal interactions recorded for marketing generative algorithms.

[@randomstranger5046]

@@diskgrinderso real (I have no idea wtf is going on)

[@littlebimbopeep]

Ethan discovering Jimmy Carr whilst us brits have had to deal w/ that haunting laugh for what feels like centuries has honestly made my day, too funny

[@hughcaldwell1034]

Pretty sure my friends and I had a custom Cards Against Humanity card that was "Jimmy Carr's laugh echoing from out of the darkness".

[@sunmi2539]

LMAO

[@tanukifox8041]

2 out of 10 cats countdown or whatever its called is played in australia as well, the show is okay until you hear jimmy laugh, immediate channel skip

[@baslewis]

i’m american and i had a huge hyperfixation on panel shows a couple years ago, and having to put up with jimmy carr to enjoy my content so often is such a specific experience to have.

[@PuckTheTrickster]

For some reason I associate his laugh with a particular part of a doctor who episode that was just a room full of ventriloquist dolls, I definitely had nightmares about that asa child and the laugh gives me flashbacks 😅

[@ritac9769]

I once drunkenly heckled Demetri Martin because he used a word I didn't know in a set and I yelled "What does that mean?!". He was confused but still defined the word for me.

[@andylegs2173]

Why is this the funniest thing I’ve ever seen

[@poiwytlee]

What was the word 👀

[@ritac9769]

@@poiwytlee wish I could remember 🤷‍♀️

[@LostApotheosis]

@@ritac9769 somehow the fact that you don’t remember makes it way funnier.

[@sidoniegabrielle269]

lmao

[@NosebleeddeGroselha]

One time a comedian here in Brazil joked about rescuing animals in the street being a form of kidnapping. A lady in the crowd disagreed. He then said: “If I grab you off the street, put a collar on you, shove you in my car and take you home with me, you can’t leave anymore, am I adopting you or kidnapping you?” And she replied: “Woo that’s hot 😍😍😍😍” If error 404 had a face, it would be his.

[@SnoFitzroy]

would probably be 502 (bad gateway, ie bad response form server) but the joke stands

[@serene_ladyred8803]

@@SnoFitzroy The comedian was John Cena

[@r4.v3n]

Qual comediante?

[@iagomartinezdealegriamader52]

If that is true wath a fucking queen

[@Aaditri44]

@@iagomartinezdealegriamader52 bro how

[@hgpt3084]

love the video! one note: comedians post these heckling clips so they don’t ruin/spoil their jokes for future shows. its a good way to self promote without just posting their whole routine to tiktok. it’s definitely annoying how over saturated the clips are tho

[@melanieg.9092]

never thought of that, makes sense

[@JasminMiettunen]

I get why they would post them, but I wouldn’t want to be in the audience watching that happen all the time. Like a short audience interaction per show I could deal with, but the whole show shouldn’t be that. But once you encourage it and reply to it, more people will do it. The best choice for the show would be to not interact with a heckler at all, but then they wouldn’t get clips.

[@bumblebeebrass164]

Don’t you feel like it’s rage bait? It’s normally a drunk woman and then all the comments are like “WOMEN ARE AWFUL PROVEN RIGHT HERE”

[@SSBGogetaFTW]

that, and also a lot of comedians nowadays actually enjoy crowd working! like obviously they dont super enjoy heckling, but a lot of them handle it well because they already do a lot of their show on the fly due to not knowing who will be attending your show.

[@jamk2668]

This also qualifies as rage bait then.

[@nickisnotgreen]

youtube has got an ethan is online problem…. i can’t get enough of him!

[@Bruh-lb5yf]

gay

[@Bruh-lb5yf]

/s

[@taylor-flynnspencer2438]

can't get freaking enough of him everyone go sub to peethan

[@garrymallcop9493]

I know right? Such a cutie 🥰

[@cannablissful3967]

Love u both

[@Chelseajustwatches]

Steve Hofstetter (guy basically threatening to kick the sexist guy's ass) has also been posting heckler roasts for a while. I particularly liked that video (saw it forever on YT) because, yeah, it wasn't meant to be funny. He got genuinely mad at this dude for interrupting his show to be a straight up sexist asshole--AND THE GUY WAS WITH HIS DAUGHTERS (and wife maybe? I forget). Like tbh, I wish men didn't *have* to speak up on behalf of women to get other men to listen, but this interaction was genuinely satisfying to see. More dudes need to walk the walk to back up their talk and ACTUALLY stand up for women, rather than just providing lip service and folding when challenged about it.

[@mg72501]

Honestly when I saw the clip I thought it was kind of aggressive and weird until you explained it like that. Thank you :)

[@iainwmacintosh]

@@mg72501 Yeah, I believe in the larger video he uploaded to youtube a few years back, he basically schools the guy on not being a sexist asshole, then carries on with his set. Also tbf to him Steve didn't threaten to kick the guy's ass, he was just asking the guy to leave

[@personman8734]

I love the genuine outrage when this guy tried to say some sexist bullshit and then tried to get out of taking responsibility. I think that pissed him off more than the sexism.

[@Zectifin]

Hofstetter did nothing wrong and he is also actually pretty funny.

[@Chelseajustwatches]

@@Zectifin oh for sure i've loved his standup for years! his roast videos are pretty good too haha

[@lukebranam-wenger1999]

Thankfully not all crowd work is bad-I saw Kurtis Conner live in 2019 and that was by far the best I’ve ever seen at a standup show. His responses were witty and not at anyone’s expense! And he was laughing with the crowd, not at a particular audience member

[@petyreyvind9963]

We all love Kurtis ✨

[@maybeprobablyalways9573]

we love our humble mayor

[@retributionofhtesuffering]

@@maybeprobablyalways9573 right.

[@retributionofhtesuffering]

And that's why he keeps being booked for shows😌🤙🏾

[@thatblueeyedwolf]

I went to his tour this year and I love how he interacted with the crowd! He was just obviously having a good time. At the end, someone even brought a fushigi to the stage and he took it, it was really great

[@trashpanda3544]

James Acaster is a very clever comedian. He makes jokes about marginalised communities and people won't even notice because he doesn't make jokes to tear down marginalised communities but to defend them.

[@calamity9061]

I think about his “he - OR SHE” bit so much lol

[@george_da4860]

I am in love with that man

[@pl4net4ry]

the quiet "ok sorry" from the heckler after the comedian threatened to fight him killed me thats so funny

[@OmegaRainbow]

Jimmy Carr is a very mainstream character in the UK, known for his deadpan one liners, and how he roasts hecklers in very non-politically-correct ways. And his laugh and looks _obviously_ , of which he his very self-aware: he defied standards and made it his bizarre and distinctive brand...which, in turn, has made him a TON of money. I don't like his comedy, but I do respect him as a comedian. On the opposite side, I love *Dara Ó Briain* , an irish comedian who is _brilliant_ at interacting with the audience in a *positive* and uplifting way, rather than "punching down", like most others do. He builds stories and laughs _with_ the audience, rather than _at_ the audience. Highly recommended! And going back a few years, you should definitely watch *Eddie Izzard* , another brilliant british stand-up comedy master :D

[@Spooky_Magooky]

To me there's an interesting difference between Jimmy Carr stand-up and Jimmy Carr hosting, of course much like his stand-up (In my opinion) his pre-written lines tend to be kinda shit and unfunny roasts but I think he works better just bouncing off of the other comedians that are on the shows he hosts, it's what ends up making some of the funniest moments whether that may be him inputting into the joke or being the made fun of haha.

[@OmegaRainbow]

@@Spooky_Magooky i agree 100%!

[@lordpretzel]

You, my friend, have good taste in comedians.

[@OmegaRainbow]

@@lordpretzel thanks!

[@katiekuchen9694]

Love Dara o-brown’s audience work and how well he ties it into a show!

[@jenh101]

I feel like, when the guy said ‘go talk in the parking lot right now’ he was telling the heckler to either shut up or leave, rather than challenging him to a fight outside. Just like, if you have to be mouthing off, go do it somewhere else. I thought he dealt with it pretty well. Just treating the guy like a naughty kid rather than getting all flustered and rude. Definitely a better way to go.

[@xankubakuryu1568]

That was my reaction too. He's great at handling hecklers and doesn't put up with bs

[@thepizzaslut]

Steve Hofstetter does handle hecklers in an amazing way.

[@flagrama]

That's 100% what he meant.

[@hell0mega]

that's the only clip i actually enjoyed lol he wasn't trying to make it a joke, just calling him out, not encouraging the behavior

[@ConroyMatheson]

Yeah youtubers like to jump to these kinds of conclusions for views. Sad.

[@NosebleeddeGroselha]

It also annoys me how people act as if controversial comedians are being criticize only nowadays, but there’s numerous instances of them being criticized back in the day too lol They also used to lose their spots on TV, it’s not like a comedian’s special being removed from streaming services is a new thing.

[@khill8645]

Lenny Bruce was arrested numerous times for his jokes and endured constant legal harassment until he finally died via overdose...and the cops stripped him naked and posed his body before allowing the press in to take pictures. Carlin was arrested for his "seven words you can't say on TV" bit. Receiving audience/public criticism or losing a TV spot and acting crucified is cringe as hell because in both of those cases, it's just other people exercising their free speech that the comedians argue is so important.

[@TenderNoodle]

There were literally incidents of comedians being thrown off stage (and sometimes even arrested if I remember correctly) for swearing. So yeah, stand up comedians have always caught flack for crossing whatever line there was at the time.

[@jupitertheplanet.]

thinking about that time when i went to a comedy show with my friends and one of the "comedians" (who was not jewish) made the most anti-semitic "joke" that i have ever heard. i dont even feel comfortable saying it on here. anyways, no one laughed. we all just stared at this dude like he was crazy. after no one laughed at his next joke/bit and just stayed blank faced, he simply walk out of the place. straight up just walked out of the comedy club. it was funnier than his entire set. also if youre thinking "theres no way that not a single person laughed", this show took place in a very... artsy, hippie, liberal, town. no one would like that lmao, and he knew that. mf just likes to piss people off

[@caitlinjopepe541]

😂 that's amazing. Once saw a man do a whole set, about half of which were boring, dogshit transphobic jokes, and no one really laughed. He had the audacity to get mad at the crowd for being uptight. I sure wish he'd just given up and left

[@ava_marie_v]

@@caitlinjopepe541 Damn, what an entitled jerk! He didn't do his job properly and then got mad when his audience didn't pander to him? Maybe comedians should start getting arrested again. Clearly they're getting far too comfortable with having no creativity or actually funny material.

[@FroggyGizmo]

@@caitlinjopepe541 "theres no way i am not funny, im doing COMEDY, i shall blame people for being sensitive snowflakes instead"

[@khill8645]

One of the things that those kinds of comics say has always puzzled me: they claim that you aren't doing comedy right unless you piss people off, but then they get angry and hurt if people get pissed off.

[@yoyohoopz9886]

no way not one person laughed at the silence

[@EpicWinNoob]

I love how the "lovemaster"s response had nothing to do with being straight "Oh you think I'm gay, I like to haaaave sex, whooo"

[@SnoFitzroy]

yeah like the implication being that gay people don't have/don't want sex, as if "gay people are coming for your children" is not literally the entirety of the propaganda used to keep us in the closet.

[@caidalee1994]

Didn’t you know? Gay people have never had sex. Never in history. They just sit next to each other and knit scarves simultaneously. Those darn Catherine wheel stitches are tough.

[@justwaiting5744]

As a gay, I can confirm we most definitely do not have sex because that is soooooo gross. Yup.

[@QuadrielAnderson]

​@@justwaiting5744gay people do not, in fact, fuck

[@monoduck]

They do a handshake for an hour, gay people don't sex. Hope this helps 😊!

[@death9854]

honestly "why did the chicken cross the road" jokes are better than some of the jokes tiktok comedians make ☠ yall "why did the chicken cross the road" is an anti joke. a person is expecting something funny to be said after the initial line but get a very ordinary statement

[@ethanstahel4822]

Yeah but why did the chicken cross the road

[@chrissyswifey]

@@ethanstahel4822 cause he’s a wallow edit: my comment is funnier

[@ethanstahel4822]

@@chrissyswifey oh wow

[@AndromedaD]

@@ethanstahel4822 To get to the other side. I never got the pun until someone explained it to me /this/ year.

[@Makrina06]

@@AndromedaD i still don't get it haha

[@RyanCRobert]

The guy with the sexist heckler wasn't threatening to beat him up, he was telling him to leave. He didn't say "WE can talk outside in the parking lot right now." He said "YOU can talk outside in the parking lot right now." Then he clarified that he should leave the show immediately. So while I think the "SEXIST HECKLER DESTROYED" thing and posting it at all is extremely cringe-worthy, in the moment at the club I think he's the only one that handled it correctly.

[@Zectifin]

yeah hofstetter did nothing wrong (besides a cringe title, but its on tiktok, which is already cringe so....meh)

[@PunkZombie1300]

​@@Zectifin He's also been doing the heckler bit since before Tik Tok was a thing, and he's based af and wore a dress during (at least) one of his set to protest anti-trans/anti-drag laws that were being passed. I give him a pass lol.

[@charlesc3734]

@@PunkZombie1300 liberals aren't people and no act against them is immoral

[@PatrickWhite222]

I'm not a fan of Jimmy Carr BY ANY MEANS, but I do watch a lot of British panel shows (he hosts like A LOT of them) and I can tell you that the "roasting the hecklers" shit is kind of his whole thing, and was long before it was an annoying tiktok phenomenon. It's like an unspoken thing, people go to his shows to get roasted in a way. Another thing I will mention in that regard is that Brits really respond to that kind of stuff differently than we do here in the US in my experience. Watch a few episodes of "8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown," it's like the whole first half hour of every episode is just everyone roasting everyone.

[@presidentheodoreroosevelt]

british comedy is so different to american comedy and i feel like it can be really jarring to americans who aren’t ready for it. i can’t tell you how many times i’ve tried to show my parents a james acaster or sean locke set and had them just stare at me like i’m broken..

[@kite-flying_potato]

He's my least favorite part of all the panel shows, but he's on so many of them. It's always a treat when Richard Ayoade or James Acaster put him on blast for tax evasion, though.

[@rafiaverage]

@@kite-flying_potato yes it's truly wonderful. Richard ayoade and James acaster are just great in general

[@PatrickWhite222]

@@kite-flying_potato Yeah, honestly just in general I find the hosts to be my least favorite part of the show. There are some exceptions of course -- Taskmaster and QI both come to mind.

[@PatrickWhite222]

@@presidentheodoreroosevelt RIP Sean :(

[@jessyjulie5506]

"No one takes themselves more serious than a comedian." I dont know who said that quote, but some stand up comedians think they are gods and can't be criticized. All art forms have critics; movies, books, music, etc...

[@sneezeswithwolves]

i had no idea i needed 'american discovers jimmy carr' in my life. I havent laughed this hard in ages

[@dawn6199]

someone else already mentioned him, but Kurtis Conner did one of the best (largely) crowd work standup sets i’ve ever seen. Kurtis’ standup is so underrated. He’s just a genuinely funny dude who is smart, doesn’t resort to standup tropes, and is clever in a really accessible way that isn’t too highbrow and he just seems silly with great timing. I love his videos, but I really hope he pulls a Joji and his standup career eclipses his KZbin fame. i can only imagine how much better his sets would get with the added experience and confidence that comes with working alongside standup and skit-comedy big leagues.

[@ihspider08]

only problem with that is kurt seems to love making videos so much that he wouldn't give it up too easily

[@dawn6199]

@@ihspider08 oh don’t get me wrong i’d never get over it if he stopped making videos

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

such a lovely charming boy so happy for him. and you too! i'm glad any go thing that happened to you today happened

[@Zectifin]

I love that guys youtube videos, I hope I can see him live one day.

[@mitski_enjoyer_123]

i love watching kurtis conner, i found out about him from his goat story and 2025 videos

[@MoonyMo]

I think that stand up comedians interacting with the audience can result in some pretty funny and unique conversations but so many comedians prefer to insult their audience rather than have any real engaging conversations. It is a very fine line between poking a little bit of fun at a possibly quirky person in the crowd and just blatantly making their appearance the brunt of the joke because it is sooo funny when you call someone ugly! /s

[@OGimouse1]

But I think there's a difference between turning heckling into crowd work and getting your feelings hurt

[@jinglebells223]

Yeah i go to comedy shows for engaging conversations

[@Spooky_Magooky]

Shutting down hecklers w/ insults seems to be (from my experience) pretty common with more amateur comedians because it's the easy and quick option as much as it's less creative and in my mind not funny most often than not. I'd say it's a more American thing but I only watch a specific group of comedians who don't tend to do that, mainly because they don't get hecklers so instead they create interaction with their audience.

[@jinglebells223]

@@Spooky_Magooky bill burr shuts them down is he an amateur your talking out of your ass

[@funclelou]

I watch a ton of British panel shows and Jimmy carr hosts a whole fucking ton of them, and let me tell you... other comedians ALWAYS make fun of him for looking like a fake human or a ventriloquist doll. I'm not a huge fan of his comedy but he's not too bad when he's hosting a panel show

[@ashleytupper6049]

And Jimmy Carr also jokes about his hair plugs. Watched some panel show and someone asked his age and he said “48 but this is only 6 months old” pointing to his hair 😅

[@lilclerk]

I love panel shows with Jimmy as the host because everyone just lovingly picks at each other. It's like a group of friends that tease each other.

[@mbr_80085]

My thoughts exactly

[@125loopy]

I don't really like his stand up but he's a great host. All those panel show comedians have known each other for so long that the roasting is nice and natural.

[@Zectifin]

same. I love him on panel shows as a host or a guest, but thats because producers are reeling him in from saying offensive things, they just want him to rib on the other panelists and get made fun of and laugh like a robot. Its great. Then you think "hey, this guy is funny, I'll check out his stand up." Bad idea. Its just all "the SJWs" and "everything is too woke now."

[@chillinchills]

Most of these “comedians” are just using “jokes” as excuses to be ignorant towards a specific group. It’s ruining the reason why it became popular- TO BE FUNNY AND HAVE FUN!

[@apparentlylivin]

Pretty much

[@MrGMovieReviews]

Or maybe you’re taking jokes too literally.

[@SuperRat420]

@@MrGMovieReviews I mean, so we're just better people, sorry

[@MrGMovieReviews]

@@SuperRat420 🤣🤣🤣 no you take everything a comedian says literally.

[@robbiirvine1038]

@@MrGMovieReviews or maybe you're just not funny.

[@daniellebalouise9596]

The energy of a live comedy show is much different than what's translated via a recording of that live show. I'm sure it depends on the venue, crowd, and the comedian, but when I went to a local "underground" comedy show (just a bunch of local people pursuing comedy), it was one of the funniest things I ever saw. The energy was high and felt communal. I mostly remember this one guy talking about someone he knew dying recently and that affecting his job. It was heartfelt and hilarious, and I remember wondering afterwards if I would've thought it was so funny if I hadn't seen it live.

[@shmel3689]

Yep, a few days ago I went to a mic for the first time, and the whole time I was thinking how if it was a recording I was watching at home I wouldn't be this amused by it and it wouldn't probably get any laughs out of me There was no alcohol btw, I guess it's just how social situations work

[@intrepidabsurdist]

I swear there is some kind of mob mentality that takes place in comedy clubs where people assume that since they are there to laugh they will laugh even when it isn’t very funny.

[@seanseen_]

You don't have to swear it, it's just a fact. I don't really see a problem with it either, what's the problem with laughing at unfunny jokes anyway.

[@chickenfoot2423]

@@seanseen_ its not a big deal in itself at all, but i think people may find it annoying when that clip gets posted online and we have to sit there with a straight face and watch the absolute worst joke in history get a room full of laughs. perhaps people dont really like the false ego it gives the comedian, especially as a lot of jokes that get these laughs are quite mean-spirited

[@User_32]

Or maybe jokes land in person better than in an out of context youtube video where a guy tells you, "This sucks this isn't funny. If you think this is funny you're dumb"

[@wesleywyndam-pryce5305]

"mob mentality" was a bullshit idea devised to explain why mobs would over throw aristocracy without acknowledging the economic inequality, its an interesting history but the concept is completely hogwash.

[@Schell3092]

Obviously, all hypnosis is self-hypnosis

[@fdrnik420]

Steve Hofstetter is a great comedian and deals with hecklers very well all the time, he did not threaten to beat him up at the parking lot, he threatened to get him thrown out to the parking lot cause he was interrupting the show. Sometimes you just have this bias against these ppl.

[@isis5888]

Hofstetter is maybe one of the only dudes I can watch respond to a heckle since he’s kind of the granddaddy of the Heckler Clips online and isn’t cruel to the hecklers. Mean, for sure, but measured and not one for simply doing veiled bigotry or making fun of possible addicts.

[@88thcentury]

Cringe*

[@janayahbug117]

@@88thcentury cringe is maybe one of the only dudes i can watch respond to a heckle

[@88thcentury]

@@janayahbug117 thanks man

[@royrdze]

i used to like the guy but after watching some breakdowns of his heckle clips and podcast appearances…. He kind of made himself and his stances a joke in themselves and they’re not really funny

[@paisleydotzauer6503]

@@royrdze I'm genuinely interested in the breakdowns of the clips! Can you point me in a direction?

[@itsgabibelle]

that joker funko pop tshirt is insane

[@itsgabibelle]

i want it

[@limitless_valley]

@@itsgabibelle woah woah woah, was that a joker funko pop t-shirt????

[@SaszaDerRoyt]

Jimmy Carr, much like Ben Shapiro, is one of those puppets that wished to be a real boy but something went horribly wrong also i'm glad you can now share in our suffering bc he is unavoidable in British comedy tv

[@ensommeille5315]

literally every panel show he's there, taskmaster supremacy honestly

[@rattymenace]

Ah hAh hAh

[@OGimouse1]

I love that other than his tax evasion, that's the 2nd most popular joke about him lol followed by a very close 3rd of him being a robot, 4th a vampire.

[@sunmi2539]

IM SICKKK

[@king.2597]

I did not want Carr to be compared to shapiro. Now I'm imagining shapiro laighing like him

[@Kenmoos]

Love that Jimmy Carr is being identified as a TikTok comedian

[@xxronnythelazyratxx]

Tiktok has/is a problem in general

[@frnksfrthmmrs_]

agreed

[@jacknico1891]

"Earth has a TikTok problem"

[@ica5115]

tiktok is the problem

[@xxronnythelazyratxx]

@@ica5115 EXACTLY

[@egg4666]

Is it the promotion of questionable content? Cause usually that’s the case

[@bammythegreat]

jimmy carr laughing like the birds that wake you up at 5 am has me pissing

[@SnoFitzroy]

this comment is funnier than any of the "comedians" in the video ksdljhsldfhgsdkjfgsfjgkhslfkjghsldkfj

[@izzy_ness]

Being creeped out by Jimmy Carr is an appropriate reaction.

[@lorenedwards6427]

Besides the fact that she re-uses some of the same jokes she’s made before during her crowd work bits, Ashley Gavin is one of my favorite comedians when it comes to crowd work. Bo Burnham is also up there even though he doesn’t do a lot of crowd work in his sets. (e.g. “Prolonged eye contact”)

[@firewolf7789]

Was honestly shocked that you didn't know who Jimmy Carr is, he is a very big British comedian (hosts a bunch of comedy panel shows). He does do a lot of 'roasting' type jokes and includes about himself and his 'robot like' appearance but I get that that kind of comedy is not for everyone.

[@Mondomeyer]

11:48 They're cheering because they recognize the character. The Lovemaster is Creg Shoemaker's most famous bit. When they heard him say "That's right, baby", they knew he was about to do his most popular routine.

[@BeansKneez]

i scrolled all the way down to this comment to see if anyone else knew this lol

[@cubergo]

I feel like posting clips of hecklers will just encourages more people coming to your show to heckle… like not only is it not funny but, because the videos do well, people know they can easily get attention by fucking with you. Seems counterproductive to me.

[@OGimouse1]

You're thinking they think this is a problem why? They've got monetization from their video getting watched. They conned people into buying a ticket. When that person acts up, they get torn into at the show and for future content. No refunds for hecklers.

[@lordskeletor481]

Imagine wearing a joker funko pop shirt and thinking people are laughing at your jokes and not your horrid fashion choices that telegraph to the world that you, in the words of megamind, remain maidenless.

[@admiralmeow3161]

not surprised hes got the humor of a middle schooler as hes dressed as one

[@catie5939]

I read this as "TikTok has a Canadian problem" and I was very confused 💀 Great video, thank you. I've been noticing a weird uptick in these videos on other social media platforms and I'm not on TikTok, so I wondered what was up.

[@paisleydotzauer6503]

I just knew Steve Hofstetter would come up. I do want to clarify that at 15:58 he was saying "Why don't you go talk in the parking lot right now" wasn't him saying he was going to meet him there, just that the heckler should leave the show. TBF I must admit, most of these comedians really suck at handling hecklers, but I've been a fan of Steve for YEARS, and he actually is very funny and does a lot for the comedy community. He just got his name for posting funny heckler shutdowns on KZbin.

[@PennyTheGoblin]

It’s not that they’re funny, it’s just that the crowd is drunk and feels a social obligation to laugh. I’ve seen standup of this caliber in a non-alcoholic setting and the laughs are WAY more muted and sparse.

[@bubbletea6018]

I was bisexual when the video started but after hearing the guy at 11:42 talk I think that I am now a lesbian.

[@Bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb]

Thank you so much for verbalizing what I’ve been feeling about stand up comedy for awhile now. I used to love going to shows,watching KZbin clips and specials, I even got so far as watching the annoying podcasts and then one day I just realized that these people aren’t funny and are usually pretty ego driven and just put others down for their comedy. I’ve probably changed but they’re definitely not as relevant because comedy doesn’t include them anymore, definitely doesn’t need them or what they deem as funny anymore (thankfully)

[@gemstonerose4648]

One note here, repetetion is absolutely a way to do comedy. There's the whole comedy rule of three thing

[@idiomasentusiasticos7954]

10:02 that is not a sign of an ammeter comedian, that’s a sign he is prone to domestic abuse.

[@milometric2736]

bro what

[@SnoFitzroy]

w2hat the fuck is "ammeter"?? Am Meter? You're saying you're literally the metric system?

[@idiomasentusiasticos7954]

@@SnoFitzroy are you being wise? It was clearly me mistyping “Amateur”. Pretty sure anybody could have seen that.

[@wrecksseesall4354]

Ok I have to stand up for steve on that one, He wasn't saying to beat him up, he was telling the guy to Go outside in the parking lot, by himself, alone, he can leave the show. It's something he does when hecklers want to disrupt too often as well in his sets, He does it so the people who paid can actually get his full set without having the riff raff.

[@twiggledowntown3564]

Definitely.

[@wrecksseesall4354]

@@twiggledowntown3564 I just had to say something because Steve is something pure in comedy he is the first defensive line against hecklers but purely for good, I love that he will go on after newer comics and do proper crowd work and clean house for the next act.

[@TheDorkEvilOne]

Ethan is so brave to react to these first so we can throw up a little less.

[@indieoregano]

Underrated comment

[@kennieskloset5848]

just a little less though

[@fizzoralli6766]

for a second i thought that u said "throw up a little mess" hhhggghjyfhgjgvhj

[@GunnyRaps]

Why must your generation's reaction to everything be important? Especially things that don't have anything to do with you.

[@kennieskloset5848]

@@GunnyRaps what

[@imdoneplus]

That red headed guy with the glasses that threatened to beat the heckler up is actually a leftist (edit: he’d just a Lib) who breaks down why right wing ideas don’t make sense, or why right wing personalities are full of it. He’s solid.

[@awkwardukulele6077]

Was that Hofstetter? I dunno why, but I thought he was just a lib. Didn't realize he went further than that. That's neat :).

[@imdoneplus]

@@awkwardukulele6077 well upon closer examination he may just be a lib but he was bringing some leftist heat in his political videos so I may have been a little off base.

[@habeashumor9814]

Harland Williams is one of those comedians that doesn't have a huge fan base, but some people really dig him. I like him, and I remember him fondly from Dumb & Dumber. He can get very weird, and I don' t think it always lands. Most of your commentary is spot on, but I call foul on criticizing comedians for reusing jokes from one show to another. That's just how a stand-up set works.

[@SharkUsingaComputer]

expecting comedians to come up with all new jokes for each gig/never re-use jokes is like expecting a band to have new songs every concert

[@OGimouse1]

I like Gianmarco Soresi, too. What I've seen on his YT hasn't been bigotry for the sake of bigotry and he's definitely a "don't let them see your next move coming" when the jokes start to sound like they'll head in that direction.

[@caitlinjopepe541]

@@OGimouse1 I struggle with him, I'd say he's about 50/50. He toes the line of "too far" pretty well most times, but unfortunately he ends up on the wrong side of that line a bit too often for me

[@JasminMiettunen]

Obviously the set is repeating, but responding to hecklers has this air of being made up on the spot, and reusing the same line for different hecklers is silly, I think you should just not engage at that point

[@jeremy51386]

Regarding Harland Williams specifically, I feel like it was incredibly low hanging fruit that Ethan was comparing him to the "weird substitute teacher" when that has essentially been his screen and stage persona for about 30 years. I could definitely see how his set would not land with certain crowds, particularly a crowd that is choosing to go see Brendan Schaub.

[@jewelsdragonfly]

Went to Flappers recently, and while the majority of them were genuinely funny, there were two that stood out like a sore thumb. One was talking quietly and paused for about 10 seconds, expecting us to laugh. The other was awkward because most of his jokes were "Aw come on, it's a joke!!" when no one was laughing, it wasn't even offensive, it was just awkward.

[@nephritedreams]

I actually really like hofstedder, a lot of his tiktok content is hecklers but i feel like of the bunch, absolutely handles it the best, comparatively. I think hes funny and thats all that counts

[@joanthebigboat]

True! He's got it down to an art almost to his own detriment that people probably see his shows as their chance to win American heckler warrior

[@viy2959]

Yeah, that one genuinely made me laugh. But also I may be biased by also thinking his joke before it was funny.

[@madelinewilson8290]

As a British person, I cannot escape the sound of Jimmy Carr's laugh.... it haunts my dreams.....

[@rameball]

Oh yeah Jimmy Carr is a very well-known comedian in the UK and is infamous for how creepy his laugh is.

[@ZeroSum23]

He didn't say "talk in the parking lot" as an invitation to fight. He was kicking the dude out of the show.

[@User_32]

This whole video is just ethan saying "That's not funny" while the audience dies in laughter

[@5superhombre]

Steve Hoffstetter is a treasure that really started the heckler video genre online, the rest were peak cringe

[@camilledavenport1017]

I finally got native after every single one of my favorite KZbinrs tried it and I just want to know why all of you are lying. I trusted you.

[@CeeJayThe13th]

You had to know something like "all-natural deodorant" would suck lol. Also, I try to follow a rule that goes something like: if they need to advertise that hard then the product probably sucks.

[@xxeman445xx]

They're being paid to plug these products, why would they be honest? Not saying it's not scummy, but it's more money in their pocket, obviously they're gonna take it

[@bling-tut]

It's true and you should say it. I tried Native years ago when they were promoting on podcast and it literally gave me chemical burns. I'll never use it again.

[@crabhed]

most comedians only post crowd work cause they don't want to show the material they are working on for a special

[@mollykircher3104]

I love how you mentioned Steve Hofstetter. I LOVE HIM and he is so funny and so kind. He's incredible. I really love you bringing it up.

[@collectingducks]

every time an influencer does an ad they say “some of you guys know this completely random, weird, unknown, fact about me right?” and it’s super annoying lmao, no, no one knows that

[@christiankettlewell]

He was telling him to go to the parking lot to leave the show, not to fight

[@justwaiting5744]

You make a great point about older comedians having an identity crisis & lashing out. I never looked at it that way.

[@ashquamarine]

In the UK, Jimmy Carr is one of the most famous comedians out here. I've always found him incredibly annoying and his laugh is something that for some reason people don't realise is fake???? Anyway back in like 2012 it was found out he was evading taxes and somehow he was still allowed to present incredibly popular panel shows and go on tour (jk I know why and it's bc if he was on a show after that the viewing figures skyrocketed). To me he's just a bit of a posh twat who got famous for being an edgy comic and idk why he's still popular at all 🤧

[@SlimThief]

Idk I find him funny. I guess everyone has different tastes.

[@ensommeille5315]

And since then everyone on every panel show he hosts (cough big fat quiz cough) makes jokes about his tax evasion lmao, I've always found him super annoying too. It's weird, he's super famous and hosts everything but I don't know anyone who actually likes him or finds him funny besides maybe my dad, so.

[@terrystevens3998]

The culture has shifted on people who don’t pay taxes since I was a kid in the 80s my parents had some friends that go caught up with the IRS not paying taxes and I remember everyone else in their friend group looking down on them after that and kind of treating them like they were dirtbags.. fast forward to my 40s and everyone thinks tax evaders are just super smart people who have good accountants.. we really need to bring that back but sadly rich people set the cultural norms more then honest broke people do. People who don’t pay their taxes are like friends that go out to dinner and then when everyone throws in money to cover their part of the bill and then the last person counts it and it’s 30$ short and everyone swears they put in what they owed. Someone is robbing their own friends. It’s really quite scummy

[@harriettrott5970]

i really dislike him. he’s always made me WILDLY uncomfortable, especially how he talks to and responds to women. he creeps me out. he’s very much teenage boy humour and i hate it. only good part about anything he’s ever on is when people clap back and say he looks like a ventriloquist dummy lol

[@AlanQSmithee]

its because the same curse that brought a haunted ventriloquist dummy to life also will never let him or the british viewing public rest

[@ericisprobablyfullofshit7797]

"...that's just like, someone drunk and wanting to participate in the show." Which is more or less the dictionary definition of a heckler at a comedy show. Unless there's explicitly an audience participation element, you're heckling if you're trying to participate. Doing jokes from memory and making it sound spontaneous is already a challenge without people chiming in.

[@francisgeistwald]

it's like a BIG joke in my family that my sister has a Jimmy Carr laugh and you absolutely roasting her for 15 seconds straight had me rolling

[@thestabbedcoathanger7148]

Bet they each made a bad joke as a kid and their parents had clapped everytime

[@autodidacticartisan]

Okay but for real, that "I'll go soft on you" line was an absolute killer

[@cortexavery1324]

15:56 : "How about YOU talk in the parking lot right now" It... Especially with what he says afterwards, it's pretty clear it's not a threat of violence... He just want the guy to go outside, on his own, without him (the comedian) coming along... Anyhow, silly mistakes were made, but your point still holds.

[@twiggledowntown3564]

I like your username.

[@cortexavery1324]

@@twiggledowntown3564 I like it too 😁. Thks.

[@Jeretti16]

Steve hofstetter is great at taking care of hecklers in a witty way, but he only does it to get control of the show.

[@Jeretti16]

To be fair he just meant for him to gtfo, not to fight him.

[@tieflingcody7493]

I have to somewhat disagree with Ethan here. He's cringing at some things where I'm smiling. Just goes to show humor is subjective.

[@kylemumford]

That parking lot comedian was kicking the guy out. He realized he’d made it sound like a threat so he rephrased it after to clarify he meant leave the show and go to the parking lot.

[@SpiceIntolerance]

Jimmy Carr used to hide his laugh for years at the start of his career but eventually once got more popular enough he just rolled with it, he’s laughing on the in-breath instead of the out-breath. He also used to hide his money in off-shore bank accounts because he doesn’t like to pay tax…

[@TKO_CEY]

The thing about Jimmy carr is that unlike most of these comedians he's only one whos actually famous and well established. Jimmys been an offensive edgelord since before edgelord was even a term and his inhuman laugh and appearance seem to be on purpose like i think coming across like a creep is the point and part of his persona, I've definitely seen other british comedians make fun of his laugh n look

[@jamk2668]

Mark Nor and isn't established? The guy is constantly mentioned as one of the best comics currently working.

[@TKO_CEY]

@@jamk2668 maybe he is, ive never heard of him tho

[@hoebread7584]

Ethan not knowing Jimmy Carr as one of the UKs biggest comedians is fucking incredible

[@georgejones4960]

woman talks to me and i react normally challenge (im a tiktok comedian)

[@colinquattrini8144]

16:08 just a note, Steve Hofstetter around that time stamp wasn’t threatening to beat him up in the parking lot, he was just kicking him out of the show. He was telling him HE can go to the parking lot so the show can go on.

[@christine9908]

okay but I swear that I unintentionally saw the joker funko pop comedian guy in person once. my gf wanted to take me country dancing and we went to this western venue but apparently it was comedy night and I swear I remember saying something about his stupid joker shirt. Let's just say that two girls out on a date didn't take to his comedy very well and we just made fun of him in the back the entire time.

[@kikielahlah]

You need to know Jimmy. That is his iconic laugh and I will always be here for it lol

[@bridgez04]

If only Robin Williams was here to put these people in their place in another one of his amazing specials.

[@bloozbyblueballs5908]

I love the idea of hecklers, they force you to stray from the same set that you might get bored with after a while, and make them into the new joke since they ruined the one you were trying to tell.

[@TuTuLuzer5968]

Jimmy Carr smelled blood in the water and unleashed his demon laugh and a needless war

[@leah6064]

This reminds me of when I was at a John Mulaney show in New Orleans and a woman raised her hand to basically insult him and he went off on her like actually. Was still actually pretty funny but he wasn’t trying to be funny he was just angry. But that’s how you can shut down a heckler just straight up be mean to them I guess 💀

[@milometric2736]

YIKES

[@leah6064]

@@milometric2736 he ended up apologizing later in the show LOL

[@SnoFitzroy]

@@leah6064 Do you know which show it was? I'd love to look it up!

[@leah6064]

@@SnoFitzroy I’m not sure, I also don’t know if any clips are out there yet because during the show we had our phones locked in these bags because I think he’s gonna make it a comedy special on Netflix? I can def try and see though!

[@wesleywyndam-pryce5305]

@@milometric2736 thats not a yikes, thats a normal response to someone interupting you insulting you and wasting everyone else's time who have paid money to see a show. the only reason to be funny is to keep the vibe going but comedians are human beings who get upset at things which are reasonable to be upset at sometimes.

[@Paios]

Steve Hoffstetter wasn't threatening to beat up the heckler. He said "how bout 'YOU' can talk in the parking lot right now" not 'we' ... the heckler misinterpreted it as a threat or challenge or whatever. The dude was literally in the middle of doing a bit standing up for women and has a track record of doing so and you lumped him in with a bunch of misogynists. Kinda lame.

[@ahouseofmorons1472]

People go to Jimmy Carrs show to heckle and get made fun of, it’s his whole thing

[@CptPatrik]

Jimmy Carr is actually pretty known for his laugh in the UK. Didn't know he's less known over in the U.S.

[@jessyjulie5506]

I enjoy the heckler videos because part of the art of stand up is dealing with hecklers. To make it entertaining and funny is a sign of a good comedian, because it shows they can think on their feet. Similar to improv comedy. Edit: not the guy who said to choke his girlfriend, that was pathetic improv.

[@souup_]

And then when they say that they’re like modern philosophers when they haven’t said anything culturally shocking their entire career 💀💀

[@Funcijej]

I like jokes where someone finds several ways to say the same thing, but I guess Ethan very much does not

[@artespeck8091]

The only time ive seen someone handle hecklers in a funny way was when someone yelled “I love you!” To Bo Burnham and he yells back “No you dont. No you dont.” And she yells “i love the idea of you!” And he moves on Funny exchange and the show goes on

[@wesleywyndam-pryce5305]

how is that the only funny one you've seen???

[@artespeck8091]

@@wesleywyndam-pryce5305 did you watch the video Wesley

[@Harken4949]

There are far too many established comedians who represent a small but loud minority of people who think they define humor.

[@issajoke2437]

Are you seriously questioning why somebody who is on a stage gets annoyed when people interrupt their performance? When people do that their intentions are to make you look bad lol

[@009i66]

i think jimmy carr is great his laugh makes me cry on the inside and i just think thats neat

[@LinksQuest]

People doing things you just don’t particularly care for is not a problem.

[@hygiei]

i will say that the sequined joker funko pop t-shirt is actually deeply funny

[@Anthophobia]

The jimmy carr guy laughs like Stampy if Stampy had all the joy sucked out of his soul

[@ashv9565]

I love Steve Hofstetter. Seen him in person twice. A trump supporter stormed out of one of the shows (footage so far not on KZbin). Amazing.