TOT comedians

Simon wrote:
"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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Like a fool
Bill

Yet another off topic post that is probably an invented story for more
attention.
The pub/club would have told him to stop it, people would have left
if they were offended. Those who might have chosen to stay must be
idiots - if any of that even happened. Going by other posts I don't
think I can believe a word you come out with now!

Don't you know what TOT means? Now go away, fool.

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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"Adrian C" wrote in message
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Bill Wright wrote:
His joke telling was **** poor, and I would not
have believed that anyone could attempt to earn a living as a comedian
when they were not intelligent enough to tell jokes properly.

What a waste of an evening.

Maybe you missed the irony in the performance Bill? Wasn't he performing
the actions of a deranged character? One that the audience should have
taken the **** out of... but due his poor performance that night,
probably going over the top and maybe getting some sympathy from some BNP
nutters in the crowd, the type of humor so well done by Alf Garnet
(Warren Mitchell) didn't present itself.

How many hecklers were present? Did they have enough beer to drink before
the performance started?

There was one heckler at the start, who objected to the (totally unfunny)
racism. The heckler walked out. Maybe we should have done the same, but I
was a sort of invited guest of the people I was with and it would have
spoilt their evening.

Bill

But did anybody laugh? Nothing gets a "comedian" off stage quicker than an
audience that looks the other way. If enough of the audience joined him in
his puerile attempt at being funny then there would have been no stopping
him. Unfortunately (I assume) there were enough similarly-inclined bigots
in the crowd to feed him. A mass walk-out is the only cure, I'm afraid.
Not only does it send a strong message to the performer but also to the dozy
landlord that booked him - hitting him where it hurts the most - in his
pocket. Doubt he'd do it again.......

Chas

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:38:49 -0000, "Bill Wright"
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"Mike GW8IJT" wrote in message
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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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Like a fool I agreed to go out with some friends to a pub where there was
to be a comedian. The comedian came on and his first line was "Are there
any ****in' Pakis in here? If so, **** off!" After that the act went
downhill. He went on to insult every ethnic group in the world, women,
homosexuals, the pub, the town, the people behind the bar, and each
member of the audience (individually). His joke telling was **** poor,
and I would not have believed that anyone could attempt to earn a living
as a comedian when they were not intelligent enough to tell jokes
properly.

What a waste of an evening.

I just had to tell you this, to get it off my chest. I'm off to bed in
disgust.

Bill

Someone should have done the decent thing and tipped a pint of beer on his
head, but I suppose that would have been a waste of fine bitter :-o)
Regards Mike.

No, it would have been a waste of appalling chilled 'lager'. That's all
there was.

Bill

I'm sorry, but I would've walked out at that point. No handpumps, no
me!

Marky P.

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:04:57 -0000, "Simon"
wrote:


"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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Like a fool
Bill

Yet another off topic post that is probably an invented story for more
attention.
The pub/club would have told him to stop it, people would have left if they
were offended. Those who might have chosen to stay must be idiots - if any
of that even happened. Going by other posts I don't think I can believe a
word you come out with now!


And who the **** are you?

Marky P.

"Marky P" wrote in message
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:04:57 -0000, "Simon"
wrote:


"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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Like a fool
Bill

Yet another off topic post that is probably an invented story for more
attention.
The pub/club would have told him to stop it, people would have left if
they
were offended. Those who might have chosen to stay must be idiots - if
any
of that even happened. Going by other posts I don't think I can believe a
word you come out with now!


And who the **** are you?


I think that Marky expressed it very eloquently. I would have walked out, as
noisily as possible.
--

JohnT

Like a fool
Bill

Yet another off topic post that is probably an invented story for more
attention.
The pub/club would have told him to stop it, people would have left if
they
were offended. Those who might have chosen to stay must be idiots - if
any
of that even happened. Going by other posts I don't think I can believe
a
word you come out with now!


And who the **** are you?


I think that Marky expressed it very eloquently. I would have walked out,
as noisily as possible.


Because of the racism...
....or the lack of real ale?

--
Graham

%Profound_observation%

"Nigel Cliffe" wrote in message
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Sounds like a quick replacement with extracts from "Rigger's Diary" would
have gone down a lot better, even with an audience who little/nothing
about aerials and transmission.

Well in fact there was an incident which happened because I couldn't stand
it any longer and I got involved. I decided not to report it because my
original post was brought about by a feeling of dispair about the evening
and also it would have taken a lot of explaining, and I was tired. The other
problem is that there's no way I can tell it without sounding like I'm
blowing my own trumpet. But having told a few people about the evening
verbally without feeling like a ****, maybe I'll tell the tale.

Bill

"Simon" wrote in message
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Name the venue. If you can't you are a liar.

I don't see why I should respond to this. What's more I can't see the reason
for it. What point are you attempting to make? Is it so extraordinary to
visit a rough estate pub in a Sheffield suburb and find that they have
engaged the services of a bad comedian?

For anyone who wants to avoid this pub, please email me and I'll send you
the details.

Bill

"Chas Gill" wrote in message
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There was one heckler at the start, who objected to the (totally unfunny)
racism. The heckler walked out. Maybe we should have done the same, but I
was a sort of invited guest of the people I was with and it would have
spoilt their evening.

Bill

But did anybody laugh? Nothing gets a "comedian" off stage quicker than
an audience that looks the other way. If enough of the audience joined
him in his puerile attempt at being funny then there would have been no
stopping him. Unfortunately (I assume) there were enough
similarly-inclined bigots in the crowd to feed him. A mass walk-out is
the only cure, I'm afraid. Not only does it send a strong message to the
performer but also to the dozy landlord that booked him - hitting him
where it hurts the most - in his pocket. Doubt he'd do it again.......

Well, you know, it was rather odd, and I think it said something about the
British working class's confusion about PC and racism. They did laugh, to
some extent, actually much more than the jokes deserved. I think it was
because racism has been proscribed by the ruling and chattering classes, so
there was an element of naughtiness about it. It was really rather like
schoolkids laughing at bad jokes about sex, because it was naughty. There
was an air of shared naughtiness. I think a lot of people have dual morality
here, like the arms dealer in Pygmalian who kept his two moralities in
watertight compartments. The live and work with Asians and negros and get on
with them, but they will go to a pub and laugh at poor racist comedy
material.

The comedian was even more offensive about things other than race. He was
appalling about disability and mental health. The odd thing, though, is that
the material he used there was broadcastable, despite being grossly
offensive. As a result it wasn't as well received as the racist material.
That says something about the ruling/chattering classes extreme sensitivity
to race issues as against other discrimination issues, and possibily about
how counter-productive it is.

Bill

"Marky P" wrote in message
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No, it would have been a waste of appalling chilled 'lager'. That's all
there was.

Bill

I'm sorry, but I would've walked out at that point. No handpumps, no
me!

It's very difficult when a misguided friend has invited you out for the
evening.

Bill