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

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 23, 2018

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 …

Benny Feldman uses his Tourette’s to heckle himself onstage
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Benny Feldman uses his Tourette’s to heckle himself onstage

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 9, 2017

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 …

Comics Come Home 22 exposes divisiveness of audiences to political comedy in 2016
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Comics Come Home 22 exposes divisiveness of audiences to political comedy in 2016

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 16, 2016November 16, 20161

Denis Leary isn’t afraid of being an asshole. It’s the title of his longtime hit comedy single, and Leary has even updated it with the …

Watch Chaotic Moon’s heckler-destroying robot from Moontower
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Watch Chaotic Moon’s heckler-destroying robot from Moontower

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 27, 2016

I told you last week that the audiences at the 2016 Moontower Comedy Festival in Austin loved the pre-show videos that screened before every live …

Open mic host kicks open micer to ground during Las Vegas show
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Open mic host kicks open micer to ground during Las Vegas show

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 13, 201518

No sooner do I announce once more my desire to avoid posting heckler videos — because it’s my firm belief that sharing and spreading videos …

Audience interactions and crowd work gone awry: Is the customer always right?
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Audience interactions and crowd work gone awry: Is the customer always right?

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 15, 2015July 16, 20154

Stand-up comedians need an audience to laugh at their jokes and pay for their services. Comedy clubs provide a direct conduit for both, and need …

“The Joke,” a cartoon by Jim Benton
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“The Joke,” a cartoon by Jim Benton

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 25, 2015

Award-winning cartoonist Jim Benton published this six-panel strip this week, “The Joke,” that’s really more about the audience acting as pre-emptive comedy police by heckling …

Lewis Black on staying ahead of the curve, interacting with fans through his special “The Rant Is Due” shows
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Lewis Black on staying ahead of the curve, interacting with fans through his special “The Rant Is Due” shows

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 5, 2014September 5, 2014

You think going back to school is tough for your kids. Lewis Black isn’t happy about it, either. “School’s starting and you’re already behind. I …

Jimmy Carr: Gagging Order, at #JFLMTL 2014
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Jimmy Carr: Gagging Order, at #JFLMTL 2014

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 23, 20142

All of the shows at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival begin first with a pre-recorded announcement for audience members to check in using social media, …

Revisiting Louis C.K.’s “Heckler” story from FX’s Louie #tbt
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Revisiting Louis C.K.’s “Heckler” story from FX’s Louie #tbt

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 5, 2013September 5, 2013

It has been a week since a crowd of thousands near Hartford heckled Dave Chappelle with shouts of appreciation and misbegotten requests, derailing his planned …

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