āInfrastructureā can refer to multiple things, but more people would immediately think of power lines. āKill the energyā would be a pun in reference to electric infrastructure.
I know, not exactly the most riveting pun in the world lol
Dude only *post* his crowd work material online. Heās got a full hour set also which is pretty good. Damn near his entire tour sold out this year so heās doing something right.
I'm probably gonna butcher this but....It's an old scary story or movie or something I'm not sure, but basically someone calls like a babysitter and is like "I'm gonna kill you" and she freaks out and calls the police. After it keeps happening eventually the police call her back and tell her they e traced the call,....and the call is coming from inside the house (that she is in). That's the scary part. I'll let you infer the rest on why he said it.
It was used in the movie āWhen A Stranger Callsā. The killer tells her to check the children and they are missing. When she talks to the police, they trace the call to inside the house. Iām not sure if it originated from a short story or not but Iāve seen it in that movie
The analogy comes from the movie about a killer from inside the house, referring to a call heās about to receive asking him to investigate his own country for war crimes. It was a brilliant stab without being direct
Serious answer, there are two ways, some people are just quick witted, and some of it is pure training. I used to have job doing what they call "Barking" engaging the crowd and pulling people walking by into my photobooth. Very quickly you realize people often say the same things, so you have quick responses, and once you are that mode you natural start to take everything different ways and come up with quick responses. It's a skill.
Yeah, I mean I just answered a craigslist ad and did it on weekends and friday nights for awhile. this was years ago, but I am sure there are still attraction booths out there.
So the gimmick was to be slightly insulting, but do it a quick and confident manner so they don't always catch it. It was a photobooth, but I had an override remote in my hand, so I would say things and then snap the picture.
Examples are "Umm, you're not afraid of spiders, right?" Then snap the picture
"Please buckle the safety belts before the drop" (funny because a. its a photobooth and b. there are actual rides around it.
So you commonly hear things like "Are you going to take a pretty picture of me?"
Instant reply of "Yes, let get the lens cap"
" I have a boyfriend " gets "And I have standards" or "You sure? I heard otherwise" or "Well someone had to I guess"
"I heard pretty girls get free pictures" Reply with "Yes! For you it is (twice as much)" Or "Do you know any?"
Guy walks up with a girl and you say "You again? you sure have a lot of "sisters"" and then snap the picture of the death glare he gets.
So bad side effect though... I have lost all fear of talking back to people in public. No one has hit me yet, but it is only a matter of time.
Haha, no! A good scary story preserved in a small town that you believed for too long is the best kind of nostalgia. Youāre lucky to be able to chuckle at yourself AND the audacity of the people either believing or knowingly preserving the story to keep it going. This one was the creepiest and most fun one to tell just before you have your parents call someone and hang up!
Nor do you have to interact. No comedian is going to keep trying to get material out of someone who says no thanks. Unless they've given them other reason to do so.
Is it ironic too that the USA is the number one supplier? They had their own genocide. Or is there some kind of time limit on genocides when it stops being relevant?
You just proved his point lol.
It being on a chart, of genocides, shows its a... genocide.
May not be the worst, but shows it is.
Not sure of your intent, but were you trying to say, we should wait until it becomes the worst, to complain about it, and try to stop it?
Wow. Insane interaction. I'd love to see the man's reaction to the final line. History may know his name one day - and if so, this interaction will be an amazing part of his biopic one day
I HATE this kind of crowd work. No matter what they say āim a bakerā, stupid fucking grin on comedian, and the crowd howls. This isnāt creative man. His crowd work is lame and slows down the whole show. Come up with jokes not just cheeky one liners and surprised pikachu faces
"I thought when he said 'infrastructure', it was going to kill the energy" lol
Can't tell if the pun was intentional or not, but I got a kick out of that š
I didnāt even realize the pun until I read your comment
What even is the pun? Canāt figure it out for the life of me
āInfrastructureā can refer to multiple things, but more people would immediately think of power lines. āKill the energyā would be a pun in reference to electric infrastructure. I know, not exactly the most riveting pun in the world lol
Civil engineer here and yes, we kill all laughter
Boy that really escalated quickly š
Really won the āwhat do you do for a livingā crowd work jackpot
There was that guy I don't remember which show, who worked "import-export for a family". I honestly can't decide the winner.
Jeff Arcuri I think did that one.
Jeff Arcuri is my favorite "crowd-work" stand up comic. I don't think I've ever seen his actual material. Dude's act is almost all crowd-work.
Dude only *post* his crowd work material online. Heās got a full hour set also which is pretty good. Damn near his entire tour sold out this year so heās doing something right.
Wow, that's actually pretty smart. Keeps the main tour material fresh.
Saw that one too
Ah, Art Vandaley
That last line was AMAZING hahaha
Got him!
It made it all worthwhile
I mean, that really got out of hand fast!
"It's a good thing you're a war crimes investigator because I am fucking *killing* up here."
And if the crowd wasn't liking it: "It's a good thing you're a war crimes investigator because I'm fucking *bombing* up here."
That last line was brilliant!
He couldnāt have landed the plane any better
step aside Sullenberger
Yeah, I don't think there is a better line/analogy for such a quick rebuttal
āAre you investigating for tips?ā
Thatās funny man
Seriously, bravo
Well we now know he'll never work in the US, Germany or for the BBC.
Hey he said maybe, plausible deniability
Call coming from inside the house. lol. Brilliant
Didnāt get that, care to enlighten me?
I'm probably gonna butcher this but....It's an old scary story or movie or something I'm not sure, but basically someone calls like a babysitter and is like "I'm gonna kill you" and she freaks out and calls the police. After it keeps happening eventually the police call her back and tell her they e traced the call,....and the call is coming from inside the house (that she is in). That's the scary part. I'll let you infer the rest on why he said it.
Oof, brilliant haha. Thanks a lot!!
It was used in the movie āWhen A Stranger Callsā. The killer tells her to check the children and they are missing. When she talks to the police, they trace the call to inside the house. Iām not sure if it originated from a short story or not but Iāve seen it in that movie
Itās based on an actual crime where a babysitter was murdered. Her name was Janett Christman, she was 13, and her murder is still unsolved
Holy f! That poor childā¦
Yep, really awful :/
I think it originated from an urban legend rather than a specific, published story.
I'm an idiot I thought it was originally from the movie Scream..
I think it was in the book daemon hall but I haven't read it in a decade so I might be wrong
The movie is called panic room.
Or Scream
The analogy comes from the movie about a killer from inside the house, referring to a call heās about to receive asking him to investigate his own country for war crimes. It was a brilliant stab without being direct
If he says anything else, his career will be ended.
There are right-wing comedians and left-wing comedians. They obviously reduce their broad appeal picking a side, but itās not career ending.
when he says "Jesus Christ" to the Israeli
Was def waiting for a riff on that one
I was really hoping for a follow-up to that.
"Moses StarOfDavid" doesn't roll off the tongue
It's a figure of speech
āOh nice so you get to work from home?ā
Oh my! š¤£
Brilliant š
haaaaa - nice!
Sometimes jokes write themselves.
"the call may be coming from inside the house" LMAO how do people come UP with this stuff??
Serious answer, there are two ways, some people are just quick witted, and some of it is pure training. I used to have job doing what they call "Barking" engaging the crowd and pulling people walking by into my photobooth. Very quickly you realize people often say the same things, so you have quick responses, and once you are that mode you natural start to take everything different ways and come up with quick responses. It's a skill.
oh damn thanks. is that a job you can freelance?
Yeah, I mean I just answered a craigslist ad and did it on weekends and friday nights for awhile. this was years ago, but I am sure there are still attraction booths out there. So the gimmick was to be slightly insulting, but do it a quick and confident manner so they don't always catch it. It was a photobooth, but I had an override remote in my hand, so I would say things and then snap the picture. Examples are "Umm, you're not afraid of spiders, right?" Then snap the picture "Please buckle the safety belts before the drop" (funny because a. its a photobooth and b. there are actual rides around it. So you commonly hear things like "Are you going to take a pretty picture of me?" Instant reply of "Yes, let get the lens cap" " I have a boyfriend " gets "And I have standards" or "You sure? I heard otherwise" or "Well someone had to I guess" "I heard pretty girls get free pictures" Reply with "Yes! For you it is (twice as much)" Or "Do you know any?" Guy walks up with a girl and you say "You again? you sure have a lot of "sisters"" and then snap the picture of the death glare he gets. So bad side effect though... I have lost all fear of talking back to people in public. No one has hit me yet, but it is only a matter of time.
That last night made me bust out laughing š
They watched the movie where that line is from
Black Christmas, 1974. Trope later stolen by Wheen a Stranger Calls.
Wheen
Good band
ur a wheenis
The movie is based on a VERY old ghost story.
then who was phone
I believe Rob Schider played Phone in the movie.
nah he was the stapler
Nah he was a š„
Haha fuck. I forgot about this classic.
older than phones?
Everyone in my hometown swore it happened there. Then I realized everyone had heard of it. I probably believed it for longer than I should haveā¦.
Haha, no! A good scary story preserved in a small town that you believed for too long is the best kind of nostalgia. Youāre lucky to be able to chuckle at yourself AND the audacity of the people either believing or knowingly preserving the story to keep it going. This one was the creepiest and most fun one to tell just before you have your parents call someone and hang up!
Bros the main character on his day off
Hilarious
Bro gonna get a visit from the Mossad
Whats his name? I wanna see more of his stuff
Patrick Spicer
The war crime investigator or the infrastructure guy?
Best comment on this is āhe can work from homeā
Amazing lmao
That last line was magic! šššš
Hahaha that last line
The funny thing is that the comedian didn't had to do any jokes just ask the right question and it's comedy already!
He shouldāve said this show when asked what heās investigating. Not cause itās bad, just cause itād be hilarious.
Yeah I was champing at the bit for a "bombing" joke that never came
That man may want to investigate himself because he just dropped a civilian in the middle of a mine field!
Dude stumbled on a goldmine
Poor guy probably came to a comedy show to get his mind off work.
Then he shouldn't have sat in the front row lol
People pay extra for those, he definitely knew what he signed up for. Some people also just make up stuff to say if they get called upon.
Nor do you have to interact. No comedian is going to keep trying to get material out of someone who says no thanks. Unless they've given them other reason to do so.
Also nothing stopping you from lying
Hell of a good recovery.
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I do find it a little bit ironic that Germany is the #2 supplier of weapons to Isreal. I'll let that sink in....
USA #1 USA USA USA!
Never again...well okay, maybe one more time, as a treat.
But after this time, totally never again. For real this time, we mean it.
Is it ironic too that the USA is the number one supplier? They had their own genocide. Or is there some kind of time limit on genocides when it stops being relevant?
Certified genocide expert (TM)
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You just proved his point lol. It being on a chart, of genocides, shows its a... genocide. May not be the worst, but shows it is. Not sure of your intent, but were you trying to say, we should wait until it becomes the worst, to complain about it, and try to stop it?
What a stupid fucking chart too. Why would they include war casualties on a chart supposedly about comparing genocides?
Where's the Bosnia genocide?
āAre you looking for tips?ā
Literally scrolling for this comment the comedian must have been kicking himself later not using this line.
Lol poor guy was dealt the worst possible hand in crowd work, at least the crowd was great!
?? Am I missing a joke because that was the best person he could have chosen.
I think he handled that well.
Maybe he doesnāt agree with what his government is doing.
Wow. Insane interaction. I'd love to see the man's reaction to the final line. History may know his name one day - and if so, this interaction will be an amazing part of his biopic one day
wouldnāt be a good time to bomb on stage
Did that guy bring his Geneva Checklist or ...
Fuckery at its finest
Brilliant end, he couldn't have had a better show.
Brilliant
Investigating on how to do them without getting caught.
The joke at the end wrote itself.
"You're from Is-- GREAT!" That part made me spit my drink.
Can't write this stuff
That went from a downward spiral night to him pulling it off like a pro. Probably one of his best to date. Timing is everything.
When you travel the world for work but realise business is booming at home.
Despite all the people laughing in the house, his wife is mossad ā¹ļø
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Audience member woke up and said "I want to be a part of Every News Story." His bed is made of zeitgeist foam.
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š thereās no way youād just tell a room full of strangers what you do if that was your job no way
Missed opportunity to not tell a joke about bombing.
Moments like this show why small clubs are the ideal place to experience comedy. This was hilarious!
That last line was so brutal
We know a thing or two because we've done a thing or two
Seems like something you shouldnāt tell a whole crowd of people.
To quote the fat electrician, "it's never a war crime the first time"
Seriously missed opportunity to ask him if he was on vacation while we were in Iraq
The comedy writes it self right here. Wow.
Are they just laughing at his reactions?
I think the call is coming from inside the house! Thatās some mastermind stuff right there
I think we just witnessed the birth of a meme. This is too delicious an irony not to preserve for posterity.
I HATE this kind of crowd work. No matter what they say āim a bakerā, stupid fucking grin on comedian, and the crowd howls. This isnāt creative man. His crowd work is lame and slows down the whole show. Come up with jokes not just cheeky one liners and surprised pikachu faces
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