Have you ever been singled out by a stand-up comic?

[Pickles89]

How did it go? What did they say to you? How did you feel about it? I would totally cringe myself to death I think, with the embarrassment of it!

Yes. I can't remember exactly what he said but it was something along the lines of if I died in the middle of sex with my husband, let's face it, he wouldn't be able to tell the difference. It got a big laugh and everyone nearby was staring at me and laughing, which was cringey at the time, but I didn't take it tooooo personally.

Yes

Yes. I got up to go to the toilet. The ‘Artist^ was boring. As I stood up and started walking he said ‘oi where are going to?’ I said ‘toilet’ and he replied ‘ooops tampax change time is it?’

Knob.

I was singled out by a stripper once. That was a totally different experience...

No but I was at comedy club in Brighton when the compere asked if there were any Americans in the audience and a presumably masochistic American woman put her hand up and then had the piss taken out of her/Americans all night.

Yes, he took my phone from my table and dialed last number. Ex. Ex and o were still friendly ISH but one was a dick. He totally didn't believe it was the comedian and thought I had set it up to be a dick. Then he called my Mom who was more amused

Yes. Reginald D Hunter before he was famous. He was telling some knobby rape joke that I didn’t want to listen to so I got up and went to the bar. He called out ‘ok don’t you think I’m funny?’ Or something like that. I think I just rolled my eyes and kept on walking. Didn’t come back til his set was over. I still think he’s a bit of a wanker to this day.

Jim Davidson started calling my Dad "Snipe" on account of his thick glasses. He was sitting in the front row. My mother was very unimpressed 😒

Yes
Hindsight is a wonderful thing but we took the kids (as teenagers) to see Lee Mack ( can't remember their exact age)
We were sat near the front and he pretty much directed the entire performance at us and the kids.
I think I've blocked the details from memory due to but they were far too young for the content of his gig and I wanted to curl up and die
Bad parents!

I was once asked my a stand up comic if I had ginger hair because I’d pulled a face at a ginger joke. I don’t. I wasn’t wearing a hat. It was weird but I got off lightly.

I was once at a League of Gentleman show where they were looking for a nice young man from the audience who they made do things with a sausage. My male friend was terrified. They didn’t choose him thankfully!

Yes. I was with exH and we’d had a horrible argument before going in and I was very upset. I can’t remember what he said but it was related to us both looking so unhappy. It was really humiliating and a nasty experience.

That guy who does the Pub Landlord act. Al Murray? He was asking who is welsh etc and then ripping the absolute piss out of them.

I was with work mates and when he asked if anyone was scottish this woman who I had clashed with (she was horrible to junior staff) of course pointed me out.

It was excruciating. He’s not funny or clever.

I still cringe if I see him on the telly.

DH was picked out by Dara O'Briain. It was really good natured though and very funny. We saw him in the foyer later and had a chat. He was really nice.

My dp always gets picked on and quite often dragged on stage.

At the Edinburgh festival once it happened two shows in a row when they literally just pick one person from the audience in a packed show.

He just has one of those faces! (Naturally I recorded the whole thing and sent it to everyone we know )

No but I got a' Congratulations' card when ds was born!! Had to cancel show tickets due to prem baby arrival!! Comic was told and sent a lovely card to our address. Something sarcastic in about having a baby not being a good reason to miss his show!

Yes. Harry Hill. It wasn't awful though - just "what's your name, Madam? What do you do?" and occasionally he'd come back to me for the odd to-and-fro. I didn't really mind. At least I didn't have to get up on stage like the woman at the end of the row.

He picked on DH at one point too, but didn't bargain for DH being a match for him. I think DH actually got the biggest laugh of the show.

Long time ago, we were at a gig in Tunbridge Wells, the warm up picked some one out in the audience for constant sighing.

The recipient of this his "humour" responded by saying he was life limited and on a ventilator.

The warm up act died on his feet after that.

I was called up on stage and had to tell a joke. I had NOTHING, only thing I could remember was from my 5 year old ds joke book. It fell flat, I died and then he made me repeat it at the end to see if anyone got it. A lot was lost in translation. And no I’m not telling you all the joke

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Yes. I got up to go to the toilet. The ‘Artist^ was boring. As I stood up and started walking he said ‘oi where are going to?’ I said ‘toilet’ and he replied ‘ooops tampax change time is it?’

Knob.

Fucking hell that is comedy for a 12 yr old boy!

It happens to my DH quite a bit, he must have that sort of face. He enjoys it, can respond without being too much of a knob.

We had front row seats for Jason Byrne years ago, and he was late getting back from London so we made our own ways there. It was packed out and I was questioned as to why the seat next to me was vacant. Lots of jokes about my imaginary fiance. We were getting married 3 weeks later and I had to admit that this was going to be outdoors on the side of a loch in Scotland in November. Cue much hilarity. Lots of improv about a beachside winter wedding etc.

He arrived in the foyer half an hour in and the stewards addressed him by name, as they'd been listening to the set. He didn't dare walk into the theatre whilst the comedian was still on the stage.

When he finally made his entrance during the interval.

Later on, he was called up to the stage with 2 other chaps to stand in a line whilst Jason Byrne produced increasingly large beaters to play their testicle regions like a glockenspiel. The final set were the size of a spacehoppers. It was funny, you had to be there really.

I went to see Ross Noble with some colleagues. He picks out my friend

"what do you do?"
"I'm an adviser"
"adviser to what"
"to the minister"
"advising on what?"
"things he needs advice on"

... and so on and so on for a bit...

Ross Noble gets exasperated and turns to next guy in row, also a colleague.

"and what do you do?"
"I advise him"

It went nowhere, badly.

Alan Davies, Ben Elton, Paul Merton (at Improv gig), Ed Byrne.

All were lovely. We go to a lot of comedy gigs and usually get the front row,

Ben Elton! I thought I was being singled out by him once . I was in a theatre on an aisle seat , waiting for his play to start ( he had written it, not acting in in) when he suddenly appeared at the front of the stalls and swept down the aisle looking straight at me with a huge welcoming grin on his face, I honestly thought he was for some unknown reason coming in for a massive luvvy mwah and hug.

Which it turned out he actually was.......................................... for Kenneth Branagh who was sitting in the seat behind me.

Yes
"You got a job, mate"
"Yes"
"What is it?"
"One where I get a night off whilst you're still working!"

I got left alone after that.

Once went to a "country themed" show where DW knew the bloke running the ring. I got called up and a Ferret put down my trousers - that was an interesting 10 minutes!

Unfunny comedian was going round the room asking what people's jobs were. When he got to me I said I was in HR. He said "Hiring and firing? You're a bitch then".
Dickhead.