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

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Pickles89 · 03/02/2021 14:49

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!

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MustardMitt · 03/02/2021 20:33

I haven’t and I think I might cry if I was Blush

@Pickles89 it’s referring to when a man can’t get a hard on so he has to push it in with his thumb Grin

Ferrylights · 03/02/2021 20:38

Loads of times... DH was singled out by John Richardson who took the piss out of his name and occupation. At one gig with DH a couple of years ago I thought Joe Lycett was going to jump off the stage and shag him he took that much interest in him.. Lee Hurst tried to make a joke out of my work in mental health which backfired spectacularly and just made himself look stupid and ill informed.

singsingbluesilver · 03/02/2021 20:39

My friend also had a song made up about him on the spot by Rich Hall. It was very, very funny. I have seen Rich Hall several times - he is fantastic live and never humiliates his audience.

Billy Bailey is the same - fabulous audience rapport - and so quick with his responses. He is a very clever man.

Russell Brand - the first time I saw him live I actually hurt myself laughing at him. I would be terrified if he picked me out of the audience, but the people who book the front seats know they are potential targets, and the three times I have seen him everyone he called on was clearly thrilled.

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AwkwardSquad · 03/02/2021 20:42

Not yet... but I still remember a Julian Clary gig, decades ago. He was performing as The Joan Collins Fan Club with Fanny the Wonder Dog if anyone can remember his act that far back. A packed Edinburgh gig in the Assembly Rooms. He was hilarious but oh so cutting when he picked on people in the audience. He took the piss out of one poor woman for her hairstyle and I feel mortified for her to this day. She’s probably long forgotten it!

Ferrylights · 03/02/2021 20:45

Rhod Gilbert called DH a 'Peado on a swing'... I can't remember the context but it was funny at the time.
I second Rich Hall, massively under rated comedian, his musical ad libs are genius :-)

MrsTerryPratchett · 03/02/2021 20:49

Me and a group of friends did (very nicely). It was a fairly famous now Black American comic and we were in South London. He was telling the audience that our group of various raced people who were friends/dating etc. wouldn't be there together in the States because of racism.

He also talked at my boobs for the whole aftershow, clearly wanting to join in with the mixed heritage shagging. Nice bloke though, although I didn't shag him.

AnnaSW1 · 03/02/2021 20:50

Yep.. pretty much the whole routine

LunaHeather · 03/02/2021 20:54

Yes. He said me and my male friend looked like we were pimps and did a skit based on us having a work allocation chat.

It was hilarious. It wouldn't be allowed now I expect.

He thanked us for taking it well. 😂

Marmite27 · 03/02/2021 20:56

Yes the warm up for Russell Howard was doing a bit about pies with no bottom.

It’d been a big controversy at work and I couldn’t help but shout the work response of ‘that’s not a pie, that’s stew with a lid’. I was referred to as the esteemed pie eater in the third row.

I was later asked for my opinion on the Gruffalo, and responded with ‘his eyes are orange, his tongue is black, he has purple prickles all over his back’ and was told I couldn’t have done a better job if I’d have been a plant! I failed on the London underground question though and had to give my fictional £50 back Grin

Besom · 03/02/2021 21:00

I've got a weird crush on Rich Hall

INeedMyGirl · 03/02/2021 21:04

@Tempusfudgeit we've seen rich hall a few times - thankfully never been on the front row but my parents have, he sang to them too! He's fantastic to see live.

Hobbes8 · 03/02/2021 21:20

I got pulled up on stage once by a drag cabaret act. I was utterly hammered and could barely string a sentence together but somehow out of nowhere managed to belt out a couple of lines of big spender, much to the drag queen’s surprise and audiences amusement.

Whaddayathink · 03/02/2021 21:26

Yes, James fucking Cordon. It was with a work do and it was obvious that I was the quiet one on the table among a sea of city wankery boys. He would not let go, felt very personal, bullying and humiliating.

LunaHeather · 03/02/2021 21:29

@Whaddayathink

Yes, James fucking Cordon. It was with a work do and it was obvious that I was the quiet one on the table among a sea of city wankery boys. He would not let go, felt very personal, bullying and humiliating.
Oh no

That doesn't surprise me

Didn't he upset Brandon Flowers right before he went on stage? It was a while ago. I'm a big fan of the Killers and saw that performance and wondered wtf had happened, found out later on.

TroysMammy · 03/02/2021 21:52

A friend had to go on stage with Dame Edna. She was dressed up I think as Madge and given gladioli to hold. I wasn't there and I can't remember what happened to her but the way she tells the story when we get together is hilarious.

rooarsome · 03/02/2021 22:09

At a small comedy night in Liverpool. He was pretty unkind to me really. I have bowel issues and had to make an escape during his set to dash to the loo. (I always get an aisle seat so I can cause minimal disruption if I have to leave quickly). He made a comment about how he was surprised I could get out of my chair, I looked like I would have been wedged in by the arm rests. How the bigger ladies always leave early to get to the concessions stand before the rest of the punters.

lockedownloretta · 03/02/2021 22:10

Yes. Back in the 80s.
He got me up on stage. It was cringey but HILARIOUS.
Then throughout the show he kept coming back to me saying things like " i am going to ask Loretta, she's the one i am going to marry"

DrunkBetch · 03/02/2021 22:13

Yes a few times. Best one was a few years ago, we had front row seats to Andy Parsons and he chatted to me and my husband (then boyfriend) funny not embarrassing.

Chanandlerbong01 · 03/02/2021 22:23

Jack Whitehall was a surprise act at a small pub performance. He was testing out new material and a group of us were really drunk before he was announced as a surprise act. He told us off for being so chatty - even in my drunk state I managed to point out that us losing interest was the answer to his test. Although I’ve no idea if he got rid or not because I was so drunk I have no recollection, I wasn’t even 100% sure I had seen him the day after.

badacorn · 03/02/2021 22:24

Yes and he was a pervert who maybe didn’t realise I was 15. I won’t repeat what he said!

SuperHighway · 03/02/2021 22:28

Not comedians but magicians. I've only been to two magic shows in my life and both times I was pulled up on stage as magician's assistant - and I wasn't even near the front! I must have a Debbie Magee vibe about me, or maybe it was the sequinned body stocking 😄. Highly embarrassing.

Sparklfairy · 03/02/2021 22:29

Yes, there was a comedy night at my local in a posh ish area of London. We boyfriend were running late so we're squished into a little table right at the front.

4 of the 5 acts were brilliant. Except this one bloke.

He swaggered in with a pint of Guinness, presumably trying to channel that grumpy jack dee vibe, and failing. Slammed his drink down on our table, spilling my pint over me and just sneered. He then launched into a spiel about how awful this area of London is, how we all think we're better than we are etc etc. Awkward laughter got less and less until you could practically hear the crickets.

I switched off, and concentrated on trying to grab my pint in time before he slammed it on our table again. I sniggered to my boyfriend that this big hard arrogant arsehole was drinking Guinness with his pinky out. The more I noticed, the funnier I found it.

He shoved the mic in my face and said, come on love, what's so funny then, tell the class!'

'not you obviously'

'ooooh we've got a fiery one! Too scared to tell everyone what you were really laughing at?'

'no, I just find it amusing that you've got a big mouth and act like a big man and get drink Guinness with your pinky out'

'oh you only noticed cos you want it in your vagina'

'why would I want that? Cos it's bigger than your dick?'

I got more laughs than he did for his whole set and he skulked off.

Not sure I'd be so gobby 10 years later Blush

Beamur · 03/02/2021 22:45

Couple of times.
Once, many years ago at the Edinburgh fringe festival by a possibility Australian comedian, Bob Downe who was very funny. My friend and I ended up on the front row and we were warned but sat there anyway. My friend found it hilarious but I was a bit shyer, he teased me a bit but wasn't horrible. Nice guy as he could have shredded me!
Also Stephen K Amos (who was just lovely and very funny) who liked my joke - bit of audience participation Grin

HibernatingTill2030 · 03/02/2021 23:15

I made sure to book seats near the back for Jimmy Carr! (he was quite brutal to a couple of people in the audience)
I've seen loads, but never singled out, thank God.

Ughmaybenot · 03/02/2021 23:23

Yep. I was with a 6’6 boyfriend and I didn’t laugh enough at the comedians jokes, so he did a whole spiel about me obviously being hard to impress and there’s obviously a reason I was with someone so tall because you know what they say about tall men/big feet, wink wink nudge nudge etc, so I expect a lot in all aspects of life etc.
I mean... he wasn’t wrong 🤷🏼‍♀️