HecklesForget the drunk bloke at the back yelling incoherent nonsense. Sometimes a well placed heckle can raise a mediocre act to a brilliant night out.
Tell us your best heckles and, if you are brave, the retorts that put you back in your place like the maggot you are.
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chthonic, Thu 6 Apr 2006, 13:13)
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George ForemanLast year I was at an open mike night at the comedy store in Manchester. Comics would come and go, and the crowd were merciless. If they made it to 3 minutes, it was a success so anyone who showed the slightest weakness was booed offstage. It was brutal.
One fella got up and after a couple of terrible gags began a joke about George Foreman. It was rambling and dull so I piped up, "Is the punchline I liked it so much, I put my name on it?"*
It raised a laugh.
The guy paused and shot me a look of total contempt before changing the subject and subsequently getting booed off.
My friends shouted at me for being beastly.
I still feel bad about it.
*Thanks Josie Long.
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