- [Announcer] What happens to a comedian
when you take away their audience?
This is a show where comedians perform
in an empty theater while the audience
watches from the rooftop.
(audience laughs)
So the comedians have no idea
how the audience is reacting.
- Welcome to 7 Minutes in Purgatory.
(upbeat music)
Please, put your hands together
for one of my favorite comedians of all time,
Mr. Jon Dore.
(audience cheers)
Say it to them.
- Oh, I said I took a slow walk out.
- Great riff.
Love it.
- It wasn't a riff.
(laughing)
- Okay, well I'm glad that that was pre-written.
How are you feeling about doing the show?
- It wasn't pre-written, either.
It just wasn't a riff.
I was making a statement.
I'm five beers deep.
(audience laughs)
- Alright, we're gonna send you down to purgatory.
Are you ready?
- Yes.
- Alright, Jon Dore!
(audience cheers)
It sounded like a riff, right guys?
No?
Was that just me?
- [Jon] It wasn't a riff.
(laughing)
- Alright, we have Jon Dore coming down the stairs
for 7 Minutes in Purgatory.
He's got a pill bottle in (laughing).
The way that this is gonna go,
I'm mostly gonna be up here.
- [Announcer] Meanwhile, his fellow comedians
will be watching in the green room.
- I'm gonna see how Jonny does.
(audience cheers)
(sighs deeply)
There he is.
- There he is.
- Here's the kid.
- How's everyone doing tonight?
(audience cheers)
Great.
(audience laughs)
I had to get a stool for my drink
and my set list.
Some people think it's unprofessional
to bring a set list on stage.
I agree.
(audience laughs)
I'm not a smart person.
Actually, there was a time in my life
when I started hanging around with the wrong crowd,
but then one day I just realized, wait a minute.
I don't recognize any of you people.
(audience laughs)
I have literally been hanging around with the wrong crowd.
(audience laughs)
Like you kinda look like my friend, Steve,
but uh uh, his nipples are way bigger than yours.
So eventually I started hanging around with the right crowd.
And we did a lot of shoplifting and we stole cars.
(audience laughs)
Thank you.
(audience laughs)
I'm a Canadian human.
I'm an immigrant to your country.
And I don't know if you people have heard of Donald Trump,
but he's a presidential candidate
and he wants to build a wall
because he called Mexicans rapists.
One of your presidential candidates called Mexicans rapists.
So he wants to build a wall.
I don't even think that's possible.
But if he does,
I'm gonna sell trampolines to Mexicans.
Just let them bounce over.
Trumpolines,
that'd be better.
That's the t-shirt, Trumpolines.
But what an awful thing to say
about a group of people.
Like my neighbors are Mexican
and they're the loveliest people on the,
sure, they're rapists,
but they're raping the ones other Americans don't want.
(laughing)
- Oh shit.
- And that says something to their work ethic.
Really wish I knew if you were laughing at that or not.
(audience laughs)
When you sneak a rape joke in
you wanna know if they're laughing.
- It's true.
- A friend and I made the mistake
of buying the same shirt.
We ended up at a party and it was embarrassing.
Both our heads popping out of one neck hole.
(audience laughs)
(laughing)
Okay, thank you, thank you.
Sorry, ma'am, front row, floral shirt.
You seem a little cold.
Are you okay?
You know what?
I don't even care.
(audience laughs)
I don't even care.
You look sophisticated though.
I like that.
I like sophisticated, intelligent women.
I do, I like an intelligent, sophisticated woman.
I don't like a woman who calls it come, ugh.
(audience laughs)
Because it's came at that point anyway.
I'm going to come.
I came.
Now, darling, why don't you go wash the went off your face.
Sophisticated women.
That's basically a grammar joke with dirty words
so settle down, everyone.
Thank you very much.
(audience cheers)
- Give it up for Jon Dore!
He came, he went, he conquered.
That was a riff.
(cheering)
- Good job, good job.
- Thank you.
I wasn't anticipating enjoying it, but I did.
- I thought I would like it a little bit.
- His set?
- No.
- You thought you'd like his set a little bit?
- Yeah, me too.