i want to pay money to see you but also
i'll try to undermine you at any moment
welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
times comedians destroyed hecklers
there you go i've got a scottish person
swearing at me there thank you very much
sometimes people just want me to talk
nasty to them right
they get it then they're satisfied
is that a piece of advice you feel
necessary to give people pretty
regularly or
because for the most part i think it
doesn't come up
for this list we'll be looking at the
funniest and most unforgiving instances
of comedians laying into audience
members who interrupted them on stage
which comedian do you think has the best
responses to hecklers
be sure to let us know in the comments
below now let the heckling begin
number 10 steve harvey most people know
steve harvey as the outrageous host of
family feud
but he has been performing stand-up
comedy since 1985. well goddamn
charlotte i got news for you the kang's
is here
and as it turns out he is quite adept at
one of the profession's more challenging
obstacles
harvey served as the master of
ceremonies and spike lee's the original
kings of comedy
and absolutely let it rip on various
audience members who decided to leave in
the middle of his set
hey dog where y'all going this movie we
shooting
we just can't have the front row empty
bring your ass
back he decides to both steal and wear
one of their coats
and when they return harvey digs into
the ware's seemingly
questionable profession of computer
technology you shouldn't even judge a
book by its cover but
there's nothing about you that says
computer
or school the allegations are very
thinly veiled
but boogie takes it all in stride number
9.
michael mcintyre serving as one of the
highest grossing stand-up comedians of
2012
michael mcintyre is well known for his
work on britain's got talent and the bbc
one's
michael mcintyre's comedy roadshow
during one of his performances
mcintyre claimed that you don't mess
with a scot
owing it to their scary accent resulting
in a scottish man yelling from the
audience
there you go i've got a scottish person
swearing at me there thank you very much
what was that you're a bastard oh that
is well that's
that's um i don't know if that's the
latest word you've learned but i
certainly know it's the first words that
babies learn in scotland
this prompts mcintyre to launch into a
four-minute long joke about scottish
people and their culture
what's that you got there tape
[Applause]
put some tartan packaging on that date
my friend
that's got to say that's real man's team
some of the best bits include mcintyre's
convincing scottish
accent and a hilarious go at scottish
money which you'll find is legal tender
by the way
try and spend that ball good luck you'll
starve with
awesome much frustration it's so funny
and smooth that it seems like a scripted
bit
not an off-the-cuff response to a
heckler number eight
russell brand never have a go at russell
brand not because you'll be insulted but
because you'll be subjected to a
sit-down discussion
like brand is your disappointed father
and that's even worse than being
insulted
during his rebirth tour brand was called
a racist by someone in the audience
it's you is it
coming in let's have let's have it out
this prompted bran to literally pull up
a chair
and briefly discuss elements of racism
and identity in wider america
and the issue with baseless accusations
you must know mate
not only like is this a complicated time
in this country where
lots of different questions around
identity race a lot of confusion
around violence a lot of confusion
around fear a lot of
doubt in people's minds by the end the
heckler proclaims their love for bran
and bran returns the favor flipping him
a thumbs up in the process
i've got to take those on no more of
that sort of silly business you young
man
i love you as well good boy that's more
like it lies down
he even calls the heckler a good boy
further proving that brand is
everyone's disappointed dad number seven
bryson turner there are two elements
that make up a great heckler comeback
comedic timing and word choice comedian
bryce and turner nailed them both
turner is interrupted by a woman in the
audience who claims that the first time
he had sex
was yesterday this is how bad i was at
sex the first time the first time i ever
had sex
yesterday it's actually quite funny in
context and the audience shares a good
long laugh at turner's expense
like a shark turner simply stands there
and lets them laugh
waiting for his opportunity to strike
and then he let loose with three simple
words that had the audience laughing
even louder
and the best part about it the woman can
be heard apologizing
right before turner lets her have it
number six
hannibal burris while on his comedy
commisado tour in delaware
hannibal burris was interrupted by a
heckler burris asks why they can't hold
their liquor before launching into a
brutal three-minute long
diatribe when i'm drunk i like to ruin
one or two people's nights
a cab driver a bartender
a woman that i'm seeing that's what i
i don't go in a big venue
he begins with an especially fierce shot
at the heckler and it only gets worse
from there
he also rightfully points out that the
heckler isn't even appearing on camera
so their need for attention has been
totally invalidated
you sir uh social terrorist
you're a social terrorist you have a
bigger need for attention than i do
uh at least i worked there and then got
on television
you just be in the darkness and
and therein lies the differences in
hecklers some do it for the fun
others for the attention and those are
the worst kinds of hecklers
i just i just i'm fascinated with
uh what hecklers like to not just
individuals like the psychology of it
well somebody's like i'm gonna pay money
to see you but also
i'll try to undermine you at any moment
number five jimmy carr this english
comedian is world renowned for his dark
humor
and merciless wit so heckling him is the
last thing you want to do
unfortunately people just don't seem to
get this i would love if i could just
let it go but i can't
there are rules but you don't mind me
sharing with the group so it makes it
much easier we can go old school
car has a long history of putting down
hecklers in exceedingly brutal ways
what's your name are you trying to say
gary
what's me gary
not afraid to throw around offensive
names he's made fun of toby's mother and
called someone the dumbest person in
glasgow
to the hilarious agreement of his wife
it's definitely a part of carr's show as
he openly welcomes hecklers
but they always look a little put down
and hurt afterwards
almost as if they asked for it
stop stalling don't panic sir
i've got this i'll have to put you on
waiting
number four daniel tosh known primarily
for his comedy central program
tosh.0 daniel tosh operates much like
jimmy carr through his intentionally
offensive and caustic style of humor
when i came out the first time and i was
like hey don't have them sit here i was
serious and
and they didn't think i was because i
really didn't want you there
while performing on stage tosh becomes
distracted by two drunk men
in the front and asked them to stop
we're just gonna edit around you're
telling us so try not to talk is that
cool
all right thanks right when they don't
tosh reaches into the audience and takes
their drink
he proceeds to have them kicked out and
places two other audience members in
their seats
go go through there go there yeah i want
you to take those two front seats right
now
yeah you got tattoos they'll listen to
you
what makes this one so great isn't
tasha's funny comebacks as there really
aren't any he just seems legitimately
pissed off
and isn't afraid to let him know it
number three
greg geraldo before sadly passing away
in 2010
greg geraldo became famous for his work
on comedy central's hilarious rose
specials
while performing a stand-up bit on jello
someone in the audience tells geraldo to
avoid utah's jell-o
whatever that means i gotta say i do
have a few rules that i live by and
that's not one of them yet but it's uh
i'm gonna definitely add that to my
notebook of helpful hints
geraldo goes off on the ridiculous and
nonsensical piece of advice for two
minutes
and he somehow manages to make the
subject of jello absolutely hilarious
you know what you just ruined my whole
summer vacation plans
here i had rented the trailer got myself
a special spoon
nice bib i was all set to make the trip
down there
it takes a special kind of comedian to
make such a weird subject so captivating
but geraldo was just such
a comedian but seriously we want an
answer
what's wrong with utah's jello don't go
to utah for jello
is that a piece of advice you feel
necessary to give people pretty
regularly or
because for the most part i think it
doesn't come up
number two joan rivers world renowned
for her unique approach to comedy
joan rivers was yet another comedienne
with a course wit
and a very unpc style of humor this is
perhaps most evident in her stand up a
glorious piece of which appeared in the
2010 documentary
joan rivers a piece of work rivers makes
a joke about helen keller which a man in
the audience
really didn't care for the only child
that i think i would have liked ever was
helen keller because she didn't talk
and it's just
yes it is rivers in turn didn't care for
his interjection
resulting in a truly hostile and
confrontational yelling match between
the two
i happen to have a deaf mother oh you
stupid ass
let's just say that the word stupid gets
brought up more than once
oh please you are so stupid comedy is to
make everybody
laugh at everything and deal with things
you idiot
it's like watching your parents fight
all you can do is sit there in
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number one richard pryor often regarded
as the greatest
and most influential stand-up comedian
of all time
richard pryor captivated the world
throughout the 70s and early 80s with
his enjoyable storytelling
hilarious cultural observations and
endless profanity
he was also incredibly fast and utterly
commanding of the audience
as evident and as special here and now
pryor is repeatedly interrupted by
hecklers but pryor handles them with
incredible grace and maturity
well thank you thank you baby
go ahead you're gonna help drunk each
other
show me right yeah he lets rip a fierce
joke or two
but he doesn't spend minutes raging on
the heckler their looks or their
behavior
sometimes people just want me to talk
nasty to them right
then they get it and then they satisfy
yourself he shows incredible composure
humility and command
proving that the best thing you can do
against a troll
is to just ignore oh you don't have to
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