Comments for "Woman at a comedy show in Australia with no sense of humor" Video at VideoSift.com

By Krupo

Krupo (http://krupo.videosift.com) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:12:08 -0800

WOW, that was intense.

By CamW

CamW (http://www.videosift.com/member/CamW) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:17:41 -0800

lol what an annoying bitch

see the poor bastard next to her squirm

By Majortomyorke

Majortomyorke (http://www.videosift.com/member/Majortomyorke) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:20:23 -0800

Some people just see things that aren't really there. The only person that thinks she is "the brown girl" is her.

By jake

jake (http://www.videosift.com/member/jake) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:40:58 -0800

that was fucking... awesome

guy next to her was funny, his pain was probably what made it so visceral

By anyprophet

anyprophet (http://www.videosift.com/member/anyprophet) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:07:11 -0800

One of the oddities of comedy is that, unless you're massively famous, people don't specifically come to see you. They just come to the comedy club to see whoever is performing. So most people don't know what they're getting in to. And it leads to great moments like this.

By 11807

11807 (http://www.videosift.com/member/11807) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:20:35 -0800

Takes one to know one.

Sounds like a classic closet racist to me

I'm guessing she doesn't think certain comments are racist unless they are directed at her.

Maybe she's just really sensitive....kinda doubting it.

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:05:14 -0800

You can tell this guy has had a lot of experience and has obviously dealt with hecklers quite a bit.

By budzos

budzos (http://www.videosift.com/member/budzos) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:57:28 -0800

That was bloody fantastic!

By ponceleon

ponceleon (http://www.videosift.com/member/ponceleon) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:40:32 -0800

He basically said it best: "Why are you here?"

I mean, seriously, why do you go to a comedy show if your skin is so f'in thin?

By RhesusMonk

RhesusMonk (http://www.videosift.com/member/RhesusMonk) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:59:00 -0800

Smells fake to me. Still good, though.

By videosiftbannedme

videosiftbannedme (http://www.videosift.com/member/videosiftbannedme) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:14:48 -0800

Everything the whole night was directed at her? Oh, absolutely! I'm sure the first thing every comic does when they head out on stage is "Oh, I am so fucking with that person for the rest of the night..."

He so did the right thing. Eject the troublemaker and tell her to shove off.

By dw1117

dw1117 (http://www.videosift.com/member/dw1117) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:15:27 -0800

Imagine her being your date.

By conan

conan (http://www.videosift.com/member/conan) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:25:33 -0800

Looks like i am the only one who thinks that HE was the one being over the top rude. she interrupted his program, it's ok to be angry about that. But there certainly are millions of ways to handle that situation better than he did. Even if he didn't insult her personaly in the first place, with the stuff he directed directly to her he absolutely did.

Not funny in my eyes. But hey, we're are democracy, aren't we? ;-)

By popey

popey (http://www.videosift.com/member/popey) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:34:01 -0800

>> ^conan:
Looks like i am the only one who thinks that HE was the one being over the top rude. she interrupted his program, it's ok to be angry about that. But there certainly are millions of ways to handle that situation better than he did. Even if he didn't insult her personaly in the first place, with the stuff he directed directly to her he absolutely did.

Not funny in my eyes. But hey, we're are democracy, aren't we? ;-)

Of course he was being rude, and he has every right to be rude. First of all he's a comedian, and debating about racism in a stand-up comedy is stupid and boring. Second of all, he was in the middle of a performance. If she had tried to speak to him about her views after his act I imagine he wouldn't have spoken to her like that.

By maximillian

maximillian (http://www.videosift.com/member/maximillian) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:14:08 -0800

Lots of comics make racist jokes. Carlos Mencia and Lisa Lampanelli are two that I can think of off the top of my head. They aren't being mean, they are merely making a joke. Carlos Mencia makes it a point to insult every race, color, and creed as much as possible because he feels we should all be able to laugh at ourselves. He feels that we should all be able to laugh at ourselves because we all have strengths and weaknesses to some degree, might as well laugh about them.

This comic has a job... make people laugh. If one person can't take it for whatever reason then they should leave. I love his Zulu joke BTW.

BTW, I am Italian. I have had my share of Italian jokes - even aimed at me. I laugh. My first name is Marco. I have had hundreds of people say "Marco Polo" when they hear my name. I don't care. I turn it back on them and pretend I have never heard it my life. Then they go off for about a minute trying to explain the (pretty much lame after several hundred times hearing it) joke to me. Inevitably they will mention kids playing Marco Polo in the pool. At that point I jump in and tell them that as a kid I only played "Marco {my last name}" in the pool. The look on their face when they realize that I got them is priceless. Sure I could get mad that someone is picking on my name. Instead I get creative and make their joke far funnier. One person told me that she told her son about it and her son told her, "mom, how can you be so gullible?" That was great to hear.

One of the person that tried this on me was an HR person at my current job. Later when she explained the company's no-name calling policy I threatened to report her for her "Marco Polo" jokes. She knows I am not being serious. I often remind her that I am stopping in later so she can help me fill out a complaint form against her. She still makes Marco Polo jokes. It's funny and we both smile.

Life is short. If you can't laugh at yourself then life will only seem shorter.

By grinter

grinter (http://www.videosift.com/member/grinter) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:26:01 -0800

I suppose opinions differ.
Racist jokes suck.. and the fact that lots of comedians go for the cheap racist laugh sucks.
I wouldn't know whether the comedians are ^mean, or just ignorant. In this guy's case it looks like ignorance, as evidenced by his blindness to the heckler's point about the Zulu with a bone through the nose.

that said. that woman should have left without a scene.. maybe stood around with a sign outside the show or something. Just cause you think something sucks, doesn't mean you have to ruin it for everyone who feels differently.

By transporter

transporter (http://www.videosift.com/member/transporter) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:40:02 -0800

what a ho

By aspartam

aspartam (http://www.videosift.com/member/aspartam) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:42:48 -0800

It seems that destroying a heckler is in order to make it as a comedian nowadays. Think about it. Did you guys know who the fuck this guy was until now? I can think of so many situations like this, not all involving standup comics, that turned into online gold for the one on stage.

By MarineGunrock

MarineGunrock (http://www.videosift.com/member/MarineGunrock) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:03:33 -0800

The argument was won as soon as he said "Of course I want your approval, I'm a fucking comic!"

By 12145

12145 (http://www.videosift.com/member/12145) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:11:59 -0800

What an utter tit.

She didn't seem to grasp that he was mocking racism.
And how could she not realise it was a JOKE.
Going to see stand-up comedy and thinking what's said isn't a joke is alot like joining the army and saying "oh, we don't have to - you know - actually be soldiers?"

By 9567

9567 (http://www.videosift.com/member/9567) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:20:13 -0800

*fake.....................terrible acting by the guy sitting beside her, and she isnt real, far from it.

By harry

harry (http://www.videosift.com/member/harry) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:54:21 -0800

I like her last-minute Godwin: "Yeah, that's how nazism started!"

Ah yes.. Hitler's infamous stand-up comedy period.

By Throbbin

Throbbin (http://www.videosift.com/member/Throbbin) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:58:51 -0800

Slow the truck down people.

First of all, based on her comment that "he has been picking on [me] all night" we can't tell - maybe he was. Maybe this was just the culmination of a dozen small slights aimed at her. Just because we don't see it, doesn't mean it didn't happen.

If this is the case, shame on the sift. If not, then she was rightly ridiculed out.

But I figgered the sift would reserve judgement until more information (longer clip?) was available.

By JAPR

JAPR (http://www.videosift.com/member/JAPR) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:03:31 -0800

Throbbin, what you don't realize is that comedians don't just go up on stage and just start saying everything that comes to mind, at least good ones don't. They have their set planned out already.

By JiggaJonson

JiggaJonson (http://www.videosift.com/member/JiggaJonson) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:40:08 -0800

Im not one who enjoys racist jokes but the ones that this man was telling were funny ONLY because he was making fun of racism not using racism as a premise for his jokes.

I always get mad at Wanda Sikes and the like because they use racism to create their material, to continue to use her as an example liek 50% of the shit that comes out of her mouth is about how black women have big asses and if SHE says it it's ok because hey, it's like she's making fun of herself, isnt there a Seinfeld about this where Tim Watley becomes a jew for the jokes?

anyway, this guy didnt seem to have it comming, Michael Richards on the other hand, did, we all tend to think that the world revolves around us, im sorry this woman misconstrued this man's act as a slight toward her BUT if he really did intend something (as i am half inclined to suspect by the venomous reply) then shame on him, as it stands, i cant tell

By viewer_999

viewer_999 (http://www.videosift.com/member/viewer_999) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:49:53 -0800

Oh really? Offensive? Really.

I'd hate to try navigating through life with anyone so sensitive.

By StukaFox

StukaFox (http://www.videosift.com/member/StukaFox) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:52:58 -0800

"Tell your story walking -- get fucked!" I'm so using that during my next job interview!

By blankfist

blankfist (http://blankfist.videosift.com) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:18:05 -0800

Fake?

By E_Nygma

E_Nygma (http://www.videosift.com/member/E_Nygma) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:20:21 -0800

i think she's confusing jeering coos with killing jews.

>> ^harry:
I like her last-minute Godwin: "Yeah, that's how nazism started!"

Ah yes.. Hitler's infamous stand-up comedy period.

By alien_concept

alien_concept (http://www.videosift.com/member/alien_concept) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:20:58 -0800

I'd definitely bet on that being staged

By 12391

12391 (http://www.videosift.com/member/12391) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:39:31 -0800

I just came to hate on that stupid twat....

jeezz... So how was it like to be laughed off by a whole audience? did you feel you achieved something?

did nt think so

By spoco2

spoco2 (http://www.videosift.com/member/spoco2) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:33:53 -0800

So, I was trying to find out whether this was fake or not...

The comedian is Brendon Burns, an Aussie comedian who works primarily in the UK now. His Myspace is here where this video is listed as part of his viral marketing for his DVD. (seems to be working).

From watching a few more of his clips, I would say he's actually quite a thinker really, this clip (it's long) has him on stage at an Aussie club with Chopper Reed and another comic, and there's a heckler there who spews racist crap, and he takes him down a few notches, he's not racist. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3CTAmfb8pI

People can be so, so, so damn sensitive about the most ridiculous things. This particular joke he makes is pointing out the ridiculousness of racism, it is NOT racist itself.

By doogle

doogle (http://www.videosift.com/member/doogle) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:17:07 -0800

So...which one is she?
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Indian or Pakistani?

By legacy0100

legacy0100 (http://www.videosift.com/member/legacy0100) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:25:36 -0800

wait, after watching the clip over and over, I think the guy on her right was actually her friend or something.

Because she kept looking at him for his support, and the guy was actually trying to make faces, making it seem like he was as disappointed as she was.

By joedirt

joedirt (http://www.videosift.com/member/joedirt) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:28:17 -0800

Yeah, fuck this lame ass viral video. EEEeeewww, how controversial, you plug some confrontation moment from a live show. I'm betting it was all acting, because I assumed the dude was there with that girl, but did NOT leave with her.

Total bullocks.

"a viral campaign for my new dvd please forward"

By joedirt

joedirt (http://www.videosift.com/member/joedirt) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:28:36 -0800

*commercial *viral

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:28:37 -0800

Adding video to channels (Commercial, Viral) - requested by joedirt.

By 13623

13623 (http://www.videosift.com/member/13623) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:45:15 -0800

i clicked this video thinking i would have to defend aussies but shes clearly english so its cool.

By sbchapm

sbchapm (http://www.videosift.com/member/sbchapm) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:49:32 -0800

You guys, this is fake. Bad acting etc. But the main tip off to me is that there's a camera (not hand held, by the way) set up right on her. It's bad.

By 12337

12337 (http://www.videosift.com/member/12337) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:01:05 -0800

>> ^sbchapm:
You guys, this is fake. Bad acting etc. But the main tip off to me is that there's a camera (not hand held, by the way) set up right on her. It's bad.

Never heard of the crowd shot? It's where cameras cut to the audience to see their approval of the joke. Camera's also have a lovely thing attached to them called the camera-man (or camera person) whose job it is to point the camera at something. Interesting stuff, you should watch more TV as your research assignment

By Peroxide

Peroxide (http://www.videosift.com/member/Peroxide) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:04:40 -0800

Could someone find the first part of his set?

By Xax

Xax (http://www.videosift.com/member/Xax) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:48:13 -0800

I do enjoy it when someone considers themselves so important to share with everyone that they're offended, as if anyone should give a fuck.

By aspartam

aspartam (http://www.videosift.com/member/aspartam) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:05:03 -0800

These are all shills planted for the performers promotional campaigns

http://www.videosift.com/video/Guy-gets-wedgied-at-ComicCon-in-defense-of-Ping-Pong-srsly
http://www.videosift.com/video/Joe-Rogan-Vs-Heckler
http://www.videosift.com/video/How-George-Carlin-Handles-a-Heckler

By charliem

charliem (http://www.videosift.com/member/charliem) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:14:46 -0800

Not australian.
English.

The guy may be aussie born, but the crowd, and half the slang he uses isnt.

By kymbos

kymbos (http://www.videosift.com/member/kymbos) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:21:20 -0800

Marco Polo was a racist.

By faceman

faceman (http://www.videosift.com/member/faceman) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:49:53 -0800

*British not *Downunder

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:49:53 -0800

Invocations (british, downunder) cannot be called by faceman because faceman is not privileged - sorry.

By faceman

faceman (http://www.videosift.com/member/faceman) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:50:52 -0800

That's ok siftbot, just wanted it noted

By thepinky

thepinky (http://www.videosift.com/member/thepinky) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:06:05 -0800

The only bad acting was the guy next to her who was only bad at trying to act sad for her sake. I don't think it's fake.

Also, I think when she talks about being targeted she is referring to the comic looking at her or gesturing toward her with his hand after he makes a joke that involves race. If you watch his hand and where he looks when he says, "Which one are you?" he appears to be looking and pointing straight at her based on where we know her to be later. Not defending her, just pointing that out.

By sbchapm

sbchapm (http://www.videosift.com/member/sbchapm) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:40:03 -0800

>> ^Creperum:
>> ^sbchapm:
You guys, this is fake. Bad acting etc. But the main tip off to me is that there's a camera (not hand held, by the way) set up right on her. It's bad.

Never heard of the crowd shot? It's where cameras cut to the audience to see their approval of the joke. Camera's also have a lovely thing attached to them called the camera-man (or camera person) whose job it is to point the camera at something. Interesting stuff, you should watch more TV as your research assignment

I'm not sure why I deserve this tone of reply, but yes, I do know those things. My thought was that usually, when there's a random response, such as hers, it's not that easy for the "camera-man" as you call him to lock in like that. It just seems fake to me, that's all. I didn't insult your mother or anything. But I do think that one of the reasons that I like this site is that people can have decent conversations without relying on sarcasm too much. Don't you think the guy next to her is a bit over the top? I think so. Do you? This is a called a conversation.

By 8266

8266 (http://www.videosift.com/member/8266) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:16:25 -0800

"Of course I want your approval, I'm a fucking comic!"

ahahaha

By obscenesimian

obscenesimian (http://www.videosift.com/member/obscenesimian) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:42:58 -0800

These comments need a little of the same that the twat in the video got.

Wherefore art thou ghost of Choggie?

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:13:32 -0800

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Heckler, comedian, australia' to 'Heckler, comedian, australia, brendon burns' - edited by maatc

By obscenesimian

obscenesimian (http://www.videosift.com/member/obscenesimian) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:39:57 -0800

Choggie

By shole

shole (http://www.videosift.com/member/shole) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:55:00 -0700

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN3W9PE55dw
yup

By BeLikeMrBungle

BeLikeMrBungle (http://www.videosift.com/member/BeLikeMrBungle) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:28:50 -0800

Hey everyone. I have seen the whole show, there is no debate about whether this is a set-up because if you'd seen it all after she storms off both the man and woman come out on stage and perform a musical number with him. They showed the whole thing on Paramount Comedy a couple of weeks ago.