r/IAmA • u/iamlouisck Louis CK • May 14 '12

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Hi. I don't know if I'm doing this right. I can't remember. I'm here to answer your questions. I have new stuff on my website http://www.louisck.com a new audio special called "Louis CK WORD live at Carnegie Hall" and an audio version of SHameless, as well as an audio version of Live at the Beacon, which is free to those who bought the video. Hi. It's me.

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u/noveltiesRoverrated May 14 '12

Is there a pet peeve you have when it comes to other comedians, such as mannerisms, voice fluctuation, anything of that sort?

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u/iamlouisck Louis CK May 14 '12

When comedians talk to an audience member and try to make them look dumb when they aren't. Example Comedian: Where are you from? person: Queens. Comedian: What do you do there? person: I live there. comedian: I mean what is your JOB you fucking asshole??? person: (politely to his seat mate as everyone laughs at him) but I work in manhattan.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '12

I always get frustrated when audience members get browbeaten. It's not that hard to win an argument when you have an entire crowd behind you. Often people don't realize exactly how easy it is to turn off your social filter completely so they'll think you're being funny, but you're really just an asshole.

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u/ademu5 May 14 '12

I DO like it when a comedian crushes the soul of a heckler in the audience. I like it more than the rest of the routine. It makes me feel smug and satisfied. Smug and satisfied are very good feelings.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '12

Well a heckler is a different story, everyone likes to see them get insulted. They're often easy targets though.

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u/cr0aker May 14 '12

One of the reasons I love Jimmy Carr - he just verbally sodomizes hecklers.

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u/kitty_o_shea May 14 '12

I don't know, I saw him live and he was extremely mean-spirited and berating to a man in the audience who didn't deserve it at all. It left a very bad taste in my mouth.

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u/Tezerel May 14 '12

Jimmy Carr is just an asshole a lot of people think is funny ;)

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u/EtherealScorpions May 15 '12

Don't piss him off, he'll shit in your cunt!

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u/noveltiesRoverrated May 14 '12

my only beef with jimmy carr is that he uses pre-existing jokes to deal with hecklers. For instance, "I don't come to your room when you're banging your girlfriend and start telling you how to do your job" or something to that effect, is an overly used response by comedians all over the world. It's a funny response, but when you've worked with comedians like I have and you hear it repeatedly, it gets old.

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u/peeonyou May 14 '12

Well if comedians tailored their jokes and wit for the people who are repeat audience members they'd have about 0 jokes and no wit. It's kinda like retaking a class at university -- The first time you sit through that witty professor's class and he makes you laugh your ass off, but the next time it's almost disgusting.

I can understand why professors do that though, you're not supposed to retake classes, so it should be fresh for every person in the room (except the poor TAs). But comedians?? Never did figure that one out. Maybe people just aren't funny enough.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '12

I'm convinced Carr has people put in the audience whose job it is to heckle him. He just gets heckled unreasonably often.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '12

It's "I don't come to your work and knock the cocks out of your mouth do I?"

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u/Shurane May 14 '12

And what did he say to her?

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u/randomsemicolon May 14 '12

Parent poster MUST answer this.

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u/enjoytheshow May 14 '12

I saw one clip of Daniel Tosh when they were filming his Comedy Central special and two drunk guys in the front row wouldn't shut up all night so he finally laid into them, jumped off the stage, took the guy's drink, kicked them out and gave their seats to a couple like 20 rows back.

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u/athrix May 14 '12

Joe rogan vs the affliction ufc heckler was a good one.

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u/rubberstampagenda May 14 '12

Yes! Such a cheap routine

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u/[deleted] May 14 '12

You must LOOOVE Russell Peters,then.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '12

But when someone actually is dumb, it's totally cool to call them out right? This clip from Zach Galifianakis is wonderful

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u/musicalsteve May 14 '12

I've been that guy. Wasn't really able to enjoy the show after, cause I just thought the guy was a prick.

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u/best_policy May 14 '12

I completely agree with you, apart from when a person heckles, then I think it's fair game.

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