I came across an interesting write up on the ThirdCoast Digest website the other day written by DJ Hostettler. It talks about a stand up night at a local bar in West Allis that featured one horribly, horribly bad ‘comedian’. Luckily, the other comics at the evenings events were able to redeem the show by making fun of said comedian, and in fact, did dramatic readings of his set word-for-word with far better results.
As one of the comics stated that evening, “I have never seen a man fail so thoroughly and just keep taking this kind of abuse”. ThirdCoast has graciously allowed Milwaukee Comedy to re-post portions of this article for your enjoyment:
“… Still, this was painful. Entire sentences were met with dead silence, to be followed with “come on, you motherfuckers, you’re supposed to laugh!” The bulk of his material was a string of expletives that George Carlin would have criticized for being a waste of quality swears. At one point, he seemed gleeful that an audience member heckled him because it allowed him to launch into a prepared retort that involved three uses of the c-word. Finally, mercifully, he was cut short by Colt Cabana rushing the stage and yelling “JOHNNY D, EVERYBODY!” which drew bigger laughs than anything in his set.
Here’s where shit got real.
“During the next comic, Johnny D wouldn’t stop loudly, drunkenly bitching about how he got yanked early. “Oh, I’m the shitty comic tonight, huh?” (Answer: yes.) So the next guy in line, a delightful, “I-listen-to-Animal-Collective-unironically” disheveled hipster nerd type, opened his set by saying, “I’m going to mix things up a bit and do some slam poetry. I call this ‘Angry Comic.’”
Be sure to click on the link below for the full article – definitely worth reading – as well as more photos and video of the event!
Read the full article here: ThirdCoast Digest: The Ballad of Johnny D