I have to say that what you are about to see in the video below is a professional comedian not only completely destroy a heckler — but do it in such a way that I must applaud him for how skillfully he did it.
The comedian is Todd Glass who was featured among many other pro comedians in the stand-up comedy documentary I Am Comic directed by Jordan Brady (now available on DVD).
Hecklers are an occupational hazard for comedians.
And it doesn’t help when people in the audience are consuming too much “liquid courage”, if you get my drift.
It takes tremendous courage and skill that can only be garnered from experience to deal with a heckler effectively like Todd Glass does in this amazing video, without having to resort to using “stock” heckler lines like many comedians do.
There is much to be learned from this video and my only regret is that I wasn’t there to see it happen live (my comments are below the video):
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