Embarrassing night at Jimeoin(comedian) in Revolution.

Boooourns

Anyone at the gig here?
I went there was was cringing thanks to some people in the audience. There was a group of people from a Tesco night out who sat right up the front and they went on to completley ruin the night for everyone else in the audience. They talked and laughed at their own private jokes that it was impossible for Jimeoin to get into his routine. He tried to ask them to stop and when he'd get going they'd just start talking again. At one point he tried to sing some funny songs and then they'd just all stand up and go out for a cigarette so then you couldn't hear the song.
I just couldn't understand it, if they didn't think he was funny then why didn't they just leave instead of making a complete mess of the night in front of an excellent comedian.
When he did get going in parts he was very funny but he was constantly getting distracted as where the rest of us by their complete lack of respect of the gig. He tried to chat to some of them and have a laugh but then when he'd start his routine they'd start up again. One lad who he told to be quiet got into a big sulk about it and was even trying to give him dirty looks, i was tempted to deck him at the end of the night but i'd look like the fool then.

Had to get my frustration out and post it on here.

gscully

Boooourns wrote: »

Anyone at the gig here?
I went there was was cringing thanks to some people in the audience. There was a group of people from a Tesco night out who sat right up the front and they went on to completley ruin the night for everyone else in the audience. They talked and laughed at their own private jokes that it was impossible for Jimeoin to get into his routine. He tried to ask them to stop and when he'd get going they'd just start talking again. At one point he tried to sing some funny songs and then they'd just all stand up and go out for a cigarette so then you couldn't hear the song.
I just couldn't understand it, if they didn't think he was funny then why didn't they just leave instead of making a complete mess of the night in front of an excellent comedian.
When he did get going in parts he was very funny but he was constantly getting distracted as where the rest of us by their complete lack of respect of the gig. He tried to chat to some of them and have a laugh but then when he'd start his routine they'd start up again. One lad who he told to be quiet got into a big sulk about it and was even trying to give him dirty looks, i was tempted to deck him at the end of the night but i'd look like the fool then.

Had to get my frustration out and post it on here.

Sorry to hear that. He's one of my favourites. Never seen him live, but have listened to clips of him.

If he could only speak Polish he may well have succeeded in reaching out to the Tesco gang.

ziedth

In my 26 years on this planet OP I have really only one certainty. People are knobs, plain and simple.

I have to say in your position I'd be far from happy.

Boooourns

gscully wrote: »

Sorry to hear that. He's one of my favourites. Never seen him live, but have listened to clips of him.

If he could only speak Polish he may well have succeeded in reaching out to the Tesco gang.

Nah they were all from Waterford. At one stage he said it was his toughest gig in 20years, not a thing you want to be hearing from a pretty famous comedian.

jonnyfingers

Did the rest of the audience not stand up to these lads and tell them to shut up?

abouttobebanned

they should have been booted out

Boooourns

jonnyfingers wrote: »

Did the rest of the audience not stand up to these lads and tell them to shut up?

It was mostly women, there was about 7/8 of them talking the whole time, to be fair it wasn't all of the gang making the noise. When he asked them to stop it got a cheer for everyone, they did stop for a while but then when their attention span wandered they'd start chatting again.
Unfortuantly the gig didn't sell too well so that didn't help the atmosphere of it and also it was on the Escape nightclub which is an awful place to have a comedy gig.

Boooourns

abouttobebanned wrote: »

they should have been booted out

I wouldn't mind but Flash was there for the whole gig and done nothing, he could of and should of had a word at least during the break.

Yes Boss

And you wonder why there is no meaningful entertainment in Waterford. The ignorance of some people in Waterford - is unbearable!

Chris P. Bacon

Boooourns wrote: »

Nah they were all from Waterford. At one stage he said it was his toughest gig in 20years, not a thing you want to be hearing from a pretty famous comedian.

I'd hardly call Jimeoin a pretty famous comedian,more of a well known plastic paddy,maybe he was having a bad night and he was using the people making the noise as an excuse.

Boooourns wrote: »

I wouldn't mind but Flash was there for the whole gig and done nothing, he could of and should of had a word at least during the break.

I'd say your making a mountain out of a mole hill to be honest,if it were as bad as your saying I'm sure Flash would of said something.

gscully

Richie Cranium wrote: »

I'd hardly call Jimeoin a pretty famous comedian,more of a well known plastic paddy,maybe he was having a bad night and he was using the people making the noise as an excuse.

He is a famous comedian and has a big profile in Australia.

Richie Cranium wrote: »

I'd say your making a mountain out of a mole hill to be honest,if it were as bad as your saying I'm sure Flash would of said something.

Aside from the fact that the comedian had to ask them to shut up and called it his toughest gig, I'll take the word of someone who was actually there!

Chris P. Bacon

gscully wrote: »

He is a famous comedian and has a big profile in Australia.



Aside from the fact that the comedian had to ask them to shut up and called it his toughest gig, I'll take the word of someone who was actually there!

He doesn't have a big profile in Australia,he is well known on the comedy scene in Melbourne,and has been on TV a bit,i lived in Melbourne for a few years and i have seen his crap on the telly I have also seen him once on stage there,he had this weird Irish come Aussie sort of accent,and when i seen him in Dublin last year he had an Irish accent without any of the Aussie in it, although in saying that i did find "The Craic" mildly amusing.

Flyin Irishman

Boooourns wrote: »

I wouldn't mind but Flash was there for the whole gig and done nothing, he could of and should of had a word at least during the break.

Id imagine Flash was wary of saying anything incase tesco dont go to his place for their staff night outs anymore. He always tries to get staff nights as if people get in a routine of going to his place he's guaranteed a decent sized group on a semi-regular basis.

Sounds shockin though, but as was said... People are knobs

foxylad2

Boooourns wrote: »

It was mostly women, there was about 7/8 of them talking the whole time, to be fair it wasn't all of the gang making the noise. When he asked them to stop it got a cheer for everyone, they did stop for a while but then when their attention span wandered they'd start chatting again.
Unfortuantly the gig didn't sell too well so that didn't help the atmosphere of it and also it was on the Escape nightclub which is an awful place to have a comedy gig.

i was at the gig - was not impressed with Jimeoin at all - we did talk to the tesco gang at half time and they quietned down - but tbh - Jimeoin acted the b***** from the time he arrived and threw several temper tantrums.
As for Escape not being good for comedy - earlier this year
PJ Gallagher - sold out gig 230 ppl
Neil Delamere - sold out gig 230 ppl
Jason Byrne - 190 bums on seats -
smaller gigs for charities and WIT were all good performances from Steve Cummins, Simon O'Keffee, Damien Clarke, John Colleary, John Lynn, Patrick McDonnell etc etc

Comedy is a hard sell in Waterford - as is any type of gig these days -
people need to get out and suppost comedy, bands, theatre,
or promotors will cease to be interested in coming here!

Nolanger

First Gilbert O'Sullivan now Jimeoin! They should have been removed by security - that's what happens in a Dublin comedy club.

Butternutz1

abouttobebanned wrote: »

they should have been booted out

Best of luck with your pub......

Your gonna need it

Boooourns

foxylad2 wrote: »

i was at the gig - was not impressed with Jimeoin at all - we did talk to the tesco gang at half time and they quietned down - but tbh - Jimeoin acted the b***** from the time he arrived and threw several temper tantrums.
As for Escape not being good for comedy - earlier this year
PJ Gallagher - sold out gig 230 ppl
Neil Delamere - sold out gig 230 ppl
Jason Byrne - 190 bums on seats -
smaller gigs for charities and WIT were all good performances from Steve Cummins, Simon O'Keffee, Damien Clarke, John Colleary, John Lynn, Patrick McDonnell etc etc

Comedy is a hard sell in Waterford - as is any type of gig these days -
people need to get out and suppost comedy, bands, theatre,
or promotors will cease to be interested in coming here!

Can you tell me what these temper tantrums as i didn't see any on stage? if he thew them with the staff then thats a different matter.
I thought he was very funny as did a lot of people around me when he did get going.
Trust me i'm not having a dig at Flash as i'm delighted he's getting these gigs, i really didn't like the setup for the gig but that wasn't why i was pissed off. The night was ruined by those people and they did carry on after the break as he had to stop and ask them to stop talking which was fair enough. And then you had some of them standing up talking to eachother when he was singing.
It won't stop me from going to more gigs at all in Waterford, i just wanted to highlight the people involved who were pretty ignorant on the night.

Boooourns

Richie Cranium wrote: »

I'd hardly call Jimeoin a pretty famous comedian,more of a well known plastic paddy,maybe he was having a bad night and he was using the people making the noise as an excuse.



I'd say your making a mountain out of a mole hill to be honest,if it were as bad as your saying I'm sure Flash would of said something.

Ha! What an odd post. I was there, i posted up what happened, i'm sorry i don't have the dvd although i do know it was recorded so i'll get you a copy of that.

At the end of the night i ended up talking to a few people who were p*ssed off as well. I saw Flash talking to one lad in particular at the end of the gig so i presume he said something to him.

Godsentme

Boooourns wrote: »

Nah they were all from Waterford. At one stage he said it was his toughest gig in 20years, not a thing you want to be hearing from a pretty famous comedian.

Not Famous, and Definately not PRETTY!:eek:

Boooourns

Godsentme wrote: »

Not Famous, and Definately not PRETTY!:eek:

Haha he has some skull on him alright. What i meant by famous was he's big on the comedy scene, i've regulary seen him on Live at the Apollo and other big comedy events on the telly. Famous was probably too strong a word.

Chris P. Bacon

Boooourns wrote: »

Ha! What an odd post. I was there, i posted up what happened, i'm sorry i don't have the dvd although i do know it was recorded so i'll get you a copy of that.

No its ok,thank you, I don't want a copy, I don't find him funny in the slightest,but each to their own.

abouttobebanned

Butternutz1 wrote: »

Best of luck with your pub......

Your gonna need it

Lol WTF

Care to explain yourself?

Boooourns

Richie Cranium wrote: »

No its ok,thank you, I don't want a copy, I don't find him funny in the slightest,but each to their own.

and thank you for your input on this thread.

Chris P. Bacon

Boooourns wrote: »

and thank you for your input on this thread.

I gave my input on Jimeoin,in this thread that you started,there is no need to thank me, that's what boards.ie and other internet forums are about,see people start threads on things they like/dislike,and the OP (Original poster) likes to hear other peoples opinions and views on the topic in the thread,but every now and again people who reply to these threads might not have the same view/opinion as the OP,and so a discussion starts on various things related to the topic and more often than not the discussion strays away from the topic,and so when that happens a MOD (Moderator) steps in and tells the people posting to stay on topic,and sure enough everybody go's back to talking about the topic.

So in other words,get over yourself.

Boooourns

Richie Cranium wrote: »

I gave my input on Jimeoin,in this thread that you started,there is no need to thank me, that's what boards.ie and other internet forums are about,see people start threads on things they like/dislike,and the OP (Original poster) likes to hear other peoples opinions and views on the topic in the thread,but every now and again people who reply to these threads might not have the same view/opinion as the OP,and so a discussion starts on various things related to the topic and more often than not the discussion strays away from the topic,and so when that happens a MOD (Moderator) steps in and tells the people posting to stay on topic,and sure enough everybody go's back to talking about the topic.

So in other words,get over yourself.

K, thanx, bye.

abouttobebanned

Lock it and bin it! This thread has been like a magnet for assholes..

Sully

Chillax lads, no need to bite each others heads of.

brendansmith

abouttobebanned wrote: »

This thread has been like a magnet for assholes..

Hi guys!:)

Someone said that this jimeoin guy is big in oz. I dont think that is correct as I never heard of him.

mathepac

brendansmith wrote: »

... I dont think that is correct as I never heard of him.

Yo Dude, in all fairness jimeoin probably never heard of you either, so you're probably quits.

brendansmith

mathepac wrote: »

Yo Dude, in all fairness jimeoin probably never heard of you either, so you're probably quits.

Yo, what up dawg? Dat be a dope point that you be spittin yo. Fo reel!

kryogen

some posts hurt my head

Butternutz1

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Lol WTF

Care to explain yourself?

Of course with that attitude to simply boot out your customers , simply stating your pub won't make it a year if not less .Unfortunately Darren your attitude is like the bar owners in this city gone by, which is simply come into my pub and do as I say or get out and drink elsewhere . So like I said good luck .
Applogies op for off topic so will leave at that

puppetmaster

I would say Jimeoin is Reasonably well known in Australia From his TV apperances. Many Aussies seem to know him. Unfortunatley i dont know why. Dont find him funny at all. although it aint a reason to Ruin his Gig.

Although i Saw Delemare in Waterford a few years back and he had an arsehole Heckler in the second row. Delemare spent 10 minutes rippin shreds off him, was the funniest part of the show. A professional comedian should be able to deal with it tbh , its part of the business.

abouttobebanned

Butternutz1 wrote: »

Of course with that attitude to simply boot out your customers , simply stating your pub won't make it a year if not less .Unfortunately Darren your attitude is like the bar owners in this city gone by, which is simply come into my pub and do as I say or get out and drink elsewhere . So like I said good luck .
Applogies op for off topic so will leave at that

Sigh....

Those people were watching a live show...if you pay to see a comedian, or maybe a musician and proceed to talk your way through the whole thing then I think you should expect to be ejected.

You're just trying to be smart and by using my real name you're trying to convey in some way that you know me and can judge me fairly quickly. I wouldn't bother if I were you.

kryogen

Eh, if a person is being obnoxious and ruining the night for other customers when he clearly has no interest in the show himself/herself, they most certainly should be booted out

Doesnt mean Darren has a bad attitude for saying so tbh

Adyx

Butternutz1 wrote: »

Of course with that attitude to simply boot out your customers , simply stating your pub won't make it a year if not less .Unfortunately Darren your attitude is like the bar owners in this city gone by, which is simply come into my pub and do as I say or get out and drink elsewhere . So like I said good luck .
Applogies op for off topic so will leave at that

So what, people should just be allowed do whatever they like even if it's bothering other patrons? I can only hope that you don't have a bar, club or restaurant with that attitude.

Butternutz1

Ok , Darren I don't know you just know some of your work like battle of the businesses and when you dj , what I am simply saying as a publican/bar manager I believe there is a better way than just booting out these people. Surely a quiet word or moving them to the back of the club. As they were out in a group I'm guessing it was part of a social club or something and they may not have known they were ruining other customers experience.

Adyx I don't own a bar/restaurant or anything like that , my only experience is I used to manage bars and nightclubs in the past and would have been the first person to "boot out" these customers but at the end of the day there are only so many customers
that can be booted out before you have no one coming in

By the way op did you inform flash/ manager that these people were ruining the show for you ?

baronflyguy

I have been to the Forum Comedy night a few times and I was impressed at the way the security guy discreetly handles the nights, he is proactive in his actions. One night he had a word to a hecklar who wouldnt shut up (like it went on for a bit) even after the comedian gave her some 1 to 1 time. Thankfully a quite word sorted it out and she put a sock in it. Someone from Revolution should have sorted it out regardless if there was tension in the background or not.

snuggles09

surely it should be as simple as discreetly asking people to be quiet and if that doesnt work to tell them to leave

if people are in a pub causing a disruption whatever that might be and they are disturbing other patrons, surely you try to please the majority of your patrons and not the small minority causing the trouble

as abouttobebanned said, boot them out...if people are warned and still won't shut up then definitley ask them to leave

Boooourns

Butternutz1 wrote: »

By the way op did you inform flash/ manager that these people were ruining the show for you ?

No i didn't but it was pretty obvious what was happening. Wish i had done thinking back. Should have been handled better by the staff in my opinion but it still won't stop me from going to gigs there.
I've been to a few of the comedy gigs in the forum and i've seen the hecklers as well and it doesn't bother me at all once is all in good fun. I just can't understand people going to a comedy gig and just chat away loudly during parts of it even after been told to stop by one of the staff.

giles lynchwood

Christmas is comming and all those christmas parties i'm sure this was on Flash's mind and no matter what you do the only thing for sure is that you will never please everybody.The key to sucess is put the business first.

deisedevil

I have been there before for a comedy show and I know heckling can be all part and parcel if it and sometimes can add to it if the heckling is good or the comedian puts down the heckler really well. BUT the night I was there we had to put up with two absolute muppets, husband and wife, who insisted on making the most ridiculous comments over and over. Wasn't the slightest bit funny and you could see all the comedians were just completely sick of it and couldn't get into their rhythm at all. It ruined it completly. The staff just stood about doing nothing and saying nothing, Flash included. I have never gone back.

Hecklers are part of stand up, loud morons aren't.

nkay1985

Butternutz1 wrote: »

By the way op did you inform flash/ manager that these people were ruining the show for you ?

In fairness Flash has already said that he was at the gig anad that he talked to the Tesco group at half time. He reckoned they quietened down. The OP didn't think so. Would be interesting to get another person's perspective on it although I'm inclined to believe the OP as he doesn't have a vested interest and because I've experienced problems at a comedy gig before (Ardal O'Hanlon in The Forum a few years ago) which makes me think that some people are just assholes and have no regard for others.

MFZ

nkay1985 wrote: »

Would be interesting to get another person's perspective on it

Ex ante: This was my first visit to the comedy club and I did not know Jimeoin before.

I was disappointed, too. But I do not think it was solely the problem with the Tesco crowd.
I'd assumed this show was just part of their night out, they had a few drinks before and would have some more afterwards and just wanted some fun without focussing on that event.
They maybe were the last straw.

IMHO 2 more problems contributed to the/my disappointment:
Jimeoin had "2" audiences to address since the layout was:

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He said at the very start of the show he was very confused by that. When performing his show he had to necklegt half the people whatever he did (but you could have included this split into your performance or at least ignore it and not start the show with moaning about it)

And I think he was not in his best form. He should have handled the situation much more competent. And he missed some obvious punch lines.

Unfortunately I cannot be certain what was the root cause, his bad form or the distraction by venue layout / Tesco crowd.

I'd say all three contributed.

Boooourns

MFZ wrote: »

Ex ante: This was my first visit to the comedy club and I did not know Jimeoin before.

I was disappointed, too. But I do not think it was solely the problem with the Tesco crowd.
I'd assumed this show was just part of their night out, they had a few drinks before and would have some more afterwards and just wanted some fun without focussing on that event.
They maybe were the last straw.

IMHO 2 more problems contributed to the/my disappointment:
Jimeoin had "2" audiences to address since the layout was:

Audience 1 - sta
             ge
             |
             Au
             di
             en
             ce2

He said at the very start of the show he was very confused by that. When performing his show he had to necklegt half the people whatever he did (but you could have included this split into your performance or at least ignore it and not start the show with moaning about it)

And I think he was not in his best form. He should have handled the situation much more competent. And he missed some obvious punch lines.

Unfortunately I cannot be certain what was the root cause, his bad form or the distraction by venue layout / Tesco crowd.

I'd say all three contributed.

Agree with a lot of this, i mentioned the layout earlier, it was very poorly laid out, there were mirrors at the back of the stage which reflected the lights back into the audience eyes and the sound wasn't great.
When he came out first i thought he was in good form but in fairness he did get agitated by the layout and some of the audience. Personally i'd put most of my blame on that section of the audience as they were just plain rude.
I'll certaintly put it down to just 'one of those nights' and i'll go to gigs there again and i'm glad someone else posted here that was there as i was looking for more opinions on the night.

MitchKoobski

Been to a couple of comedy nights in Revs, two of which were upstairs when it was still Revs upstairs, one which was in the basement bar and one in Escape. The layout for comedy in Escape is terrible in my opinion. I can't see how a comedian can adapt to looking or performing in two different directions. You direct the jokes and perform toward the crowd in front of you, not to the front and the side. In the basement bar they had the comedian in front of the tv screen and the seats were just gathered around there, and it worked perfectly.
As regards to people disrupting a gig, if the performer asks you to tone it down and you keep acting the maggot and talking over him/her, then I see no issues in you being asked to leave or kicked out. I couldnt give a ****e if you paid to be here, so did I. I didnt pay to listen to you chat to your friends.

Chris P. Bacon

I remember seeing Des Bishop in the forum a few years ago,and it was just after he made that RTE programme where he worked for minimum wage in Abrekebara in town,and he got a fair bit of abuse thrown at him from the crowd but he was well able for it,i saw about four people been thrown out,these things happens.

abouttobebanned

Apparently this Jimeoin guy thinks he's someone. I was told all the antics he got up to from the moment he arrived in waterford and read what he posted on his twitter about us. He doesn't deserve to have people pay money to see him. An absolute disgrace to his profession. Forget the tesco crowd...I'd have booted him out.

Chris P. Bacon

Wouldnt say he will be coming back to Waterford any time soon.

In waterford. Ireland. Praying to the Chilean miners to get me out of this hole.

http://twitter.com/jimeoin

abouttobebanned

And that's comedy eh

gscully

Richie Cranium wrote: »

Wouldnt say he will be coming back to Waterford any time soon.

In waterford. Ireland. Praying to the Chilean miners to get me out of this hole.

http://twitter.com/jimeoin

Idiot...does he not realise that they couldn't even get themselves out? :rolleyes: