Sean Hughes heckler

Hack · 17-11-2009 04:59PM #1

Was at Sean Hughes gig in Dublin and this crazy bloke sitting near me in the audience started to heckle him. Did anyone see or hear of this? has it been reported anywhere?

Sean was giving out about Stephen Fry doing Twinings ads when this smarty pance guy, who I'm certain I saw in The George before with a friend of mine, started calling Sean a hypocrite about being on Corrie and that. He told Sean he was a sell out???

anyways, this fella, who has a Dub accent, went on and told Sean, in the middle of his gig, that he rips his jokes off other comedians. Sean told him to f@@k off and they kept shouting things back at each other. was a total ruiners actually - bloody Queen hecklers...:eek:

General Zod · 17-11-2009 05:01PM

Sean Hughes ripping off other peoples jokes? that'd be the funniest thing of the night!

Long Onion · 17-11-2009 05:02PM

Sean Hughes - is that the pontificatin bistard up there with all his salaries who goads old ladies into paying €100 for a ticket to see a 3 hour advert for his musical which is starring Gerry Ryan - feck him, he deserves it.

prinz · 17-11-2009 05:02PM

Sean Hughes

foxyboxer · 17-11-2009 05:05PM

prinz wrote: »

Sean Hughes

I know yeah, all I've ever seen of him is on those awful Channel 4 top 100 countdown shows..........

Hack · 17-11-2009 05:11PM

but im thinkin what sort of a person even dares heckle a comedian

and more than that, belittle him

genericguy · 17-11-2009 05:18PM

never heard of sean hughes, but i'm positive he's a jerk.

Turd Ferguson · 17-11-2009 05:20PM

I like Sean Hughes, he's a funny guy. The first Irish comedian to actually make it big

PirateShampoo · 17-11-2009 05:22PM

Hack wrote: »

was a total ruiners actually -

Did anybody else read this with a D4 accent?

mikedragon32 · 17-11-2009 05:22PM

Ah... Sean Hughes. He used to be funny alright.

Although, that said, his career highlight, Sean's Show (C4) was pretty much a British version of Garry Shandling's Show. So yes, the remark re ripping material from other comedians does hold some water.

You rarely hear of a heckler getting the better of a stand up.

humanji · 17-11-2009 05:23PM

Was Sean Hughes playing recently?

I don't understand hecklers myself. I was at a comedy gig a few weeks ago and the first few acts went by without a fuss, then when it was time for the main act a load of people came in from the main bar, fairly drunk. They go and sit at the front and start talking to each other really loudly. The comedian made a joke about it, hinting that they should probably shut the f*ck up, and they started trying to heckle him (and he then tore strips out of them). I just don't get why you'd pay money to see someone and then shout at them. You're not big, you're not clever, you're just being a c*nt.

Kipperhell · 17-11-2009 05:23PM

He was one of the funniest Irish comedians of the 90s and was pretty big. Sean's Show was excellent and he spent a long time on Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Apparently he was good friend's with Bill Hicks too.

He seems to have become a bit miserable over the years.

mikedragon32 · 17-11-2009 05:23PM

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

I like Sean Hughes, he's a funny guy. The first Irish comedian to actually make it big

What? Spike Milligan? Dave Allen?

prinz · 17-11-2009 05:23PM

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Did anybody else read this with a D4 accent?

loike totally.

Long Onion · 17-11-2009 05:25PM

prinz wrote: »

loike toadally.

FYP;)

AnonoBoy · 17-11-2009 05:27PM

Sean's Show:

I remember it being a bit funnier to be honest.

Oh and stand-up forum etc. etc.

Turd Ferguson · 17-11-2009 05:29PM

mikedragon32 wrote: »

What? Spike Milligan? Dave Allen?

Spike Milligan is Irish? I guess you could say Dave Allen, I was thinking about the first Irish in the 90's comedy boom

General Zod · 17-11-2009 05:31PM

mikedragon32 wrote: »

Ah... Sean Hughes. He used to be funny alright.

Although, that said, his career highlight, Sean's Show (C4) was pretty much a British version of Garry Shandling's Show. So yes, the remark re ripping material from other comedians does hold some water.

You rarely hear of a heckler getting the better of a stand up.

Now, how exactly was Sean's show anything like the Gary Shandling show? I watched them both at the time.

PirateShampoo · 17-11-2009 05:31PM

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Spike Milligan is Irish? I guess you could say Dave Allen, I was thinking about the first Irish in the 90's comedy boom

Well no he's not, but we gave him a Irish passport anyway.

mike65 · 17-11-2009 05:32PM

Jebus AH - younger than your shoe-size.

General Zod · 17-11-2009 05:32PM

Kipperhell wrote: »

He was one of the funniest Irish comedians of the 90s and was pretty big. Sean's Show was excellent and he spent a long time on Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Apparently he was good friend's with Bill Hicks too.

He seems to have become a bit miserable over the years.

Sean Hughes was always miserable, it was the basis of his comedy!

AnonoBoy · 17-11-2009 05:34PM

General Zod wrote: »

Now, how exactly was Sean's show anything like the Gary Shandling show? I watched them both at the time.

There's a certain similarity between the theme songs. That's about it really.

mikedragon32 · 17-11-2009 05:36PM

General Zod wrote: »

Now, how exactly was Sean's show anything like the Gary Shandling show? I watched them both at the time.

The format was more or less the same - Set in the star's apartment/flat with everyone coming to him - all on a single set.

The themes too:
Sean's show: It's Seanie's Show, lalalala, It's Seanie's Show lalalala
Garry Shandling: It's Garry Shandling's Show, It's Garry Shandling's Show...

Not exactly alike, I agree, but the format was lifted from GS.

Long Onion · 17-11-2009 05:37PM

WindSock · 17-11-2009 05:42PM

I watched Seans Show when I was younger. Never really took a shine to him. Maybe I was too young, or maybe I just don't like his style.

One thing I want to know is, has an audience ever stood up to a heckler? If there is a heckler near me at Bill Bailey on Sat, I am going to go all facekicker on him.

Hack · 17-11-2009 05:42PM

but listen right, whatever about Sean Hughes youd have to be some arse to pat to see a comedian and then heckle him.
Thinkning back he did look like a bit of an arse....jealous he wasn't on stage probably. I'd say last time he was on stage was for Footloose or something

AnonoBoy · 17-11-2009 05:43PM

WindSock wrote: »

One thing I want to know is, has an audience ever stood up to a heckler? If there is a heckler near me at Bill Bailey on Sat, I am going to go all facekicker on him.

I doubt anyone's going to heckle Bill Bailey's Guide to the Orchestra considering they'll hardly be heard in the O2

AnonoBoy · 17-11-2009 05:44PM

Hack wrote: »

but listen right, whatever about Sean Hughes youd have to be some arse to pat to see a comedian and then heckle him.
Thinkning back he did look like a bit of an arse....jealous he wasn't on stage probably. I'd say last time he was on stage was for Footloose or something

Kevin Bacon heckled Sean Hughes?

InkSlinger67 · 17-11-2009 05:44PM

Sean was a pretty good fiction writer back in the day too. Have seen him live and is one of the most original performers I've seen

*Turns down the Jazz*

Naos · 17-11-2009 05:47PM

Ah I miss facekicker.

Slightly offtopic but still on heckler theme: I was in the international two weeks ago and a babyfaced comedian got up with a guitar.

Just before he played his "Orgasm" song, some lad shouted up "Virgin". Seems simple, but my word was it the most effective heckle I've ever seen. The audience burst into laughter and the lad just looked there open mouthed, no come back(which surprised me as I figured it'd be a pretty obvious slag for him).

He got on with the show and was good but still, totally stopped in his tracks.

mikedragon32 · 17-11-2009 05:49PM

Heckling a comedian isn't cool (should have said that earlier on).

I was the Ha'penny Bridge Inn one night and there was a girl in the corner who basically heckled or mocked just about every act, so of whom were clearly up performing for the first time and they were really put off their stride by her. Turns out she was one of the acts and was up towards the end. Needless to say she was booed off. That was the exception to the rule.

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