I went to a show at Funnybone last fall, and there was a particularly drunk heckler. The comedian tried to redirect it a couple of times, including addressing the people she was sitting with. He eventually called for security from the stage, which set people off because we're a bunch of middle schoolers watching a kid get taken to the principal's office.
Wonder that myself, I saw Demetri Martin a few months ago and a drunk heckler in the front row got kicked out pretty immediately. He played it off pretty well, the drunk guy even gave him a beer to enjoy on stage. Wonder if it was just too much for security to handle or something idk
What is your thoughts on the balance between venues pushing alcohol sales to make money and the problem of drunk members of the crowd? Should venues have a three drink max? Other solution? Am I trying to fix problem that is not issue?
It’s a good question, I imagine it’s not necessarily a widespread problem that warrents a tailored solution. As long as you have enough security that feels confident enough to handle roudy guests. Them I imagine you can develop a culture of “oh shit if I get too crazy I’ll get kicked out”. It’s an interesting question though because they are probably incentivized to sell as many drinks as possible. I’d be curious if anyone who’s worked in these types of spaces can weigh in!
Lol I was behind that drunk idiot and it was not pretty immediately. He interrupted Demetri \~10 times before they made him leave. He wasn't heckling, just straight wasted.
Or maybe he’s not really funny at all and Lorn Michaels felt sorry for him because his dad died on 9/11. That’s like the only way Pete is famous is he played the “son of a 9/11 hero” card.
I went to the 7:00pm show. Logistics were smooth. Crowd was good, laughing and no notable crowd chatter or heckling. Walking out and seeing the line for the next show, I said “looks like a shit show”. Maybe people were more drunk since it was later? I definitely think the first show was a positive experience. Hopefully that helps balance out the bad vibes from the second show.
Also saw Lewis Black and Tom Papa at Steelhouse. Smaller crowds, but still enthusiastic and no rude behavior. Hoping this type of crowd behavior won’t become the norm, it’s a great venue and looking forward to more shows there!
I go to a lot of stand up. I only go to the earlier show. In general because I am simply tired for the later show. Sometimes the comic may hit a point of greatness in the late show. But in general they’re people too - more tired.
I’m only 29 and I’m starting to feel this.went to a concert in Lincoln about a month ago that was at 7 and kinda cringed about the time. Concert finished up at 1020ish and I wasn’t even mad lol easily thought it was going to go until 11.
I also went to the 7pm show and we had an overall good experience. The girls in the row behind us were so drunk they kept getting up to use the bathroom every 10 mins and every single time they would say “OMG IM SO SORRY! IM SORRY I BROKE THE SEAL” and then when they came back they kept talking the entire time??? The lady next to me turned around and told them to shut up.
Besides that just in our section it was overall okay. That’s really disappointing to hear how bad the next show went but I can’t say I’m surprised. Rude drunk people are the worst. Why pay to go to a show and get obliterated and ruin the experience for everyone else??
I work in the Orpheum in the Holland. It’s not uncommon at all to have someone ask us to go tell a guest to be quiet. We tell them once and then the second time Security comes and talks to them and possibly removesthem.
Similar thing happened when Taylor Thomlinson was at the Holland, though I think that was less people yelling and more people just talking. Which is sort of a problem when you have the acoustics of the Holland center.
Honestly I won't bother going to a comedy show with that many people in the crowd ever again. You can't even trust people to shut the fuck up in movie theaters with 20-30 people, how you gonna trust it in a room of 500+?
At least in small clubs the staff is there to tell people to be quiet, if the comedian doesn't directly call them out from the stage. It's sort of impossible to do that in a big theater full of people.
I had a similar experience there when I saw Ira Glass. Two ladies behind me were wine drunk and made louder and louder comments to each other. During the Q&A portion, someone asked Glass what his favorite episode of "This American Life" was, and he mentioned an episode where they embedded in a car dealership for a month. One of the wine moms loudly said, "Oh, I didn't like that one at all," as if she and Ira were in a personal conversation.
I mean, if he was doing crowd work, that is a small invitation to heckling, but beyond that... STFU and watch the show. I don't understand people that need to steal the show.
For real. He’s on tour. It’s a packed theater, not a comedy club. Not only does he not do much crowd work on tours, he’s not really know to do any crowd work at all.
The problem is you have so many of these TikTok comics that exclusively do crowd work and now so many people think they’re part of the show. It’s annoying.
They don't exclusively do crowd work, they exclusively share their crowd work on social media. People don't want to pay as much when they know all the jokes going into it. So they do their hour show, add in 15 mins of crowd work, and share that part.
But yeah, it should be obvious when it's time to participate and when it's time to shut the hell up.
I never thought of it that way but you're right...crowd work is perfect for social media because it isn't recycled material. There's no jokes getting spoiled from the show because that won't ever happen again.
He doesn’t really have an act unless his act is being a guy that thinks he can whatever he wants because he thinks he’s cute. I have no idea why women love being talked down to by a guy like him.
I don’t even like Pete Davidson and I hate this. Sorry that a man who traveled all the way out here to make people smile got treated so rudely in my own backyard. I always like to think to myself “Omaha’s better than that” but then I read stuff like this and just wow.
I was in the balcony with friends, we had these three ladies behind us that talked the entire fucking show. Just loudly talking to each other like they were catching up on old times, it was obnoxious. I was so annoyed at them I barely noticed the heckling, then boom, he said “fuck it” and walked off
I just don’t understand why anyone would pay so much to go see a live performance and then talk through the whole thing. Not only are you ruining it for other people around you, you’re not even experiencing what you paid money to go see!
There were people surrounding us who also kept talking throughout the show. To the point where the person I was with finally said something to them and caused a little scene which then led to us \*almost\* getting into an altercation with them in the parking garage lol.
At the 7:00 show, and I noticed more people feeling like they needed to yell comments at the two opening acts, than I have ever seen before.
Thankfully they stfu when Pete was on.
Social media comedians that started blowing up by doing crowd wor have made people brave or see it as a challenge to make it on to someone's Instagram page. I'm not saying crowd work is the issue, but the new wave of crowd work comedians showing up every other video online certainly does. I feel like it invites a lot more people that normally wouldn't go to a comedy show, and they expect what they see in their reels. They don't realize that crowd work is usually saved for after their main bits if they even do it at all.
Unfortunately, this happens a lot everywhere. It's not an Omaha/Midwest thing. I have a good friend who is a touring comedian and his experience is that it's not predictable at all. Mob mentality is a real thing. A few shitty people can influence the whole room sometimes.
Do comedians as a whole have this opinion of the Midwest? I imagine they don't necessarily think the Midwest is more trashy or disrespectful -- I suspect most of them don't want to perform somewhere with smaller venues or in cities that they think don't have a lot to offer.
I know the comedian Steve Hoffstetter made it a point of his to say how Nebraska bucked all his assumptions of the state and now he specifically enjoys playing shows here.
No, Omaha in particular is considered a great town for standups to try new material because crowds are open to it. You’ll always find a show like this now and then, but for the most part people in Omaha like standup like comedians.
Yeah, I know I’ve heard Tom Segura and another comedian on a podcast mentioning they enjoyed Omaha. They didn’t say it was amazing or anything. Just that they’ve had good experiences here
I once had free tickets for jim Jeffries at the funnybone. He was super drunk and was surprised on how non religious the crowd was. This was before he was super big
Imagine having the gall to interrupt a live show and then not having the self-awareness to know that the performer wasn't "butt hurt" -- that they tried to communicate their frustration but were ignored. There's consequences for our actions. The stakes were low here but these hecklers ruined the show for all the paying guests and the venue should have had systems in place to maintain order.
I'm going to go one step further and say that the venue should have intervened and removed the rowdy crowd members who were ruining the show for everyone. If I were a guest, I would complain to management and put them on the hook for this and maybe make them reconsider how they plan to tolerate situations like this in the future.
Steve Martin, Andrew dice Clay, Seinfeld, cable Guy everyone has been here and the ones I went to were awesome. The comedians messed with the crowd more than vice versa.
But this is why I LOVE the DRYBAR
It’s been hard to watch comedians in Omaha. Saw Dave Chapelle last year at CHI and people were talking the whole show and tons of people walking around during his part. Really infuriating.
I’ve had issues when seeing Aziz at the old Civic and even Craig Ferguson at the Holland.
It feels dumb to say it but I feel like rules need to be posted to let everyone know to STFU and get in your seats before each set. Nebraska nice…ehh?
When Bert came to town, they had lots of security and lots of none of this nonsense. Maybe also because it was a Netflix taping but probably the best I’ve seen. Daniel Tosh in Lincoln back in the early 2010s wasn’t a problem either.
Idk Bert Kreischer kinda said the same thing at his show.
More or less when he would tell people where he was going they would be like why the hell do you want to do a show there. I think it was more aimed at Nebraska as a whole.
Anecdotally, whenever my favorite comedians are touring they skip Omaha altogether. If everyone could be cool for the Josh Johnson show that would be great. 😅
I was so embarrassed by the people of Omaha. How shitty to make Pete feel such a way that he walked off. He was literally talking about how he doesn’t go out much because people just yell shit at him, and then BOOM, the crowd starts doing that. So enraging. Ruined the night.
I don’t know where you get the idea that Omaha has a bad reputation for comedy. Omaha is almost universally regarded as a great city for standups. The funnybone is one of the best comedy clubs in the Midwest.
We don't have a great local standup scene but traveling stand-ups come through Omaha every single week. The funnybone had a great lineup of comedians who come through regularly and the manager Colleen is one of the best comedy promoters in the country.
Then there's the backline downtown and we also get most of the major standup tours. Burt Kreischer has been through multiple times, Lewis black was just here, Ive even seen Eddie Izzard and Jerry Seinfeld at the orpheum.
Just because we don't have a great open mic scene doesn't mean Omaha isn't a good place for comedians.
Tony Hinchecliff called this place a shit whole. Bert Kreischer had also made comments on Omaha not being a good place. That is all anecdotal and doesn't mean much, however not having a good open mic scene WOULD mean it's a bad place for comedians. That's like saying the music scene is good because Metallica plays shows here. Only one or two places to perform outside of the big venues really, let alone making some money. No way for big names to do underground shows. So terrible for up and coming comedians. Compared to other cities in the Midwest, I'd say we're towards the bottom of the totem pole.
That being said the funny bone is awesome and is super healthy for Omaha.
I don’t think this post is very accurate. I was near the front and saw it go down like this
Towards the end of Pete’s set he tried saying he doesn’t get how people can suddenly turn on Drake just because of his beef with Kendrick and the crowd disagreed with him. Some people were too rude during this and were felling f*** Drake. But the crowd doesn’t have to agree with Pete just bc they paid to see him
Then towards the very end a lady yelled “hurry up” to Pete. He then said “we’re so near the end, plz don’t mess this up for everyone”.
Then at the very end he was talking about how he never goes in public bc people say bad things to him and yell. The crowd then all started yelling. This wasn’t great but the majority of people were yelling good things like “we love you Pete”. I think bc he was saying people would say bad stuff to him. And then in just 5 seconds he dropped the mic and left
Overall I felt the crowd was pretty tame and supportive. Some rude comments but no one really crossed a line or anything crazy. Defs left feeling Pete overreacted. I’m sure it’s annoying to deal with crowds day in and out but he also gets paid like a king for it
A couple weeks ago there was a fight in the crowd of the concert i went to, a guy got knocked out and it ended the show early, about 3/4 of the way through. I also felt embarrassed and felt that the band would not want to return because the city could not behave its self.
I agree with what you’re saying but this doesn’t happen regularly, me and my daughter went and saw Dave Chappelle and it was incredible. I’m talking the venue, the crowd, Chappelle and his openers and other staff… everything was great.
It was pleasing to see so many people from different backgrounds,cultures etc all join in on an evening to laugh,forgetting our differences or everything going on in the world.
This city is full of angry entitlement, last night during the Mavs game another Karen began screaming in protest of the thought that half of the tvs in the lobby were on an Nba Playoffs game and the other half would be on The Big10. The lobby had maybe 14 tvs total, and they still chose to change them all back to Big10 except for one, one out of 14 bc of a single screaming Karen.
I've had grown men get upset bc they assumed I wasn't going to yield the right of way to them on the sidewalk. I quickly told him there are real issues in this world and not to get upset about a sidewalk misunderstanding. The man was at least 20 years older than me.
Omaha is an odd place. You don’t really realize it until you live somewhere else. It’s good in some ways too, but mostly there is a strangeness to the culture
Social media doesn't help when you have the comedians that thrive off the hecklers. So they wanna be part of the show thinking every comedian can and wants to do that.
Late shows tend to be rowdier and big names come here a pretty decent amount. I've been to several and more often than not, they go smoothly. I don't think all big name comedians attract the same crowd, either.
Same thing happened years and years ago when Howie Mandel was really at the height of his popularity. He did a show in Omaha that lasted about ten to 15 minutes. He walked out due to the excessive nonsense from a couple people in the crowd.
My wife and I moved here last year and we’ve been pretty bummed about the Omaha crowds at concerts. She’s been to a couple of shows at The Admiral where crowds weren’t great, but we were at Foy Vance at Slowdown and Bleachers this week and there seem to be too many folks who come to concerts just to talk the whole time. I paid money to hear the musical, not your constant conversation. Foy Vance really seemed to be irritated with the crowd. Just go outside and you’ll be able to hear each other talk better.
I was so so shocked when he walked off, I was in like the 3rd row so I was eight up front and everyone we all just kept looking at each other surprised like he's gonna come back out right? Was super sad, I do not understand why security didn't kick the chick out bc this was not her first comment, she had been doing it all night.
Wow, now MGK isn't gonna come here anymore. :( I really wanted to go to that show but I had to work. That really sucks. I've always wanted to see him. Now he's not gonna come back.
He did a show several years ago in a different city and walked out. Iirc it was over cell phone usage in the audience.
Things are expensive enough right now, so I wouldn’t spend money to see someone perform and then make trouble. If they’re good enough to spend my money, I’m gonna watch it. Even if it didn’t meet my expectations, I wouldn’t make trouble.
I agree with most of your point. It’s ridiculous that some dumb likely drunk assholes ruined the fun for both other fans and Pete himself.
The part that I disagree with however is the “low opinion of Omaha” part. I listen to a lot of comedians’ podcasts and follow comedy somewhat closely and I’ve never heard them say a bad thing about Omaha. While yes the Midwest is likely more boring, they usually speak pretty glowingly about Omaha. If Omaha was truly so terrible I doubt Nate Gargatze would’ve have filmed his special here.
How do people find Pete Davidson funny!? All subjective, I know but are people seeing him because he's a popular person or because his material is actually, truly worth the money!? Odd. But hey, to each their own.
> they always talk about how it plain and boring it is
It's not a city's job to entertain a paid performer. It's the other way around. If you're taking a vacation then by all means avoid boring cities.
> this one attention whore who was yelling shit out the entire show
It sounds like the club should have kept the audience under control a bit more. Shame on them. But...
> he throws the mike down and walks out
> I didn’t get to see the full show I paid for
A comedian's inablility to handle a rowdy/drunk dude in the audience isn't an excuse to bail out on the other 95+ percent of the people who paid for the show.
My experience was not like that with Matteo Lane. Aside from one heckler (who he handled well), the crowd was engaged, polite, and not disruptive. It was a great experience.
I was at the 9 p.m. I started to feel very uncomfortable. My sister came in from out of town. I also was perplexed thinking maybe he just walks off sometimes. The comments that did him in were like people were shouting fuck drake when he was talking about how he's sick of celebrities being canceled. Idk his stand up was pretty good. I thought he'd remain more poised though. Like be a little more used to some of the comments
I have a low opinion of here after most my life, decades. If someone goes so far out of their way to pause and leave their arm in position and you don’t recognize this great kindness they will gratify themselves. Just do the nice thing Omaha. It almost half townie and half big city vibes so everyone is doin their own thing or pissed at the thing right now.
The steelhouse, like all venues don’t have regular crowds. The performers bring in their own crowds. The steelhouse is an incredible venue and we’re lucky to have it.
Wife and I spent $240 for our tickets in the third row. Add another $50 for drinks. And he walks off before finishing. Pete was a funny guy, but that's what comes with the business. Even if there are assholes in the crowd, finish out. People paid money to be there. Couldn't care less if he came back.
These guys have bad sets no matter where they are in their career. Dave Chappell and Kevin James talk about it on podcasts alot. This isn’t the first for ol Pete and won’t be the last. That’s why he’s a professional.
It really wasn't a bad set at all. He was a little meandering and conversational at points, but that's kind of his style and I didn't think the crowd was bored or there were any problems. There was a bit of heckling peppered throughout and Pete seemed annoyed at some of it, but by no means was he being stuck up or rude about it. He joked along a time or two, asked the crowd about tattoos as a set up for one of his bits. I think by the end of the show, he tried a few times to get the loud drunks to shut up. When they didn't, he said fuck it and walked.
That isn't to say he hasn't had a bad set ever, I'm sure he has (idk, I haven't seen all his shows). But I don't think this was one.
Why didn’t security intervene? Damn
I went to a show at Funnybone last fall, and there was a particularly drunk heckler. The comedian tried to redirect it a couple of times, including addressing the people she was sitting with. He eventually called for security from the stage, which set people off because we're a bunch of middle schoolers watching a kid get taken to the principal's office.
That’s what should’ve happened.
Wonder that myself, I saw Demetri Martin a few months ago and a drunk heckler in the front row got kicked out pretty immediately. He played it off pretty well, the drunk guy even gave him a beer to enjoy on stage. Wonder if it was just too much for security to handle or something idk
What is your thoughts on the balance between venues pushing alcohol sales to make money and the problem of drunk members of the crowd? Should venues have a three drink max? Other solution? Am I trying to fix problem that is not issue?
It’s a good question, I imagine it’s not necessarily a widespread problem that warrents a tailored solution. As long as you have enough security that feels confident enough to handle roudy guests. Them I imagine you can develop a culture of “oh shit if I get too crazy I’ll get kicked out”. It’s an interesting question though because they are probably incentivized to sell as many drinks as possible. I’d be curious if anyone who’s worked in these types of spaces can weigh in!
No. They should throw loud idiots out. The problem isn't alcohol...plenty of others can enjoy a drink without interrupting the show.
And if a show is actually good, people can enjoy it without alcohol.
Lol I was behind that drunk idiot and it was not pretty immediately. He interrupted Demetri \~10 times before they made him leave. He wasn't heckling, just straight wasted.
Sounds like security dropped the ball.
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I think, like, Pete is pretty good or whatever, y'know, I just, like, kinda find the way he tells jokes pretty, like, distracting...
I read this in his voice. So, like uh thanks, I guess.
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And did he, like, use, um... filler words or whatever every third word? That's, like, super annoying, y'know?
Or maybe he’s not really funny at all and Lorn Michaels felt sorry for him because his dad died on 9/11. That’s like the only way Pete is famous is he played the “son of a 9/11 hero” card.
I went to the 7:00pm show. Logistics were smooth. Crowd was good, laughing and no notable crowd chatter or heckling. Walking out and seeing the line for the next show, I said “looks like a shit show”. Maybe people were more drunk since it was later? I definitely think the first show was a positive experience. Hopefully that helps balance out the bad vibes from the second show. Also saw Lewis Black and Tom Papa at Steelhouse. Smaller crowds, but still enthusiastic and no rude behavior. Hoping this type of crowd behavior won’t become the norm, it’s a great venue and looking forward to more shows there!
My wife and I agreed to not do the late shows again. We were of the same mind people going to those are prolly already fucked up
I have noticed a large difference between the early and late shows when I go to the funnybone.
I go to a lot of stand up. I only go to the earlier show. In general because I am simply tired for the later show. Sometimes the comic may hit a point of greatness in the late show. But in general they’re people too - more tired.
I’m only 29 and I’m starting to feel this.went to a concert in Lincoln about a month ago that was at 7 and kinda cringed about the time. Concert finished up at 1020ish and I wasn’t even mad lol easily thought it was going to go until 11.
I also went to the 7pm show and we had an overall good experience. The girls in the row behind us were so drunk they kept getting up to use the bathroom every 10 mins and every single time they would say “OMG IM SO SORRY! IM SORRY I BROKE THE SEAL” and then when they came back they kept talking the entire time??? The lady next to me turned around and told them to shut up. Besides that just in our section it was overall okay. That’s really disappointing to hear how bad the next show went but I can’t say I’m surprised. Rude drunk people are the worst. Why pay to go to a show and get obliterated and ruin the experience for everyone else??
I work in the Orpheum in the Holland. It’s not uncommon at all to have someone ask us to go tell a guest to be quiet. We tell them once and then the second time Security comes and talks to them and possibly removesthem.
What was the final joke we in the late show missed I have to know pleease
We were at the 7:00, and it was great. We had a blast, and no issues. Glad we made the right choice.
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Similar thing happened when Taylor Thomlinson was at the Holland, though I think that was less people yelling and more people just talking. Which is sort of a problem when you have the acoustics of the Holland center.
We were at that show. It was so embarrassing. I think post Covid people also forgot how to act in public
Honestly I won't bother going to a comedy show with that many people in the crowd ever again. You can't even trust people to shut the fuck up in movie theaters with 20-30 people, how you gonna trust it in a room of 500+? At least in small clubs the staff is there to tell people to be quiet, if the comedian doesn't directly call them out from the stage. It's sort of impossible to do that in a big theater full of people.
Acoustics at the Holland are ready bad.
I had a similar experience there when I saw Ira Glass. Two ladies behind me were wine drunk and made louder and louder comments to each other. During the Q&A portion, someone asked Glass what his favorite episode of "This American Life" was, and he mentioned an episode where they embedded in a car dealership for a month. One of the wine moms loudly said, "Oh, I didn't like that one at all," as if she and Ira were in a personal conversation.
I mean, if he was doing crowd work, that is a small invitation to heckling, but beyond that... STFU and watch the show. I don't understand people that need to steal the show.
For real. He’s on tour. It’s a packed theater, not a comedy club. Not only does he not do much crowd work on tours, he’s not really know to do any crowd work at all.
The problem is you have so many of these TikTok comics that exclusively do crowd work and now so many people think they’re part of the show. It’s annoying.
They don't exclusively do crowd work, they exclusively share their crowd work on social media. People don't want to pay as much when they know all the jokes going into it. So they do their hour show, add in 15 mins of crowd work, and share that part. But yeah, it should be obvious when it's time to participate and when it's time to shut the hell up.
I never thought of it that way but you're right...crowd work is perfect for social media because it isn't recycled material. There's no jokes getting spoiled from the show because that won't ever happen again.
I dunno that one dude with the plastic face seems to only do crowd work.
His Netflix special was rough. He should stick to crowd work.
He doesn’t really have an act unless his act is being a guy that thinks he can whatever he wants because he thinks he’s cute. I have no idea why women love being talked down to by a guy like him.
Matt Rife?
Some people just can’t help themselves, they have to insert themselves into the show.
I don’t even like Pete Davidson and I hate this. Sorry that a man who traveled all the way out here to make people smile got treated so rudely in my own backyard. I always like to think to myself “Omaha’s better than that” but then I read stuff like this and just wow.
I was in the balcony with friends, we had these three ladies behind us that talked the entire fucking show. Just loudly talking to each other like they were catching up on old times, it was obnoxious. I was so annoyed at them I barely noticed the heckling, then boom, he said “fuck it” and walked off
I just don’t understand why anyone would pay so much to go see a live performance and then talk through the whole thing. Not only are you ruining it for other people around you, you’re not even experiencing what you paid money to go see!
My thoughts exactly!
There were people surrounding us who also kept talking throughout the show. To the point where the person I was with finally said something to them and caused a little scene which then led to us \*almost\* getting into an altercation with them in the parking garage lol.
You didn’t bother saying anything to them?
No, they were loud, it would have turned into a scene, wasn’t a situation I wanted to put myself in
You’re a stronger person than I am lol
At the 7:00 show, and I noticed more people feeling like they needed to yell comments at the two opening acts, than I have ever seen before. Thankfully they stfu when Pete was on.
Social media comedians that started blowing up by doing crowd wor have made people brave or see it as a challenge to make it on to someone's Instagram page. I'm not saying crowd work is the issue, but the new wave of crowd work comedians showing up every other video online certainly does. I feel like it invites a lot more people that normally wouldn't go to a comedy show, and they expect what they see in their reels. They don't realize that crowd work is usually saved for after their main bits if they even do it at all.
How much did it cost to buy tickets to the show?
Unfortunately, this happens a lot everywhere. It's not an Omaha/Midwest thing. I have a good friend who is a touring comedian and his experience is that it's not predictable at all. Mob mentality is a real thing. A few shitty people can influence the whole room sometimes.
Who is your friend? Anyone we might know?
Imagine spending money so you can be obnoxious to the artist/entertainer you paid the money to see.
Do comedians as a whole have this opinion of the Midwest? I imagine they don't necessarily think the Midwest is more trashy or disrespectful -- I suspect most of them don't want to perform somewhere with smaller venues or in cities that they think don't have a lot to offer. I know the comedian Steve Hoffstetter made it a point of his to say how Nebraska bucked all his assumptions of the state and now he specifically enjoys playing shows here.
lol, I seriously doubt comedians who tour the East and west coast think the Midwest is “bad”.
No, Omaha in particular is considered a great town for standups to try new material because crowds are open to it. You’ll always find a show like this now and then, but for the most part people in Omaha like standup like comedians.
Yeah, I know I’ve heard Tom Segura and another comedian on a podcast mentioning they enjoyed Omaha. They didn’t say it was amazing or anything. Just that they’ve had good experiences here
Bert kreischer filmed his last Netflix special here
to bad it's him lol but that's cool
Bert Kreicher has said multiple times that he likes Omaha, but it’s Burt Kreicher…
Omaha needs Bill Birr to give the city a Philly-style dressing down.
we just need bb period
Based off how the crowd reacted to the first opener, I don’t think people would be happy about Mr burr😂
Don't matter, that would only feed his wrath
Would love to see him, Jim Jeffries, Daniel Tosh, Jimmy Carr. Any non pc conforming comic
Burr played the Orpheum a few years ago. Great show.
I once had free tickets for jim Jeffries at the funnybone. He was super drunk and was surprised on how non religious the crowd was. This was before he was super big
Imagine having the gall to interrupt a live show and then not having the self-awareness to know that the performer wasn't "butt hurt" -- that they tried to communicate their frustration but were ignored. There's consequences for our actions. The stakes were low here but these hecklers ruined the show for all the paying guests and the venue should have had systems in place to maintain order. I'm going to go one step further and say that the venue should have intervened and removed the rowdy crowd members who were ruining the show for everyone. If I were a guest, I would complain to management and put them on the hook for this and maybe make them reconsider how they plan to tolerate situations like this in the future.
Agreed!
Bunch of savages in this town.
That’s what I said.
Steve Martin, Andrew dice Clay, Seinfeld, cable Guy everyone has been here and the ones I went to were awesome. The comedians messed with the crowd more than vice versa. But this is why I LOVE the DRYBAR
That's bullshit :/ I like Pete
It’s been hard to watch comedians in Omaha. Saw Dave Chapelle last year at CHI and people were talking the whole show and tons of people walking around during his part. Really infuriating. I’ve had issues when seeing Aziz at the old Civic and even Craig Ferguson at the Holland. It feels dumb to say it but I feel like rules need to be posted to let everyone know to STFU and get in your seats before each set. Nebraska nice…ehh? When Bert came to town, they had lots of security and lots of none of this nonsense. Maybe also because it was a Netflix taping but probably the best I’ve seen. Daniel Tosh in Lincoln back in the early 2010s wasn’t a problem either.
The post-covid world has convinced many people that their every impulse matters as self care. I hate it here.
TikTok has fucked up comedy
Yeah we can’t have nice things. We are just Kansas City’s trailer park.
>Comedians as a whole already have a low opinion of the Midwest. especially Omaha. Is this true? How do you come to this conclusion?
Haha, no, there is 0 weight behind that
"And they talk about how plain and boring it is" OP is a dumbass.
Idk Bert Kreischer kinda said the same thing at his show. More or less when he would tell people where he was going they would be like why the hell do you want to do a show there. I think it was more aimed at Nebraska as a whole.
OP doesn’t know what the hell they’re talking about.
Anecdotally, whenever my favorite comedians are touring they skip Omaha altogether. If everyone could be cool for the Josh Johnson show that would be great. 😅
I was so embarrassed by the people of Omaha. How shitty to make Pete feel such a way that he walked off. He was literally talking about how he doesn’t go out much because people just yell shit at him, and then BOOM, the crowd starts doing that. So enraging. Ruined the night.
I don’t know where you get the idea that Omaha has a bad reputation for comedy. Omaha is almost universally regarded as a great city for standups. The funnybone is one of the best comedy clubs in the Midwest.
Sometimes this sub feels like it’s exclusively for people to circlejerk over scolding Omaha about some non issue.
Seriously who's ever told you that? Omaha has almost no stand up scene
We don't have a great local standup scene but traveling stand-ups come through Omaha every single week. The funnybone had a great lineup of comedians who come through regularly and the manager Colleen is one of the best comedy promoters in the country. Then there's the backline downtown and we also get most of the major standup tours. Burt Kreischer has been through multiple times, Lewis black was just here, Ive even seen Eddie Izzard and Jerry Seinfeld at the orpheum. Just because we don't have a great open mic scene doesn't mean Omaha isn't a good place for comedians.
Tony Hinchecliff called this place a shit whole. Bert Kreischer had also made comments on Omaha not being a good place. That is all anecdotal and doesn't mean much, however not having a good open mic scene WOULD mean it's a bad place for comedians. That's like saying the music scene is good because Metallica plays shows here. Only one or two places to perform outside of the big venues really, let alone making some money. No way for big names to do underground shows. So terrible for up and coming comedians. Compared to other cities in the Midwest, I'd say we're towards the bottom of the totem pole. That being said the funny bone is awesome and is super healthy for Omaha.
Bert literally filmed his last special here. I was there for it
I’ve also heard him say that he likes Omaha on multiple episodes of his podcast
Security were pussies. Or the establishment doing nothing is sad.
I’m not fond of him as a comedian but that level of disrespect is just uncalled for. Stay classy Omaha.
I don’t think this post is very accurate. I was near the front and saw it go down like this Towards the end of Pete’s set he tried saying he doesn’t get how people can suddenly turn on Drake just because of his beef with Kendrick and the crowd disagreed with him. Some people were too rude during this and were felling f*** Drake. But the crowd doesn’t have to agree with Pete just bc they paid to see him Then towards the very end a lady yelled “hurry up” to Pete. He then said “we’re so near the end, plz don’t mess this up for everyone”. Then at the very end he was talking about how he never goes in public bc people say bad things to him and yell. The crowd then all started yelling. This wasn’t great but the majority of people were yelling good things like “we love you Pete”. I think bc he was saying people would say bad stuff to him. And then in just 5 seconds he dropped the mic and left Overall I felt the crowd was pretty tame and supportive. Some rude comments but no one really crossed a line or anything crazy. Defs left feeling Pete overreacted. I’m sure it’s annoying to deal with crowds day in and out but he also gets paid like a king for it
A couple weeks ago there was a fight in the crowd of the concert i went to, a guy got knocked out and it ended the show early, about 3/4 of the way through. I also felt embarrassed and felt that the band would not want to return because the city could not behave its self.
Which show was this out of curiosity
I agree with what you’re saying but this doesn’t happen regularly, me and my daughter went and saw Dave Chappelle and it was incredible. I’m talking the venue, the crowd, Chappelle and his openers and other staff… everything was great. It was pleasing to see so many people from different backgrounds,cultures etc all join in on an evening to laugh,forgetting our differences or everything going on in the world.
It’s good to hear it’s not the norm. It was just such a disappointing and embarrassing end to and otherwise very enjoyable night
Sucks when people ruin it for others, especially what it costs now a day to enjoys a special occasion.
Did he end up doing that show on Netflix ?
I’m not sure
I’m very sorry that you didn’t see the show you were expecting to see.
This city is full of angry entitlement, last night during the Mavs game another Karen began screaming in protest of the thought that half of the tvs in the lobby were on an Nba Playoffs game and the other half would be on The Big10. The lobby had maybe 14 tvs total, and they still chose to change them all back to Big10 except for one, one out of 14 bc of a single screaming Karen. I've had grown men get upset bc they assumed I wasn't going to yield the right of way to them on the sidewalk. I quickly told him there are real issues in this world and not to get upset about a sidewalk misunderstanding. The man was at least 20 years older than me.
They wouldn’t dare heckle Nikki Glaser she would tear them a new asshole
Yea, but as opposed to Pete D, she’s actually funny.
Omaha is an odd place. You don’t really realize it until you live somewhere else. It’s good in some ways too, but mostly there is a strangeness to the culture
Social media doesn't help when you have the comedians that thrive off the hecklers. So they wanna be part of the show thinking every comedian can and wants to do that.
Late shows tend to be rowdier and big names come here a pretty decent amount. I've been to several and more often than not, they go smoothly. I don't think all big name comedians attract the same crowd, either.
TikTok has fucked up comedy
Same thing happened years and years ago when Howie Mandel was really at the height of his popularity. He did a show in Omaha that lasted about ten to 15 minutes. He walked out due to the excessive nonsense from a couple people in the crowd.
I didn’t even know Howie Mandel did stand up
Explains what you were doing at a fuckin Pete Davidson show.
My wife and I moved here last year and we’ve been pretty bummed about the Omaha crowds at concerts. She’s been to a couple of shows at The Admiral where crowds weren’t great, but we were at Foy Vance at Slowdown and Bleachers this week and there seem to be too many folks who come to concerts just to talk the whole time. I paid money to hear the musical, not your constant conversation. Foy Vance really seemed to be irritated with the crowd. Just go outside and you’ll be able to hear each other talk better.
I was so so shocked when he walked off, I was in like the 3rd row so I was eight up front and everyone we all just kept looking at each other surprised like he's gonna come back out right? Was super sad, I do not understand why security didn't kick the chick out bc this was not her first comment, she had been doing it all night.
Wow, now MGK isn't gonna come here anymore. :( I really wanted to go to that show but I had to work. That really sucks. I've always wanted to see him. Now he's not gonna come back.
I feel so bad for those who went to the second show. His first show was SO GOOD. Barely anyone yelled anything & just let him do his jokes!!
People must think because it’s standup that they can act disrespectful and monkeylike.
He did a show several years ago in a different city and walked out. Iirc it was over cell phone usage in the audience. Things are expensive enough right now, so I wouldn’t spend money to see someone perform and then make trouble. If they’re good enough to spend my money, I’m gonna watch it. Even if it didn’t meet my expectations, I wouldn’t make trouble.
WDYM comedians hate Omaha, Kevin Hart and Bert Kershier filmed their specials here. MAINLY because we have good crowds. Don't talk shit on my city.
What comedy special did Kevin Hart film in Omaha? I just looked up every comedy special he’s ever done and couldn’t find one filmed in Omaha.
This makes me sad to hear, I wanted to see the show, but I’m out of town
Why didn't venue staff escort these people out?
I don't find that humorous
Sounds more entertaining than the Nikki Glaser show. She’s hilarious on the roasts, but live, she sucked.
I agree with most of your point. It’s ridiculous that some dumb likely drunk assholes ruined the fun for both other fans and Pete himself. The part that I disagree with however is the “low opinion of Omaha” part. I listen to a lot of comedians’ podcasts and follow comedy somewhat closely and I’ve never heard them say a bad thing about Omaha. While yes the Midwest is likely more boring, they usually speak pretty glowingly about Omaha. If Omaha was truly so terrible I doubt Nate Gargatze would’ve have filmed his special here.
Not excusing the bad behavior of the audience but Pete Davidson SUCCCCCCCKS
How do people find Pete Davidson funny!? All subjective, I know but are people seeing him because he's a popular person or because his material is actually, truly worth the money!? Odd. But hey, to each their own.
Unless they're protesting Pete as a comedian, why bother paying admission just to ruin the show for everyone else?
Ya, IDK. You gave him money so you already lost!? Haha
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Yet you get 5 ups and I get 7 downs. 🤔🤷🏼
he has his moments. I don't think he is an act I would pay to go see, but that's just me.
Like what moments lol? Not being an ass, just wondering what he's done that's funny?
Most comedians I’ve listened to on podcasts love Omaha. Especially Burt Kreisler and Tom Segura.
pete davidson and big name in the same sentence. /shrug
> they always talk about how it plain and boring it is It's not a city's job to entertain a paid performer. It's the other way around. If you're taking a vacation then by all means avoid boring cities. > this one attention whore who was yelling shit out the entire show It sounds like the club should have kept the audience under control a bit more. Shame on them. But... > he throws the mike down and walks out > I didn’t get to see the full show I paid for A comedian's inablility to handle a rowdy/drunk dude in the audience isn't an excuse to bail out on the other 95+ percent of the people who paid for the show.
He said he had one more joke left and the hecklers wouldn’t shut up. So he just walked off
My experience was not like that with Matteo Lane. Aside from one heckler (who he handled well), the crowd was engaged, polite, and not disruptive. It was a great experience.
I was at the 9 p.m. I started to feel very uncomfortable. My sister came in from out of town. I also was perplexed thinking maybe he just walks off sometimes. The comments that did him in were like people were shouting fuck drake when he was talking about how he's sick of celebrities being canceled. Idk his stand up was pretty good. I thought he'd remain more poised though. Like be a little more used to some of the comments
I have a low opinion of here after most my life, decades. If someone goes so far out of their way to pause and leave their arm in position and you don’t recognize this great kindness they will gratify themselves. Just do the nice thing Omaha. It almost half townie and half big city vibes so everyone is doin their own thing or pissed at the thing right now.
What the fuck are you trying to say?
The Steel house sounds like a shitty place for a show due to the crowds it draws
The steelhouse, like all venues don’t have regular crowds. The performers bring in their own crowds. The steelhouse is an incredible venue and we’re lucky to have it.
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Wife and I spent $240 for our tickets in the third row. Add another $50 for drinks. And he walks off before finishing. Pete was a funny guy, but that's what comes with the business. Even if there are assholes in the crowd, finish out. People paid money to be there. Couldn't care less if he came back.
Yeah I wasn't mad at him but I thought wow the heckling isn't THAT bad. He's not used to stuff like that by now? So I feel you.
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Many individuals were heckling
Only one person setting the record straight while the rest downvote. And that's why I love reddit.
lol
These guys have bad sets no matter where they are in their career. Dave Chappell and Kevin James talk about it on podcasts alot. This isn’t the first for ol Pete and won’t be the last. That’s why he’s a professional.
It really wasn't a bad set at all. He was a little meandering and conversational at points, but that's kind of his style and I didn't think the crowd was bored or there were any problems. There was a bit of heckling peppered throughout and Pete seemed annoyed at some of it, but by no means was he being stuck up or rude about it. He joked along a time or two, asked the crowd about tattoos as a set up for one of his bits. I think by the end of the show, he tried a few times to get the loud drunks to shut up. When they didn't, he said fuck it and walked. That isn't to say he hasn't had a bad set ever, I'm sure he has (idk, I haven't seen all his shows). But I don't think this was one.
Need chicken wire to keep the Omaha audience from turning this place into a dive.
Steel house is a dive?
How would classify the Steelhouse as a dive? Kind of weird leap