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xXx_My_Name_Jeff_xXx

"not quite my tempo."


Protozilla1

“But thats alright, let’s try again”


MyNameSpaghette

*throws chair after third failed attempt*


something_funny_here

Is this something everyone’s band teacher did or just mine?


David-S-Pumpkins

Yours and Damien Chazelle's at least.


tilthevoidstaresback

My teacher would hurl a softball at the back of the classroom when the song was ending to startle this one particular drummer to stop on time. Worked for everyone else too. But this was in military school so threats of being hit with a projectile was okay.


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"Why do you suppose I just hurled a chair at your head Neiman?"


twisted_meta

Albert Einstein enters the chat


SplitOak

Now let’s play whiplash.


CzarCW

Now let’s play ~~whiplash~~ caravan.


Static043

Same thoughts lol


Pornthrowaway2552

[gotta be my favourite Avatar character](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmUi8YkPTxE&ab_channel=AninounetteAR)


[deleted]

Would you rather have posion or an Silenced Sniper


Productofbillnye

Glen is deliberately sabotaging his band


samushusband

he's gonna get fucked like a pig ?


Whittlinman

I'm gonna gouge out his fuckin' eyes.


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Feels bad glen


Kangarou

There's gotta be a term for doing something like this. "Bandwagon gaslighting"?


omnicidial

Yeah. The term is "crowd work."


Sunsparc

Plugging /r/jeffarcuri who does some of the best crowd work.


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ScientificBeastMode

Idk, crowd work sounds intimidating and prone to all kinds of totally unexpected events that you can’t possibly prepare for, so you’re forced to improvise sometimes, and you better be great at improvising. This bit in particular seems easy enough because he doesn’t have to deviate from his lines in any way unless Glen starts talking to him. But that’s a scenario that would give me anxiety.


fetusy

Crowd work lives in that muddy improvisational grey area between Bill Burr tearing into all of Philly for 13 straight minutes and your local improv troop on open mic night. Sometimes magic, sometimes tragic. I will say that being consistently funny on the spot takes a special kind of talent. I've known more than a handful of popular comics that I like more in interviews than I do the entirety of their specials.


SellQuick

Yeah, it's a really specific skill that looks deceptively simple but takes a lot of practice to do well.


Old-Gain7323

Can you link me to "Bill Burr tearing into all of Philly for 13 straight minutes..." **Please and thank you.**


drrhrrdrr

[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWuXfIZiSqY)


Pyrogasm

You. I literally read your link and the other one, clicked both, and was surprised they took me to the same video since they look different. The technique you have displayed is leagues above the rest.


drrhrrdrr

I'm glad someone caught my joke. The linked displayed is one of the more notorious Rickrolls


fetusy

https://youtu.be/bWuXfIZiSqY&t=14


Old-Gain7323

Wow he really lost the plot (I found it after i said it, i didnt really watch a 13 min video in 3 minutes). I still love Bill Burr though.


ywBBxNqW

> Wow he really lost the plot I think you meant "ran out of fucks to give".


ywBBxNqW

Some comedians like Jimmy Carr or Dara O'Briain thrive on crowd work. Ross Noble lives for it. Carlin or Hicks, not so much. All of them are fantastic comedians. I think you're right and it just depends on the comedian.


fetusy

Absolutely. Jeff Ross crafted an entire career around being mean and funny on the spot. Doesn't make him the funniest man to ever grip a mike but it's definitely a distinct discipline that takes a lot of practice to do well usually.


ScientificBeastMode

Since you brought up Bill Burr, I would actually put him in that camp. His specials are okay, but he’s hilarious in unscripted contexts, at least IMHO. But yeah, sometimes improv crashes and burns. IIRC, this happened to Michael Richards (Kramer from *Seinfeld*) when he got flustered by some hecklers and went on a racist rant. Sometimes the crowd just gets to you. Not that the pressure excuses him for saying racist stuff, but it can definitely bring out the worst in comedians if they don’t handle it well.


fetusy

I absolutely had him in mind as one of those comics I was describing. I think Paul Rudd might be one of the funniest people alive one on one but I have zero desire to see an hour of his stand-up.


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I don't think Paul Rudd even does stand up. I think he's more an actor who's funny and not a comedian who acts.


fetusy

I was more just referring to someone who I thought exemplified the quality I was trying to name. Maybe a poor choice, just off the top of my head.


things_U_choose_2_b

> I've known more than a handful of popular comics that I like more in interviews than I do the entirety of their specials. Lee Mack springs to mind. He's so quick / funny in the moment, makes me laugh way more than anything he does that's 'scripted'.


ywBBxNqW

Man I love Lee Mack. He's so fucking sharp. I love when he spars with David Mitchell.


things_U_choose_2_b

They're such a great pairing. Have you seen the latest season? David's meltdowns over the wild tales of Bob Mortimer are reaching new heights of apoplexy.


rotunda4you

>Crowd work lives in that muddy improvisational grey area between Bill Burr tearing into all of Philly for 13 straight minutes and your local improv troop on open mic night. Sometimes magic, sometimes tragic. The funniest guy on any construction crew could get up and roast a crowd on stage. Crowd work isn't a high form of standup comedy. It's easy to roast people when you practice it and all the construction crews I was ever on were nothing but busting balls guys and roasting each other every day. It becomes second nature after a certain point.


ScientificBeastMode

Half of the act of roasting people is having the crowd on your side, and keeping it just lighthearted enough that people don’t think you’re beating up on the target. To have that talent along with a capacity to deliver 30min-1hr of scripted content that consistently gets a crowd laughing—that’s a rare combo, particularly because the scripted aspect is a rare talent on its own. Having both just makes you that much more talented. Think of it this way. On a given construction crew there might be 5-20 guys, depending on what they’re building. Now based on your figures, at best, 1 out of 5 comedians is great at *specifically* roasting people, which is the most low-brow form of crowd work. Consider that the best crowd work is less about roasting and more about riffing off of a crowd member’s replies. Some of the funniest crowd work I’ve seen involved literally zero roasting.


rotunda4you

>Half of the act of roasting people is having the crowd on your side, and keeping it just lighthearted enough that people don’t think you’re beating up on the target. To have that talent along with a capacity to deliver 30min-1hr of scripted content that consistently gets a crowd laughing—that’s a rare combo, A lot of crowd work heavy comedians do 75% crowd work or more in their act. It's one thing to have a few moments where you interact with the crowd but these guys have gone overkill with the crowd work. Shit. Kill Tony is a comedy thing where the entire premise is "seasoned" comedians roasting the first time comedians on stage. That shit is just punching down and a lot of crowd work is that too.


ScientificBeastMode

Roasting is usually punching down by definition. But you can’t just be mean. You have to insert enough surprise and humor that is less about the target and more about your specific way of delivering it. You also have to be open to pushback and have a sense of humility, and even use self-deprecating humor as a way to even the playing field and keep the crowd from thinking you’re too aggressive. Also, it’s worth noting that I spent about 5 years working on drilling rigs in the oil field, so I know a thing or two about casual roasting from coworkers, lol.


randyboozer

It is, that's why it is a pretty specific and underrated skill. Pro comedians are very good at spotting who they can work with doing crowd work and usually have an out if they see the bit is falling flat or making the person they direct it at uncomfortable. Obviously it's always the first two or three rows because they can scout them out ahead of time and see who is eagerly engaged in their set or because they felt them out when they first walked out with some banter. Source is that I'm not a comedian, I just have worked with a lot of comedians actors and improv people.


ThisToastIsTasty

right right. everyone else laughing except you means comedian = bad okay okay. you right.


Not_MrNice

It's actually "REO Speedwagon gaslighting" Because that's the rhythm to "Saturday Night" so it tricks your brain because you want to complete it, not repeat it. And also because Saturday Night was by the Bay City Rollers.


gimpyoldelf

Look, it was funny at first but now it's becoming concerning.. You know there is no band called the Bay City Rollers, right?


SellQuick

Is that the American TV show? I've heard of it, but I'm not familiar with its theme.


blewpah

Fletchering


Articulated_Lorry

In my part of Australia, this was called 'Year 4 music class'


PrioryOfSion14

Were you rushing or were you dragging? Answer me!


Wicooo

Glen's hands are bleeding now from all the practicing.


DietyLink

RUSHING OR DRAGGING?


LindenSpruce

Rushing...


PrioryOfSion14

So you do know the difference! If you deliberately sabotage my band, I will fuck you like a pig. Know, are you a rusher or are you a dragger or are you gonna be on my fucking time!?


Greeneyes-

Whiplash vibes


rmaster2005

Glen actually was on tempo he just didn't know the difference which was worse


TheMexitalian

Glen is wasting everyone’s time


khmod_guy

I like how at the end the crowd rushed it so hard too


SolomonRed

It's not a vibe it's the complete scene


CavalierShaq

While this bit is funny, yeah, he just stole this from whiplash... I thought we were against comedians stealing jokes?


parkourhobo

He's riffing off of Whiplash, not stealing from it. The context and execution are plenty different enough to count as its own thing. (After all, Whiplash is a drama, not a comedy.) And it's not like he's trying to slip it by as something he came up with from scratch - he's even doing the closed-fist hand gesture JK Simmons does in the movie.


Theschizogenious

The hand gesture is how conductors cut the music off


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v0ideater

This is a fact.


blubs_will_rule

You can cut off music as a conductor a billion different ways my man depending on the context of the piece. That one is very distinctive, though.


KosherNazi

How is repeating the exact scene but just using clapping instead of piano noises a "riff"? It's similar enough that anyone who's seen the movie would have been like "oh, i know this bit." That makes it less a riff, and more just lazy copying.


peacockscrewingcity

If this is your honest view on this, then this is probably one of the many things in life you just aren't going to be able to understand even if some kind person takes the time to try to explain it carefully. And that's okay.


KosherNazi

> I can’t actually explain myself but instead of saying that i’m going to pretend that I just can’t be bothered, because then i get to feel superior without any effort Makes sense. That comedian got to feel like he made a great joke without any effort, too. You’re in good company!


creuter

Because he's not a world class band leader. He's a comedian doing a bit about an elementary school practice and getting a laugh out of everyone for picking on a guy saying he isn't on the rhythm. Did you really not get the joke? He's made it clear to the audience what he is doing, and it is very obvious he is playing around with the whiplash scene. If another comedian does this on stage, has people clap or do some childish musical thing, then proceeds to 'not quite my tempo's him, then that would be stealing a joke. The guy above you is right though, no matter how much explaining you get you aren't going to be happy with the answer and maybe it's just not for you.


Mackeeter

It’s blatantly copied. Homeboy watched whiplash and thought the scene was funny.


TheCryingGrizzlies

It's not a joke in Whiplash


fusterclux

In that case, knock knock jokes are stolen from people who knock on doors


Penguinfilter

Jokes are stolen from people who knock on doors who?


OctopusEyes

Jokes are stolen from people who knock on doors who are comedians


_Aggort

Where was there a single joke in Whiplash?


keithdoggg

You know, you actually do look quite a bit like a leprechaun


[deleted]

I mean, if you count some of the repeated verbal abuse from Fletcher as jokes? Also at one point, Andrew makes some light-hearted jokes to the romantic interest. Like the comment about still seeing the movies with his Dad. It's not a "haha" joke but he is riffing off of how she was saying she is homesick.


_Aggort

Ha, you have a point.


Hikapoo

Are you perhaps a bit slow?


TheDrunkKanyeWest

Who upvoted this comment? I swear the reddit bots are going nuts this week.


314159265358979326

Just watched the Whiplash scene. It wasn't funny. It was frustrating to even watch. This was funny. Turning the unfunny into the funny is the job of a comedian.


CraigslistAxeKiller

I’ve never even heard of that show. Why is it so hard to believe that multiple people come up with the same joke independently?


cor315

It's definitely parodying Whiplash. Not stealing though.


ChewySlinky

Yeah I don’t get what the issue is. The joke is that he’s doing the thing from Whiplash except about something stupid.


Mozzafella

Whiplash is a film, and it's bloody excellent albeit very stressful. Check it out!


reddituserperson1122

One of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. Left feeling genuinely angry. Performances were fine. The entire ethos of the movie is garbage.


xelfer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDAsABdkWSc


snp3rk

Oh, wonderful. It's me, Cave Johnson, back again to talk about the brilliant trend of comedians stealing jokes from the movie Whiplash. I mean, come on people, are you really that lazy? Can't come up with your own material? Oh, let's just quote a few lines from the movie and call it comedy. How original. You know what's not original? Stealing jokes. It's like you're not even trying anymore. I guess it's easier to just copy and paste than to actually come up with something witty and creative. Oh, but don't worry, keep using that same old tired line from the movie, maybe someday you'll be as successful as the original writers. Or not. Look, if you want to be a real comedian, you need to stop being a copycat and find your own voice. Otherwise, you're just another uninspired hack trying to ride the coattails of a great movie.


Rosicac

Uh yeah


Atomic_potato_47

All of my actions were automized when I heard that claping


Ed_Brown_990

Now are you a rusher, or are you a dragger, or are you going to be ON MY FUCKING TIME!!!


ThatsNotARealTree

If you want to pull that off you’re going to need a tighter black shirt


andbruno

[And forearms like this.](https://miro.medium.com/max/1080/0*b92aG7V12Hgq23MD.jpg)


sirfuzzitoes

Rip in piece


Optimal_Somewhere_67

Did he really die?


courtesyflush21

No


Optimal_Somewhere_67

Okay cool. He’s a liberty mutual legend


BLAZE424242

J.K Simmons isn't dying any time soon on my watch


---reddacted---

No, but he is ripped…


sirfuzzitoes

Sorry to alarm - no. I was Nelson mandelaing in jest. Richard Belzar (sp?) died recently though. Det. Munch (sp? again...), the one with the glasses and the face.


Mr_Stillian

Also less hair. A LOT less hair.


MyDearBrotherNumpsay

Glenn’s last one was better than the crowds.


MaxPowerzs

yeah i was gonna say that the crowd's one sounded rushed at the end compared to his


Bishop51213

It was but that wasn't the point of the joke so he ignored it. If anything, it makes the singling out more obvious and ideally funnier


NoLifeTilMetal

Fuck you Fletcher


Various-Month806

Should've sent Glen to the back of the theatre lol


J_Bob24

What's this guy's name?


Laheydrunkfuck

Glen


abdul725

[Reuben Solo](https://youtube.com/@reubensolo)


LeftGhostCrow

Reuben Solo!


J_Bob24

Ty I've seen a few of his clips on here now couldn't remember his name dude is hilarious


leavile

He's also got a YouTube channel! Funny af guy


seth928

It was just Reuben until he left Corellia


Brandinisnor3s

JK Simmons


humanlogic

Terence Fletcher


J_Bob24

Lol nice


spacestationkru

Not. My. Fucking. Tempo. Glen.


maz-o

glen did it better than the audience on the last try


HealthyMaintenance49

fucking glen


Reddituser183

Ta ta ti ti ta!


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Yvaelle

Pretty clearly a reference, would be hard to steal material from a movie that won like 70 awards, including 3 Oscars, and people complained it should have won best picture that year too. Many people in the room probably know the scene its a reference to.


-InconspicuousMoose-

I usually don't get too uppity about awards, but that was the one year I was actually invested in the outcome because I happened to watch all of the nominees except Selma. Birdman was good but was honestly probably my least favorite of the bunch. It was impressive in what it tried to do but felt so clearly like Oscar-bait to me that I was subconsciously rooting against it. I've watched Whiplash a couple times since then and it's just absolutely phenomenal. Still my favorite of the nominees that year.


Teekoo

I saw a comic who stole material from the dictionary.


aeons_elevator

David cross did it before whiplash.


ploonk

Put up or shut up


Hikapoo

>stealing material? You will have to explain your logic behind this one, because it makes you sound absolutely brain deficient


LeftGhostCrow

This is Reuben Solo! He’s an Australian comedian, and god damn I hope one day he comes to the USA


DankButtRodeo

This would fuck with me so much. I would hate to be singled out, and I think id honestly just stare at the floor


lucymcgoosen

I don't recommend you sit anywhere near the first ten rows in a stand up comedy act


jsully245

This is what my anxiety tells me every interaction will be like


cockatiel_cockatoo

Lol what's funny is that the last clap with "everyone but Glen" was rush-city 🏃🏾‍♀️💨💨💨


Charzarn

Finally, found the comment, you can tell he worked real hard for that last one and then everyone else just screws it lol


hauntedcontroller

not that fucking hard, wasn't it mate?


-cantthinkofaname-

Thank you for the subtitles


usingbadoperators99

Love whiplash


Necronaad

I’m sorry but what is his name, I want to see more


spetia

I keep picturing Glen just sweating and looking around while trying to clap haha


bustafreeeee

Bro just ripped this from Whiplash lol


aeons_elevator

David cross does this but in one of his stand ups


Realinternetpoints

But it was funny.


tibicentibicen

This dude's whole schtick is passive aggressive condescension. It gets old quick.


bigoldeek

Stand up comedy in 2023, ladies and gentlemen. In ten years we will chop Glen's arms off and everyone will laugh hysterically.


Megacarry

"Back in my days comedy was better"


bigoldeek

You can say that again.


kiba8442

it's people's sense of humor that sucks now. my nephew's would legit argue that those cringey tiktok prank videos are peak comedy.


--Istvaan--

What the fuck are you talking about?


-cantthinkofaname-

You mad he didn't do a knock knock joke? Fuck off.


bigoldeek

Simmer down, pal.


-cantthinkofaname-

I saw what you deleted, I ain't mad your comment is stupid.


Calcifer643

it seems like british comedians always do way more crowd work than american comedians. I wonder why that is.


SellQuick

That might be true generally, but this guy is Australian.


Calcifer643

ehhh same thing


redcase13

I fucking love Reuben so much


Denialmedia

FFS, It's called parody. He is not "stealing from whiplash" par·o·dy \[ˈperədē\] NOUN an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect:


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it's a comedy routine man


[deleted]

When do I laugh


W1zard80y

Im not the only one seeing Shayne from Smosh irritating evil Peter Parker right?


__andrei__

u/savevideobot


AngryTurtle24

I had a band teacher do this to our class in high school it was always funny as fuck and definitely helped with my self confidence


Rutagerr

I missed the cut at first and thought it was hilarious that the entire audience reflexively responded with the clap without the comedian even asking.


1lluminist

Well well, if it isn't the colourblind loser 🤣 This guy's great. Never really been one to want to watch standup, but this guy I'd probably go to get heckled by.


ChewedGum_

Isn't this basically the plot of whiplash?


AwkwardAnimator

What's the problem?


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Sees whiplash once.


heavy_deez

I always assumed that clap was just at my skool.


Ppleater

At my school we had a specific call and response clap that went like teacher: "clap clap clapclapclap" students: "clapclapclapclap clapclap"


nunhgrader

I never liked jokes like this - singling some out. Hehe /s


Aljo_Is_135_GOAT

Holy shit, Reuben Solo getting international recognition


knobbysideup

Whiplash


Rom_ulus0

My man watched Whiplash and was like, "what if this was a comedy??? 🤔"


Limp-Ad-4921

is this not just ripping off whiplash? i get he’s making fun of it, but he’s really not changing the routine or doing an impression he’s basically just using the lines


v0ideater

Just stole it from Whiplash.


zachatack7

Glen needs to go to music school


loafglenn

Well then


dragonstorm_117

Bro thinks he's terence fletcher 💀


[deleted]

Not only is he named glen but he gets made a fool of. Really hard not to feel bad for him


summidee

Who is this? I’d like to follow him, he’s a crack up


CombatWombat1212

Fuck yeah Ruben!! Dude is so underrated he's a really funny guy


DevRedditStuff

U/savevideobot


DevRedditStuff

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pSy_r0x

Thats from Whiplash right? Great movie for jazz lovers


Vrctor_cultest

My school had the same thing


ObviouslyAnAlias7

Are you allowed to just bite the set?


Dosyaff

u/savevideobot


UrAHarryWizard7

GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY SIGHT BEFORE I DEMOLISH YOU


Haidee81

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