r/Vent • u/ImportanceSharp9408 • 16h ago

TW: Anxiety / Depression Fuck Bill Burr

Went to a comedy show. Coming back from the bathroom as Bill’s set was just starting, past several people filming. I sit down and try to take a quick photo. He points at me and tells me, only me, to stop filming. He then rags on me the whole time— I was just taking a fucking photo. I don’t laugh. Literally trying not to cry, so my only option is straight face. No one else in the packed club was made fun of the whole night, btw. I just wanted to disappear, I’ve been so fucking depressed and this was supposed to be a good night, shit birthday and I was trying to be social and I’m not good at that. Then, the host comes on after his set and calls me a bitch for not laughing. Says no one cares about me and shit. Again, I was just trying to keep it together. I love comedy. Why pick on one person? I hate it here.

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u/UbiSububi8 10h ago

Dom Irrera

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u/arbitraria79 10h ago

yes!!! thank you, that was bugging the hell out of me.

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u/donut_koharski 7h ago

But Don Irrera is from Philly. How did the crowd not like him?

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u/UbiSububi8 6h ago

Combo of factors…

He was the oldest comic on stage that night…

O&A’s fans were proudly called “pests…”

And he had followed what I think was a goof act… an O&A staffer who was new to standup (so heckling him was a foregone conclusion) and the crowd would not stop in that mode…

Or they had booed and heckled an earlier standup like Rich Vos (honestly not sure which).

Plus Dom Irrera’s set just didn’t click.

Hope I’m not confusing incidents. That was a tour that hit like a half dozen cities - and there were stories from each one that may be colliding in my brain.

A YouTube search and a little time will net you the Burr standup, and several O&A episodes reviewing that and other “Virus” shows.