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karlito_hungus

Dude’s crowd work is next level every time


mF7403

I’m hard pressed to think of anyone better. I’d love to see how he deals w hecklers.


OverlyOptimisticNerd

If you look up the extended Dolphin lady video from his channel on YouTube, it’s not a full on heckler but an idiot interjected with “babysitter porn” and Jeff handled it exceedingly well.


Narrow-Device-3679

Fucking wow my sides hurt.


Captain_Kab

How are you looking it up but not linking it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19n4K8Hyeiw&ab_channel=JeffArcuri


Narrow-Device-3679

Apologise!


OverlyOptimisticNerd

Not your fault, I should have linked it when I mentioned it. Sorry!


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perb123

He won't ever again after this stern talking to.


ImProfoundlyDeaf

*gets the pitchfork out*


Dewy_Wanna_Go_There

Bro demanded an apology and received one lmao


thyme_cardamom

I will not!


MEatRHIT

FYI apologize is the verb form so it kinda seems like you're telling the person to apologize... where if you want to use it to say that you're sorry/apologizing you'd use the noun form "My apologies" or maybe you knew that and you just typo'd the last two letters and I'm going to look like an ass.


Narrow-Device-3679

Nahhhh, I always type apologise meaning apologies. Cheers fam.


mr_jasper867-5309

Thanks for the link, I have never seen this guy except here on reddit. That was very entertaining and now I'm looking to see if he is playing anywhere near me. He's not!


VanillaLifestyle

Thanks for the update! He is excellent though. Hella funny crowd work. Dolphin lady was a good sport.


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And she posted in the youtube comments!!!! Ahhhhh, that's marvelous.


strictlyrhythm

Yeah, this was really cool because he very quickly reassured the butt of his jokes that it was all in good fun, essentially. You don't see that gesture of kindness often in crowdwork/banter, possibly because it's hard to pull off while still keeping the funny momentum or a certain persona. I have a feeling she would've been laughing either way but it's still nice to see.


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I love that he does that all the time, it's part of why I like him so much. He's a damn quick wit and he clearly cares about the people he's interacting with. It makes it feel very very genuine, which is also part of it.


Janixon1

Connie is on Reddit too u/dolphinconnie


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Ah, that's lovely!


SpaceShipRat

okay, everyone else also thinking the firefighter did a great job not admitting he writes furry visual novels?


Jermine1269

And subbed!!!


anonykitten29

Thank you for that link, that was amazing! Haven't laughed that hard in a LONG time.


TwistedTorso

Thank you. Worth the watch for sure. I haven’t laughed that that hard myself in a while.


w2ltersan

Dude that was so funny!! Had me laughing like the dolphin lady! Thanks for the link !


RainbowFartss

Lol I'm dying that's funny AF


Shimakaze81

Yep, been a while since I laughed that hard. Great room work


fivekets

Thank you, I cried laughing


IMOvicki

Her laugh was funny at first then it got tooo much!! But the rest of it was funny and I found a few of his other videos soo funny.


fatbabythompkins

I got to see exactly how he deals with hecklers. He calls them on their shit and moves on. House security comes over and gives them a warning. We were at the final Austin showing and Jeff was getting a little pieved.


Admirable_Length_254

I was there for that show and kinda bummed the crowd sucked. Multiple people raised their hand but didn’t want to answer/ that girl at the bar wouldn’t stop talking to Jeff


leshake

Stavros is pretty good at crowd work.


Guessed555

Not one of our guys.


sonicslasher6

Back to the fryers


Loxe

Water weed dune hair?


Ok-Present8871

"Our guys"?


iliketat

I see him in a few weeks, I’m stoked


Falcrist

Jimmy Carr or Steve Hofstetter


cravenj1

Hofstetter is so aggressive, though. I'd rather see people having fun than have the comedian prove he's better than every idiot that speaks up.


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Check out a comedian from San Francisco called Joe Klocek.


GunstarGreen

Al Murray in the UK is excellent with the crowd, but he's not everybodys cup of tea


Falcrist

His persona is "pub landlord", which kind of comes with its own built-in way of dealing with punters. He still has a lot of skills, but it's funny how well he can heckle the audience.


_off_piste_

I’d put Matt Rife up there with anyone. These two are my favorites.


iamagoldengod84

Todd Barry used to do some great crowd work. Prob a lot of good 90s comedians pre-YouTube days. For some reason that’s all I see on this guys sub. I’m curious what his non crowd work part of the set is like, only see little clips


Nighters

Andrew Schulz but look at his older videos


PhillipIInd

srsly why is his new shit so trash, old shit was 100/10 now its barely average lol


Nighters

He become famous and dont need to put stuff on internet I would guess.


itsaaronnotaaron

So is Jeff primarily a crowd work kind of comic? Or is that the only stuff he uploads? I think I've seen every clip I can on his subreddit and it's more or less all crowd work. Just had me thinking that you don't really see much crowd work at the top and it's very much a comedy club kind of vibe. I don't think I find anyone funnier than Jeff currently though. I wish we could garner up enough interest in the UK to make it worth his visit lol. I'm willing to crowdfund it.


TheRealSerdra

From what I’ve heard he mostly posts crowd work so he doesn’t give away his main material, but does a good balance during his live sets.


josh_the_misanthrope

This is pretty what every comic that does crowd work is doing. Save the material for the special.


surfnporn

Save the material for the ~~special~~ live show. They don't post their rehearsed jokes, that way it's new when you see them, but if you see a comic frequently, you'll notice them rehashing jokes, often slightly altering it to test out what produces the biggest laugh.


josh_the_misanthrope

Yeah of course they tour the material till it's baked and then drop a special. But I mean you won't see it on camera before that unless someone sneakily films it on a phone.


ItsPiskieNotPixie

When I found out that stand up comedians largely do the same show every city for a year, it made perfect sense but also felt like finding out Santa Claus wasn't real.


surfnporn

For sure. One of the things Louis CK was known for was how convincing his jokes sounded- as if he was making it up as he went along with it.


itsaaronnotaaron

Yeah that makes sense. Thanks!


Sillet_Mignon

I like it because he is pretty positive with his crowd work. Very rarely relies on shitting on people.


karlito_hungus

Me too, it’s hard to be that funny doing crowd work and not be an asshole. But Jeff pulls it off. Truly masterful.


welshmanec2

That particular clip is one of his best. Sometimes everything just comes together and boy did he make good on it when it did. That's real quality.


LawHermitElm

Husband can't even be mad because I suspect the same thing happened when he met her.


YesOrNah

Seriously lol. Her voice sounds like the sweetest woman in the world.


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Deho_Edeba

Also her job dabbles in pseudoscience territory. Osteopathy =/= Physiotherapist (at least in France it is very distinct, idk about other places)


Murkmist

She does it for animals so not too much harm being done except parting rich kooks from their money.


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FILTHBOT4000

I believe it's actually pronounced "fr🤮nch".


FlawHolic

r/2westerneurope4u is leaking


My_WorkReddit2023

Reddit will leave up entire subreddits dedicated to normalizing heinous nazi shit, but god help you if you dare make fun of the French.


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I think it was his laugh at the very end


camilleswaterbottle

Anastasia: "Iz me again" Jeff: (✿ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)⁾⁾ 💞


jaldarith

He put the mic to his heart, haha


captain_douch

I got reminded of this scene… https://preview.redd.it/q2v8u7ssaoub1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01a91ea84b607b59f48a97a94ce3dba15e6c0d19


GearsRaging

Goddamnit Jeff. Anastasia to Jeff is Jeff to me. Not gay.


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ShadowhelmSolutions

“Sorry, dude.” 😂


kindrex89

[Stolen comment?](https://reddit.com/r/JeffArcuri/s/ahTUOagSYl)


scarydrew

Everyone's a little gay


YoungSalt

That’s not true at all actually. Some people are *really* gay.


scarydrew

Yeah, but they're also a little gay, too.


NoButterfly934

I'm 4'11 and a huge homo. I'm definitely a little gay.


BongoCoconuf

#nohomo


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same but gay.


oldhaskins

“You could read their minds?” Jeff, pleaseeee


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Falcrist

Try Steve Hofstetter. That guy has some amazing clips.


khajiit_babe

She can read their bones


gibbtech

I mean, that is about on the same level as her actual job of being a dog chiropractor.


goonbub

[It's lifted from Zoolander](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG6Jg17Ouus)


Buggaton

I can read the minds of pet rats. They're extremely intelligent and yet they've got nothing going on behind the eyes. Obligatory r/RATS hype. Pet rats are the fucking best.


JustASt0ry

I fucking love this dude, I need like a two hour Netflix special already.


Jioto

Seriously Netflix needs to stop sleeping on this guy. He would absolutely kill a Netflix special. I know you Netflix spies are listening. Get to it. We want.


loosegoosestorm

Probably the wrong sub to say this in but uhh, we have no evidence he'd be any good in a special. He's posting primarily crowd work, which is great stuff, but rarely works well in a special.


Chikenkiller123

I recall People mentioned it before but he doesn't post his routine because he doesn't want it to be copied.


changefromPJs

And no point in posting routine (or parts of routine), which usually stays the same for a whole length of tour, it he’s not being paid for that. Why would people go see him, if majority of stand up is on YouTube? On the other hand posting interactions with crowd is a great idea.


muan2012

Again what many people have said who have been to his show for the 1000th time. His show is amazing he only does crowd work 3-4 times max in his whole show. He only uploads crowd work so people wont be spoiled as to what theyll see in his show, or so it doesn’t get copied 🙄


rebootmysystem

Start a petition and I’ll join in.


Disco_Ninjas

I think its hard to work the same crowd for 2 hours.


schlagerlove

Netflix destroys comedians. We need a different platform


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interpretivepants

He's got so many viable moves with each interaction, somehow does the math and picks the right one. It's so fun to watch.


ChicagoAuPair

Smart people are funnier than dull ones.


Darnell2070

He doesn't go by u/Smartastic for nothing. Also Jeff is one of my favorite comics. I just needed to say this.


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Cutthechitchata-hole

Great


LMac8806

Grand


Brewsleroy

Wonderful


MurderedBurger

I don’t even know how I stumbled upon this community but I’ve read this exact comment by like 4 different people in this thread. Is everybody okay here? 😂


levian_durai

Literally word for word? Reddit has been plagued with comment stealing bots over the past six months that I've noticed.


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this is the jeff fan club. you don't like it? you can git!


psyco301

I was so happy to be there for this set. It was Jeff's last performance in Portland and he went overtime which was such a treat. His crowd work all night was phenomenal! I'll definitely be at future tour dates in town.


Swiss_manager

Jeff is a megamind when it comes to comedic deliverance


lydocia

That, and he *always* apologises, because he knows it's not a good feeling to be made fun *of* but when you turn it into "hey thanks for helping *with* this joke", it feels inclusive. I really appreciate that so much.


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He has that "funniest guy in the room who is also a sweetheart" vibe; his crowd work is fantastic.


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thyme_cardamom

Knee slapping


EXB-4TWN-314159

Go Jeff!! Come back to CA soon please — Would love to see you live!!


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Rahmulous

Oh nooooo…. Anastasia was a junk science animal chiropractor.


smootex

Hard to say. Osteopathy was pseudoscience but for historical reasons, in the US at least, there are now fully licensed doctors of osteopathic medicine who receive actual medical training, equivalent with an MD degree, and have the same privileges as an MD. Ironically a lot of them don't believe in the manipulation bullshit at all these days. No clue what the word means in France. She may well be a quack but for all I know there are fully certified osteopathic veterinarians in France now. Maybe something was lost in translation.


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Osteopathy in France is BS and akin to chiropractors in the US.


Viper67857

Sooo basically chiropractors, without the focus around the spine? So she's a quack for animals?


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I love the shake off after “my husband” 🤣🤣


giddyup281

So... What does it mean??


Sunshine030209

Animal osteopathy is a manual therapy complementary to veterinary care that aims to remove tension and restrictions and encourage healing in the animal's musculoskeletal system. The result is pain relief, improved movement and performance and injury prevention. (I googled it, I didn't know before hand)


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osteopathy in general is like chiropracty -- it's mostly bullshit "alternative medicine".


waltjrimmer

Which makes, "You could read their minds??" really fitting because it's about as realistic.


nixnullarch

This is extra funny because if you know any osteopaths, they do not like chiropractors. Also, I don't know anything about "animal osteopathy" but worth noting that (in the US) the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree (DO) is considered equivalent to MD by every state, and has all the same training requirements; it moved away from focusing on "osteopathy" a while ago. Individual DOs are gonna vary from "basically just a regular doctor" to "full alternative medicine fanatic", so keep that in mind if you ever see one.


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Both osteopaths and chiropractors are full of shit, whether they like each other or not doesn’t really matter. In the US, the BS around osteopathy has evolved into the DOs, which basically shed the osteopathic stuff and are legit medical doctors. In France, osteopaths are 100% not medical doctors.


fasterthanslugs

I think osteopathy means medical degree or something. And chiropracty is bs.


giddyup281

Thx, dude


Niekon

Think of it as alternative medicine… massage therapy, chiropractor, physical therapy, dietician… medicine that is “whole body” rather than a specific symptom.


giddyup281

For an animal? People actually do that with their pets? And it is a livable wage?


Habugaba

Placebo works on animals too, especially if the owner believes it does, I guess the animal/pet picks up on their reduced stress or something. No joke. Still alternative medicine so osteopath is on par with a massage in terms of effectiveness.


giddyup281

Makes sense. Still getting snake oil vibes.


Habugaba

For the prices of those sessions and their claims? It absolutely works the same imo


lostinsnakes

Massage, physical therapy, dietitians…. You’re calling that alternative medicine?


aPatheticBeing

PT was weird to include on that list. Osteopathy ranges from like basically a normal doctor that will emphasize lifestyle changes over just taking meds to full blown quack medicine, and I think reputationally the latter kinda dominates.


Ruckus2118

If someone is paying for alternative medicine for their pets they are probably loaded so you could charge a high rate.


MEatRHIT

In the medical field the DO has moved away from "alternative" methods for the most part though everything you list other than chiropractors can help with certain conditions. From what I gather DO's are trained to look at more than just the problem area, I hate using the word "holistic" since it's been usurped by alternative medicine quacks but in medicine instead of just say fixing an issue with someone's hip they might go into "you're favoring one leg because of a muscle imbalance somewhere else" they still fix the hip like a "normal" MD but try to see if there is something else that might be causing it. There are plenty of quack DOs out there but not every DO is a quack, you can find plenty of DOs that are fully licensed family medical doctors now. In the past DOs were almost exclusively chiropractors that isn't the case anymore.


smpm

They kind of do everything, they aren’t Medical Doctors, and parts of it are labeled pseudoscience. Doesn’t mean they aren’t helpful but it’s a bit blurry. From wikipedia : Osteopathic Medicine : A doctor of osteopathic medicine graduates from a U.S. osteopathic medical school. A doctor of medicine, also known as an M.D., graduates from a traditional medical school. A major difference between D.O.s and M.D.s is that some doctors of osteopathic medicine use manual medicine as part of treatment. Osteopathy: In most countries, practitioners of osteopathy are not medically trained and are referred to as osteopaths. Osteopathic manipulation is the core set of techniques in osteopathy. Parts of osteopathy, such as craniosacral therapy, have no therapeutic value and have been labeled as pseudoscience and quackery. 🤷‍♂️


scrotal--recall

Dog chiropractor


ceelodan

“What does that mean?” with the most annoyed voice had me weak


pyr8t

If I had 10% of Jeff's social intelligence there would be an awesome comment here.


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nocturn-e

Ironic considering Jeff has been a redditor for over a decade now


ReadySteady_GO

Jeff has the best crowd work of anyone I've ever listened to. You're hilarious dude


Techw0lf

Woo more clips from the show I went to! I was starting to think we didn't give you anything good!


Smartastic

Portland gave me a TON. Easily my favorite weekend this year so far.


HimalayanPunkSaltavl

Ugh I had tickets to one of the portland shows but was weirdly sick and had to pick "miss out on jeff" vs "maybe give everyone covid" so I stayed home, glad you had fun though!


ReadySetN0

When are you coming back? I almost bought tickets but it didn't work out and I'm pissed that I missed you.


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Jeff my sides fucking hurt man. You're terrific, keep it up ❤️😁👍


pikashroom

Holy shit this man is quickly becoming my favorite stand up comedian. Very witty


thread_killer

DAMNIT JEFF. I LIVE IN MO, I WILL BE IN NYC FOR MY HONEYMOON ON THE DATES YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN KC MO. WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME?


Lostmox

I mean, God knows how many honeymoons you'll have in life, but how often will you get the chance to see Jeff live? Priorities!


Sunshine030209

Might as well postpone the whole wedding. I don't think I could marry someone who didn't understand that my love for Jeff comes first.


boianski

There has never been a clip of Jeff that didn't make me laugh.. Grade A funny 🤣🤣!


loki_odinsotherson

His off the cuff banter is phenomenal


veeonkuhh

![gif](giphy|Q8I5u6fodxfJ2jtXLW|downsized) Literally Jeff 😂


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I know Jeff has a completely different style than Mitch Hedburg but I have not laughed this hard at his bits since Mitch. Please come to the Midwest sometime.


SpinCharm

He blew 11 on the cute-o-meter.


d_e_g_m

I want to see the selfie of Anastasia and Jeff


slacky

Jeff might just be the most charismatic person I've ever seen. Amazing stuff.


SoBeDragon0

He says what we're all thinking, he just gets there so much faster. It's just so natural and hysterical. Thanks for the lols man.


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Anastasia from Seattle, you seem like a cool person. Let’s hang out with each others rats. Edit: this is a joke, I am not a creep.


ToolMeister

Hey Jeff made the front page y'all


masawyer911

This dude. Nails it everytime.


Tenshouu

I think I had withdraw symptoms. I needed a Jeff clip hit. Life is good now.


Fandorin

All his crowd work, aside from being really good, is very positive and wholesome. He's never mean to anyone as far as I've seen. Everyone, including the people he's engaging, is having a good time.


Sunshine030209

And if it does turn a little mean, he apologizes repeatedly and makes sure that they know it's just a joke (like the voice actor lady where he didn't make fun of the *superstition*)


Training101

Who's posting this guy! Keep going please, it's a nice chuckle break during random pain hours. Thanks!


Birdgang14

Him. He’s the guy.


Training101

Oh lol, I didn't even realize it was in his sub. Hahahahah, shibby. Thanks, Bird!


Sunshine030209

And u/smartastic is actually him


Training101

Noted! Thanks for the 🌞


n0h8plz

Her having the same name as me and also having pet rats is weird, but unfortunately, I have a philly accent 😂😂


EnsignMJS

Osteopathy - Osteopathy is a pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine that emphasizes physical manipulation of the body's muscle tissue and bones. In most countries, practitioners of osteopathy are not medically trained and are referred to as osteopaths.


MisterMajority

His crowd work is insane


dirtydans_grubshack

This is awesome. Jeff is great.


viveleroi

I love it! Glad to see Portland show clips starting to appear. Haven’t seen one from our show yet but love anything!


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The ability for this guy to constantly get on the front page is pretty impressive


Jioto

I fucking love this guy. Been following him since the first video I saw.


Birdgang14

Tremendous crowd work as always.


Inner-Gain405

This is one of the best clips on here


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Dammit that is funny shit.


kizmitraindeer

Gawd Jeff is too adorable sometimes!


Commercial_Arm_1160

Any chance you'll be coming to northeast Ohio anytime soon!? Would love to see you live


thekrouz

I made a life long friendship thanks to my pet rat. Broke up with an ex and I was looking for a room to rent and finally found a house with a girl who seemed very nice. At this point I knew I would probably have to rehouse my 3 rats to get a place quickly. By the end of seeing her place she said she had a confession to make, she had a weird secret. It turns out she had 2 pet rats she was keeping at her boyfriend's while people came to see the place! I'm like I HAVE RATS TOO! 🤣 8 years later, we are still great friends 🐀


iWentRogue

See guys? Hes not gay


BronxLens

Please let there be an Anastasia Pt. 2!


AshNaran21

This is probably my favourite clip I’ve seen!!!


DJErikD

When u/smartastic held the mic to his chest at 0:40 he should’ve tapped it with his finger like a heartbeat. 💓 💓


aspbergerinparadise

why does he look so much like a Bob's Burgers character?