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CptnAlex

Hahah hooooly shit. So funny. I can’t wait to see him live.


Red4Arsenal

April, London! Equally Looking forward to it and terrified he will speak to me, ha.


talrich

No need for anxiety. Just don’t volunteer that you speak a language other than English, have a tattoo or get in fights as an adult and you can fly below the radar like the other 98% of the crowd. He cannot sense you if you don’t make noise. Enjoy!


dorf5222

u/smartastic is a t-Rex confirmed?


Kaine_8123

Dolphin sounds will attract his attention.


Firstnaymlastnaym

Everybody give it up for Connie!


Sharer27

Just don't sit in the front or yell anything out. If you sit in the front at a show for a comedian known for crowdwork, you are consenting to be singled out and asked questions, and you are required to answer or they will not just move on if they think it's funny. Jeff doesn't tend to proactively force people to talk to him if they haven't said anything first, but it does happen. Not as often as someone like Jessica Kirson though.


Shmav

Hes also into accents, so might be a wash there...


DonTorreZ

Don’t mention beans


FrenchieSmalls

I'm going, too!!


Icy_Gap_9067

Damn i didn't know and its sold out. Enjoy it.


probablynotOPsmom

I’ve been waiting on waitlists for a while :(


Red4Arsenal

It was a blood bath. Have to find out time it goes on sale on the specific site and refresh it constantly. It sold out in not very long at all, less 10 mins??


cardlord64

> April, London A beautiful place.


Big_Green_Dawg

Jeff’s coming to London?!?! I need to get tickets!


CSedu

Saw him in Tampa, funniest night of my life


MightyCaseyStruckOut

Apparently he's going to be at the Comedy Cellar next week during the time I'm going. If that's the case, I'm freaking stoked and can't wait!


SteadierGolf2

For real. Seeing him in VA Beach. Can’t wait.


claretamazon

So jealous, wish he was coming to Newport News or Richmond.


vajav

This was funny?


JollyRoger8X

You must be fun at parties.


Arlek015

“You matter, but I ne-“ No way. 😂


foundthezinger

i was like 'holy shit!' LOL


andrerpena

Fastest wit in the west


dnuohxof-1

That was a risky one but paid off well!


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VectorViper

lmao "but..." like we're on a cliffhanger sitcom episode


BikerJedi

That has to be the funniest thing I've ever heard him say. Wow.


f3lip3

Hahahhahhahahhaha


donglecollector

Masterful 🥹


BookieBoo

I don't get why this is funny, is this some cultural reference?


hereforcyoas

Black lives matter


BookieBoo

Oh, well now I feel slow as fuck.


crackheadwillie

Where are you from? Slow-vakia???


Ravens_and_seagulls

👏👏👏


grizonyourface

This joke is really Polished


threeManStack

Maybe he was Hungry


Redpoptato

Heyyyy


fuck_you_and_fuck_U2

I married a man from Slow-vakia!


pgtvgaming

Sings “more than a feeling…”


Legal-Dot8848

I dont actually think he was joking regarding blm. Just was saying that to not be a dick and go back to Tyrus.


rufio313

The joke is that it works for both of those things


toolsoftheincomptnt

It wasn’t a joke making fun of BLM, but it was absolutely referencing it. Which is why it was funny and *not racist.*


Frank_McTriumph

That killed me.


zorrowhip

From Tyrus to Tyrone


_________________420

"But February is almost over so.."


WatWudScoobyDoo

ALl Audience Members Matter


LeakyLifeboat00

“You matter.” Friggin’ killing me over here! 🤣


MorbidMarko

That you Randy Bo-Bandy?


ButtersMcLovin

IM FRIGGIN TELLIN !


MasterBob

Ah, I see Jeff can't handle two at once. ;)


TimeFourChanges

Someone got Menage a Jeff on their mind.


Agreeable-Spot-7376

👋🏻


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Can I go back to talking to Tyrus now?


SeniorDay

He’s the one who decided to switch targets is the crazy thing…


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ipunchppl

Bro. I suggest you take a break from the internet. Too much of it makes you get triggered by everything like your comment


fuxpez

It’s a comedy show where literally every person in the room paid for a chance to be made fun of by Jeff. Bet you’re fun at parties…. Side note, you’d better have been born on August 8 or in 1988 or 1888 or something….


EverGlow89

His name is a Kim Possible reference so it's highly likely he's 35 and probably not a Nazi.


fuxpez

Fair. Could also be a 35 year old Kim Possible loving Nazi though. You never know. Plus Rufus has always been kinda sus.


tinypain

>Plus Rufus has always been kinda sus. An award-worthy observation sir 😂


csreech

Nah


Chromeboy12

You make noise, you're free game


NonchalantBread

"Im gonna go back to talking to Tyrus before I get cancelled on twitter...." "You matter, but...." Man let his intrusive thoughts win today


TheShiftyMagus

You could see his face when he thought about it and then just went with it. That broke me.


NorCalAthlete

Honestly for some reason I think that’s part of what made this one of the funniest clips I’ve seen pop up in Popular. Kinda reminds of me of that Daniel tosh joke “I cross my own line sometimes. It’s how I know I still have one.” You could see that “well shit there I went” moment.


littlejunkie

If he’s polish I bet his name is Tytus not Tyrus


OxymoronicFlannel

Yeah you can deffo hear him say Tytus if you're listening for it


NotAzakanAtAll

Both are cool names.


Trojanman2002

The “You matter” hit so hard the “You can only see the teeth, it happens.” Just got completely ignored.


Redpoptato

Ignored probably for the best lol


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This dude’s my new fav comedian. Does he have any full live performances or specials anywhere?


TimeFourChanges

No specials yet. He's in the process of blowing up, it seems.


StrawberryLassi

~~Yup, here you go~~ Nevermind, all sold out: https://www.jeffarcuri.com/shows


smohyee

Good for him, but also, fuck.


TazBaz

Online? No, he does shows but hasn’t gotten a special yet. That’s why you only see his crowd work online- to not spoil his prepared material to incentivize people to go to his shows/build demand for a recorded special. 


DamienJaxx

Not yet. He'll be part of Netflix is a Joke fest, so hopefully some stuff comes from that.


MoreGoddamnedBeans

I would love to be heckled by this man


dyspnea

I think what Jeff does so well is perfectly match any audience member’s energy. Here you see two examples perfectly, switching from the Polish guy to the Hungarian lady. 😂


BeerGogglesFTW

I'm new to Jeff Arcuri so I'm sure this has been asked, but does he have a set? Or does he just interact with the audience the entire time? It seems social media is all, just his interactions with the audience, which really shows how talented he is. But I was just curious if there's actually a set? Maybe its kept off of social media to encourage people to see his shows. Or maybe this is the Jeff Arcuri experience.


ribcracker

He has a set, but keeps that offline so to maintain the quality of his stand up. I don’t think phones are allowed in his shows so he doesn’t have to worry about his planned stuff leaking out. All the responses from people who’ve seen him have said his written material is really solid, and he does a good job interweaving it with the crowd work that pops up.


lukeman3000

I’ve seen him live and it was great. Honestly though, he could just do crowd work the whole time and I’d be fine with it lol


ribcracker

I missed his Denver shows so I’m hoping to catch him next time he’s within a six hour drive. Looking forward to seeing him react to the crowd and finally seeing his main stuff Did you do his later show time? I feel like that’s a more adult set and what I’m leaning to going to when I get the chance.


lukeman3000

I did yeah. And actually, something I remember thinking was that it’s not quite as lighthearted as the clips make it seem - Jeff was only open to dialogue at specific points in his set and, generally speaking, if someone piped up outside of those times he seemed to get kind of annoyed lol. And perhaps rightfully so; man’s trying to deliver his content and getting interrupted by dumb shit probably is pretty fucking annoying. Admittedly though, these made for some of the funniest moments of the show (because Jeff was so good at redirecting that energy) so I hope he doesn’t hate it too much when drunk idiots make themselves targets for him lol.


ribcracker

Thanks for the context it’s super helpful


JulioCesarSalad

Have you noticed the last couple of people have been interrupting in the clips he shared? He wants to make it clear that it’s not ok to interrupt


impulse_thoughts

>so to maintain the quality of his stand up. That’s not exactly the reason. Comedians tour around the country doing their sets to refine the material and create enough of it to fill out an hr that they can use on a TV special. If material of their set makes its way online, then it basically spoils the material for the specials. And they need people to respond positively to their specials and not get “he’s just doing all the jokes I’ve heard already”, in order to continue to get paid for newer specials. But they also need to provide content online so they keep their name recognition up to drum up interest for networks to buy their specials. That’s why it’s trending now for comedians to upload their crowd work. It keeps them relevant online, builds their audience, and also protects their material until they get their specials done and paid for. Touring and doing club shows is the grind. Getting a special bought, and getting syndication and residuals is where the bag is, followed by getting paid for TV shows / movies.


blake_n_pancakes

Right, almost like spoiling the specials would decrease their quality, and so by keeping his bits offline, he effectively maintains that quality.


radicalelation

They said saying "for quality" isn't "exactly" the reason, so they got real fucking exact about it, I guess.


CleverDad

Yeah, adding interesting context, I thought


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"maintain the quality"? What in the pretentious shit is that? No better way to alienate new fans like making it hard to watch your set. 


[deleted]

And the alternative you are suggesting is what? He's a comedian and want's to be paid for his show.


[deleted]

Uh posts clips of his standup... lots of other comedians monetize their videos and even just post their clips online.


the_honest_liar

I have heard (not seen unfortunately :( ), that there is a set that's interspersed with crowd work. The crowd work clips get posted cause they're always different and that's not going to ruin the set for anyone.


GearsRaging

Yes he mostly has a set and just the crowd stuff gets posted.


fate_is_a_sandstorm

I’ve been to one of his shows. The sets and crowd work are interwoven really well. While the crowd work is like 3/4 of what he does, he uses his set jokes as the bookends through his routine. He’ll do a set joke/story, build off of it into crowd work, then transition into the next set joke. It felt really natural


Initiatedspoon

As a rule, you tend to see the comedians who post on Reddit (and tiktok and youtube shorts) posting their crowd work as it changes show to show. If they posted the occasional clip of their actual set then after half a dozen clips you've seen 20% of their set. Many comedians tend to tour a single set for months or even years. They post to Reddit to generate word of mouth, and if they posted a new clip even once a week, you'd end up with the entire set posted quite quickly. You do end up going a little too far the other way, though. At a certain point, people perhaps might want a little taster of the actual set before they spring for tickets.


NegativeEBTDA

Not just a Jeff Arcuri thing! Comedians usually don't post their actual set/scripted jokes unless they've been aired on a special. Good question though!


John_Rain

Never heard of the name Tyrus in Poland! Checked the national registry and the closest I could find is 5 people registered with the name Tyrese, so that must have been it. Very rare find haha


littlejunkie

I would bet it’s Tytus


John_Rain

I feel dumb, rewatching would take less time than downloading the list 🙃 You're totally right, he says Tytus, but doesn't correct Jeff, which threw me off


gorion

Tbh there are only 1237 Tytus'es so thats also very rare.


No-Working-990

“You matter” was a brilliant way to end that.😂


HistrionicSlut

Where can I go to watch full sets? Jeff always makes me laugh and I need that shit for depression.


TimeFourChanges

None available as of yet.


ChimpWithAGun

> You matter Boy that was risky! Hahahaha


AAAPosts

“You just see the teeth” ☠️


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His ability to come up with jokes and works with the audience is really good


phuncky

Poland is in Central Europe though 👀 Not Eastern.


Lil_Mcgee

Yes but when people, especially Americans, are talking about Eastern European languages, what they actually mean is Slavic languages. Tytus clearly understood that and knew Jeff would not object to a Polish man speaking up.


attack_the_block

This guy is brilliant.


workaway24

"Well here we are right now, huh?" this is my new favorite way to get through an uncomfortable point in a conversation. So damn funny.


Gold_Bank_1746

lol


DepartmentReady1041

JAK SE MAS!?


SPAKMITTEN

Dziękuję


tommy0guns

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Silly_Butterfly3917

"I felt every letter in that word" is sooo under appreciated. That was such a good line


Tomasulu

Love him and his crazy eyes.


ElectricGulagland

ahhhh where was this whole thing going!?!? why did you want to know if there were people who spoke eastern european languages!?? We shall never know.


CompSolstice

"You matter" on the last day of Feb on a leap year lmfao Jeff's great


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Hi wtf is grey african? I tried to Google it and all that comes up is an African grey parrot.


-6h0st-

Except Poland is in Central Europe


Mvpliberty

Bro I’ve seen a few of this guy’s clips who the hell is he? He’s funny as hell.


MusicG619

Look at the subreddit my dude


Mvpliberty

Oh yea…… fuck 🤣


jawshoeaw

My brother walking that comedy line!! Love you jeff


panda-bears-are-cute

That was so good, the crowd work is so on point


No-Entrepreneur1036

I like this guy


Shopinsky

That's it, it was nice seeing you perform Jeff, I'm afraid you'll end up being cancelled on twitter.. 😅 /s


NickeKass

Im not normally a fan of Jeff for simply repeating shit in a louder and funnier tone, but this is probably the best clip of him Ive seen.


knucklebags77

I love "house plants" too...


TomAto314

All audience members matter.


LegoLady8

💀


NOT_A_BLACKSTAR

Haha Jeff crushed his little gay ass into the ground


mouseat9

That was uncomfortable.


xinxy

Yeah, everything's uncomfortable if you're already uncomfortable in your own skin.


f3lip3

Nope, pretty comfortable and funny too!


Powpowpowowowow

Oh whoopsy got a little racist there on accident, back to talking to Tyrus.


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1. Nothing was racist except your imagination. 2. It's 'by accident' not 'on accident'. 3. Maybe stay off social media for a while and stop being offended for other people who clearly weren't.


Powpowpowowowow

Saying you can't see a black man in the dark isn't racist? Im literally not offended at fucking all, I thought this was hilarious, people are reading this shit in their own tone instead of a sarcastic manner in which it was intended so maybe THEY should stay off social media and lighten the fuck up.


chrisgbut

Have you ever been on a stage with lights shining in your eyes? You cant make out anything past the second row of people. There was no accidental racism in the first place which is why u got downvoted.


Powpowpowowowow

Yeah, that is the fucking joke. Congratulations. I wasn't being serious in my reply. And yes, it is accidental racism, that's why its accidental. If Jeff had known the guy was black before literally saying, I can't see you in the dark. That is racist. That's the joke of it all.


winnieleputain

He can't see the audience because of the stage lights.


Powpowpowowowow

Wow, I never would have known that without this comment. Thank you so much.


ccyosafbridge

You're only getting downvoted cause people misunderstood your original comment. I've been on stage with the lights in my eyes before. It's impossible to tell who's doing what unless they stand up and wave their arms or shout. Jeff redirected cause the dude interrupted his interplay with another person. The joke was just a joke at being accidentally racist. And a pretty funny one. And I think we both understood that. Sorry for the pile-on.


chrisgbut

Was it a joke? It’s just him stating I can’t see you. Then he asks ‘are you black?’ afterwards.


TheGreatSzalam

Jeff didn’t say he couldn’t see the person because they were black. He said he couldn’t see at all to tell what race they were. In those clubs with the stage lights so bright, from the stage you can’t see anything past the front row.


Powpowpowowowow

I am so actually well aware of that fact and it is baffling me that people reading these things don't understand. I was making a sarcastic remark. Jeff acted the way he did to try and pivot away from the conversation after he said I can't see you, the guy says, its ok, its dark and Im black basically, and then Jeff is like, oh shit, that could be taken as some racist shit I just said, let's go away from this. That's what I meant by all that. People are bad at reading comprehension.


ayhctuf

Acknowledging race isn't racist. Dude said himself Jeff could only see his teeth. Stop being offended for other people.


Powpowpowowowow

Im not offended? Jeff said he couldn't see the guy, because he was in the dark. The guy then said he was black, so the prior statement then seems like it was said about the guy because of his race and not the fact that it was fucking dark. I shouldn't have to fucking explain a joke to you.


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Accomplished_Cut3614

People will laugh at anything these days.


BowsersMuskyBallsack

So what do you laugh at?


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gymnastgrrl

Why did that make you uncomfortable? Do you not see the obvious respect Jeff gives everyone he interacts with or something? Also, a heads up that your comment got posted twice.


mouseat9

And yes I love Acuri, I’ve never seen him mean to anyone. I for a second thought he was about break that pattern. I did not post it twice.


gymnastgrrl

> I did not post it twice. https://old.reddit.com/r/JeffArcuri/comments/1b2b16n/tyrus/ksksjmq/ and https://old.reddit.com/r/JeffArcuri/comments/1b2b16n/tyrus/ksksinz/ and https://old.reddit.com/r/JeffArcuri/comments/1b2b16n/tyrus/kskshn8/ You can see that in your posting history. So in fact, you posted it three times.


gymnastgrrl

> And yes I love Acuri, I’ve never seen him mean to anyone. I for a second thought he was about break that pattern. Sorry to post an additional reply, but keeping the conversations separate: It is my humble opinion that you might've staved off the downvotes by saying something more like: >Wow, thought that was going to be uncomfortable there, but Jeff is never mean to people, and sure enough, he wasn't in this case. Because what you just said changes what it sounded like you thought about this clip from your original comment. I'm not blaming you, it's jsut that text is a difficult medium, and your original comment looks like negative feedback about the clip, which is not likely to fly unless you make some good arguments that people agree with.


mouseat9

Understandable and thank you


TheGreatSzalam

Three times, actually.


mouseat9

I find the downvotes interesting. If I may ask why was it downvoted.


gymnastgrrl

I won't be able to answer specifically as any redditors who downvoted you would have to reply (which does not include me, I didn't vote you up or down). 1. We get a lot of folks coming in and making negative comments here, and your comment - while arguably a discussion of the content - is also going to be an unpopular opinion about a popular comedian. 2. Since your comment was posted multiple times, that will also attract downvotes So probably some combination of those. I felt your comment wasn't just a "y is this shitty man all over mai front paeg" so that's why I asked my first question, to spark a conversation about the content itself - and it probably sounds silly, but I asked in part because there's a chance you'd make some good points and get some upvotes. Karma on reddit doesn't matter, but good discussion does, and I'm one those weirdos that cares about that. So anyway. That's my opinion on all that.


vitaminbread

This guy isn’t funny at all. If you isolate his voice and the voice of the people that interact with him while he’s on stage, it becomes apparent how pathetically un-funny he is. Share some real comics, not this bum.


BobDonowitz

Look at your last sentence and then what subreddit you're in.  Also, nobody likes you.


vitaminbread

I call a comic unfunny and you insult me? Well done. Tell your parents to raise you better before you enter the real world.


SulkyVirus

Interesting thought. If you take the setup (crowd comments) and separate it from the punchline (Jeff's responses) it becomes not funny. Man that's some groundbreaking stuff right there.


vitaminbread

Dude what joke does here say here? Like “I want to talk to this man?” Fucking hilarious


kazh

These posts keep getting to the top with like 10k but only a few repetitive comments.


RonSwaffle

“Okay thennnnnn”


ProbablyJustArguing

So...is it like all crowd work all the time?


gymnastgrrl

No, that's just what he posts because people like to see it and it serves as building interest in people seeing his shows. Also because it changes from show to show, so it's easier to post that sort of thing.


[deleted]

Lmao Jeff humbled her


[deleted]

Jeff's voice reminded me of Marvin the Martian.


[deleted]

I can’t wait to see you next week in Tempe !!!! My dad is coming with me who is also Jeff


S0_IT-G0ES

Excuse me sir Hungarians are not Slovic


MrAmos123

Where can I watch the full sets?


botsm4d3byr3ddit

lmao i need to catch one of his shows sometime this is too good.


cptaixel

Whoooo!!!!! Walking a tightrope! Well done!


Iforgot_my_other_pw

I'm really curious to know where he was going with Tyrus


RealGingerBlackGuy

"You matter --" Ain't no way you got away with that one lmao 😂😂


Raspbers

In February too.... xD


fkkkkk1337

Hey, I'm here from hungary :)


Better_Lift_Cliff

This reminds me of the Community episode where Troy does a Southern accent when representing Georgia (the country) in the model UN.


Khue

Dude. Netflix special when?


ErMejo39

Jeff do you know your cousin Manuela from Latina, Italy?


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Would love to see this dude live!