When I go to Skyline, or any comedy club for that matter, I’m there to see the professionals on stage demonstrate their creativity and humor and coax laughs from a sometimes unwilling audience. I am not there for some attention starved narcissist in the audience to try to make the show all about them. However, when the comic is able to put that person in their place with grace and humor, it can be a satisfying and hilarious thing. But, when the attention starved narcissist, or in this case, their boyfriend, loses the battle of wits and resorts to impotent rage it’s not so funny anymore. It’s absolutely amazing that this comic could still turn this pathetic display of toxic masculinity into a giant laugh.
Hats off to comic Ariel Elias who did just that this past weekend while appearing at Uncle Vinnie’s Comedy Club in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey. An audience member, who wanted to make a non-political show political started trying to put Elias in a difficult spot. By and large, Elias handled the heckler with grace and wit. However, that apparently pissed off the heckler’s boyfriend who threw a nearly-full can of beer right for Elias‘s head. Thankfully, he missed. But how Elias reacted was totally baller. Totally!
As a result of the incident, the owner of the comedy club is pressing charges against the flagrant beer waster and has rebooked Elias for another appearance in April. And as for those of you concerned about the dangers of drinking out of a drooling, mouth-breathing stranger’s open can, Elias had this response, “Everyone saying I’ll get herpes from drinking from that can: jokes on you, babes, I already have herpes”.
