Shut the Fuck Up, I'm a Person, Not a Television.

<points remote at CarlyJay and starts pressing buttons>

Jeez, is this on every channel?

Just watch who you embarrass. Joe Piscopo tried that on some guy in a club in NYC and got a punch in the face. The guy he embarrassed was a mob hitman.

Wait, was this an open-mic night? Nothing personal, but if they just wanted to go to a club and it happened to be open-mic night I’m not sure that the people choosing to grab the mic deserve the undivided attention of absolutely everyone in the room.

I would be mortified. Some people have absolutely no shame. :mad:

They don’t need to give her attention, just a little respect. To me, it sounded as though they were sitting there watching her because they wanted to, not because they just happened upon it.

That said, if it is an actual comedy club and you were working your act, smack the bitch. :smiley:

Well, I’m trying to establish the exact context but all I know is that a paid comedian won’t be getting the stage for 6 minutes.

I don’t own a cellphone so no one can accuse me of violating cell-phone etiquette, but I really do hate going to clubs only to discover some crappy act on stage (usually a rediculously lound band that sucks to a rather remarkable extent) that plays to 10 people not looking at the band, trying to have a conversation over the sucky bass-playing.

I was listening to someone on the radio this morning saying that a few weeks ago he was in a theater when the person sitting in front of him had their cell phone go off. When she answered it he sarcastically said “You’re taking the call?!” to which she replied “Shhh.”

They allow cell phones in prison?

“Tell them we’re busy.”

Stolen.

Stock.

Back when pagers, rather than cell phones, were the latest thing in “getting hold of someone”, my friends and I went to a comedy show. One of my buddies forgot to put his pager on vibrate, and it went off during the show. The comic turned on my friend, pointed right at him, and said, “Drugs are in!” (Yeah, back then many people thought that most folks with pagers were drug dealers.) And as my buddy switched off his pager, the comic added, “You might as well go get 'em, well all know what you’re doing!”

I almost wish he’d gotten Kingsfield-ish on her:

[Kingsfield]"Ms. Jones, my class will be difficult enough for you to pass without adding a handicap. As of this moment, one full letter grade has been deducted from your possible final grade. Hang up now and turn it off.

Would you like to try for two…?

non-compliance

Three…?

non-compliance

Four…?

non-compliance

Ms. Jones, you have just failed this course. You may call your mother to come pick you up. But be aware: if you try to do this from my classroom, I’ll have campus security remove you by force." [/Kingsfield]

No. He’s also a teacher at the local university branch camps.

As for cell phones in prison: the execs are allowed to have them, but they have to be kept on their person at all times and passcode-locked.