What Charlie Murphy should have done instead

[Phil]

So Charlie Murphy gets booed off the stage at Grambling University:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTsTp...layer_embedded

The Comic's Comic said..

Every comedian has a story about a hell gig, and after last night, Charlie Murphy has a new tale to tell.

To say his headlining performance at Wednesday night's homecoming comedy show for Grambling State University did not go well is an understatement, but doesn't need to be stated, because it's on video. The Gramblinite reported that the student body welcomed Murphy to the stage, after two opening acts, with a standing ovation, but after he asked the students to get their Chappelle's Show references out of their system, things did not go well from there. "As he delved into trippy terrain, the audience tripped out on him. Stray boos echoed," they reported.

By the time this student took out a camera to record Murphy's performance on video, the crowd was at times deathly quiet, then nervously chattering, and then more boos. Watch what happens next...

[aenemaTron]

Thread title does not deliver.

[crlygrl]

Phil you left out "Discuss amongst yourselves"

[Phil]

I forgot the question mark.

[mikemayberry]

The crowd didn't even seem that bad in that video. However, I don't think he should have done anything different. It was pretty obvious they weren't into him as a comic, they probably just wanted a personality and it seemed like Charlie was trying to do material.

I do not admire that man and his lingering Chappelle Show fame.

[drbristol]

"he asked the students to get their Chappelle's Show references out of their system"

And then what...focus on references to his brother?

[MattLewis]

Charlie Murphy is funny.

Unfortunately, he is known by most general poulation, as the Rick James story and Eddie's brother. Bad crowds are bad crowds, and they suck. But you suck even more when you quit trying. If you are a professional, act like a professional.

Handing the check back, was a copout. He should have swallowed and done his material, and learned from it. He's better than that and he knows it. He let a bunch of college kids beat him, because he wasn't prepared.

Now if any of the assholes that were in the crowd go to another comedy show, they will give the next perfomer an earfull of hate.

Just weak. He's funny, and better than that.

[funkyrhino]

damn isn't that like the 4th time he's been booed, all in front of a black audience. Maybe Charlie should only perform in front of Japanese audiences.

[Roadside Phil]

I gotta agree with Matt. Be a pro and never let the audience get the best of you. College gigs can be like that sometimes when the crowd just doesn't get it for some reason. College kids are not always the most enlightened bunch, depending on the school.

On nights like that, it's work. But you don't just walk out of a regular job when it gets hard either.

[drbristol]

But you don't just walk out of a regular job when it gets hard either.

You can, but only once.

[stephenhicks]

I found the crowd to be 100x funnier than any of "I Will Not Apologize."

[Bucky_Sinister]

"In Russia, check hands YOU back."--Yakov Smirnov

[Phil]

Did even try a little crowd work? His material was clearly not working. I would have engaged the crowd. They clearly seemed disinterested, crowd work could have brought them all together.

And damn, colleges pay $22,000 for a set?!?

[stephenhicks]

Did even try a little crowd work? His material was clearly not working. I would have engaged the crowd. They clearly seemed disinterested, crowd work could have brought them all together.

And damn, colleges pay $22,000 for a set?!?

He must have been really fed up to throw away 22 g's.

And when Zach G came to University of Kentucky, they paid him $70,000!
That's how comedians get by in this country, colleges and corporate gigs, and occasionally comedy clubs.

[funkyrhino]

He must have been really fed up to throw away 22 g's.

And when Zach G came to University of Kentucky, they paid him $70,000!
That's how comedians get by in this country, colleges and corporate gigs, and occasionally comedy clubs.

did Calipari or the boosters pay him? jk

[pg13]

And damn, colleges pay $22,000 for a set?!?

Colleges pay lots of money for celebrities.

Colleges pay above-average for pre-screened, NACA-approved college-touring performers (who generally have to jump through tons of hoops and pay a lot of money to become NACA approved).

So, Phil...if you want the sweet, sweet nectar inside...you either have to get famous or join the line of people willing to pay to maybe get paid.

pg--College gigs are like the bubble-enclosed encampments of The Eternals and the majority of comics are like the Brutals who one day hope to be like the Exterminator known as Zed and be allowed to slip inside the bubble. Of course, the day that happens is the day that all hell breaks loose, but maybe that's as it should be?--referencesonlyigetland

[Vercetti]

Zardoz! Nice reference, my good man.