Ever notice you're THE ONLY COMDEIAN POSTING videos like this? It means you're wrong. Of course you're gonna get hecklers, and YES it IS your job to deal with hecklers.
I didn’t like the way you were attacking the whole crowd, like it was their fault there were hecklers in the crowd. You seem to be crossing that fine line between giving them what they hope to see, and showing contempt for the audience? I cringed at the Betsy DeVos stuff. Not because she doesn’t deserve it, but the audience didn’t. It went, “weird,” when you took it there. When you’re on form, being hilarious, and owning the drunks, the cruel, the ignorant or the just plain loud mouthed, I love that stuff and frequently laugh out loud. But I didn’t enjoy this. You came off as arrogant, thinking you were better than your audience. You crossed a line in that one. Your tone is getting more confrontational, which is fine, but you shouldn’t talk down to the whole audience because of some heckler? Take a break maybe?
@Max Power : But, did you not feel something was off there? He was attacking the whole audience, not just the hecklers. It’s a bit arrogant to say, “Don’t test me,” repeatedly to everyone, but hey ho, that’s what they paid for and might expect. But, I don’t think they were all expecting to be compared to Betsy DeVos or repeatedly told off just for being there? He was more arrogant and confrontational than usual, and we’re seeing more of that in his videos. I don’t want to see him lose his edge, just because he’s getting desperate to mine TH-cam material, because when he’s on form, he’s hilarious. But, then he starts blaming the audience for it, “turning weird,” and I genuinely think he has no insight as to his role in that. In showbiz there’s an old adage, “Never insult the audience.” The comics who know this rule can get away with a hell of a lot, like Ricky Gervais, Bill Burr, Norm MacDonald (RIP). The butt of the joke is the heckler, or a clear target: never the whole audience. He seems to be losing his touch?
10:25 I *LOVE* how it looked like she was erasing the F and giving the audience a C- passing grade and the audience started to go "awwww" until she added the last line of G. I don't know if that was intentional, but AMAZING.
Most of them are drunk, and many don't know he makes these videos/interactions with hecklers. He also intentionally baits people into it, take the "Oh but you guys don't believe there's a pendemic here right" joke for example, that's perfect bait to reel them in. He'll also continually interact with the audience even when there aren't hecklers, only he'll be the one to engage them first. He's usually the last in the set as well, that's when the audience is most drunk at that point.
Steve Hofstetter is a national treasure! His brilliance never ceases to amaze me. He could have said a hundred things to each heckler but he picks the RIGHT thing at the RIGHT time to say and SLAY the would-be heckler. Steve is the future of comedy! Where is this guy's TV show?
I used to teach music class and a mother once asked why I gave her daughter an F? I told her because I couldn't give her a G! She actually worked HARDER for the F than she would have had she participated.
Some of the best songs to dance to literally: 1) Why don't we get drunk and screw; 2) Pussy Liquors; 3) Evil Fantasies; 4) Why does it hurt when I pee?
as much as a train wreck as that was, I dont think I laughed that hard at one of your vids in a while (keep in mind I laugh at all of them) Thank you @SteveHofstetter
As a West Michigan musician who plays wedding events, all of these hecklers are also problems at weddings 😂 All of those songs they shouted are just on the default gig list I do with most bands 😂
"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver, with a side of fava beans, and a nice chianti. [slavering sounds]" - Steve Hofstetter, while speaking to this crowd
Don't live in Michigan anymore, but man I'm becoming more and more embarrassed by how naive and silly people are in the state. Then the attitude of how people towards the pandemic is pitiful there.
@@darter216 Yes because leftists liberals are the ones running around unvaccinated without masks and clogging up hospital beds giving nurses hell and preventing other patients without covid to be turned away. I know people with family members who have died because they couldn't get treated in hospitals in michigan. But hey it's about your level of convenience while others suffer and die. Michigan is a dystopian nightmare because of your "mah freedum bullshit".
You've gotta consider, that the dumbest ones are already gone to dust. This is the next wave of dumb. The not-as-dumb-but-still-mindboggling-dumb successors of the dumb.
SAME! I moved out a year ago after living there for 20 years and I'm never going back to that midwestern hellhole. The people there are just fucked. Massachusetts is where it's at baby
I feel sometimes even if they say 1 word he takes it to far like they are heckling. But the others I laugh so hard how he gets on them lol. Love his work.
I can only imagine their disappointment when they watch this back on TH-cam..... They'll all be trying to yell out to you, but you won't react to them. 😂
Love your stuff! Hoping to see you in Asbury Park, NJ in a couple of months! Does Leedy tour with you? The gold that could be drawn up from a show in NJ is must-see.
Steve, I laughed so hard I almost coughed up a lung!!! Despite needing air now, thank you, I needed to laugh more than you ever would know & I just realized myself tonight.
I live in a city with six prisons we had more... They tried to turn one into migrant detention center... But I can tell you there is way more people from other states then just Michiganders!!! Prisons in the state are private owned so they make tons of money trucking then in!!!
I got PTSD from watching the audience grade drop. I remember the English Teacher adjusting my grade on the comprehension test the more I tried to explain what I wrote.
I feel like someone explained Purim to those two girls, but forgot to explain that that one's kinda the exception and that the _rest_ of the holidays are mostly food-based.
I moved to Holland michigan in the middle of 2020 and i remember driving past Park theater seeing your name on the marquee. I wanted to see you so bad but i unfortunately had to work, im glad to see that it made it to youtube
If it happened I would be so excited to see it in person. Like Kanye West just slapped Mike Tyson and I'm about to witness an incredibly deserved and brutal ass beating.
Steve, you are utterly amazing, handling that mean bunch and always keeping your cool! I sometimes give classes for grown ups and I always try to channel your energy if some get difficult (but never to that degree of this show!) and I definitely need to mail you a pic, evreytime I cycle to my allotment/ rented garden, I come by the Hofstetter street, greetings from mid-north-west Europe, Anna
When I saw you in Phoenix last year I was wondering if someone would heckle and I get why people generally don't, you're actually kinda scary. Like that one teacher being mad at you. But this crowd had no such self awareness or sense of self preservation.
Man, after watching this video I want to e-fist bump you for just how ruthlessly you slaughtered this crowd. There was roasting and then there was "Shit, I left the roast in the oven before I went on vacation!"
I've always thought that an awesome April fools joke for Steve would be to plant 20 or 30 people in the crowd that all started heckling about different things at different times. Except I have a feeling he was just bad them all down lol
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Ever notice you're THE ONLY COMDEIAN POSTING videos like this?
It means you're wrong.
Of course you're gonna get hecklers, and YES it IS your job to deal with hecklers.
I didn’t like the way you were attacking the whole crowd, like it was their fault there were hecklers in the crowd. You seem to be crossing that fine line between giving them what they hope to see, and showing contempt for the audience? I cringed at the Betsy DeVos stuff. Not because she doesn’t deserve it, but the audience didn’t. It went, “weird,” when you took it there.
When you’re on form, being hilarious, and owning the drunks, the cruel, the ignorant or the just plain loud mouthed, I love that stuff and frequently laugh out loud. But I didn’t enjoy this. You came off as arrogant, thinking you were better than your audience. You crossed a line in that one. Your tone is getting more confrontational, which is fine, but you shouldn’t talk down to the whole audience because of some heckler? Take a break maybe?
@Max Power : But, did you not feel something was off there? He was attacking the whole audience, not just the hecklers. It’s a bit arrogant to say, “Don’t test me,” repeatedly to everyone, but hey ho, that’s what they paid for and might expect. But, I don’t think they were all expecting to be compared to Betsy DeVos or repeatedly told off just for being there? He was more arrogant and confrontational than usual, and we’re seeing more of that in his videos.
I don’t want to see him lose his edge, just because he’s getting desperate to mine TH-cam material, because when he’s on form, he’s hilarious. But, then he starts blaming the audience for it, “turning weird,” and I genuinely think he has no insight as to his role in that. In showbiz there’s an old adage, “Never insult the audience.” The comics who know this rule can get away with a hell of a lot, like Ricky Gervais, Bill Burr, Norm MacDonald (RIP). The butt of the joke is the heckler, or a clear target: never the whole audience. He seems to be losing his touch?
@@ashroskell, snowflake much?
10:25 I *LOVE* how it looked like she was erasing the F and giving the audience a C- passing grade and the audience started to go "awwww" until she added the last line of G.
I don't know if that was intentional, but AMAZING.
When Leedy erased the "F" the crowd got all excited thinking she was writing a "C."
I burst out laughing when she wrote "G"
She is a stone cold killer. Oh y'all want to complain? H- it is then.
Do you or anyone know her full name? i tried searching YT for her to see what else she's done and came up blank.
@@onetakem Are you looking for a middle name? They mention first and last.
Then H -
I still don’t understand how people don’t know not to heckle Steve Hoffstetter. It’s like challenging Usain Bolt to a race.
Most of them are drunk, and many don't know he makes these videos/interactions with hecklers. He also intentionally baits people into it, take the "Oh but you guys don't believe there's a pendemic here right" joke for example, that's perfect bait to reel them in. He'll also continually interact with the audience even when there aren't hecklers, only he'll be the one to engage them first.
He's usually the last in the set as well, that's when the audience is most drunk at that point.
Best response to "I stand by my convictions!", Steve.
Heckler- “I stand by my convictio-“
Steve- “Fuck off”
Hahaha amazing
When Leedy changed the F to a G I laughed, but when she changed the G to an H I absolutely lost it.
Even though the audience was a mess, you and Brett still put on a hell of a show, Steve! Funny AF
The difference between an amateur and a professional is that a professional can go entirely off script and still make it work.
No. The difference is one is paid and one is not
On behalf of the Dutch, we sincerely apologise for this lost offspring.
Komt hij naar nl, ik koop direct tickets super🤩🤩
@@tonyv4806 staat al gepland voor Amsterdam maar is al een paar verplaatst (helaas). Dikke aanrader.
He was high it's okay
Haha
LMAO, I know right?! European Dutch are a fun loving bunch, Holland Michigan they are right wing/alt-right religious kooks!
That Betsy DeVos joke broke the crowd, but busted my gut as I belly-laughed until I cried.
Leedy lowering the grade from an F to an H- was brilliant
As an Australian, I got Brett's joke 😊
Adonai, mate. I didn't quite get it. 😉
I'd love that joke being done in Straya or Aotearoa 🤣🇦🇺👍🏿
Really? I'd just say Dunno.
LOL I'm from Holland, Europe... and I laughed so hard at the "battling windmills" joke haha
It is impressive how you are able to adapt your show to the crowd...and it is still so damn funny
Steve Hofstetter is a national treasure! His brilliance never ceases to amaze me. He could have said a hundred things to each heckler but he picks the RIGHT thing at the RIGHT time to say and SLAY the would-be heckler. Steve is the future of comedy! Where is this guy's TV show?
My new favorite line is "don't incorrect me." 🤣😅😂😃😁👍👍
That guy is nuts Brett's joke was funny. 👍🤣
The woman yelling out Audioslave was perfect comedic timing, not gonna lie 🤣🤣🤣
I'm literally sore from laughing. Tough crowd; handled brilliantly by all of you. Stay safe touring! ☮
Milichigan. That’s the best callout ever!!!!
The Hebrew Australian joke was solid.
I used to teach music class and a mother once asked why I gave her daughter an F? I told her because I couldn't give her a G! She actually worked HARDER for the F than she would have had she participated.
That was a good joke by Brett.
Ah yes, Holland. The show where I was too annoyed to be clever 😅
Adjusting their grade in real time is plenty clever, especially if we take their apparent intelligence into context. Solid as always!
your comedic timing to change to a G- was excellent
Changing their grade was my favorite part, so you still succeeded!
Not the first time I'm sir!!
Some of the best songs to dance to literally: 1) Why don't we get drunk and screw; 2) Pussy Liquors; 3) Evil Fantasies; 4) Why does it hurt when I pee?
as much as a train wreck as that was, I dont think I laughed that hard at one of your vids in a while (keep in mind I laugh at all of them) Thank you @SteveHofstetter
Brett's joke was comedy gold. Fight me on it.
“Psycho email list…” lol. Love it!
I died at the Adonai Joke. Keep that joke when yall come to Philly
This crowd perfectly represents dealing with the general public here in Michigan. Thank you for just shitting on them.
As a West Michigan musician who plays wedding events, all of these hecklers are also problems at weddings 😂 All of those songs they shouted are just on the default gig list I do with most bands 😂
I was drinking some water when she said "Audioslave" and now I've got water coming out my nose.
Hahaha love the drawing part when from. F- to G- to H!!! Hahaha 🤣
Leedy should grade the audience in every show
"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver, with a side of fava beans, and a nice chianti. [slavering sounds]"
- Steve Hofstetter, while speaking to this crowd
I have a funny feeling that Holland is now on the "Don't perform here again!" list.
Don't live in Michigan anymore, but man I'm becoming more and more embarrassed by how naive and silly people are in the state. Then the attitude of how people towards the pandemic is pitiful there.
I would agree the Leftist Liberals are destroying Michigan……
Literally no one in my hometown in Kansas wore a mask. I knew people who tested positive and still went to the grocery store maskless.
@@darter216 Yes because leftists liberals are the ones running around unvaccinated without masks and clogging up hospital beds giving nurses hell and preventing other patients without covid to be turned away. I know people with family members who have died because they couldn't get treated in hospitals in michigan. But hey it's about your level of convenience while others suffer and die. Michigan is a dystopian nightmare because of your "mah freedum bullshit".
You've gotta consider, that the dumbest ones are already gone to dust. This is the next wave of dumb. The not-as-dumb-but-still-mindboggling-dumb successors of the dumb.
SAME! I moved out a year ago after living there for 20 years and I'm never going back to that midwestern hellhole. The people there are just fucked. Massachusetts is where it's at baby
As an Australian I loved the joke 👌
Leedy was effing hilarious towards the end there.
I feel sometimes even if they say 1 word he takes it to far like they are heckling. But the others I laugh so hard how he gets on them lol. Love his work.
I can only imagine their disappointment when they watch this back on TH-cam.....
They'll all be trying to yell out to you, but you won't react to them. 😂
Love your stuff! Hoping to see you in Asbury Park, NJ in a couple of months!
Does Leedy tour with you? The gold that could be drawn up from a show in NJ is must-see.
I love you guys' ability to still make the show a spectacle. Somehow this was still enjoyable
Steve, I laughed so hard I almost coughed up a lung!!! Despite needing air now, thank you, I needed to laugh more than you ever would know & I just realized myself tonight.
I'm trying to recover from being sick and this just gave me a sore throat from all the laugh-coughing I did. Thanks. 🤣🤣
The audience grading bit was unexpected and hilarious. She really lowered their grade in real time lol
Having lived in western Michigan for four yrs now you absolutely nailed the pronunciation
Love the vids Steve, always a good laugh and I love the way you knock the hecklers for 6.. Keep em going. All the best.
the governor joke killed me 😭
I'm now understanding why so many Michiganders are currently in jail for stupidity...
I live in a city with six prisons we had more... They tried to turn one into migrant detention center... But I can tell you there is way more people from other states then just Michiganders!!! Prisons in the state are private owned so they make tons of money trucking then in!!!
I missed the name of the person who does the live doodles but it adds so much
Leedy
So happy to be sitting at work in Holland , MI as I watch this. SOOOO GOOD!
The lady changing the grades was awesome
I got PTSD from watching the audience grade drop. I remember the English Teacher adjusting my grade on the comprehension test the more I tried to explain what I wrote.
Steve is a GENIUS! I’m taking friends to a show!
I feel like someone explained Purim to those two girls, but forgot to explain that that one's kinda the exception and that the _rest_ of the holidays are mostly food-based.
I love the phrase "don't incorrect me"
The audience GPA will be hard to recover with that H-.
I moved to Holland michigan in the middle of 2020 and i remember driving past Park theater seeing your name on the marquee. I wanted to see you so bad but i unfortunately had to work, im glad to see that it made it to youtube
I pray if I ever see a show, there won’t be any hecklers.
I’d be paying to hear Steve’s performance, not some stranger I never seen.
If it happened I would be so excited to see it in person. Like Kanye West just slapped Mike Tyson and I'm about to witness an incredibly deserved and brutal ass beating.
@@michaelbugner7011 That visual was fucking hilarious, thank you for sharing 😂
Dude , you are the truth ..
Straight flaming 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 these hecklers
4:27 all the different colored no’s cracked me up. It really drove the point home for the amount of people that were yelling no 😂
Yay so glad to see you guys!
Great clips. I was surprised to find myself laughing the hardest at those grades going down at the end. 😁
Steve is so smooth with these situations
I feel like the more people know you the more they would be tempted to interrupt when intoxicated. -.-
Hope to see you in Fukuoka - Japan 🇯🇵
I really like how you have added that comedian/artist at the end. I hope you add her into your videos more. You’ve got a good eye for talent
The constantly dropping the grades was SAF....👍👍👍😁😂😁
Steve, you are utterly amazing, handling that mean bunch and always keeping your cool! I sometimes give classes for grown ups and I always try to channel your energy if some get difficult (but never to that degree of this show!) and I definitely need to mail you a pic, evreytime I cycle to my allotment/ rented garden, I come by the Hofstetter street,
greetings from mid-north-west Europe, Anna
Ending letter grade was hilarious.
Congrats on 700k subs, and also would love to see you on PKA again
When I saw you in Phoenix last year I was wondering if someone would heckle and I get why people generally don't, you're actually kinda scary. Like that one teacher being mad at you. But this crowd had no such self awareness or sense of self preservation.
"Cause it's a day"......😂😂
I used to work in Holland. This crowd does not surprise me 🤣.
On behalf of Michigan, I'm sorry lol.
You guys are so quick. Steve, youre a fine wine. Getting better with age.
Remember; four serves of Steve with every course on Passover
This guy is hilarious!! Found him a couple weeks back, hope he tours in Columbus soon
Leedy won the night 👏
Brett, that Adonai joke was funny as fuck
It's the H- for me 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m so mad I couldn’t make it to this show! I hope you come back to SW Michigan again!
It just got better n better.
I would love to see you upload some quickdraw segments!!
Man, after watching this video I want to e-fist bump you for just how ruthlessly you slaughtered this crowd. There was roasting and then there was "Shit, I left the roast in the oven before I went on vacation!"
If Steve did a "crowd work only" set, I think it would be awesome!!!!
Steve, man, hot damn what a total legend.
At least Chicago listens and responds appropriately… you didn’t even have an entire audience full of hecklers. 😂
I was so pissed I missed the Michigan one, ill get there one of these times.
Welcome to West Michigan. You guys are hilarious.
Haha, I love that she kept lower the grade as time went on. X3
Now that was a heckler video!
Passover in Michigan sounds like a real party. 😄
God that was so fucking chaotic 💀💀✋✋
I've always thought that an awesome April fools joke for Steve would be to plant 20 or 30 people in the crowd that all started heckling about different things at different times. Except I have a feeling he was just bad them all down lol
Clutch at the end omg she gave you an h lmao
That's where "Life Savers" candies used to be made.
I hope you make it back to Bend, Oregon for a show!!! And yeah, that show went all kinds of sideways! LOL
She just lowered your grade rofl! This was brilliant
the ending was the best, just lowering the grade more and more...