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The Heckler with Comedian Ritch Shydner

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4.1529 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2017

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Ritch Shydner (Kicking Through The Ashes) was on stage when he was upstaged by guys playing pool. Ritch made the choice to insult them, which led to one of the guys rushing the stage and physically attacking him. Here's a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you're listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you'll see the episode notes, including the links. There is one to subscribe, http://bit.ly/2eSlJZw please do! There's one to our Facebook page and to our email address. We'd love to hear from you, either there, or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. You'll also find some special deals courtesy of our sponsors like Hello Fresh (promo code STORY30) Casper Mattress, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It's good karma guys! See our Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and our California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Christine from Storyworthy.

0:06.0

Can you imagine being on stage and getting heckled?

0:09.0

What would you do? What would you say?

0:12.0

One of the guys is wearing an Oreo speedwack and t-shirt, which I hated that band.

0:17.0

I said, that's a limp band. What are you? Are you fan? That's a limp dick band. And they're going to be a limp dick band when they bury you in that limp-d that band. I said, that's a limp band. What are you? Are you a Limp Diff band? And they're going to be a limp dick band when they bury you in that Limp Dick T-shirt. You know, I go right at it. Would you say something like that? I know what I'm doing. I'm going after him. I'm going after them in a real sense. The audience is howling. They're howling. Now the guy, he just snaps.

0:39.9

And what if the heckler loses it?

0:43.5

He throws down the cue stick and rushes the stage.

0:45.9

Now, first of all, I knew he's not very bright because he's going to start a bar fight with me.

0:48.1

Why drop the cue stick?

0:49.2

Write in a cue step with you.

0:51.4

Today on Storyworthy, I'm thrilled to have legendary comedian Rich Shidner on the show and his story, The Heckler. Stay close.

1:01.4

Hi, this is Rich Shidner, and you are listening to Storyward.

1:06.3

Music Welcome to Storyworthy.

1:24.6

My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California.

1:29.1

And I am so glad you guys tuned in today, whether you're a longtime fan of the show or a new listener, welcome to Storyworthy.

1:35.5

Now, I hope you guys had a chance to listen to last week's episode with writer Matt Oswald.

1:40.4

You know, Matt was talking about that movie Fat City by John Houston.

1:45.7

So I don't know if you had a chance to listen to the episode or to watch that movie fat city but you should do both in that order

1:51.3

listen to the show first you know what i'm saying but today you guys i'm so excited because i'm

1:56.1

here with the one and only comedian rich schuydener now you guys rich's career is just insane, okay? And I have to tell you,

2:04.9

I've been trying to get him on the show for years. And honestly, he's been recommended to me

2:09.0

from like 10 different comics. Everybody tells me you got to get Rich Shidener on. And also he has a

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