14 World-Class Burns Comedians Threw Back At Hecklers
![14 World-Class Burns Comedians Threw Back At Hecklers](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/6/7/807167_320x180.jpg)
Hecklers are those people who think they're Statler and Waldorf from The Muppets after a few dry martinis. Maybe if they weren't drunk (or just rude), they'd think about how foolish it is to mess with people who might be witty, savage, or both.
If you’ll excuse the analogy, hecklers are to entertainers what sheep are to shepherds and sausages are to sausage factories–that is to say an unavoidable part of the experience. While you can't escape from them, individuals can learn how to deal with them instead of reading. Next time we might provide you with tips for dealing with those loudmouths.
The heckler comes with three varieties: the blowhard, the ambitious young comic, and the viciously hungover. Whereas most hecklers are harmless, sometimes, security does end up getting involved. This list's hecklers learned the hard way. Admittedly, some of these retorts are downright brutal, but these people had it coming.
You Get Used to it
![STEVE MARTIN quipped about a heckler: Ah, I remember my first beer.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/2/807172.jpg)
Source: Chicago Tribune
Photo: Jim Summaria/Wikimedia Commons
An Air of Superiority
![RODNEY DANGERFIELD when a heckler gave him no respect: You ought to save your breath. You'll need it later to blow up your inflatable date.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/1/807181.jpg)
Source: The Telegraph
He Just Couldn't Keep It In
![Someone randomly yelled, Whoooo! during a quiet, intimate part of PATTON OSWALT's 's routine, breaking his flow. Oswalt went on a long, angry, and hilarious tirade about that one specific guy, ending with, You're gonna miss everything cool and die angry.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/5/807175.jpg)
Source: YouTube
When Your Attempts Find No Purchase
![AMY SCHUMER got randomly interrupted by a woman to ask where she got her boots. Schumer replied, They're at the corner of You Can't Afford Them and Stop Talking To Me.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/7/807177.jpg)
Source: Los Angeles Magazine
Don't Heckle and Drive
![STEVE HOFSTETTER got savage with a heckler: You're so drunk, I hope you drive home.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/0/807170.jpg)
Source: Steve Hofstetter/YouTube
Photo: Unitas Photography/Steve Hoffstetter
A Matter of Taste
![You're fat, someone yelled at JO BRAND. She replied, I deliberately keep my weight up so that a t- like you won't fancy me.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/2/807182.jpg)
Source: The Telegraph
Electrifying!
![JASPER CARROTT to anyone in the audience who gets out of line: Sit back in your chair and I'll plug it in.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/8/807178.jpg)
Source: Independent.ie
Memories
![DANE COOK when a heckler started talking as though he should remember her: That's how important you are, of course. I remember doing Letterman, Carnegie Hall, and talking to you.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/3/807183.jpg)
Source: Motley TV/YouTube
Cerebral Humor
![I don't come here to think, a heckler yelled at BILL HICKS Hick's comeback was, Well, tell me where you do go and I'll meet you there.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/9/807179.jpg)
Source: The Guardian
Development Issues
![RUSSELL KANE's reply to an unruly audience member: Why don't you go into that corner and finish evolving?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/6/807176.jpg)
Source: The Telegraph
So You Think You'd do it Better, Huh?
![JOE KLOCEK made a heckler step up to the stage and show him how it's done - and seven embarrassing minutes followed. Would you like to sit down now Klocek finally asked, and the heckler was more than glad to do so.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/8/0/807180.jpg)
Source: Recovery Comedy/YouTube
A Fine Specimen
![I met you when you were at medical school, someone yelled at FRANK SKINNER. Skinner replied, Ah yes, you were the one in the jar.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/3/807173.jpg)
Source: The Independent
Thirsty or Hungry?
![When a rowdy audience member told the late LINDA SMITH Get your t*ts out, she'd retort, Why-is it time for your feed?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/4/807174.jpg)
Source: The Independent
Recent Events
![The first time I ever had sex... BRYSON TURNER started. Yesterday? a woman interrupted him. Turner let the audience have their uproar, and then he dropped, Glad you remember.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/1/7/1/807171.jpg)
Source: Eduardo Vargas/YouTube