I had a moment like that once. I had a joke where I talk about how I'm on disability and when I took placement testing where they try to get you back into the workforce, which includes an IQ test which I scored really well on (actually lower than when I'd taken it before but still genius range). When I was growing up severe OCD, dyslexia and with undiagnosed ADHD everyone always said, "He's got so much potential" which is a gateway drug to suicidal ideation when things don't work out. Anyway, the lady who administered the test was talking about my anxiety issues and my health problems and she said, "You may just have to realize that you'll have to lower your expectations, that whopper flopper is the best you'll ever be able to handle." So, my soul now crushed... I tell the audience how I'm slowly working that advice into the rest of my life. Something like, well, I've killed all my plants so now I'm doing rock gardens with the leftover dirt. I wanted to learn guitar but it didn't work so now I play harmonica (I do actually regularly gig there with harmonica in non-pandemic times), and how because I'm socially awkward I'm lowering my expectations with dating, and I start describing lowering my standards. Now, being part of the disability community I can get away with some playing around but you really have to make sure you are careful when you are describing sex positions with a no armed woman and calling her a bus to come pick her up afterwards. The audience has to be on your side and understand that you are talking about the crushed feeling that social worker gave you but that you are not trying to punch down. She is supposed to be clearly the one slumming it and the punchline actually ends with her realizing that. I have friends in the community who would have been howling at that joke. I did not tell it well that night (and retired it immediately following) but a young woman in front, while I was describing the sex acts/positions spoke up and said, "I don't think I like this." Fair heckle. Later that night, licking my wounds, I realized if I'd just answered the heckle/just social comment with 'That's what she said' I could have made it off joke and saved the set.
@12:47 "They didn't know you," was me. The couple was already disoriented before the show started, asked me what to expect, then spent most of it staring blankly.
I guess when you said that was it to say they don't know he's know for these vids? I'd leave too if I was caught with my pants down... it'd show all the knives I've got. :(
Phish. Rochester 12/11/97. Widely considered the best show of possibly the best tour in their history. I was there. Only time I've been in Rochester and I went to Syracuse U.
The thumbnails are hilarious. Idk it’s intended or accidental, but it makes Steve look like such a evil awful person, yelling at 2 people sad and hugging each other 😂😂😂😂
This video threw me for a loop trying to predict it. When the guy asking about your best joke started to get ripped on by you i was like "yeah, this is the guy." Then the second guy speaks up and gets booed by the crowd...i was like PLOT TWIST its the second guy!....then BAM original guy walks out. What a rollercoaster of a clip.
i understood his question like this "what do you do when your best joke, the one that always works, doesn't work ?" i dont remember who was the comedian, but he made a joke about whitney houston, the day she died, he didn't knew that, but the audience who were checking their twitter knew already
You da best man. When I get down (lonely, no sharing in person) because of this Covid shit, I dial you up. You're welcome in my home anytime. Please keep going.
I cringed when he said "tight crowd." Holy shit that was awkward. Haha. This one was fun though. Jarret is a nice compliment to Steve. Edit:Jarret is beautiful. Love those eyes. He is also such a great comedian. Looking forward to seeing more of him.
@@silentdays3753 It's a good thing! No need for kegles last night! Seriously though... that was the most shocking thing I've heard on stage. I was... agape! (pun plus serious)
Holy hell, I caught one in the wild. I DO think you went hard at him at the start, but I'm really happy were it went with the "Crash then Recover" bit.
Other than the last guy, this seemed like a good crowd and I'm glad to see that it was just a fun Q&A, instead of it turning into you having to deal with hecklers. Not saying I don't enjoy the hecklers vids, but, I'm sure it's tiring on your part. As always, love your stuff, Happy Holidays and have a great New Year Steve!! (And everyone here in the comments)
I feel like I've seen every single one of your videos, and now it feels like when you catch up to an anime and have to wait for the next episode... So I'm gonna start again.
In reference to the question asked by the couple who leaves when it went awry, I don't know how often a question gets asked where the person frames it like "What do YOU do when..." And the question they're trying to ask is "What should somebody /a person / one do when...". People tend to use the word " you" when asking about a hypothetical person doing a hypothetical process in a hypothetical situation. Like Jeff Daniels and Keanu Reeves characters in the movie "Speed" quizzing each other on hypothetical situations. Humm, that doesn't quite fit, they are asking what do you do about what each of them would do and not as a hypothetical person.. I need to stop waking up in the early hours and watching your stuff then trying to make a point that escapes me and I can't even remember what it originally was about.
I do remember this comment and the point I wanted to make about the Zombie Apocalypse! For me I'd want to be in just about any city that was as close to 100% Vegan before the population started becoming zombies. All those zombies would be shuffling around looking for their food and mumbling "Bran! Bran!" Instead of "brains, brains", so you would be safer. Unless you're Carrottop. They'd all flock to take bites of him
My husband and I returned to our motorhome that was parked in the back parking lot of the hall he was to perform in that night. We arrived a bit late and people were starting to pull in the parking lot. As I walked up to our motorhome I found a man peeing by the door. I came unglued and his excuse was that he couldn't wait despite the fact we were the closest to an open back door. Him and his wife went into the hall only to find out that my husband was the "star" attraction. As he got up on stage, the two of them slinked out. As a joke, the next day there was a (clean) toilet at our front door with the words, "Please don't pee on Nate's turf."
I live in Rochester, NY. It’s kinda cool hearing our city get a shout-out. But then again we pretty much are in the zombie apocalypse now anyway so he’s not wrong lol.
Jonathan Winters once did an improv where he pulled out his wallet, pointed it at the audience, and said, you’re laughing now but wait till you see the flat bullets it shoots.
Did you know that you can actually buy wallets with a credit card sized knife that is attached and can swing out of your wallet? I want one of those for when the zombies come..., I live in Maine..., if the zombies come here looking for brains they're gonna' be really hungry. 🤣🍻🍽
Hey Steve, is your friend comic from the Bay Area? As soon as the video started I recognized him from a show I saw you guys at in Sunnyvale, Ca last year. It wasn't this one because I don't remember the couple but I bought your book and a shot glass. If I had more money I was gonna get some of your friend's merch as well. I hope to in a few weeks in San Francisco if he joins you. Take care! *COMMENT EDIT* I'm starting to think I was at this one. A few jokes came back to me "deja vu" style and then you mentioned Valentine's day, and it was for sure the last time we went out before Covid ran rampant. I brought my girlfriend, she loved you. Wow, I just now realized your show was the last time we went out and your show will also be the first *BIG* thing we do/go out since Covid calmed down a bit.
That inability to communicate in what is probably his only language wasn't alcohol either. Nothing more painful than watching stupid try to express itself and then get angry at everyone else for not understanding their complete inability to use language for its sole purpose. Tense. Subject. Just 0 knowledge on how to structure a sentence. And he has someone who loves him. So effing weird that's not a deal breaker. Sort of tells me more than I needed to know about her as well. Kind of people who make everywhere better by simply not being there.
Hey Steve, is your friend comic from the Bay Area? As soon as the video started I recognized him from a show a saw you guys at in Sunnyvale, Ca last year. It wasn't this one because I don't remember the couple but I bought your book and a shot glass. If I had more money I was gonna get some of your friend's merch as well. I hope to in a few weeks in San Francisco if he joins you. Take care!
Disclaimer: I realize this isn't the point of the joke at all lol, I just had a brain-blast is all: Okay. I've seen this clip before, great stuff as always, BUT I totally have deduced that it's not a true story. SO. The initial premise is all based on the idea of a reflexive saver line a comic uses, and that Steve used such a line performing to a crowd the line was specifically NOT tailored for. Keep that in mind. So he says "tight crowd", his saver line which is NOT meant for this crowd of young girls. Then, the premise of the follow-up line is that he had not realized the implication of that line in this context, and followed up, not having realized the first thing, with a line that would make no sense in almost any other context but him having said "tight crowd" specifically to a crowd of young girls. Like, as a normal saver line for an adult mixed crowd, what's the joke he'd be going for with "don't worry, they'll loosen up when they get older", and who would he be directing that to if part of the audience wasn't specifically the parents of the other part of the audience? The only way the story makes sense is if it was written as a bit lol. Checkmate, comedy. Still pretty funny though lol - I'm just exposing the gears! Look! Look at them spin!
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Come to Austin TX. I'm gonna heckle you off stage. Jk I'm a fan of your work lol
I had a moment like that once. I had a joke where I talk about how I'm on disability and when I took placement testing where they try to get you back into the workforce, which includes an IQ test which I scored really well on (actually lower than when I'd taken it before but still genius range). When I was growing up severe OCD, dyslexia and with undiagnosed ADHD everyone always said, "He's got so much potential" which is a gateway drug to suicidal ideation when things don't work out. Anyway, the lady who administered the test was talking about my anxiety issues and my health problems and she said, "You may just have to realize that you'll have to lower your expectations, that whopper flopper is the best you'll ever be able to handle."
So, my soul now crushed... I tell the audience how I'm slowly working that advice into the rest of my life. Something like, well, I've killed all my plants so now I'm doing rock gardens with the leftover dirt. I wanted to learn guitar but it didn't work so now I play harmonica (I do actually regularly gig there with harmonica in non-pandemic times), and how because I'm socially awkward I'm lowering my expectations with dating, and I start describing lowering my standards. Now, being part of the disability community I can get away with some playing around but you really have to make sure you are careful when you are describing sex positions with a no armed woman and calling her a bus to come pick her up afterwards. The audience has to be on your side and understand that you are talking about the crushed feeling that social worker gave you but that you are not trying to punch down. She is supposed to be clearly the one slumming it and the punchline actually ends with her realizing that. I have friends in the community who would have been howling at that joke. I did not tell it well that night (and retired it immediately following) but a young woman in front, while I was describing the sex acts/positions spoke up and said, "I don't think I like this." Fair heckle.
Later that night, licking my wounds, I realized if I'd just answered the heckle/just social comment with 'That's what she said' I could have made it off joke and saved the set.
They never heard of me? oh that's cool I never heard of them.. FIRE
cat videos? on youtube? maybe 9 years ago.......
Used to be a fan, but you kinda turned into a Democrat shill Steve........ so sad
@12:47 "They didn't know you," was me. The couple was already disoriented before the show started, asked me what to expect, then spent most of it staring blankly.
I guess when you said that was it to say they don't know he's know for these vids? I'd leave too if I was caught with my pants down... it'd show all the knives I've got. :(
@@NymphieJPWhat the... Huh???
Omg I took a hit right as he said
"tight crowd" .. I almost died😂💀
I'm from Rochester, NY and I am so happy to hear my city being recognized at all!
Phish. Rochester 12/11/97. Widely considered the best show of possibly the best tour in their history. I was there. Only time I've been in Rochester and I went to Syracuse U.
Lol I'm from Buffalo, howdy neighbor
As long as I can still get a DiBella's sub, bring on the zombie apocalypse.
Why
Lol i am from Modesto ( Methdesto ) and that shit was hella funny.
The thumbnails are hilarious. Idk it’s intended or accidental, but it makes Steve look like such a evil awful person, yelling at 2 people sad and hugging each other 😂😂😂😂
This video threw me for a loop trying to predict it. When the guy asking about your best joke started to get ripped on by you i was like "yeah, this is the guy." Then the second guy speaks up and gets booed by the crowd...i was like PLOT TWIST its the second guy!....then BAM original guy walks out. What a rollercoaster of a clip.
The whole "organic" thing always triggers a response in me. "Are these organic brains?" "No. They're mineral brains. 100% asbestos."
For me it's "all-natural." Like anyone has put out supernatural chicken nuggets.
i understood his question like this "what do you do when your best joke, the one that always works, doesn't work ?"
i dont remember who was the comedian, but he made a joke about whitney houston, the day she died, he didn't knew that, but the audience who were checking their twitter knew already
They didn’t know me? Oh that’s cool, I had never heard of them.
Lmfao priceless, his off-the-cuff remarks are what makes him great
Being a comedian is hard work. Being a comedian that can improvise is a rare talent indeed!! Well done, as always!
OMFG - I have never laughed out so loud from a line ‘don’t worry they will loosen up’. Gold
I just went to check when Steve is going to be nearby... He's performing here tonight, started 38 mins ago. Damn
"Yes, for the cocaine some people in this crowd pretend to do." [Steve then wipes his nose]
This crowd was awesome, couldn't imagine how great they were during the actual show
They’ve been talking about a zombie apocalypse.
They couldn’t hear her so she yelled it,
*BRAINS*
Steve: OMG it’s happening
Oh man 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'd go home too because I know every single road more than any zombie ever lol.
That's also a perk of growing up in a reservation 🎉
Reminds me of "I've got something in my front pocket for you.... Why don't you reach on in and grab it give it a squeeze."
Brilliant Steve 😂 “Are these organic brains?” lol
Omg I haven't laughed this hard in a long time!!! It's 6:09am and I'm starting the day in tears...I freaking love u and ur versatility!!!❤❤❤
Ditto!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They could not handle
the Hofstetter style
Unmotivated eyes! Get woke, Jarret! 🤣🤣🤣
My 29 year old turtle Charlie and I prefer that people stop insulting turtles by referring to Mitch McConnell as a turtle. 😆😁
Excellent video.
You da best man. When I get down (lonely, no sharing in person) because of this Covid shit, I dial you up. You're welcome in my home anytime. Please keep going.
Wallet/knife combo actually sounds like a good idea!
I want one!
Love you, Steve! And thanks for the mention of jarret"s name because I was able to subscribe to him too. Super funny guy. 😀✌️
I cringed when he said "tight crowd." Holy shit that was awkward. Haha. This one was fun though. Jarret is a nice compliment to Steve.
Edit:Jarret is beautiful. Love those eyes. He is also such a great comedian. Looking forward to seeing more of him.
I clenched when he said "tight crowd."
@@Psychol-Snooper that is a horribly underrated response
@@silentdays3753 It's a good thing! No need for kegles last night!
Seriously though... that was the most shocking thing I've heard on stage.
I was... agape! (pun plus serious)
Why cringe? It was an accurate statement. Likely on multiple levels.
@@joshh535 You're sort of implying that you think about children's anatomy indiscriminately... and that's a little frightening.
Holy hell, I caught one in the wild. I DO think you went hard at him at the start, but I'm really happy were it went with the "Crash then Recover" bit.
Other than the last guy, this seemed like a good crowd and I'm glad to see that it was just a fun Q&A, instead of it turning into you having to deal with hecklers. Not saying I don't enjoy the hecklers vids, but, I'm sure it's tiring on your part. As always, love your stuff, Happy Holidays and have a great New Year Steve!! (And everyone here in the comments)
I feel like I've seen every single one of your videos, and now it feels like when you catch up to an anime and have to wait for the next episode... So I'm gonna start again.
This was the best one yet 😂 legit in tears
Was riding the high of laughing at “brains!” “oh god, it’s happening” until she said the next thing. Absolute whiplash
Dude, this had me rolling!
In reference to the question asked by the couple who leaves when it went awry,
I don't know how often a question gets asked where the person frames it like "What do YOU do when..." And the question they're trying to ask is "What should somebody /a person / one do when...". People tend to use the word " you" when asking about a hypothetical person doing a hypothetical process in a hypothetical situation. Like Jeff Daniels and Keanu Reeves characters in the movie "Speed" quizzing each other on hypothetical situations. Humm, that doesn't quite fit, they are asking what do you do about what each of them would do and not as a hypothetical person.. I need to stop waking up in the early hours and watching your stuff then trying to make a point that escapes me and I can't even remember what it originally was about.
Yeah, it really was a weird tense, to be fair.
This is awesome I love this !!
“You guys are so goofy” 😋
u r gorgeous
Good video/Q&A, man! I really do love these longer, uncut sessions.
"Just a bunch of zombies shopping at Whole Foods."
So, the usual shoppers at Whole Foods?
I love how I come across your comment as soon as Steve is saying that line hahaha
@@desicakes289 Same lmao
After I watch your videos and laugh my ass off, I read the comments from unprofessional comedians to quit laughing so hard at your routine.
I do remember this comment and the point I wanted to make about the Zombie Apocalypse! For me I'd want to be in just about any city that was as close to 100% Vegan before the population started becoming zombies. All those zombies would be shuffling around looking for their food and mumbling "Bran! Bran!" Instead of "brains, brains", so you would be safer. Unless you're Carrottop. They'd all flock to take bites of him
But what it's in his pockets, precious?
String or nothing.
This is the best Steve video I have seen yet
5:13 he used the old meme there
Watching this from Sunnyvale and it's just awesome.
How could you get a "what's in your pocket question" and not make any Bilbo Baggins jokes?
That's what I'm saying.
Modesto!?!? Bbwwwhhhaaaa I’m from there-run man run! 😂
Was shocked they mentioned Modesto! I’m about an hour away from you.
My husband and I returned to our motorhome that was parked in the back parking lot of the hall he was to perform in that night. We arrived a bit late and people were starting to pull in the parking lot. As I walked up to our motorhome I found a man peeing by the door. I came unglued and his excuse was that he couldn't wait despite the fact we were the closest to an open back door. Him and his wife went into the hall only to find out that my husband was the "star" attraction. As he got up on stage, the two of them slinked out. As a joke, the next day there was a (clean) toilet at our front door with the words, "Please don't pee on Nate's turf."
Wasn't expecting a rochester call out but im HOWLING
You are amazing. 🤣
Wallets and knives all the way down
Probably the funniest video of your comedy I've seen😂 (I just started watching your vids about 3wks ago n I became a fan fast)
pretty
@@tonyacosta4574 appreciate it😊
@@SlayerKai03 my pleasure have a most excellent day my bodacious friend and party on dudette
@@SlayerKai03 tubular Stay sweet darling
@@SlayerKai03 hey how you been my friend
I live in Rochester, NY. It’s kinda cool hearing our city get a shout-out. But then again we pretty much are in the zombie apocalypse now anyway so he’s not wrong lol.
Spot-on Rochester comment. Nice!
The SDSC crowd knows Ben Glieb jus _loves_ this at about 8:40.
6:35 as a person from Rochester- you right you right
😂😂😂One of my favorite of all time clips by Steve lol
Jonathan Winters once did an improv where he pulled out his wallet, pointed it at the audience, and said, you’re laughing now but wait till you see the flat bullets it shoots.
Hey, I live in Modesto! And you sir... Are absolutely right! LOL
Can't wait to be at one of your shows Steve
Steve: "When a joke doesn't work..."
Me: You give it $1,200 in unemployment
You don't think about your saver line, you just use it. lol
So true about Rochester. Scariest Walmart EVER!
Jarett has come from the future, where we have evolved from everything being cake, to everything being knives.
Did you know that you can actually buy wallets with a credit card sized knife that is attached and can swing out of your wallet? I want one of those for when the zombies come..., I live in Maine..., if the zombies come here looking for brains they're gonna' be really hungry. 🤣🍻🍽
A knife wallet actually sounds like a good idea haha
Having grown up in Modesto I can tell you there's a reason we call it Methesto.
I like how i kinda understood him 😂
This was gold lol
The thumbnail is perfect
Love this guy!
Ayy shout out to rochester, new york even if we were the butt of the joke😂
I mean, he ain't wrong.
4:30 🤣🤣🤣
I wish I were as quick as Steve.
Here's what I do when my best joke doesn't work.
I really want a wallet-knife now...
Kept waiting for the burlesque striper music to start up.
If we’ve learned anything from 2020 is that when the zombie apocalypse comes the U.S. is fucked in a week
Hey Steve, is your friend comic from the Bay Area? As soon as the video started I recognized him from a show I saw you guys at in Sunnyvale, Ca last year. It wasn't this one because I don't remember the couple but I bought your book and a shot glass. If I had more money I was gonna get some of your friend's merch as well. I hope to in a few weeks in San
Francisco if he joins you. Take care! *COMMENT EDIT* I'm starting to think I was at this one. A few jokes came back to me "deja vu" style and then you mentioned Valentine's day, and it was for sure the last time we went out before Covid ran rampant. I brought my girlfriend, she loved you. Wow, I just now realized your show was the last time we went out and your show will also be the first *BIG* thing we do/go out since Covid calmed down a bit.
PLS come to germany i want to see u live
Good stuff 👏
That inability to communicate in what is probably his only language wasn't alcohol either. Nothing more painful than watching stupid try to express itself and then get angry at everyone else for not understanding their complete inability to use language for its sole purpose. Tense. Subject. Just 0 knowledge on how to structure a sentence. And he has someone who loves him. So effing weird that's not a deal breaker. Sort of tells me more than I needed to know about her as well. Kind of people who make everywhere better by simply not being there.
You are so funny Steve!!!
Lol
I bet if you tried you could do a nice smoky eye tutorial, Steve! Well, an entertaining smoky eye tutorial anyway 😂
Now I'm picturing FitToFight doing a demo with walletknives.
Hey Steve, is your friend comic from the Bay Area? As soon as the video started I recognized him from a show a saw you guys at in Sunnyvale, Ca last year. It wasn't this one because I don't remember the couple but I bought your book and a shot glass. If I had more money I was gonna get some of your friend's merch as well. I hope to in a few weeks in San Francisco if he joins you. Take care!
Nyuh! 😂
I'm on bing watching Steve stand ups
3:35 Damn. 🤣
I'll be seeing you in Seattle next year 🤟 stay healthy my man. #viptickets
It's a special edition knife.
7:45 no don’t worry our brains are locally sourced
i enjoyed this
Disclaimer: I realize this isn't the point of the joke at all lol, I just had a brain-blast is all:
Okay. I've seen this clip before, great stuff as always, BUT I totally have deduced that it's not a true story.
SO. The initial premise is all based on the idea of a reflexive saver line a comic uses, and that Steve used such a line performing to a crowd the line was specifically NOT tailored for. Keep that in mind.
So he says "tight crowd", his saver line which is NOT meant for this crowd of young girls. Then, the premise of the follow-up line is that he had not realized the implication of that line in this context, and followed up, not having realized the first thing, with a line that would make no sense in almost any other context but him having said "tight crowd" specifically to a crowd of young girls. Like, as a normal saver line for an adult mixed crowd, what's the joke he'd be going for with "don't worry, they'll loosen up when they get older", and who would he be directing that to if part of the audience wasn't specifically the parents of the other part of the audience? The only way the story makes sense is if it was written as a bit lol.
Checkmate, comedy. Still pretty funny though lol - I'm just exposing the gears! Look! Look at them spin!
6:35 ROCHESTER WOOOOOOO!
Man, Brett is lucky to have someone like you as a partner.
If that IS what his date was being like, I feel bad for the guy.
I love you!!
Did this show have a 5 drink minimum?
great freestyling;)
Oh, dude.... wow.
I mean, what do we call a saver that isn't? I mean, was this just a line with a savior complex? Like all the ones I used in college?