The comedy world isn’t always fun and games. If there’s one thing we learned from Katt Williams’ explosive appearance on “Club Shay Shay,” it’s that comedians have more beefs than rappers. That notion was on full display during a recent stand up show by Donell Rawlings, who had words for Corey Holcomb.
According to TMZ, on Sunday night, during a set at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles, Rawlings was on stage when Holcomb, who was supposed to follow him started heckling him, calling the “Chappelle’s Show” star “mild.” Obviously, Rawlings was incensed and countered by yelling “I’m a beast!” This led to an intense back and forth between the two. He told Holcomb that he was a “provocateur” who was only trying to “incite people.”
While some of the audience seemed into the moment, the applause wasn’t what you’d call raucous. No one paid their hard-earned money to see these middle-aged men argue. The whole point of this exercise is that you go to a comedy club to get away from the craziness of the real world. Not add to it.
We have to presume that the Laugh Factory knows these two guys despise one another and they shouldn’t be on the same card, let alone following each other’s sets. It feels like the club knew what kind of chaos it was causing by putting them together. Sure the incident makes headlines, but did it serve its guests with the nonsense display? Also, Rawlings and Holcomb couldn’t be professional enough to just entertain the audience and leave their beef backstage?
As if that wasn’t enough out of pocket comedian behavior, Eddie Griffin decided the world needed to know his opinion on men wearing dresses in comedy. According to Hot New Hip Hop, the “Undercover Brother” star recently showed his support for Katt Williams, saying that he’s also not down with wearing a dress for comedy. He went on to joke that they should go tour together, with that as the key issue.
“Me and Katt [are] the last two that ain’t wore a dress, nigga. I called that nigga… and said, ‘Niggaa, let’s do the ‘Non-Wearing A Dress Tour.’ That shitt’ll be hot like a motherfucker,’”
Really!? That’s the pressing issue you want to hang your career on? Can these artists relax, just tell jokes and stop trying to take the fun out of comedy? If they want audiences to choose them over the multiple other comedians out there, they should leave all this unnecessary drama behind.