Hecklers at TAM 5.5!!!

[Wowbagger]

For those of you who either missed it, or wish to reminisce about it, I happen to have some video of the hecklers who rudely interrupted Mark Roberts' (Gravy's) presentation, taken with my very own video camera.

Enjoy!

Part 1: 3gtS3ecwIXQ

Part 2: (includes an intro) qMD4QSkMgyw

[Gravy]

Rehearsal: bah!

You were hilarious, Mitch!

[Reed]

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/9/9a/Waldorfstatler.jpg

"Throw the bums out!"

[delphi_ote]

:clap:
So bummed I missed it! Two of my favorite JREF members being brilliant, and I was stuck here doing research.

[Redtail]

Complete with the "White and Nerdy" Shirt.:D

[OldTigerCub]

*Sniff*
:cry1
I wish I could have gotten the time off from work to be witness to that....
That said...absolutely hilarious....:D
One of these days I'll make it to a TAM....I hope..........

[LashL]

For those of you who either missed it, or wish to reminisce about it, I happen to have some video of the hecklers who rudely interrupted Mark Roberts' (Gravy's) presentation, taken with my very own video camera.

Enjoy!






:dl:


GREAT stuff!

[Horatius]

One of these days I'll make it to a TAM....I hope..........



"One of these days" being June 19th, (http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?postid=3379836#post3379836) right? Right?

[Wowbagger]

It seems that Part 1 has gotten more views than Part 2, so far. For this reason, I wish to make the following announcement:

PART 2 is funnier!!!!!! If you only have time to watch one of the videos, make sure it is Part Two!! (Not part one.)

If you have time for both, certainly watch both. But, I'm tellin' you: Those who fail to watch part 2, are missing out on the good stuff!!


Thank you.

[Gravy]

It seems that Part 1 has gotten more views than Part 2, so far. For this reason, I wish to make the following announcement:

PART 2 is funnier!!!!!! If you only have time to watch one of the videos, make sure it is Part Two!! (Not part one.)

If you have time for both, certainly watch both. But, I'm tellin' you: Those who fail to watch part 2, are missing out on the good stuff!!


Thank you.Part 2 is funnier, not only because of your scenery-chewing, but because of my laissez-faire attitude towards direction and rehearsal at 2 am. Horatius saved the end of the first heckling. I had assigned those lines to you, but Grayman brilliantly suggested you for the end of the presentation, and I forgot to reassign the earlier lines.

[Wowbagger]

Of course, I just now realized the aspect ratio is off on the first video. It was all shot and edited in widescreen. But, the YouTube player squishes it into 4:3 ratio. Oh well.

In the second part, my intro was filmed in 4:3, but since the actual heckler footage was in widescreen, it got letterboxed by the video editor. Hence its aspect ratio is correct on YouTube.

Not that anyone really cares, of course. I'm just trying to find clever excuses to "bump" this thing.

[Reed]

Part 2 is funnier, not only because of your scenery-chewing, but because of my laissez-faire attitude towards direction and rehearsal at 2 am. Horatius saved the end of the first heckling. I had assigned those lines to you, but Grayman brilliantly suggested you for the end of the presentation, and I forgot to reassign the earlier lines.

I'd have killed to have been able to jump in, but sadly I'd brought only my own lines. :mad:

Wowbagger has raised the bar very high indeed.

[elaine]

y'all were great!!!

[skeptigirl]

Wow, these look like the same people stalking Michael Shermer's book events. They read from their notes at every event and apparently go after suggestions on some Internet site.

Shermer, Huffington Post article (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-shermer/911-truthers-a-pack-of_b_84154.html)Ever since Skeptic magazine published an investigative article on the 9/11 "Truth Movement" and analyzed their claims, which were found wanting, I have been hounded by the so-called 9/11 "truthers" because I am the editor of the magazine and therefore am suppose to be a "skeptic" of the official explanation for 9/11.

[mumchup]

I knew there was something fishy about you Wowbagger.... seriously you were hilarious.

So did they taze you?

[KingMerv00]

You are a card carrying member of JREF?

We get cards? Where the hell is mine?

[Horatius]

Wow, these look like the same people stalking Michael Shermer's book events. They read from their notes at every event and apparently go after suggestions on some Internet site.

Shermer, Huffington Post article (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-shermer/911-truthers-a-pack-of_b_84154.html)



Success!


That's exactly the look we were going for!


Gravy's half-assed direction scores a win!! ;)

[Gravy]

So did they taze you?Damn right we did.

http://wtc7lies.googlepages.com/heclkerattack.jpg/heclkerattack-custom;size:640,479.jpg

[Gravy]

Wow, these look like the same people stalking Michael Shermer's book events. They read from their notes at every event and apparently go after suggestions on some Internet site.

Shermer, Huffington Post article (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-shermer/911-truthers-a-pack-of_b_84154.html)He's got several of those videos (http://www.michaelshermer.com/2008/01/911-truthers-harass-shermer/) on his site. He handles them well.

Here's a different approach. At a book signing, David Frum instructs a truther to "take stronger medication."

99QopsseBM4

Bill Clinton has smacked down truther hecklers several times. Here's (http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/01/bill-clinton-un.html) a recent one:

“Are you one of those it was an inside job guys?" the former president asked. Continuing, "Hillary agrees we should end the war, but we have heard from you now, now you hear from me. I let you be rude and interrupt me screaming at the top of your lungs. Nine-eleven was NOT an inside job, it was an Osama Bin Laden job with 19 people from Saudi Arabia, they murdered 3000 Americans and others foreigners including Muslims and we look like idiots, that the people who murdered our fellow citizens did it, when they are continuing to murder other people around the world. So we heard from you, you go away," Clinton said to the cheering crowd.

[Wowbagger]

Next time we do this, one of the guards has to wear this on a T-shirt:
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http://www.cafepress.com/buy/don%27t+taze+me+bro/-/pv_design_details/pg_1/id_23714113/opt_/fpt_/c_666/

[Reed]

An untouched crop of the photo above. Those demonic eyes would suggest that he is worse than Hitler, Mao, Stalin, etc. :)

[BrianSI]

You are a card carrying member of JREF?

We get cards? Where the hell is mine?

Did you actually join (http://www.randi.org/joom/content/view/42/36/)?

I got one, it's half white and half reddish-orange, with Randi's pic on it. It doesn't have my name on it or anything though, unless I change it to "Member" without a last name, sorta like Prince or Sting.

[Gravy]

An untouched crop of the photo above. Those demonic eyes would suggest that he is worse than Hitler, Mao, Stalin, etc. :)That's not "red eye." After 4 hours of sleep over two nights, my eyes were actually that red.

[BrianSI]

That's not "red eye." After 4 hours of sleep over two nights, my eyes were actually that red.

Yeah, well, they'll fall out after a full 4-day TAM, just you wait and see.

Or not, since your eyes will be broken.

But it's so worth it!

It just takes a bit to get used to these electronic replacement eyes.

[skeptigirl]

You are a card carrying member of JREF?

We get cards? Where the hell is mine?Costs $100 bucks. You get a card if you pay your membership dues.

[skeptigirl]

He's got several of those videos (http://www.michaelshermer.com/2008/01/911-truthers-harass-shermer/) on his site. He handles them well.

Here's a different approach. At a book signing, David Frum instructs a truther to "take stronger medication."

99QopsseBM4

Bill Clinton has smacked down truther hecklers several times. Here's (http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/01/bill-clinton-un.html) a recent one:Gees, it has truly become a religion.

[skeptigirl]

Did you actually join (http://www.randi.org/joom/content/view/42/36/)?

I got one, it's half white and half reddish-orange, with Randi's pic on it. It doesn't have my name on it or anything though, unless I change it to "Member" without a last name, sorta like Prince or Sting.I don't think mine has a picture. I'm gonna have to dig it out and look.

[Pardalis]

An untouched crop of the photo above. Those demonic eyes would suggest that he is worse than Hitler, Mao, Stalin, etc. :)

Damn, just like DeNiro in Angel Heart!

http://mydivx.lihoman.ru/order/actor/deniro/serdtse.angela2.jpg

[delphi_ote]

Christ in a taco salad, I never thought I'd feel sympathy for David Frum!

[Wowbagger]

I wonder if this heckler footage should be a bonus feature on the official TAM 5.5 DVDs.

If Official Video crew had their camera pointed at the stage the whole time, they probably didn't capture the actual hecklers on film, at least not most of the first set.

[TobiasTheViking]

That was amazing

[Wowbagger]

I was watching parts of the TAM 5.5 DVD set, last night. You can watch my performance, from a different angle, in it. Though, for the first few seconds I am barely visible in the corner.

None of the other hecklers are visible, on the DVD, but you can hear them, and they put in subtitles.

[James Fox]

Wow!! Baggger, never would have thought you were a “performance artist” !!!
How do I get one of these parts at TAM6 ??

Are the TAM DVD’s still available (says one who has not visited the JREF store to check)

[Wowbagger]

The DVD set could be ordered here: http://www.randi.org/joom/jref-store/64.html
As of writing, there are still plenty in stock.

I can't help you get such a role for TAM 6. I was just lucky enough to get "discovered" by the Grayfolk (Grayman and Gravy), for the role.