Kevin Hart tells the story of his worst gig ever at “Crab Fest.” He tells it much better than I can here.
Ray Romano
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Ray Romano recounted that his worst experience was bombing on a cruise ship because he had to see the crowd several times around the ship after. An audience member didn’t notice Romano next to him a few days later and said “He was horrible, where did they get him from?”
Mike Birbiglia
Mike Birbiglia told GQ, “I was driving my car around the country doing free unpaid guest sets, just driving to clubs from Washington, D.C., and showing up. I popped into the Joker’s Comedy Club, which sold dildos in the lobby, and it was the Amazing Johnathan. But he did not want there to be any guest sets—he forbade it.” Birbiglia continues that he instead did lights for the show, and was harassed by Jonathan (which was part of his act) the whole time. The owner of the club felt so bad she let Birbiglia pick any show to do a guest spot on, and he chose Mitch Hedberg.