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Comedian Fired After Getting Heckled

Show us your skivvies!

Somebody needs to remind the audience there’s a difference between a comedy club and a strip club. Strippers get paid a whole lot more.

From The Globe And Mail…

A Canadian comedian has lost an upcoming gig at Casino Niagara’s Yuk Yuk’s after she confronted a casino staff member about being sexually heckled – or harassed – during a performance at the comedy club. Christina Walkinshaw was about five minutes into her routine, when the heckling began from a group of eight to 10 guys, as she recalls, at a table to her immediate left. “Shows us your tits! Show us your tits! Show us your tits!”

The story gets worse. After the comedy show the heckler went to a strip club and screamed, “Make fun of airlines!”  The comedian blames the bouncers. The bouncers on her chest? Or the ones at the back of the room?

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Canadian comedian loses gig at casino after heckling incident – The Globe and Mail.

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