Felt cheated - and we LOVE Jay Mohr
by cjpouliot on 11/4/12Wilbur Theatre - BostonRating: 2 out of 5First, the show was announced to be delayed by 15 minutes - no big deal - then there was an opening comedian, who was doing some really funny stuff, for only about 7 minutes. Then Jay came out looking like he crawled out of a dumpster - really dirty. I don't expect a tuxedo, but he was really a mess. His opening stuff was funny because we were all psyched, but then a woman in the front yelled out "Christopher Walken" repeatedly (one of Jay's classics of course), and she wouldn't shut up. So he broke rhythm, did the Walken sketch, and the show was screwed up from there. She was such an annoyance that he passed the Mic to her and said "I don't care, at 11pm, I'm out of here. There were many boos and "shut ups". She wasn't heckling, she just wouldn't shut up. Later during the rest of the show - she was in the front so she was easy to see - she talked to her husband/date/etc, or got up for drinks(?) through the whole show. Then they left early!
I fault the Wilbur - she should have been removed. I feel that she wasn't only because it was a woman. No one even spoke to her to knock it off. A guy would have been ejected.
Anyway, the material sounded experimental, and his "sidetracking" was really ridiculous. I've seen him many times before, and bought his books, and this was WAY below him. Then at 11pm after a pretty lame closing bit about being angel dusted by accident and coming to a DUI checkpoint, he just said "thanks good night, and was gone. The crowd sort of sat there for several seconds stunned, then clapped, and left. Many people seemed just very disappointed.
I didn't think the sound was loud enough either - we missed a lot of what he said, and the crowd was saying "what?" to each other a lot.
Sorry Jay, but we still love you!