Hari Kondabolu

Heckles always vary. I mean, some people are just drunk, and it's nonsense, or, you know, some people just want to just repeat something I've said or add their own two cents about an opinion, but because of the nature of what I do and who I am, like, I also get the racist stuff, which is hard.

American Comedian

Billy Connolly

I loathe hecklers. I haven't got a good syllable to say. When you come out of the club circuit and into the concert hall, they should be gone. There's an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it's a different venue.

Scottish Comedian

Rachel Parris

I don't really get heckled! I think it's because I might burst into song at any moment and even rude people have a weird respect for not interrupting singing!

English Comedian

Mark Lanegan

I would only tell a story if I was being mercilessly heckled. That's the only time I would talk to the audience.

American Musician

Chael Sonnen

When I'm a fan, I show up to boo. I don't show up to cheer; I show up to heckle.

American Athlete

Joy Behar

When people heckle me, I have the microphone. And the press has the microphone.

John Oliver

There are two kinds of hecklers: the destructive and constructive hecklers.

British Comedian

Jo Brand

It's very difficult to learn not to take nasty heckles personally.

John Bishop

By doing the comedy you don't get heckled by your own wife.

Holly Hunter

I heckled somebody at the U.S. Open once.

American Actress

Using 'heckle' implies strong disapproval or dissatisfaction with the performer or speaker.

Negative Connotation

'Heckle' implies interruption that negatively affects the atmosphere or flow of the event.

Disruptive Act

Heckle is mostly used in informal settings, such as comedy shows or debates, and less in formal ones.

Colloquial Usage

In this context, 'heckle' means to ask tough questions aggressively, not casually.

Intensive Questioning

Heckling can be a strategy to put someone on the spot and force an immediate reaction.

Pressure Tactic

This sense of 'heckle' is more academic and serious, opposite to jokingly annoying someone.

Academic Usage

In this context, 'heckle' is a technical term used for a step in processing certain natural fibers.

Textile Processing

This definition of 'heckle' relates to a mostly out-of-use process due to modern technology in textiles.

Obsolete Practice

This specific use of 'heckle' may be encountered in historical or cultural contexts related to Asian and European textile manufacturing.

Asia and Europe

 It's not so much about reinventing humans, it's more about figuring out how we extend ourselves, right? And we end up using things in ways that are sort of surprising. So these guys can't play pool because the robots don't have arms, but they can heckle the guys who are playing pool and that can be an important thing for team bonding, which is kind of neat.

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 also and the judges are trained to give no nonverbal feedback so they look like this I imagine this is the person interviewing you so for five minutes nothing and this is worse than being heckled people hate this it's it's what