Tom Segura's Hurricane Katrina Joke Didn't Go Over Well | Sober October Preview

Remember that set you had when you bombed and you played it for everybody? Tom's. I kind of have a half memory of that. I played on the podcast. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, I played like clips of things. You don't understand Tom used to bomb better than anybody. I would say it was good. Tom's the best bomb you've ever sat in the back of a room with. That was not good. How about Sacramento? That's the fucking worst. You got the punchline? What is it? No, it was called the laugh unlimited. Last spot. That's the only spot. Yeah, we did that once. I like that place. Yeah, it was a good spot. When I was there, I was like, this is like a spot. Do you know what the worst thing about a bomb on a Friday night is? And you bomb on the early show and you can't believe how hard you just bombed? Like it's life altering. You bomb harder on the late show. Oh my gosh. And they're both sold out. So it's not like eight people. It's like packed to the gills. What was the catalyst? I mean, he got me out because I remember that I was like, I remember rethinking my life tonight. Like after, you know, it was that bad. But then what was what started it? What started the bomb started the bomb was the opening joke because I was just like, by the way, by the way, before you tell your opening joke, Tom is great with feeling uncomfortable in a moment and taking it to the next level. We're in Hawaii with Russell Peters. The one thing they say is do not mention negative shit about the Hawaiians. Tom's opening joke. Do you remember it? Man, they said Island Life Slow. I didn't know they were talking about your metabolisms. Holy shit. You guys are fat. You did the same shit in Australia. Don't mention that virtually. It's like that first word. Don't mention Japanese people. Man, I got lost on base today. Luckily I ran into a Japanese guy. He pointed me out. They know everything about this base. He's over there drinking his own piss. Oh my God. You got me for a fucking fraction of a second. I was like, no, he didn't. He got me too. You looked at it. I was like, he's really lost his fucking mind. I got an hammer to see. He's drinking his own piss. So wait, how did your bomb go in Sacramento? Dude, the Sacramento bomb was during, it was the month after, the month after Hurricane Katrina. So I opened with a joke. I don't remember the wording of it, but it was like how there were, there's reports of people, raping people in the aftermath. And I was like, yeah. I was like, I opened. I was just like, nothing like seeing dead bodies float by that makes me want to fuck somebody. And then I just kind of like would riff about dead people and then being like, now I want to fuck. And it would eat so much shit. And then I would go, you know, you have the thing, you're like, well, I just go to my act now. Like I'll just go to like, because it was like, it was already too late. And I would bomb for the full, the, actually the funny thing is, they made it both shows. 30 minutes. I know there's something to this. This is funny. This is the word. And nothing like seeing a dead person on a TV floating by that wants to be going to fuck. It's just the timing, the timing's off. I'll get it. That fucking, that club lady came up to me. You know, like your new feature at a club. I remember she came up to me, she goes, the bomb feels so bad. And you're sweating so hard. And you're like, man, this emotionally just taxing, right? You're just like, God damn. And I walk off stage and I run like into her. She goes, I thought you were supposed to be funny. Oh, fuck. She goes, you can't read. And I go, what? She's like, you're supposed to do 25. You did 23. And I was like, I fucking, all right. And then that's the first show. Then the second show literally is worse in an inconceivable way is worse. Did you try to save that joke again? Yeah, try to open with it again. I was like, this works. And then I ate it so hard. I eat it. I eat it so hard that I'm middling. And the MC is like, damn, dude, you fucking suck. He's like, I've never seen him. He was just like, it was that big dude. He was just like, God damn, I've never seen anything like this. In a fun way. Big Jovial. Yeah, he was Jovial. God damn, you fail like big lots. Yeah. Oh my God. And then the next day I was like, I don't know how I'm going to do this, man. And Bert goes, can I give you one piece of advice? And I go, yeah, he goes, just open different. Just do whatever you want, but just open on a different joke. I was like, all right, man. And at the time, I swear to you, that fucking first show, Saturday, probably the best set that I've ever had, like unbelievable set. Did the lady go, oh, okay. No, no. She goes, I felt redeemed. Right. I fucking destroyed it. Right. And I mean, like the MC is like, Jesus, because I've never seen a turnaround like that. Right. And I'm like, it just feels like I walk around and I see her and I go like, and she goes, what? I didn't hear anything. And I go, like she, she pretended like she didn't know. She watched. I remember I grabbed her. So she kept coming up to me going, you said he was funny. You brought him with you. And I was like, trust me. The best part about his bomb was Tom used to have a lot of weight. I lost during the sweating. All the longer hair and he comb it back. So it would be up, right? And as he bombed, it starts to fall. And then it starts to get wet and then it starts to run down his head. It was soaking wet. It was great. It was like I jumped in a pool. Like I was fucking soaking wet. That feeling when you're eating shit, it's not like anything else on earth. I remember that. I remember that like he was up on stage and somebody yelled at him like some lady. He's like, well, you're a fucking dog. You said that. And the room was like, the room turned on him. Yeah, they'll turn on your car. And then he won. I'm back. I remember him winning the back. Oh my God, damn. I used to have some quick go-tos on that. Yeah. Savors. Hey, honey, your mouth, God made your mouth for one thing and it's not talking. That's good. Oh my God. What does that mean? Like, cycle of jokes. Is that what you're saying? It's good. I can't believe that's a joke.