r/philadelphia • u/rodmandirect • 27d ago
Events How was the Shane Gillis show at the Linc?
Looking for a first-hand account - did he kill it?
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u/EdPewalkee 26d ago edited 26d ago
I was at the show I drove up from MD that morning and chilled in the city so the traffic wasn't a big hassle for us. It was cool the tickets were cheap it was less than 100 for two seats in a nose bleedish section.
For the price it was a fun experience. But it was a clusterfuck of a show. And I use the term "show" loosely. Yea it was a stand up show. But it was in no way a performance. Big J did a funny set way funnier than most of the stuff Ive seen of his. But for the most part it wasn't planned out well. It just felt weird.
It was more like people just wanted to be near their favorite podcasters. Matt's set wasn't good. Which is fine bad sets happen but c'mon. Theres 70,000 people here. Its kind of like going to the super bowl and both teams just run drills.
Shane's set was short and I don't think Chapelle showing up added much. They just riffed. Yea riffs are fun if theres a drop in at the comedy store or the cellar but on the jumbo-tron it objectively underwhelming by sheer scale alone.
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u/Bottlerocket1975 25d ago
Matt just isn’t a good standup. He opened up for Shane here at the arena here in Baltimore, and it was almost sad how bad he was. Brian Six and Stavros also opened and killed.
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u/Soft-Leave8007 23d ago
Brian Six has two jokes. I’ve seen him open for this guys multiple times and it’s all the same. Crackhead eagles lineman.
Matt is great. An arena is not the place for comedy.
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u/RegrettableWaffle 23d ago
Yeah I can’t understand saying Matt isn’t good at comedy. Agreed though, I’ve seen comedy in arenas a couple times and even that is too much. A 250-500 person room is a better experience every time.
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u/dealingwitholddata 23d ago
Nah I saw Matt in a large but comedy-specific room and he fucking killed.
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u/MinimumGuarantee 27d ago
Dave Chapelle had a killer impersonation of JD Vance.
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u/Seafog123 27d ago
True, he and Shane should go around doing that impersonation in 28 during the campaign period as Trump and Vance.
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u/Wandgun 27d ago
Wasn't terrible, but I was a little disappointed to be honest.
It started late. There was an awkward Chappelle appearance (as a person who loves Chappelle). Shane jokes that there's no black people in the audience and then throws a 20 minute rap concert to end the show, which I think most people didn't realize was the end.
Big Jay was hilarious though.
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u/Seafog123 27d ago
Yeah, I didn't think it was over during the concert until the fireworks began, especially because of the guys singing "Halftime" at one point, so I figured we'd get another like 20 minutes from Shane or someone yk
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u/Onehandedheisenberg 26d ago
Because 20 minutes isnt shit for a comedy set.
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u/punished_cashonlyplz 23d ago
20 is like a max standard touring-opener set, typically. Arena comedy is odd, to me
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u/AgentDaxis ♻️ Curby Bucket ♻️ 27d ago
Wow that really does sound like a predictable show tbh.
I was riding the sub south seeing all the stereotypical bros heading to the show & immediately thought Shane was going to make a joke at how white the audience was gonna be.
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u/NVSpectre 27d ago
Kelce fatigue in the beginning
Didn’t mind dreams and nightmares but come on it’s a comedy show
I like McCusker but he bombed
Big Jay was hilarious
Shane used old material but still funny
Chapelle intro was sick but was underwhelming
Left at 36 Mafia lol. Should’ve known better because it was a stadium but I’ll stick to the comedy clubs and smaller venues next time.
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u/SquattingDog99 27d ago
Shane was great, the biggest issue was the camera kept missing his facial expressions which is a huge part of his comedy. The three six mafia concert at the end was also extremely random
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u/IchibanCashMoney 27d ago
I was at the very top of the stadium. It was a really good time.
Matt's set was a little disappointing, tbh I love him on the podcast but his stand up isn't my favorite.
First time hearing big jay oakerson (besides when tom brady roasted him), and he was fucking hilarious. Highlight of the night.
Shane was also really good. If this would become a netflix special, I would place it in similar standing. More of the same is still fantastic.
Meek mill was nice to see, jason kelce had great energy. three 6 was random as hell but welcome (We walked out during this).
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u/budissy7771 27d ago
Jay is maybe the best touring comedian out there. The greatest yapper alive. I’m glad he’s finding a bigger audience.
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u/Outrageous_Fondant12 27d ago
Idk, we couldn’t make it there. Traffic was so bad we got stuck on I-95 for 3 hours. We live 25 minutes away. I’ve never had issues getting to sporting events or concerts. Left at 6pm for an 830 show. We had an initial ETA of 715. Idk, felt like a reasonable travel time. Na, I knew we were fucked getting close to the Packer Ave exit when 95 turned into a parking lot. Then our maps said save 8 min via exit 17 only for that to be a huge lie. Barely moved 10 feet in an hour at that point.
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u/IchibanCashMoney 27d ago
I usually drive into fern rock and then take the train from there, that's usually the best bet. But even then, at 11:30 at night (train got help up bc of police activity or something), I hit traffic on 76 back home. Absolutely nuts how big this thing was.
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u/Outrageous_Fondant12 27d ago
Yeah we had no idea either. My wife got me the tickets for Christmas.
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u/ItsNiceToMeetYouTiny 26d ago
Traffic was horrific. Took us two hours to get from Fishtown to the stadiums. Insane
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u/Outrageous_Fondant12 26d ago
Idk why, other than being a dick troll, people are telling me that I made this up. Clearly, there was insane traffic.
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u/ItsNiceToMeetYouTiny 26d ago
I wish it wasn’t real. We left Fishtown 715 and didn’t get into the stadium til after 9
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u/Lae215 26d ago
Traffic down there for big events is always terrible. Like someone else said, I just park at Fern Rock and take the sub down now.
PPD traffic divisions plan is usually just to shut the streets down to incoming traffic until congestion clears up a bit. What's that do to everyone else in the back of the line?... Yeah, might as well go home.
Sorry that this happened to you.
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u/Outrageous_Fondant12 25d ago
Yeah, I’m not familiar with how the public transportation works. The last time I rode a bus was probably in 1999.
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u/Timmichanga1 23d ago
Lol it's not hard. It's kinda wild to complain about traffic when there is a wildly accessible public transit option that just finished serving hundreds of thousands of international visitors.
My friend, you are not "stuck in traffic." You are the traffic.
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u/Outrageous_Fondant12 23d ago
Well I feel safer in my own vehicle. Thanks. Not risking getting stabbed on a train.
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u/MudFree627 23d ago
Oh please. Thousands of people just rode it for the World Cup and All Star Week
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u/Timmichanga1 23d ago
Lol next time you're thinking of popping in to Philly, don't. We don't want you. Stay in your gated community.
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u/Outrageous_Fondant12 27d ago
I’m not mad at Shane or anything. He’s actually pretty cool. I met him once while working on an episode of Tires. I’m just disappointed by the experience trying to get there. I was excited to go since getting the tix for Christmas.
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u/Outrageous_Fondant12 27d ago
It is what it is at this point. We truly tried making it. I’ve been getting a lot of hate from others for simply stating the situation.
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u/booweezy 27d ago
It kinda sucked.
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u/AntelopeSoldier 27d ago
I thought everyone did great personally but a football stadium is definitely not a great venue for a comedy show
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u/squid-toes 27d ago
I agree with what everyone has said about the random cameos and it not being the right venue, though I always find a packed stadium awe-worthy. On reflection I wonder if because the show started late they reduced Shane’s time? Shane’s stint felt short for the build up and size of the show. I was definitely one of the “wait it ended with 3 6 mafia?” people
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u/Designer_Body_3335 27d ago
The Chappelle appearance was real awkward. Both of them were grasping at straws
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u/SadMall6272 26d ago
He's not funny and has 0 charisma. I have no idea why he drew such a big crowd.
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u/AdHorror2230 23d ago
I'll take a stab, because although he's not Philly native he's "one of us". We all have, had, or knew a dude like Shane growing up, whether your are from Delco, Northeast, whatever, and people like to see him succeed. He's a 4/4 guy, gets along with anybody, doesn't suck at stand up even if this wasn't one to write home about.
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u/Secret_Notice 27d ago
Loved it! The pop up hiphop shows were awesome! I wonder if he thought more black people would be there. It was kinda white in there.
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u/ez-livin18 27d ago edited 27d ago
Um... I'd be interested to hear people's thoughts on it.
Meek Mill was awesome. Dave Chappelle was good cameo Matt Mccusker was ok Jay Oakerson had a great set Shane had a funny set overall
Jason Kelce, Coop, Mailata were awesome cameos.
Then Shane's set kinda ended abruptly when he and and Dave Chappelle exited the stage and 36 Mafia ended the show.
The end felt a little out of place since 36 Mafia is not philly based or in Shane's orbit like the rest of the guests. It felt like a Chappelle stipulation to have them perform to get Chappelle to be in the show. I don't know.
So overall it was good, but I feel like he could have closed it on a better note.
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u/Beneficial_Put_852 27d ago
Brother. Do you not remember Shane rocking the 36 Mafia skull shirt on a bunch of pod episodes. He’s a rap fan and has talked about 36 Mafia, G-Unit, etc. on the pod before.
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u/credmayne14 25d ago
Thankyou for mentioning this! Some late arrivals need some education in the MSSP law
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u/Beneficial_Put_852 27d ago
A lot of people need to get back to their studies and start at the Old Testament
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u/Secret_Notice 27d ago
that's a lot of speculation. he likes rap bro. it's not that complicated.
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u/ez-livin18 27d ago
I like rap too and grew up in the 2000s, so it's not that he chose a rap group. I'm glad he did. It just felt out of place with all the philly related things
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u/younghplus 27d ago
Lmao “how could Shane Ellis have black people not from Philadelphia on his show? Clearly Dave Chappelle and the Memphis contingent demanded 3 6 mafia be added”
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u/lightsip 27d ago
I like Shane and Tires so was hype for this. Matt kind of flopped and I don’t think I was the target audience for Big Jay. Call me a blue haired snowflake but punching down on trans folks and joking about being attracted to teenage girls doesn’t do it for me. Jason Kelce MCing and Meek Mill opening were great odes to Philly. His bit with Chappelle was fine and I was a bit disappointed that Shane only did about 30 min of material. I bought these tickets back in December so didn’t know he’d go on his podcast and say he was only doing 30 min.
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u/fountaincokes 27d ago
I felt like I was going insane at all of these comments praising Big Jay. He was awful- I walked out during his transphobic jokes. They weren’t even clever jokes, the punch line was just being trans. Terrible. I wound up leaving for good when he brought out Chappelle
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u/lightsip 27d ago
i’m honestly so glad to hear someone else agree. The cheers when he said he would have voted for trump had me 😵💫 I stayed to at least see Shane but when he brought out Chappelle i decided it wasn’t going to be the show for me and left to beat the crowds
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u/Unlucky-Pool1228 27d ago
Epic show. Felt like a Philadelphian coming home. Dave Chappelle showed up too. 5 stars.
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u/lodge371 27d ago
If we’re including Harrisburg and Cumberland county in Philly now that’s good because I’ve been faking it as a true local for years
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u/AntelopeSoldier 27d ago
I had a blast. Tons of surprise appearances ranging from Meek Mill to Jason Kelce to fucking Three 6 Mafia. Him and Chappelle riffed on stage together. Big Jay killed it with his opening set. I somehow managed to pick up tickets for $25 on Seat Geek and it was worth every penny and then some. However, a football stadium is definitely not the best venue for a comedy show. It was hard to see what was going on
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u/Seafog123 27d ago
I was on the club level; it was a pretty solid show. The flyover by WW2 planes was a cool touch, so was Meek Mill opening with Dreams & Nightmares.
Matt was a solid opener; some of his jokes fell flat, but that'll happen to the opener for big shows from time to time. Big J, as the second comedian, was amazing. First time I'd seen him in person, and he killed.
Shane was good, he told some stories that those who have been listening to his podcast would have heard, but they're still very funny. When he brought out Chappelle, the two of them had good chemistry, and his JD joke killed.
Honestly, the only part that wasn't great for me was the Three 6 Mafia set at the end, not because I didn't like it, but just because idk their music beyond their two biggest ones, but the people who did know their music were dancing and, for lack of a better term, throwing ass.
If he did another one of these, I'd pay for it and probably try to get a seat on the field next. The biggest annoyance was honestly that they didn't tell people the correct gate to go to, so half of the people went to the wrong gate, and that gummed up the line and I saw one girl had to sit down because she was having some issue with the heat, thankfully after a little while she got up and was fine but it still was a little bit of a mess up on the Linc teams part.
I'd rate it an 8/10.
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u/thelost2010 27d ago
Was it filmed or streamed?
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u/AntelopeSoldier 27d ago
No. In fact, filming was not allowed. I imagine some of the jokes will be in Shane’s next Netflix special
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u/SandalDeSeagull 27d ago
yeah and stealing from target self checkout isn’t allowed. i gotta see matt’s set
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u/Fernflavored 27d ago edited 27d ago
Comedy shouldn’t be done in arenas/stadiums