Two really really terrible things happened this weekend to comedians and they both spawned from hecklers. First, Tammy Pescatelli literally having a glass of wine thrown at her during a Florida show and Eddie Griffin getting a drink tossed on him which resulted in him dumping water on another heckler.

These two events happening right on the heels of the Daniel Tosh debacle leads me to ask just one question…

WHAT. THE. HELL. IS GOING ON!?

Having the debate about how blue a joke can get on message boards and in editorial stories is one thing. But attacking someone with glass is next level. And the escalation of heckler vs comedian is, for lack of a better way of putting it, bad for the business of comedy in general. This is comedy, no one is supposed to get hurt or be threatened at their place of work.

What’s the solution to this?

Better security at the club?
A few weeks back we were guests on Robert Kelly’s You Know What Dude? Podcast right after Patton Oswalt’s heckler incident. Kelly suggested that comedy clubs could provide better security to handle heckler situations better and part of the responsibility is on the club owners to provide a safe environment for everyone.

Perhaps it’s the crowd?
If you are going into a club with intentions other than just sitting down, shutting up, and laughing, then just don’t go. If you can’t handle your liquor, don’t drink as much maybe? If you feel it’s your place to ruin an experience for the entire room because you’d like to disrupt the show?

Maybe it’s the comedians?
Is their material crossing too many lines? Is there really a thought police out there trying to silence their words? How far is too far?

Hell, I don’t know the answer and more importantly there’s probably not just one simple solution to the issue. All I know is this is not a good trend, and perhaps more than one party needs to start taking share in the blame.

• Some pictures of your favorite people from Comic-con. [EW]
• Shooting for the new episodes of Arrested Development begin in 4 weeks. [Huffington Post]
• There was an Archer panel at Comic-Con. [Warming Glow]
• Chris Rock on Louis C.K. [Details]
• Back Stage has a list of 10 comics to watch. [Back Stage]

IN STORES
American Masters: Johnny Carson: King of Late Night [DVD]
American Masters: Johnny Carson: King of Late Night [Blu-ray]
Bill Bellamy: Crazy Sexy Dirty [DVD]
Casa de Mi Padre [DVD]
Casa de Mi Padre [Blu-ray]
Diff’rent Strokes: The Complete Third Season [DVD]
Friends With Kids [DVD]
Friends With Kids [Blu-ray]Futurama 2 [DVD]
Futurama 3 [DVD]
Futurama 4 [DVD]
Matt Braunger: Shovel Fighter! [DVD]
Matt Braunger: Shovel Fighter [CD]
The Inbetweeners: The Complete Series [DVD]
The Three Stooges: The Movie [DVD]

ON TELEVISION
Monday, July 17th
Gallagher on Late Show with David Letterman
Jay Mohr on The Tonight Show
Matt Walsh on Last Call with Carson Daly
Louis C.K. on The Daily Show
Chris Franjola, Lisa Kyong Thrash, Brad Wollack on Chelsea Lately
Denis Leary and Steve Byrne on Conan

Tuesday, July 18th
Roseanne Barr, Aubrey Plaza on Late Late Show with David Letterman
Adam Carolla on The Tonight Show
Cedric the Entertainer on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Ali Wong, Fortune Feimster, Ross Mathews on Chelsea Lately

Wednesday, July 19th
Ray Romano on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Michael Yo, Arden Myrin, Matt Braunger on Chelsea Lately

Thursday, July 20th
Bobby Lee, Jen Kirkman, Marc Maron on Chelsea Lately
Russell Brand, James Davis, Sarah Colonna, Gary Valentine on Chelsea Lately
Chris Hardwick and Sebastian Maniscalo on Conan
Sullivan and Son premieres on TBS
John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up premieres on Comedy Central

Friday, July 21st
Ben Stiller on The Tonight Show
Bob Odenkirk on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Saturday, July 22nd
Todd Barry Super Crazy premieres on Comedy Central