Why is eating dinner during a performance a bad idea, Eric? Isn it like dinner theater?
At a hotel banquet room, the tables are usually large round tables that seat about 8 people. In order to eat, everyone has to sit facing their plate, which means half the audience has their back to the stage. People naturally talk to one another during dinner, which adds to the distraction. In addition, if you laugh with a mouth full of food, you may choke or spit it out, which is unpleasant. In order to not choke, many people don’t laugh, which makes it look and sound like the comedian is not doing his job. If all that weren’t enough of a distraction, the servers come by to collect the dinner plates and put dessert on the table. The performance should start after dessert is served. I wouldn’t want any customer to waste their investment in entertainment when it is so easy to start the show just a few minutes later in order to be successful. Doing a comedy show during dinner is like giving a sales presentation at a hockey game.
