Aaron Barschak (remember him? The guy that gatecrashed Prince Williams birthday party dressed as Osama Bin Laden in a dress? Yes, him) has managed another footnote in his career. The former publicity hungry comedian is attempting to rebuild his career on London’s Pub Comedy Circuit, and on Sunday 21^st February he was scheduled to appear at "Toad in the Hole" at the Rosemary Branch Pub in Old Street, London.

This is one of London’s many minor Pub Comedy nights, dedicated to new talent mixed with a few better known faces. The context of Mr Barschak’s altercation needs to be made clear, however, before we come across as merely glorifying in a little minor scuffle.

A previous comedian, Alex Lasarev had somewhat riled the crowd with a gag about a white guy stopping two black drivers for directions, commenting that although the black gentlemen looked a little nervous to be flagged down, surely it’s normally the black guys that do the carjacking in the USA? A woman in the audience took some offence at this line, and despite the protestations of the Canadian comic, continued to heckle and harass him, eventually drawing the support of some of the other members of the audience. Things eventually quietened down, however.

Aaron Barschak was on a little later, but during a short routine about a photo of Hitler a gentleman in the crowd stood up and declared him a racist, offensive and unpleasant person. Mr Barschak continued his set to the end (and to be utterly fair to someone whom we’ve slagged off more than once, it was, by all accounts, pretty good) and made way for the next comedian.

The comedian in question got all of three lines into his performance before announcing "Bloody hell, that guy’s just slapped Aaron Barschak!" causing the whole audience to turn as one to witness somewhat of a scuffle. This scuffle proceeded outside, where concerned members of the crowd separated the two participants.

So. Somewhat of a nothing story really, given that nothing much happened. But it’s a happy note that even someone formerly as publicity conscious as Aaron Barschak can recognise that hard work at a basic level is what makes a comedian, not publicity stunts.