If a host and opener do a great job, a feature can come up and kill a crowd. Either with bad jokes, bad crowd work, a bad attitude or whatever. The host and opener can contribute to that, too. If they've done a bad job, they dig a hole and the headliner has to spend his/her time climbing outta that hole and trying to win the crowd back.
What do you mean by "create a hole" for the headliner?
If a host and opener do a great job, a feature can come up and kill a crowd. Either with bad jokes, bad crowd work, a bad attitude or whatever. The host and opener can contribute to that, too. If they've done a bad job, they dig a hole and the headliner has to spend his/her time climbing outta that hole and trying to win the crowd back.
Ah, I see. Thanks!
Ah, I see. Thanks!