Posted on 07/14/2014 7:19:08 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Mark Steyn essentially got kicked off of NRO for using that line to make a point in a blog post. Back in December, if I remember correctly.
Once you become a humorless society you are well on your way to collectivism. Drab, dreary, unimaginative collectivism.
Also, can you imagine Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Monty Python’s Holy Grail, Peter Sellers The Party or Dr. Strangelove, or a host of other comedies from days gone past being made today?
Maybe it’s a little on the old side for many, but I like to remember “Song of the South” which may not be comedy, but should bring thoughts of joy and happiness to the minds of all, but unfortunately is locked up pretty tight, when it comes to a re-release. Uncle Remus, brer rabbit, the tar baby, and the music, I grew up with. So I guess that means Walt and all of us seniors are just a loverly bunch of coconuts.
Joan Rivers is mean. The way she treated Annie Duke, the poker champion on Celebrity Apprentice a few years ago,was despicable.
To quote Bette Midler:
“F-—k ‘em if they can’t take a joke.”
Much of comedy is mean.
Joan Rivers can be pretty crude, also mean... she can also be pretty funny.
If she would soften up and loose the blue humor I think she’d be more enjoyable.
Fav joke by her was calling Michelle Obama ‘Blackie-O’.
Now THAT one is shoved under the proverbial thought police rug.
No, of course not
Oh I agree. Comedy is there for the ‘take down’. I get that. But there are many ways to do that, some of them quite subtle.
To me, there are just some comedians who are not just not funny. Rivers is one of them. I don’t object to the gist of what she is doing (and other comedians) but it’s her style that I don’t find funny at all.
I’m not as familiar with Pryor and Carlin so I can’t say about them.
Debbie Schlussel claims Rivers stole that joke from her.
I think Dice Clay toured within the last year. He sold out.
I saw a concert video on cable. Watched a few minutes, same ol schtick.
There was a time when The New Republic was the house organ of me-too leftism. National Review took over that role some years ago.
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize. - Voltaire
What’s ironic is that the stories told by Uncle Remus were about wisdom. He’s an admirable character, an American Aesop, and not an object of ridicule.
Social Marxists were able to ban Song of the South through their endless charges of racism, but their success is due to the cowardice of Disney in caving to them.
I wish you success. Taking the culture back from the authoritarian Left is where the real battle lies.
Rickles and Newhart used to do some of this in their stuff as well where they ridiculed and cursed at people in the audience. I found Rivers a “bridge too far” for me on many occasions - that and her voice just grated on me. Diller had a similar effect. I couldn’t stand that foul mouthed semi-redhead (not sure if it was Sara or Sandra). Wasn’t a fan of Clay.
Carlin I was ok with for the most part. Kinnison was hilarious but you could only take so much.
Cosby - now there was a comedian. The dentist scene and the “dad is great” skit are my favorites.
Carol burnet and crew - siamese elephants anyone? I show that to my kids and they laugh so hard they nearly pee their pants.
You can be clean and funny but you have to work at it.
I have a bootleg copy on DVD. :-) I think it was probably contraband from Europe.
If a white guy slips and falls on a banana peel, everyone laughs. If a black guy slips on a banana peel, it's racist.
Just look at what happened when Obama tried to open a locked White House garden door. Classic pratfall joke, walking into the closed door, but it's racist if you point out Obama doing it.
-PJ
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