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No joke, comedian sued over mother-in-law humor
Yahoo (AP) ^ | 9/25/09 | John Rogers

Posted on 08/26/2009 1:02:18 AM PDT by DemforBush

LOS ANGELES – "Take my mother-in-law — please," isn't a joke you're likely to hear often these days from Sunda Croonquist. The veteran comic is being sued by her mother-in-law after making her the punchline of too many jokes.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: comedienne; mudderinlaw
Didn't see this in search. I've heard of people suing comedians before, but I think this is the first case I've heard of a mother-in-law being the plaintiff!
1 posted on 08/26/2009 1:02:19 AM PDT by DemforBush
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To: DemforBush
btw, here's the comedienne and her m-in-law. She looks rather not guilty to me (er, the jokester, that is).


2 posted on 08/26/2009 1:03:45 AM PDT by DemforBush (Somebody wake me when sanity has returned to the nation.)
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To: DemforBush

There goes the marriage.


3 posted on 08/26/2009 1:07:14 AM PDT by OldArmy52 (Mainstream Media cheered: Ascension of Castro, Chavez and now Obama.)
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To: DemforBush

Hmm, MIL doesn’t look particularly amused in the photo. I always wondered how those sorts of jokes went over with the real life counterparts.


4 posted on 08/26/2009 1:40:48 AM PDT by Mjaye
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To: DemforBush
"My father is Swedish, my mother is African-American. You know what that made me growing up?" she asks the audience. "A Puerto Rican! That works for me, honey. ... After having two babies in two years, I look like J-Lo."

That's pretty funny.

5 posted on 08/26/2009 2:45:07 AM PDT by 6SJ7 (atlasShruggedInd: ON)
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To: Cagey; Larry Lucido; MotleyGirl70

Sally: ... so cease and desist on behalf of my client, Jerry Seinfeld. Signed- Crybaby Jerry Seinfeld’s Lawyer. Ok but I got two words for you Jerry Seinfeld....$@%£ You!


6 posted on 08/26/2009 2:52:17 AM PDT by earlJam
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To: DemforBush

I suspect a publicity stunt.


7 posted on 08/26/2009 4:05:03 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Buck Ofama!!)
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To: DemforBush
Doesn't this sort of prove the comedian's point? It's like the politician who held a press conference to announce that he wasn't stupid.

It could be a stunt. After all, we never heard complaints from "Fang" (Phyllis Diller's husband) or "Pickles" (Buddy Sorrell's wife). Mrs. P.G. Wodehouse never seem to complain that every marriageable woman in his stories is an opportunist, arrogant witch or startlingly shallow or dim.
8 posted on 08/26/2009 6:11:14 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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