[Cagey]

I totally agree with your observation.

Crass for the sake of shock value isn't funny. Flinging the F bomb three times in every other sentence just tells me the comic has a hard time coming up with innovative material. David Brenner understood this and talked about this often.

I want to be entertained by a comedian. If I wanted twenty straight minutes of the F word, I'd go back to Freshmen year in High School and not have to pay a cover fee.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Flinging the F bomb three times in every other sentence just tells me the comic has a hard time coming up with innovative material."

Have you seen Larry David's HBO show, "Curb Your Enthusiasm"? It is occasionally funny, but it is laced with profanity. One episode ends with an entire restaurant full of people - including granny types - shouting crude profanities at each other.