Started watching it but bailed after Jeff Ross, who's usually $$ at celebrity roasts. Kevin Hart is simply not funny, and while JR dropped a couple of decent blasts, it just seemed like an excuse for 5th graders to say fuck & shit (and gay) repeatedly. Didn't figure it'd get much better over the next 2.5 hrs, so I jumped ship. Didn't seem like there was anyone worth sticking around to hear swear and drop homo-smack.
Smackie Chan wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 7:59 pm
Started watching it but bailed after Jeff Ross, who's usually $$ at celebrity roasts. Kevin Hart is simply not funny, and while JR dropped a couple of decent blasts, it just seemed like an excuse for 5th graders to say fuck & shit (and gay) repeatedly. Didn't figure it'd get much better over the next 2.5 hrs, so I jumped ship. Didn't seem like there was anyone worth sticking around to hear swear and drop homo-smack.
The older I get, the more I respect "clean" comics. You have to be really smart and talented to be TRULY funny without dropping too many F bombs. Too many comics use "blue" humor as a crutch. I hate to say that because Robert Schimmel was one of my favorite comics in my 20s and he was as blue as it gets. I actaully met Robert once and read his book. He loved Kalamazoo. RIP Robert.
kcdave wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 8:05 am
I was actually going to to join in the best bets activity here at good ole T1B...The guy that runs that contest is a fucking prick
Derron wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 3:07 pm
You are truly one of the worst pieces of shit to ever post on this board. Start giving up your paycheck for reparations now and then you can shut the fuck up about your racist blasts.
Smackie Chan wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 7:59 pm
Started watching it but bailed after Jeff Ross, who's usually $$ at celebrity roasts. Kevin Hart is simply not funny, and while JR dropped a couple of decent blasts, it just seemed like an excuse for 5th graders to say fuck & shit (and gay) repeatedly. Didn't figure it'd get much better over the next 2.5 hrs, so I jumped ship. Didn't seem like there was anyone worth sticking around to hear swear and drop homo-smack.
The older I get, the more I respect "clean" comics. You have to be really smart and talented to be TRULY funny without dropping too many F bombs. Too many comics use "blue" humor as a crutch. I hate to say that because Robert Schimmel was one of my favorite comics in my 20s and he was as blue as it gets. I actaully met Robert once and read his book. He loved Kalamazoo. RIP Robert.
IMHO working "blue" is just being lazy. I had no problem with coming up with clean humor for my comedy traffic school classes that the students seemed to like.
“Left Seater” wrote:So charges are around the corner?
Smackie Chan wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 7:59 pm
Started watching it but bailed after Jeff Ross, who's usually $$ at celebrity roasts. Kevin Hart is simply not funny, and while JR dropped a couple of decent blasts, it just seemed like an excuse for 5th graders to say fuck & shit (and gay) repeatedly. Didn't figure it'd get much better over the next 2.5 hrs, so I jumped ship. Didn't seem like there was anyone worth sticking around to hear swear and drop homo-smack.
This.
Perfectly described, Smackie. You missed absolutely nothing by bailing early. I assumed someone would eventually pull it out of the childishness, but it never happened. I actually felt sorry for Bill Belichik. He looked somewhat uncomfortable. Any decent person would have been. Edelman was disgustingly juvenile.
I agree about Kevin Hart. I found myself begging him to STFU. I’ve never heard him say anything funny his entire career, and as he got drunker, his uninteresting rambling grew progressively tougher to endure.
Huge goof on Brady’s part to agree to the roast. His image took a major hit, I’m sure. Did you catch his comment to Ross? After JR did a joke about Robert Kraft’s massage parlor bust, Brady got up and tried to quietly say don’t say that shit again. But the mics caught it.
Two of the funniest comics around today are Nate Bargatze and Brian Regan (although Regan’s last special was disappointing). Neither of those guys curse in their act.
An occasional shit, or even a smartly used fuck, is fine. But most comics now drop f-bombs every other word. It gets old and it loses any effect they hoped for.
Screw_Michigan wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 8:34 pmYou have to be really smart and talented to be TRULY funny without dropping too many F bombs. Too many comics use "blue" humor as a crutch.
I'm certainly no Puritan, so foul language is fine (I've been known to excessively use it myself) as long as it's employed judiciously and with some context. As an example, maybe the funniest line I've heard during a celebrity roast was issued by Jeff Ross when Jerry Stiller was being roasted. Sandra Bernhard had just wrapped up her time at the podium, during which she sang a parody of Heart's Magic Man. Wasn't very funny, and SB isn't a terribly attractive woman. Jeff Ross followed her, and as is customary, he took a few swipes at some of the attendees before roasting Stiller. One of his first blasts was "I wouldn't fuck Sandra Bernhard with Bea Arthur's dick." The camera homed in on Bea, who clearly wasn't amused, which made it even funnier. Great use of fuck and dick without either being a crutch.
Smackie Chan wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 9:49 pm
I'm certainly no Puritan, so foul language is fine (I've been known to excessively use it myself) as long as it's employed judiciously and with some context. As an example, maybe the funniest line I've heard during a celebrity roast was issued by Jeff Ross when Jerry Stiller was being roasted. Sandra Bernhard had just wrapped up her time at the podium, during which she sang a parody of Heart's Magic Man. Wasn't very funny, and SB isn't a terribly attractive woman. Jeff Ross followed her, and as is customary, he took a few swipes at some of the attendees before roasting Stiller. One of his first blasts was "I wouldn't fuck Sandra Bernhard with Bea Arthur's dick." The camera homed in on Bea, who clearly wasn't amused, which made it even funnier. Great use of fuck and dick without either being a crutch.
Excellent point
kcdave wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2023 8:05 am
I was actually going to to join in the best bets activity here at good ole T1B...The guy that runs that contest is a fucking prick
Derron wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 3:07 pm
You are truly one of the worst pieces of shit to ever post on this board. Start giving up your paycheck for reparations now and then you can shut the fuck up about your racist blasts.
Richard Pryor, one of the funniest comedians ever (IMHO) could get “blue” sometimes but didn’t need to. And he could get down and dirty without the language. George Carlin’s seven words you can’t say on TV was one of the funniest bits.
Mikey wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 12:35 am
Richard Pryor, one of the funniest comedians ever (IMHO) could get “blue” sometimes but didn’t need to. And he could get down and dirty without the language. George Carlin’s seven words you can’t say on TV was one of the funniest bits.
Sure, it was for us. But for say, those under 30 these days?
“Left Seater” wrote:So charges are around the corner?
Mikey wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 12:35 am
Richard Pryor, one of the funniest comedians ever (IMHO) could get “blue” sometimes but didn’t need to. And he could get down and dirty without the language. George Carlin’s seven words you can’t say on TV was one of the funniest bits.
Sure, it was for us. But for say, those under 30 these days?
Sudden Sam wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 9:23 pm
Two of the funniest comics around today are Nate Bargatze and Brian Regan (although Regan’s last special was disappointing). Neither of those guys curse in their act.
An occasional shit, or even a smartly used fuck, is fine. But most comics now drop f-bombs every other word. It gets old and it loses any effect they hoped for.
Regan is hands down on the Mt Rushmore of comics.
Listen to his "Emergency Room" bit.
If your stomach isn't sore from laughing, you're not alive.
mvscal wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 9:09 pmFoster Brooks was a master.
The best. First stand-up comedy show I ever saw live. He did a USO show at the radar site where I was stationed in the Philippines. Was pretty much a teetotaler, too.
Stayed at the MGM Grand for a week back in 1990-something. In one part of the casino, right next to a bar, they had an animatronic Foster Brooks figure. Over the course of the week, I spent many hours parked near the damn thing as it played Foster Brooks audio 24/7. He was a king.
mvscal wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 9:09 pmFoster Brooks was a master.
The best. First stand-up comedy show I ever saw live. He did a USO show at the radar site where I was stationed in the Philippines. Was pretty much a teetotaler, too.
I saw Cheech and Chong at a small theater in ‘72 or ‘73. The combination of some dirt weed and a half pint of Southern Comfort with their humor had me just about rolling in the aisle.
Mikey wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 8:55 pmI saw Cheech and Chong at a small theater in ‘72 or ‘73. The combination of some dirt weed and a half pint of Southern Comfort with their humor had me just about rolling in the aisle.