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Category Archives: Comedy
SMH: Barry Humphries is a reminder that we should laugh the phrase ‘read the room’ out of existence
David Free writes: First, notice that we’re talking about the room. The definite article seems important. Nobody has accused Humphries of forgetting how to read a room. Comedians prize the ability to read the rooms they perform in. To lose … Continue reading
Greg Giraldo – A Comedian’s Story
Here are some excerpts from this 2019 book: * “Every day there’s a story in the paper about how shitty our schools are,” Greg Giraldo tells the crowd. Although he has performed this bit hundreds of times, his delivery comes … Continue reading
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Craig Shoemaker on the Magic Hour
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I Was Never A Louis CK Fan
Yes, he was funny at times, but I always felt diminished after watching him. I always felt icky. So I stopped after a couple of hours of trying his show and never went back. The New York Times reports: Now, … Continue reading
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The Ari Shaffir Comedy Special
I just watched the first Ari Shaffir comedy special on Netflix on children. It made me ill. #Poison A goy: “I knowwww!! It’s… like… see how unselfaware he is? Like obviously he doesn’t realize that he’s being Shlomo Shekelberg. But … Continue reading
Guardian: “”Alt-Right’ Have Stormed Mainstream Consciousness by Using ‘Humor'”
Comments at Steve Sailer: * There’s quite a cottage industry in deconstructing 4chan threads and Pepe twitter memes for shock horror presentation to the masses. A few people perhaps hoping to find it a way to tenure, following Matthew Goodwin … Continue reading
When Pepe Puts Somebody In A Gas Chamber, Is That Funny?
About 100 minutes in, Richard Spencer says: “The anti-gay animus was one of the last gasps of implicit white identity.” “Trump was pro-gay rights. We’ve gone past hot button politics, safety valve politics, and it is just about identity.” “No, … Continue reading
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Amazing Racist
These skits are racist enough to be funny, but not too racist so that you feel uncomfortable, because the star is Ari Shaffir, who’s Jewish, and as an oppressed person of color, the Jew cannot be racist. According to Wikipedia: … Continue reading
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The Wisdom Of Jerry Seinfeld
I moved to Los Angeles in March of 1994. Jerry Seinfeld was a popular TV show (there was a guy at Aish HaTorah who looked just like Jerry Seinfeld) but I had never seen it and over the years I … Continue reading
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