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TMC

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Jun 22, 2012, 3:09:05 AM6/22/12
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Just as the title of the thread states. As we know, humor is
subjective, so your favorite stand up comic can be someone else's
least favorite comic.

Comedians that aren't funny (to you):
http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ot2011&action=display&thread=412635

http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000002/flat/200689700?d=200689700&p=1#200689700

Daryl

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Jun 22, 2012, 4:18:41 AM6/22/12
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Will Farrel is at the bottom of my list. I won't go see any of
his stuff at all. I won't even rent it or be given it to watch.

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Michael OConnor

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Jun 22, 2012, 6:53:24 AM6/22/12
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On Jun 22, 4:18 am, Daryl <dh...@nospami70west3.com> wrote:
> On 6/22/2012 1:09 AM, TMC wrote:
>
> >http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=offtopic&action=disp...
>
> > Just as the title of the thread states. As we know, humor is
> > subjective, so your favorite stand up comic can be someone else's
> > least favorite comic.
>
> > Comedians that aren't funny (to you):
> >http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ot2011&action=displa...
>
> >http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000002/flat/200689700?d=200689700&p=1#20...
>
> Will Farrel is at the bottom of my list.  I won't go see any of
> his stuff at all.  I won't even rent it or be given it to watch.
>

I don't find him funny, Adam Sandler either. In fact, I haven't found
any SNL comedians funny since Eddie Murphy, but other than the Klump
family segments in the Nutty Professor movie, he hasn't been very
funny since he left SNL.

Captain Infinity

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Jun 22, 2012, 7:20:29 AM6/22/12
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Once Upon A Time,
Lucille Ball.

Milton Berle.

Bob Hope.

Curly Joe Derita.

Phyllis Diller.

Benny Hill.

Zeppo Marx.



**
Captain Infinity

Daryl

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Jun 22, 2012, 8:32:13 AM6/22/12
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Adam Sandler can be humorous but I never found his BS routine
funny. When he quits with the goofy talk and acts he's pretty
good.

I never found Eddie Murphy funny either. His hero was Richard
Pryor who I also found not funny. The only thing that Richard
Pryor said I found funny was when Bill Cosby was commenting on
how Eddie Murphys profanity was bad for black America, he told
Eddie Murphy, "Tell Bill to have another Coke and Shut the F... Up".

notbob

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Jun 22, 2012, 9:11:16 AM6/22/12
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On 2012-06-22, Captain Infinity <Infi...@captaininfinity.us> wrote:

> Zeppo Marx. <-- not a comedian



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Dano

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Jun 22, 2012, 11:39:19 AM6/22/12
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"Daryl" wrote in message news:js19pd$ii6$1...@dont-email.me...

On 6/22/2012 1:09 AM, TMC wrote:
> http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=offtopic&action=display&thread=435256
>
> Just as the title of the thread states. As we know, humor is
> subjective, so your favorite stand up comic can be someone else's
> least favorite comic.
>
> Comedians that aren't funny (to you):
> http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ot2011&action=display&thread=412635
>
> http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000002/flat/200689700?d=200689700&p=1#200689700

Will Farrel is at the bottom of my list. I won't go see any of
his stuff at all. I won't even rent it or be given it to watch.

===================================

Yep. I don't find him all that funny either. But someone clearly does.

Humor is SO subjective. I find Marx Brothers movies to be laugh out loud
hilarious. My wife can't take five minutes of one.

<shrug>

But she also hates Will Farrell even more than I do. Actually "hate" is too
strong...but you must know what I mean.


Art Vandelay

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Jun 22, 2012, 11:55:16 AM6/22/12
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On Jun 22, 3:09 am, TMC <tmc1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=offtopic&action=disp...
>
> Just as the title of the thread states. As we know, humor is
> subjective, so your favorite stand up comic can be someone else's
> least favorite comic.
>
> Comedians that aren't funny (to you):http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ot2011&action=displa...
>
> http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000002/flat/200689700?d=200689700&p=1#20...

Lucille Ball
Bob Hope
Red Skelton
Jerry Lewis
Chevy Chase
The Three Stooges

Adam H. Kerman

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Jun 22, 2012, 12:16:54 PM6/22/12
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What, you liked Gummo?

synthi...@yahoo.com

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Jun 22, 2012, 2:45:51 PM6/22/12
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> Will Farrel is at the bottom of my list.

and yet, strangely, Megamind was pretty good.
I would guess that it depends on how much of the movie was made by and
for the actor, as opposed to a team effort where the artistic director
picks and chooses the appropriate elements to craft the best finished
product. Maybe if you forget this, and accidentally watch the movie
much later, and don't come to realize who it was, you could like it.

Ian J. Ball

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Jun 22, 2012, 2:50:46 PM6/22/12
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On Jun 22, 4:20 am, Captain Infinity <Infin...@captaininfinity.us>
wrote:
> Once Upon A Time, TMC wrote:
>
> >http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=offtopic&action=disp...
>
> >Just as the title of the thread states. As we know, humor is
> >subjective, so your favorite stand up comic can be someone else's
> >least favorite comic.
>
> >Comedians that aren't funny (to you):
> >http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ot2011&action=displa...
>
> >http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000002/flat/200689700?d=200689700&p=1#20...
>
> Lucille Ball.
>
> Milton Berle.
>
> Bob Hope.
>
> Curly Joe Derita.
>
> Phyllis Diller.
>
> Benny Hill.
>
> Zeppo Marx.

I'm sorry - but I decree the death sentence for you!!!

Daryl

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Jun 22, 2012, 2:58:28 PM6/22/12
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Farrel isn't funny, he's not humorous and he can't act. He just
motors his way through parts.

I noticed that Darrell Hannah did Clinton tastefully but funny.
He respected Clinton. That is the mark of a good impressionist.
Farrel showed every distain for Bush he could. He should have
never tried to do that impression. In the end, it was just
Farrel saying stupid things that weren't funny and quite
annoying. He kept trying to cram it down the shows throat until
Michaels said enough, you are out of here.

AS for Megamind, it's a voice over. And I can bet the Director
had a huge hand in it. But I keep coming back to the butcher job
and the total waste of acting powers driveled away in Bewitched.
He had a superb costar and mostly deadpanned his way through
it. He was supposed to be the funny one. He wasn't.

The Loan Arranger

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Jun 22, 2012, 3:09:45 PM6/22/12
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>The Three Stooges

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Movie Fan

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Jun 22, 2012, 3:19:04 PM6/22/12
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On Jun 22, 2:58 pm, Daryl <dh...@nospami70west3.com> wrote:

> Darrell Hannah did Clinton

Stop the presses!!

trotsky

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Jun 22, 2012, 5:05:33 PM6/22/12
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Why does a thread like this automatically have to be painfully unfunny?
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notbob

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Jun 23, 2012, 2:58:10 PM6/23/12
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On 2012-06-22, TMC <tmc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Comedians that aren't funny (to you):

Jes about all the one's Netflix has up for streaming video.

WTF is Eddie Izzard and why does anyone think him funny? I never
thought much of George Carlin, either. He was funny for about 30
secs, then degenerated into being too damn sanctimonious and cynical
for my tastes. Louie CK, Jim Gaffigan, Katt Williams. They should
all be put in a bag and thrown in the river. Demetri Martin should be
hunted down and shot on sight. The same goes for Sarah Silverman. I
haven't a clue what the Hell Dane Cook is doing, but whatever it is,
it's not even remotely funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMpsYnHl1nQ

nb

Dano

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Jun 23, 2012, 3:53:46 PM6/23/12
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"notbob" wrote in message news:slrnjuc4jg...@nbleet.hcc.net...

On 2012-06-22, TMC <tmc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Comedians that aren't funny (to you):

Jes about all the one's Netflix has up for streaming video.

WTF is Eddie Izzard and why does anyone think him funny? I never
thought much of George Carlin, either. He was funny for about 30
secs, then degenerated into being too damn sanctimonious and cynical
for my tastes. Louie CK, Jim Gaffigan, Katt Williams. They should
all be put in a bag and thrown in the river. Demetri Martin should be
hunted down and shot on sight. The same goes for Sarah Silverman. I
haven't a clue what the Hell Dane Cook is doing, but whatever it is,
it's not even remotely funny.


============================================

I'll bet YOU'RE a barrel of fucking laughs at a party.

Bob Grimes

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Jun 23, 2012, 3:54:24 PM6/23/12
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On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:58:10 +0000, notbob wrote:

> On 2012-06-22, TMC <tmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Comedians that aren't funny (to you):
>
> Jes about all the one's Netflix has up for streaming video.
>
> WTF is Eddie Izzard and why does anyone think him funny? I never
> thought much of George Carlin, either. He was funny for about 30 secs,
> then degenerated into being too damn sanctimonious and cynical for my
> tastes. Louie CK, Jim Gaffigan, Katt Williams. They should all be put
> in a bag and thrown in the river. Demetri Martin should be hunted down
> and shot on sight. The same goes for Sarah Silverman. I haven't a clue
> what the Hell Dane Cook is doing, but whatever it is, it's not even
> remotely funny.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMpsYnHl1nQ
>
> nb

Sarah Silverman is good at sitcoms, plus she is hot! Wonder why Kimmel
and her are not together any more?

Mack A. Damia

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Jun 23, 2012, 4:06:58 PM6/23/12
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On 23 Jun 2012 18:58:10 GMT, notbob <not...@nothome.com> wrote:

>On 2012-06-22, TMC <tmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Comedians that aren't funny (to you):
>
>Jes about all the one's Netflix has up for streaming video.
>
>WTF is Eddie Izzard and why does anyone think him funny?

I was surprised when he appeared in "Valkyrie" (2008) playing the part
of General Erich Fellgiebel, a communications officer. He did a
pretty good job, too.
--

notbob

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Jun 23, 2012, 4:18:27 PM6/23/12
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On 2012-06-23, Dano <janea...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'll bet YOU'RE a barrel of fucking laughs

I've seen a video of me doing it. It's pretty funny.

Somebody

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"notbob" <not...@nothome.com> wrote in message
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> On 2012-06-22, TMC <tmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Comedians that aren't funny (to you):
>
> Jes about all the one's Netflix has up for streaming video.
>
> WTF is Eddie Izzard and why does anyone think him funny? I never
> thought much of George Carlin, either. He was funny for about 30
> secs, then degenerated into being too damn sanctimonious and cynical
> for my tastes. Louie CK, Jim Gaffigan, Katt Williams. They should
> all be put in a bag and thrown in the river. Demetri Martin should be
> hunted down and shot on sight. The same goes for Sarah Silverman. I
> haven't a clue what the Hell Dane Cook is doing, but whatever it is,
> it's not even remotely funny.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMpsYnHl1nQ
>
> nb

you are very negative notbob. What/who do you find funny?


Dano

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Jun 23, 2012, 5:17:22 PM6/23/12
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"Somebody" wrote in message news:js58gt$smr$1...@dont-email.me...
=======================================

That clown he glimpses in the mirror.

zoom-zoom

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Jun 23, 2012, 5:31:43 PM6/23/12
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now *that* was funny

anim8rFSK

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Jun 23, 2012, 6:17:17 PM6/23/12
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In article <pan.2012.06...@invalid.net>,
Plus she had big American breasts on Star Trek Voyager.

--
"Every time a Kardashian gets a TV show, an angel dies."

JERRY SANDUSKY

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Jun 23, 2012, 7:31:41 PM6/23/12
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Eddie Murphy and the late Gilda Radner are the sole SNL refugees who
had or have genuine comedic talent.

The Will Ferrells, Bill Murrays, Dan Aykroyds, Dana Carveys, Chevy
Chases, Adam Sandlers, and Chris Rocks and their ilk are popular
mainly with adolescents and immature adults, who think any comic
appearing on TV must thereby be "funny."

The Loan Arranger

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"JERRY SANDUSKY" wrote in message
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=================================================
Right, unlike as asshole who thinks using the name of a serial child molester is
the height of wit.


Dano

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"JERRY SANDUSKY" wrote in message
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Still better than you...you disgusting child raper you.

Nothing funny at all about pedophilia.

thinbluemime

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Jun 23, 2012, 4:58:03 PM6/23/12
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What's a poor girl suppose to do? All the Kennedy's are dead!

thinbluemime

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On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:19:04 +0100, Movie Fan <joe....@yahoo.com> wrote:

thinbluemime

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Jun 23, 2012, 5:02:29 PM6/23/12
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You sound like a wild and crazy guy

thinbluemime

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Jun 23, 2012, 5:03:53 PM6/23/12
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Putting aside all his transvestite crap, he is not bad at acting.

notbob

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Jun 24, 2012, 12:11:59 AM6/24/12
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On 2012-06-23, Somebody <tom.un...@gmail.com> wrote:

> you are very negative notbob. What/who do you find funny?

Lotta comedians. Bill Burr, Nick DePaoli, Lewis Black, Gilbert
Gottfried, Craig Ferguson, Jeffry Ross, Patton Oswald, John Oliver,
Dave Attel, Patrice O'Neal, Rick Vos, Al Madrigal, Tammy Pescatelli,
Ricky Smiley, John Caparulo..... and too many more to mention.

I jes find it ironic that all the comedians Netflix has available for
streaming, with about half dozen exceptions, are jes not funny. I
like all the Comedy Central Roasts. Most of the regulars are pretty
funny. Heck, I even like all those red-neck comedians on the Blue
Collar Tour. But, somehow, Netflix seems to have gathered all the
comedians I don't like expressly for streaming. And what is it with
Mexican comedians? Al Madrigal is the only one I like. All the well
known names like Mencia are jes plain stupid.

Howard Brazee

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Jun 24, 2012, 10:58:31 PM6/24/12
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I don't go to see stand-up comedy, I'd much rather see humor in the
context of a plot.

But here's some choices:

Bob & Ray
Bob Newhart
Steve Landesberg

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison

WrongWayWade

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Jun 25, 2012, 10:43:54 AM6/25/12
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I don't even think of him as a comedian. He was great in the series about
the gypsies that moved into empty rich people's houses and took over their
identities, "The Riches".


Nancy2

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Jun 25, 2012, 10:45:28 AM6/25/12
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> > Comedians that aren't funny (to you):http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ot2011&action=displa...
>
> >http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000002/flat/200689700?d=200689700&p=1#20...
>
> Lucille Ball
> Bob Hope
> Red Skelton
> Jerry Lewis
> Chevy Chase
> The Three Stooges

Nobody can top Bob Hope's one-liners.

N.

Nancy2

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Jun 25, 2012, 10:48:34 AM6/25/12
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On Jun 23, 2:53 pm, "Dano" <janeandd...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "notbob"  wrote in messagenews:slrnjuc4jg...@nbleet.hcc.net...
>
> On 2012-06-22, TMC <tmc1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Comedians that aren't funny (to you):
>
> Jes about all the one's Netflix has up for streaming video.
>
> WTF is Eddie Izzard and why does anyone think him funny?  I never
> thought much of George Carlin, either.  He was funny for about 30
> secs, then degenerated into being too damn sanctimonious and cynical
> for my tastes.  Louie CK, Jim Gaffigan, Katt Williams.  They should
> all be put in a bag and thrown in the river.  Demetri Martin should be
> hunted down and shot on sight.  The same goes for Sarah Silverman.  I
> haven't a clue what the Hell Dane Cook is doing, but whatever it is,
> it's not even remotely funny.
>
> ============================================
>
> I'll bet YOU'RE a barrel of fucking laughs at a party.

I'm with you on the ones you named. Sarah Silverman just panders to
the typical prurient frat boy sense of humor (or maybe junior high
boy). Dane Cook and Carlin, never funny. Gaffigan is funny once.

N.

Adam H. Kerman

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Jun 25, 2012, 12:35:48 PM6/25/12
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Nancy2 <ellor...@gmail.com> wrote:

>I'm with you on the ones you named. Sarah Silverman just panders to
>the typical prurient frat boy sense of humor (or maybe junior high
>boy). Dane Cook and Carlin, never funny. Gaffigan is funny once.

Gaffigan's sitcom about television news was somewhat funny. Welcome to
New York. But the real standout on that show was Rocky Carroll.

Jerry Sandusky - No. 417875

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Jun 25, 2012, 9:23:12 PM6/25/12
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=============================

But,but, it's me ... really ... and I wasn't molesting the boys. Just
doing what they asked me to do to them.

They enjoyed our get-togethers!

I've just been misunderstood, you understand.

Vocalize

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On 6/25/12 7:48 AM, in article
c03ba809-7048-4acb...@d17g2000yqj.googlegroups.com, "Nancy2"
<ellor...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Jun 23, 2:53 pm, "Dano" <janeandd...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> "notbob"  wrote in messagenews:slrnjuc4jg...@nbleet.hcc.net...
>>
>> On 2012-06-22, TMC <tmc1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Comedians that aren't funny (to you):
>>
>> Jes about all the one's Netflix has up for streaming video.
>>
>> WTF is Eddie Izzard and why does anyone think him funny?  I never
>> thought much of George Carlin, either.  He was funny for about 30
>> secs, then degenerated into being too damn sanctimonious and cynical
>> for my tastes.  Louie CK, Jim Gaffigan, Katt Williams.  They should
>> all be put in a bag and thrown in the river.  Demetri Martin should be
>> hunted down and shot on sight.  The same goes for Sarah Silverman.  I
>> haven't a clue what the Hell Dane Cook is doing, but whatever it is,
>> it's not even remotely funny.

Carlin's work was nothing short of brilliant. And I've zero in common with
anyone who sees no merit in Louie CK, who along with Chris Rock is one of
the very best comic minds working today. But where you really lost me is
your wholesale dismissal of Eddie Izzard. I'd truly love to hear who you DO
think is funny. Please, oh please, don't tell me it's Leno.

notbob

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Jun 26, 2012, 10:06:38 AM6/26/12
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On 2012-06-26, Vocalize <Voca...@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Carlin's work was nothing short of brilliant.

I can see "nothing" and "short".

> your wholesale dismissal of Eddie Izzard.

It'd hafta be wholesale. No way I'd pay SMRP to dismiss him!

> I'd truly love to hear who you DO think is funny.

If you'd read the entire thread b4 replying, you'd see who I like.

> Please, oh please, don't tell me it's Leno.

Yer safe.

Comedy is like music. It's all personal and one man's favorite is
another's bunk. Jes enjoy what you like and don't have a cow, man...

Nancy2

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Jun 26, 2012, 11:13:48 AM6/26/12
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On Jun 25, 11:15 pm, Vocalize <Vocal...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> On 6/25/12 7:48 AM, in article
> c03ba809-7048-4acb-9bef-32329f462...@d17g2000yqj.googlegroups.com, "Nancy2"
Carlin's humor was like Letterman - too obscure. He had some amusing
takes on situations and on life, but he was never laugh-out-loud
funny. Actually, this will probably kill you, but I like Chris Rock,
and Kathy Griffin. LOL.

N.

Bill Anderson

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Jun 26, 2012, 12:43:28 PM6/26/12
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On 6/26/2012 11:13 AM, Nancy2 wrote:

>
> Carlin's humor was like Letterman - too obscure. He had some amusing
> takes on situations and on life, but he was never laugh-out-loud
> funny.

The Hippy Dippy Weather Man was laugh-out-loud funny the first time I
saw him do it. Was it on Carson? Could it have been Ed Sullivan? I've
searched YouTube and I can't find the original, only later versions,
none of which have made me laugh aloud. None of which even included the
joke we laughed about and imitated for years: "The forecast for tonight
is...dark...followed in the morning by a period of...light." Are you
laughing? Me neither, but I sure did laugh out loud the first time I
heard the Hippy Dippy Weather Man.

--
Bill Anderson

I am the Mighty Favog


Steve Bartman

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Jun 26, 2012, 3:07:54 PM6/26/12
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"Radar has picked up a squadron of Russian ICBMs over Fond du Lac, so
I wouldn't sweat the thundershowers, man."


Steve

Heynonny

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Jun 26, 2012, 3:14:31 PM6/26/12
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On 2012-06-26 15:07:54 -0400, Steve Bartman <sbar...@visi.com> said:

> "Radar has picked up a squadron of Russian ICBMs over Fond du Lac, so
> I wouldn't sweat the thundershowers, man."

That's the reason we will never have world peace, or civility in
Internet discussions.

Some people watched that and ROFL. Others looked around painflly as if
asking "THIS, is funny?"

Neither side can understand the other.

Nancy2

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Jun 26, 2012, 3:48:26 PM6/26/12
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On Jun 26, 2:14 pm, Heynonny <nos...@noway.com> wrote:
> On 2012-06-26 15:07:54 -0400, Steve Bartman <sbart...@visi.com> said:
>
> > "Radar has picked up a squadron of Russian ICBMs over Fond du Lac, so
> > I wouldn't sweat the thundershowers, man."
>
> That's the reason we will never have world peace, or civility in
> Internet discussions.
>
> Some people watched that and ROFL. Others looked around painflly as if
> asking "THIS, is funny?"
>
> Neither side can understand the other.

I'll agree with that.

Carlin's humor was likely very popular because he and his hippy
audience were stoned most of the time he was popular, man.

N.

Mack A. Damia

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On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:43:28 -0400, Bill Anderson
<billand...@yahoo.com> wrote:

I remember George Carlin in his early years very well. He was
straight-cut and very funny. "Thursday night variet show" popped into
my mind, but that would be Dean Martin. I can find no record of him
being on the show.

He was a semi-regular, too, and what comes up is Kraft Music Hall,
which was a summer replacement for The Andy Williams Show in 1966.

Also, I think he was on The Smothers Brothers fairly often. That
would have been around 1968.
--


Steve Bartman

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Jun 26, 2012, 5:57:39 PM6/26/12
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I thought it was funny, but I don't think we'll ever have world peace
either.

I'd prefer to focus on Carlin's genius which recognized that Fond du
Lac is inherently funny, but Austin or Portland wouldn't have been.

Steve

Steve Bartman

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Jun 26, 2012, 6:04:50 PM6/26/12
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I have a vague memory of him as an ice cream cart salesman in one of
the beach blanket bingo movies. Wearing a paper hat and a red and
white striped shirt. Short hair, clean cut, but a wiseass.


Steve

Mack A. Damia

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Jun 26, 2012, 6:23:53 PM6/26/12
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On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:04:50 -0500, Steve Bartman <sbar...@visi.com>
Here's the rub: he was very funny as a straight man doing an
impersonation of the hippy-dippy weatherman, but when he actually
became the hippy-dippy weatherman and stoned out of his mind, he
ceased to be humorous.
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Dano

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Jun 26, 2012, 6:49:55 PM6/26/12
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"Mack A. Damia" wrote in message
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Or maybe...now just maybe...your sense of humor is a tad lacking...and your
politics might tack a bit right of his.

His humor was always highly intelligent...which explains how many had a
problem. He NEVER sugar coated things. And never worried about offending.
I truly believe that he felt if wasn't pissing folks off then he wasn't
doing his job. I was a fan...but he even got me angry at times...but always
made one think. Painful that eh?

Mack A. Damia

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Jun 26, 2012, 7:06:08 PM6/26/12
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On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:49:55 -0400, "Dano" <janea...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Nope. I'm a lefty.

>His humor was always highly intelligent...which explains how many had a
>problem. He NEVER sugar coated things. And never worried about offending.
>I truly believe that he felt if wasn't pissing folks off then he wasn't
>doing his job. I was a fan...but he even got me angry at times...but always
>made one think. Painful that eh?

Just an opinion. He ceased to be funny once I knew he was a pot head.
He was funny imitating weatherman who was a pothead.

I never viewed his humor as being highly intelligent. Maybe you......
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suzeeq

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Jun 26, 2012, 8:29:10 PM6/26/12
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Steve Bartman wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:43:28 -0400, Bill Anderson
> <billand...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On 6/26/2012 11:13 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
>>
>>> Carlin's humor was like Letterman - too obscure. He had some amusing
>>> takes on situations and on life, but he was never laugh-out-loud
>>> funny.
>> The Hippy Dippy Weather Man was laugh-out-loud funny the first time I
>> saw him do it. Was it on Carson? Could it have been Ed Sullivan? I've
>> searched YouTube and I can't find the original, only later versions,
>> none of which have made me laugh aloud. None of which even included the
>> joke we laughed about and imitated for years: "The forecast for tonight
>> is...dark...followed in the morning by a period of...light." Are you
>> laughing? Me neither, but I sure did laugh out loud the first time I
>> heard the Hippy Dippy Weather Man.

I missed Bill's post, so am tagging on Steve's....

I think it was Ed Sullivan, Carson wasn't doing the tonight show when
Carlin first started showing up on TV. I remember it looking like
Sullivan's stage.

suzeeq

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Jun 26, 2012, 8:30:30 PM6/26/12
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I was a bit too young to be a hippy when I first saw Carlin on TV, and
on the Ed Sullivan show most of his audience wasn't either. Of course I
don't think my parents found him funny...

Michael Black

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Jun 26, 2012, 8:34:24 PM6/26/12
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Yes.

I remember seeing him in the pony tail and long sleeved tshirt on Johnny
Carson in the early seventies, I can't remember what year it might have
been.

But I did read his book (one of his books?) and I seem to recall the
change to him being a hippy was quite late in the sixties. I think
whoever said that he started out making fun of them is right, some of the
material really is funny because of that.

Michael

suzeeq

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Jun 26, 2012, 8:59:32 PM6/26/12
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Michael Black wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2012, suzeeq wrote:
>
>> Nancy2 wrote:
>>> On Jun 26, 2:14 pm, Heynonny <nos...@noway.com> wrote:
>>>> On 2012-06-26 15:07:54 -0400, Steve Bartman <sbart...@visi.com> said:
>>>>
>>>>> "Radar has picked up a squadron of Russian ICBMs over Fond du Lac, so
>>>>> I wouldn't sweat the thundershowers, man."
>>>> That's the reason we will never have world peace, or civility in
>>>> Internet discussions.
>>>>
>>>> Some people watched that and ROFL. Others looked around painflly as if
>>>> asking "THIS, is funny?"
>>>>
>>>> Neither side can understand the other.
>>> I'll agree with that.
>>>
>>> Carlin's humor was likely very popular because he and his hippy
>>> audience were stoned most of the time he was popular, man.
>> I was a bit too young to be a hippy when I first saw Carlin on TV, and on the
>> Ed Sullivan show most of his audience wasn't either. Of course I don't think
>> my parents found him funny...
>>
> Yes.
>
> I remember seeing him in the pony tail and long sleeved tshirt on Johnny
> Carson in the early seventies, I can't remember what year it might have
> been.

He was doing the weatherman routine in the mid 60s, with very short hair
and a suit.

> But I did read his book (one of his books?) and I seem to recall the
> change to him being a hippy was quite late in the sixties. I think
> whoever said that he started out making fun of them is right, some of the
> material really is funny because of that.

Yep, my brother and I cracked up.

Here's the wiki on him http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carlin but it
doesn't say when he first appeared on tv and what show.

anim8rFSK

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Jun 26, 2012, 9:17:58 PM6/26/12
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In article <jsdk4i$g9s$1...@dont-email.me>, suzeeq <su...@imbris.com>
wrote:
Carlin appeared on Carson before he appeared on Sullivan; and it looks
like Carson was doing the tonight show years before Carlin started doing
television at all.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0137506/filmoseries#tt0055708

"The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (31 episodes )
... aka "The Best of Carson" - USA (rerun title)
1. Episode dated 9 September 1966 (9 September 1966) - Himself -
Guest  
2. Episode dated 19 December 1966 (19 December 1966) - Himself -
Guest  
3. Episode dated 13 October 1967 (13 October 1967) - Himself - Guest  
4. Episode dated 26 September 1968 (26 September 1968) - Himself  
5. Episode dated 10 June 1971 (10 June 1971) - Himself  
6. Episode dated 28 July 1971 (28 July 1971) - Himself  
7. Episode dated 18 August 1971 (18 August 1971) - Himself  
8. Episode dated 6 September 1971 (6 September 1971) - Himself  
9. Episode dated 7 October 1971 (7 October 1971) - Himself  
10. Episode dated 5 November 1971 (5 November 1971) - Himself  
11. Episode dated 9 November 1971 (9 November 1971) - Himself  
12. Episode dated 17 December 1971 (17 December 1971) - Himself  
13. Episode dated 29 December 1971 (29 December 1971) - Himself  
14. Episode dated 1 February 1972 (1 February 1972) - Himself  
15. Episode dated 29 February 1972 (29 February 1972) - Himself  
16. Episode dated 29 March 1972 (29 March 1972) - Himself  
17. Episode dated 2 May 1972 (2 May 1972) - Himself  
18. Episode dated 12 June 1972 (12 June 1972) - Himself  
19. Episode dated 11 October 1972 (11 October 1972) - Himself  
20. Episode dated 12 December 1972 (12 December 1972) - Himself  
21. Episode dated 27 December 1974 (27 December 1974) - Himself  
22. Episode dated 10 December 1975 (10 December 1975) - Himself  
23. Episode dated 17 December 1976 (17 December 1976) - Himself  
24. Episode dated 19 February 1979 (19 February 1979) - Himself -
Guest Host  
25. Episode dated 30 October 1980 (30 October 1980) - Himself  
26. Episode dated 4 December 1981 (4 December 1981) - Himself -
Guest Host  
27. Episode dated 7 January 1982 (7 January 1982) - Himself  
28. Episode dated 23 August 1982 (23 August 1982) - Himself - Guest
Host  
29. Episode dated 30 September 1982 (30 September 1982) - Himself -
Guest Host  
30. Episode dated 28 August 1986 (28 August 1986) - Himself  
31. Episode dated 26 November 1986 (26 November 1986) - Himself  

"The Ed Sullivan Show" (10 episodes )
... aka "Toast of the Town" - USA (original title)
1. Episode #20.21 (29 January 1967) - Himself - Comedian  
2. Episode #20.28 (19 March 1967) - Himself - Comedian  
3. Episode #21.4 (1 October 1967) - Himself - Comedian  
4. Episode #21.16 (24 December 1967) - Himself - Comedian  
5. Episode #21.29 (24 March 1968) - Himself - Comedian  
6. Episode #21.33 (28 April 1968) - Himself - Comedian  
7. Episode #23.19 (1 January 1970) - Himself - Comedian  
8. Episode #23.20 (8 February 1970) - Himself - Comedian  
9. Episode #23.31 (10 May 1970) - Himself - Comedian  
10. Episode #24.22 (28 February 1971) - Himself - Comedian  

--
"Every time a Kardashian gets a TV show, an angel dies."

suzeeq

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Jun 26, 2012, 10:02:40 PM6/26/12
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Okay, that's probably right. I usually didn't stay up late enough to
watch Carson at the time of Carlin's first appearance. Thought he took
over the show later than that too. So I must have first seen Carlin on
Sullivan.

Mack A. Damia

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anim8rFSK

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Jun 26, 2012, 11:01:19 PM6/26/12
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In article <jsdlth$pd3$1...@dont-email.me>, suzeeq <su...@imbris.com>
wrote:
You mean like my post did? :\

suzeeq

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Jun 26, 2012, 11:10:32 PM6/26/12
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It may have been that show not Sullivan's. It's been over 45 years, geeze...

suzeeq

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Jun 26, 2012, 11:11:24 PM6/26/12
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Somedays there's just too much information to process it...

Dano

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"Mack A. Damia" wrote in message
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What do you have against weed? Do you not drink as well?


Mack A. Damia

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On Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:21:05 -0400, "Dano" <janea...@yahoo.com>
I guess you don't get it. This is the first year I haven't renewed my
MM precription. I'm wary about screwing up my lungs at my age,
although I know there are alternative ways of THC delivery. But if
it's around, I use it.

Carlin looked like a square when he first started. Suit, tie, short,
well-groomed hair, and when he imitated a stoned weatherman, it was
funny in my opinion. It worked.

When he started dressing like a hippy, let his hair grow long, beard,
almost scruffy looking, the stoned act stopped working (for me). I
stopped finding his humor funny, that's all.
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anim8rFSK

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Jun 27, 2012, 1:27:12 AM6/27/12
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In article <jsdpjr$9mb$1...@dont-email.me>, suzeeq <su...@imbris.com>
wrote:
Carson did the tonight show from 1962 to 1992 when creepazoid Jay Leno
forced him out.

anim8rFSK

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speaking of which ... does russell brand have ANY redeeming qualities?

he's not funny
he's a terrible actor
he seems to be a creep in real life
and he looks like he smells bad
discuss

Bill Anderson

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Jun 27, 2012, 9:27:47 AM6/27/12
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On 6/27/2012 1:27 AM, anim8rFSK wrote:

> Carson did the tonight show from 1962 to 1992 when creepazoid Jay Leno
> forced him out.
>

That's some kind of ironic joke, right?

Mack A. Damia

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On Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:27:47 -0400, Bill Anderson
<billand...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On 6/27/2012 1:27 AM, anim8rFSK wrote:
>
>> Carson did the tonight show from 1962 to 1992 when creepazoid Jay Leno
>> forced him out.
>>
>
>That's some kind of ironic joke, right?

Revisionist history. It's ubiquitous.

Carson retired after thirty years.
--


number6

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Jun 27, 2012, 10:08:26 AM6/27/12
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On Jun 26, 11:13 am, Nancy2 <ellorysg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Carlin's humor was like Letterman - too obscure.  He had some amusing
> takes on situations and on life, but he was never laugh-out-loud
> funny.

Carlin went through periods ... when he satirized he was great ...
when he personalized routines with meanness ... it took a lot away
from the humour ...


anim8rFSK

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Jun 27, 2012, 10:31:41 AM6/27/12
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In article <NJudnfGHFOrJl3bS...@giganews.com>,
Bill Anderson <billand...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On 6/27/2012 1:27 AM, anim8rFSK wrote:
>
> > Carson did the tonight show from 1962 to 1992 when creepazoid Jay Leno
> > forced him out.
> >
>
> That's some kind of ironic joke, right?

Reference to "The Late Shift" and how Helen Kushnick screwed Carson out
of his job.

Mack A. Damia

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On Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:31:41 -0700, anim8rFSK <anim...@cox.net>
wrote:

>In article <NJudnfGHFOrJl3bS...@giganews.com>,
> Bill Anderson <billand...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On 6/27/2012 1:27 AM, anim8rFSK wrote:
>>
>> > Carson did the tonight show from 1962 to 1992 when creepazoid Jay Leno
>> > forced him out.
>> >
>>
>> That's some kind of ironic joke, right?
>
>Reference to "The Late Shift" and how Helen Kushnick screwed Carson out
>of his job.

As I wrote, Carson retired after thirty years. Kushnick propelled
Leno to the vacant spot over Letterman. She had nothing to do with
Carson's decision to retire. Get your facts straight.

The woman was cursed, too. She died in 1996 after a nine-year battle
with breast cancer, she had lost almost everything: her son, Sam, who
died of an HIV-tainted blood transfusion in 1983 when he was 3; her
husband, who died of cancer in 1989. She was fired as executive
producer four months after Leno took over the Tonight Show.
--


Adam H. Kerman

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Jun 27, 2012, 11:49:04 AM6/27/12
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Bill Anderson <billand...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On 6/27/2012 1:27 AM, anim8rFSK wrote:

>>Carson did the tonight show from 1962 to 1992 when creepazoid Jay Leno
>>forced him out.

>That's some kind of ironic joke, right?

Leno's agent planted a rumor that Carson would retire. Network programming
executives wouldn't publicly back Carson. Carson understood he was being
fucked over, so he announced his own retirement at the network upfronts.

Adam H. Kerman

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anim8rFSK <anim...@cox.net> wrote:

>speaking of which ... does russell brand have ANY redeeming qualities?

>he's not funny
>he's a terrible actor
>he seems to be a creep in real life
>and he looks like he smells bad
>discuss

He doesn't live in my neighborhood.

Mack A. Damia

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Jun 27, 2012, 11:55:53 AM6/27/12
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Your proof? Carson wanted to retire years earlier, but the execs kept
making the pot seeter for him. Nobody could replace Carson.
--


David Johnston

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Jun 27, 2012, 12:20:52 PM6/27/12
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On 6/27/2012 9:49 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> Bill Anderson <billand...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On 6/27/2012 1:27 AM, anim8rFSK wrote:
>
>>> Carson did the tonight show from 1962 to 1992 when creepazoid Jay Leno
>>> forced him out.
>
>> That's some kind of ironic joke, right?
>
> Leno's agent planted a rumor that Carson would retire. Network programming
> executives wouldn't publicly back Carson.

"Back" Carson? Carson had been publicly talking about retirement for
years.

Regie_Satanis

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Jun 27, 2012, 2:49:13 PM6/27/12
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It's a well known fact Jay Leno was a major power broker in Hollywood
even back then. The whole "Johnny wants to retire and Letterman should
be his successor but Leno underhandedly stole the job from him" was
just a clever ploy by Leno to cover up the fact he forced Carson out.

Much better to be known as the deceitful manipulative asshole that
stole the show from Dave than the deceitful manipulative asshole that
stole the show from Johnny.

Don't ya' know?

Better add "I'm kidding" I guess. Just in case it isn't obvious enough.

rst8

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Hey, catch MY new show!

It's really funny, in its own way!

It stars me, and my two sons, Tripp and Trig!

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Ubiquitous

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Jun 28, 2012, 6:25:58 PM6/28/12
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In article <jsfa1g$hjn$2...@news.albasani.net>, a...@chinet.com wrote:

>Leno's agent planted a rumor that Carson would retire. Network programming
>executives wouldn't publicly back Carson. Carson understood he was being
>fucked over, so he announced his own retirement at the network upfronts.


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anim8rFSK

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Jun 28, 2012, 10:33:14 PM6/28/12
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In article <jsilot$v9p$2...@dont-email.me>,
Um ... why? That's more or less how Leno buttfucked Carson out of The
Tonight Show.

Micky DuPree

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In article <urfku7h8o3tlaqjmp...@4ax.com>, Mack A. Damia
<mybaco...@hotmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:49:55 -0400, "Dano" <janea...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:

>> [George Carlin's] humor was always highly intelligent...which
>> explains how many had a problem. He NEVER sugar coated things. And
>> never worried about offending. I truly believe that he felt if wasn't
>> pissing folks off then he wasn't doing his job. I was a fan...but he
>> even got me angry at times...but always made one think. Painful that
>> eh?
>
> Just an opinion. He ceased to be funny once I knew he was a pot head.
> He was funny imitating weatherman who was a pothead.

I thought Carlin's best work was the _Class Clown_ album. People
remember it for "The Seven Words You Can't Say on Television," but I
really liked his observations on growing up in the Irish Catholic ethnic
group.

-Micky

--

"Heaven, Hell, Purgatory, and Limbo. I heard they cancelled
Limbo. I hope they promoted everybody."

-- George Carlin, _Class Clown_

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