― Al (sitcom), Thursday, 8 January 2004 19:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Thursday, 8 January 2004 19:08 (twenty years ago) link
― may pang (maypang), Thursday, 8 January 2004 19:12 (twenty years ago) link
she is kindof a cutie-pie tho.
― dyson (dyson), Thursday, 8 January 2004 19:19 (twenty years ago) link
She's still pretty hot. the dirty mouth thing only holds up if she's a whore in the sack though. And I mean that in a good way. There's nothing worse than someone with a really dirty mouth who is horrible in bed. Especially if this person is attractive.
― don weiner, Thursday, 8 January 2004 20:32 (twenty years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 08:18 (twenty years ago) link
Yeah, I think Lenny Bruce dates extraordinarilty badly. A routine about Hitler being inducted by a talent agency was riotous and egdy as hell in 1957, I'm sure, but who needs that when you've got Mel Brooks? I admire Lenny Bruce, but he doesn't make me laugh.
i think Lenny Bruce is still funny, but he admittedly requires some getting adjusted to. the first time i heard his stuff i was really disappointed, but i love it now. it helps to read a bit about his life beforehand so you're not totally lost when he starts going on about his court cases (his descriptions of which are totally hysterical).
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 08:27 (twenty years ago) link
― AaronK (AaronK), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 11:27 (twenty years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Confounded (Confounded), Monday, 14 November 2005 15:49 (eighteen years ago) link
The writing's a bit much.
― kingfish cold slither (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 14 November 2005 16:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 14 November 2005 16:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 14 November 2005 16:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 14 November 2005 16:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 14 November 2005 16:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 14 November 2005 16:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 14 November 2005 16:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 14 November 2005 16:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 14 November 2005 16:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 14 November 2005 16:39 (eighteen years ago) link
Ali G?!
Anyhoo, I hate this line of reasoning, which we've talked about on here before. It's as if there is nothing you can't say, from more well-meaning satire to straight-out racist shit, that you can't retreat from just by saying "Oh, it was just a joke! Get a sense of humor whydoncha!"
― kingfish cold slither (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 14 November 2005 16:40 (eighteen years ago) link
I crushed out on SS majorly when she was on Saturday Night Live -- 1993? 1994? Funny.
― Guayaquil (eephus), Monday, 14 November 2005 16:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish cold slither (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 14 November 2005 16:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 14 November 2005 17:43 (eighteen years ago) link
Okay but on another tip here: what the hell, is Mike Kinsley having an affair with Silverman, or something? Last week there were like three separate Silverman articles on Slate, and one of them kept getting bounced up the sidebar, and then today I log on and her face is like blasting out from the center pane: is she paying them?
― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― theoritical prius (dr g), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:14 (eighteen years ago) link
I sincerely doubt she deserves the Lenny Bruce comparisons, as she's not been arrested for her craft.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:20 (eighteen years ago) link
-- Dr Morbius (wjwe...), November 14th, 2005 12:19 PM. (Dr Morbius) (later)
OTM, she has also totally failed in being a heroin addict and a dude.
― n/a (Nick A.), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― She certainly looks familiar, Monday, 14 November 2005 18:22 (eighteen years ago) link
Not the point, but you knew that or you're fucktards.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:27 (eighteen years ago) link
Well, yeah, but that's her THING. She's jaded to the point of naivety, she sits on a cushioned of caricatured privilege and when it rains she tells us she's pissing on our heads.
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link
So?
― She certainly looks familiar, Monday, 14 November 2005 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― _, Monday, 14 November 2005 18:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:34 (eighteen years ago) link
Bullshit.
But...
Fine, then you can't knock Adam Carolla for being annoying either (or anyone else), in case you wanted to.
― She certainly looks familiar, Monday, 14 November 2005 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish cold slither (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:44 (eighteen years ago) link
Ooh, great comparison. Her being annoying is a completely valid reason to dislike her act whereas disliking someone because they're fat is a little 'fattist.'
Do you seriously believe you have a watertight argument here? Give me a break. Just because you bought into her act doesn't mean your interpretation or opinion is right. It's more likely that she's just a bitchy elitist stoner who gets away with things by saying them "funny."
― She certainly looks familiar, Monday, 14 November 2005 18:45 (eighteen years ago) link
Yes, I have listened to Lenny Bruce. I think some of his bits were funny, and many more just sound dumb. I personally think he is over-deified by today's hipsters; many of his bits were just, y'know, jokes. (I also think Bill Hicks is overrated, and mostly for the same reasons.) But I agree that he was often 'transgressive' for his time.
However, as you well know, Bruce operated in a different milieu than we do now. It would take a lot more -- a direct threat against the president, eating a fetus onstage, etc. -- for Sarah Silverman or any comedian to get arrested for his or her "craft." And yes, that would be transgressive all right, but also stupid, boring, and unfunny.
This is what I was attempting to get at in my previous post, and I think you know that. Sorry I didn't spell it all out. Thanks for calling me a fucktard.
Love,
Matt
― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:52 (eighteen years ago) link
DAN WHERE ARE YOU
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish cold slither (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:54 (eighteen years ago) link