tracy morgan - classic or dud?

yeah all part of the game. if your job is telling people things they want to/are interested in hearing, don't be surprised when you get fired for not delivering.

xp

opie and anthony can take to twitter. no one's silencing them.

"Of course you should protest when you hear something you find offensive. You shoudl attack speech that you find deplorable. But not silence it or stand by while it is silenced."

wtf does he think the goal IS when you attack people for profiting from offensive shit?

stand-ups are smart

it's just absurd. Hey opie and anthony I think you said some toxic shit...what's that? Your corporate overlords decided you might be not worth the kazillions? WHERE'S MY PLACARD? FREE SPEECH IS MORE IMPORTANT.

All problems with offensive entertainers should be quietly mailed to them so they may consider where the line is, lest their employers hear our pleas and engage in censorship.

that Opie & Anthony thing happend 4 years ago... they were suspended for 30 days

an entertainer getting fired for being vile is not even about free speech. It's like saying that every time a network cancels a tv show for low ratings they're stifling the speech of the show's creator. No--things ain't working out.

guess their corporate overlords saw the light- i mean bling..

Tracy Morgan I attack you but I do not silence you

Maybe people should write "(no silence)" at the end of sentences that come off kinda censory

"(take the hint)"

no censo

Hey did you hear about that Chelsea Lately dude dropping homophobic shit at the Chuckle Hut in Topeka? God what an asshole, fuck that guy. PS if you run Coconuts in Lincoln, NE please do not cancel his booking, no censo.

the way CK left the typos in, are you guys sure it isn't a bit? like he's finished off a carton of ice cream
and he's got ice cream on his fingers and the spell-check is telling him it's "fantasy" and he's flipping off the
screen saying, "it's my fantacy! i'll do what i want. you don't scarey me!" then he falls asleep on and hits "send"
with his nose.

Chuckle Hut always cracks me up

I hope your evil corporate overlords come to see you as a liability (no censo)

I think CK is also defending TM since the process in which standup try out new shit is fairly dangerous and Louie knows this kind of thing could quite well bite him on the ass one day. By attacking Morgan, we're moving Louie's safety net. Maybe these guys are starting to believe that a Nashville club that only sit 500 or whatever is the same as their living room.

― Darin, Friday, June 17, 2011 2:53 PM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark

this is basically how i interpreted it - its something most comics are gonna be touchy about, especially ones who push limits like louis does - sometimes you dont really see the line until you've crossed it, and he probably finds it very easy to envision himself being in this position one day. maybe he really thinks the things he's said are just as grotesque and he was just lucky to not say them in front of a crowd that would take it to the press

da poopier otm itt

sure okay, but... why don't you do what you do and cross the bridge of offending someone when you come to it rather than jumping up and down with a "HEY I'M OFFENSIVE DON'T MUZZLE ME" neon sign that seems like it would only attract the touchy buzzkills you are trying to avoid?

I am a fan of Jerry Lewis who's said pretty vile things in interviews and onstage, so whatev

CK's probably offending people on a weekly basis, so it's less pre-emptive than it seems.

There's this part in that comedians show where Chris Rock is cringing on CK's behalf while he drops some N-bombs
while Gervais is cackling like a maniac.

x-post Well, a lot of the internet criticism is along the lines of "Fire Tracy" which is valid imo

― President Keyes, Friday, June 17, 2011 3:50 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark

tbf there's not a very loud call of "Fire Tracy" because c'mon who wants to fuck up 30 Rock

^^^

sure okay, but... why don't you do what you do and cross the bridge of offending someone when you come to it rather than jumping up and down with a "HEY I'M OFFENSIVE DON'T MUZZLE ME" neon sign that seems like it would only attract the touchy buzzkills you are trying to avoid?

― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Friday, June 17, 2011 4:11 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

because it touches a nerve! its hard to be composed and cool about things you're freaked out about, even if irrationally. just like some people are touchy about not hearing jokes about stabbing your gay son - its the human condition baby (tyrone biggums voice)

xp: maybe Tracy got a homophobic kidney

x-post Well, a lot of the internet criticism is along the lines of "Fire Tracy" which is valid imo

― President Keyes, Friday, June 17, 2011 3:50 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark

tbf there's not a very loud call of "Fire Tracy" because c'mon who wants to fuck up 30 Rock
--some dude

this is otm and makes me think the Michael Richards thing woulda been more interesting if Seinfeld were still in production.

tbf there's not a very loud call of "Fire Tracy" because c'mon who wants to fuck up 30 Rock

― some dude, Friday, June 17, 2011 4:16 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

haha check out Tina Fey's FB page

if you have to check out a facebook page to hear the call it wasn't that loud

i dunno about all this other stuff but that tracy morgan BLOWED AWFFF...in VIETNAAAAM bit is kinda amazing

x-post Sorry, guess it had to be Nancy Pelosi asking for Tracy's head on HuffPo or something rather than the fans of the show.

i'm just saying the call would be louder to get him off TV if he were still the star of "The Tracy Morgan Show"

just making a point about the relative size of furors, pk.

I'll totally admit this thing could have blown up if tracy had announced we don't understand his artistry or took his homophobic case to fox news

by blown up you mean he'd be a GOP presidential nominee

or if, like Michael Richards, he'd said he said all of that stuff not because he was bigoted but because he was angry

didn't he have a gay persona called "Chico Divine"? Maybe he had a Papa Divine persona, too.

I'm with dylannn waay upthread in that I enjoy Tracy Morgan's standup more than his (IMO) watered down 30 Rock shtick. Also, and probably for another thread, I still don't get the Cult Of Tina Fey.

It's the scar

scarfaces with a cult following: tony montana, brad jordan, tina fey

'mr. brad jordan is back'

'balls and my word, liz lemon'

seems like motherfuckers forgot about omar little

croupier otm itt

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljpkhuqnWh1qzyufx.gif

He's actually doing something.
http://www.tmz.com/2011/06/17/tracy-morgan-glaad-homophobic-slur-comedy-show-gay-criticized/
Altohugh I'm not so sure this is his serious face, looks more like his "hard to watch" face.

Better than just fucking off to Cambodia or whatever it was Michael Richards did though.

So, yo: Anyone can see Tracy Morgan has layers on layers, like a pregnant onion. Let's grab some three-ply with Aloe and let our eyes feel the burn as we decode the Marshall McLuhan of mixed emotions.1 Behold: The Nine Circles of Tracy Morgan, in ascending order of entertainment value.

http://espn.go.com/espn/grantland/story/_/id/6678023/the-nine-circles-tracy-morgan

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