Rolling Stand-Up Comedy 2012

Dice would literally pick fistfights with people in the audience, which I always found amusing

What if "Hitler" was just a character.

yeah, i just meant he doesn't mind being taken seriously as a political commentator until there's a flap and then he's just an entertainer or whatnot so ppl shouldn't take him seriously.

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nb i'm talking about limbaugh not hitler.

What if "Hitler" was just a character.

― polyphonic, Wednesday, July 11, 2012 2:58 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

'it's just a social experiment guys, god you're all so serious'

In his free time he was a vegetarian painter who loved his wife

is there any way that isn't the worst possible analogy

No, is it a satire of bad analogies.

letters are characters too

shapes are objects too, think about it

'it's just a social experiment guys, god you're all so serious'

and that's how Hitler wrote the Bee Gees "I Started A Joke"

toshpot

sorry Gukbe, no one rides the F-train forever

late lol

what kind of ridiculous question is this? I don't know Colbert, I have no way of gauging whether this is true or not (and frankly, neither do you), but what's more I don't think there's any empirical evidence for sustained improvisation resulting in a permanent personality changes. the assertion is nonsensical.
I've read profiles of Colbert that claim that "it's hard to know when he's in character nowadays". It's really incredible how fast he's able to improvise during some of his interviews - I would think that's a result of how his last decade of news-watching has all boiled down to "how would my character interpret this?" And I guess I'm finding it tough to believe that it doesn't affect his IRL persona a bit. Obviously just speculation but acts like his (and Tosh, and Dice, and Neil Hamburger etc.) always seem to start very satirical and cartoonish but begin to feel, I dunno, differently over time? Maybe it's a product of social media and the 24/7 entertainment cycle where these guys think "I pretty much have to be in character all the time"?

― frogbs, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 19:34 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

just out of sheer pro-colbertism, this is contrary to what i've read of him; it's always that he's the kinda downhome quiet NJ dad who's very mild, who turns on the thundering conservative at will. & i think his improvisational skills are a whole other thing!

http://voicechasers.com/images/actors/1573.jpg

Is that LeBron James's half-white, non-athlete brother?

a small update to the story, up to you if you believe this or not (frankly, neither account really feels reliable): http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/10/daniel-tosh-rape-joke-laugh-factory_n_1662882.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment&ir=Entertainment

"Daniel came in, and he said, 'Well it sounds like she’s been raped by five guys' — something like that. I really didn’t hear properly."

definitive

as I said, that's a definitive account

Specifically, he’s told some rape jokes. In each case, if I squinted, I could read them as rape culture jokes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU3IM5pWTcc

why the fuck did i scroll down????

"That offends me" is basically saying "I can't control my emotions, so I want the rest of you to do it for me." I hope she does get raped. That would be some quality karmic/comedic justice.

If you're going to a Tosh performance without knowing his brand of humor then you get what you deserve. If you're going to a Tosh performance knowing full well his brand of humor and you're offended anyway, then you're too thin-skinned to be there in the first place.

This girl was 100% asking for it by interrupting Tosh at work

A shrew looking/begging for her 15 minutes!

I changed my mind, Tosh fans are the worst people ever.

yeah

even Tosh himself admits this

Few things make me as IA as people who feel the need to dictate when its acceptable for other people to be offended or not.

‏@DougStanhope
' @danieltosh You're hilarious. If you ever apologize to a heckler again I will rape you. #FuckThatPig

Those commenters are assholes, to be sure, and I'm going to give the offended audience member the benefit of the doubt and assume she didn't know anything about Tosh when she went in, but I think she or anyone absolutely has the right to be offended (and in this case, probably should be offended) but I don't think that means she should have spoken up during the set. Comedian seem very defensive about the stand up v heckler culture.

I'm devastated to learn that Doug Stanhope thinks Daniel Tosh is hilarious. :/

that's not to excuse Tosh's handling of the situation at all, btw.

this daniel tosh rape joke thing is funny because, like, now who's gonna be the national representative of west hollywood?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J0RQ4A3jvE

Ricky Gervais is the wooorst

more from the commentariat: well what shocks me is that a bitchy homosexual would say something that demeans women.

how big is this outside of the internet? I still watched tv when the Michael Richards thing happened. Obv not that that level but is it being covered?

I only pay attention to the internet so idk

apparently tosh + i share a birthday

which one

i was only born once

well then James Bond LIED TO ME

pfft take it to the boy problems thread imo

xp nope, he said you only LIVE twice, number of births not mentioned, HA!

#yobo

ugh Stanhope

I haven't checked twitter since yesterday, but it seems all of the comedians defending Tosh are likewise complete douchebags (I still don't call Louis's tweet a "defense").

I listened to that Todd Glass/Paul F. Tompkins discussion linked to upthread and the biggest takeaway is "Comedy is not a blanket, and whether or not a joke or topic is offensive CAN BE assessed on a case-by-case basis."

In this case, Daniel Tosh went too far and I don't believe anything the manager of The Laugh Factory has to say because his primary goal is to keep patrons coming.

I don't think it's fair to call all the comedians defending Tosh douchebags. They're defending his right to deal with a heckler, which I think is pretty important to comics.

Stanhope also tried to take credit for the "comedian who forces women to watch him beat off" thing as well

Stanhope and those guys kinda wear the right to say that shit as a badge of honor, they're like NRA crazies ranting about the 2nd amendment.

I'm sure Jim Jeffries sent Tosh a fruit basket.

aren't you saying that he should be "raped-by-10 guys angry if not 14 or 17"

― calum-y maybe (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, July 11, 2012 11:00 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark

lol

the whole outpouring of support from disgruntled comics on twitter proves for the millionth time that standup comics are sort of the most sensitive crybabies in the world (bcz irony)