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Comedy’s Cultural Correctness
The next chapter against “PC” is being written and acted out.
Hopefully, more people will speak out so life will resume to being funny when things are funny.
Today, in its most recent form, PC (political correctness) has been taken to new levels of absurdness by the college generation of sensitive ears and paper-thin sensibilities. It’s ridiculous. We can’t say anything about anything or anybody. It’s that bad. Most of the time, it’s just jokes. Fortunately, Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, Colin Quinn, Amy Schumer and others have taken a stand recently to remind this delusional generation that we are allowed to say what’s on our mind and to do so is quite normal.
In America, there’s this notion of free speech. It’s incredibly valuable in our society, as well as in our continuous development as human beings.
“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism”
–Unknown (Possibly said by Thomas Jefferson)
Whether you like him or not, that’s the fundamental appeal of Donald Trump. Regardless of what he’s saying, people are attracted to his rebellious attitude against scripted, bland, focus group-approved opinions and reactions.
As comedian Bill Burr pointed out last week on Conan, we can’t even be mildly observant anymore.
If only George Carlin was alive to tackle this resurgent cultural problem.
He’d certainly have more than 7-words to say to today’s PC Police…
Happy Monday!
As we begin this new workweek, it’s critical to make the right decisions. This cannot be stressed enough. Moments will arise and we must carefully examine our choices. We don’t always know at first glance or thought where we could end up.
Just some friendly advice.
Yes, patience is definitely a virtue.
Here’s to a Great Week of Clarity!
Jimmy Found Everybody’s Singing Feeling
Tom Cruise lip-syncing popular songs? That’s a mission that would be impossibly amusing.
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon continues to prove its towering place in late night television specifically and pop culture more broadly in our social media-driven, nostalgia-loving (’90s favorites) society. Entertainment is king and Jimmy Fallon is one of its princes. Well, a jester to be more precise. Jimmy Fallon is a master at his craft with celebrity and musical impressions, improvisational banter with his comedic partner Steve Higgins and YouTube-worthy sketches.
And it’s all with a definitively positive attitude. Everyone has a good time, including the audience.
Business as usual (risky and hilarious) in Studio 6B.
A Punchline Without the Punch?
Indiana v. Massachusetts
The Tonight Show v. The Late Show
Stand-Up v. Stand-Up:
Jay Leno and David Letterman are recognized as kings of late night television.
Leno has always been more popular than Letterman (for comedic and personality reasons), yet both stand on the steps below Johnny Carson. Each stand-up comic has a strong following in America. Most people have a favorite between the two legends, but they can see a few positive traits in their “rival.” The story of Leno and Letterman growing up together in the same comedic circle is a surreal reality to say the least. Jerry Seinfeld and Robin Williams were a couple people in this group of up-and-comers in Los Angeles, which is just all kinds of epic. Of all their differences and bitter history though, these late night comics helped define a golden generation of comedy.
In a Hollywood Reporter story just released, Letterman revealed an unknown offer as Leno was wrapping his stellar run as host of The Tonight Show.
“Jay asked me to be on when he was finishing his show, and I said, ‘That’s a lovely offer, but I think it should really be more about just Jay on his final week of shows.’ So I declined,” said the Late Show host. “I think he may feel the same way about this situation.”
A surprise Leno appearance on the final episode of the retiring David Letterman on The Late Show would be a ratings smash. However, more importantly, a televised reunion would be a crazy final chapter decades in the making. While a non-reunion may be the reality, one final sit down would be closure the nation has been waiting for.
We’ll literally have to wait and see if it happens, like a certain Super Bowl party.
What’s really entertaining about their rivalry is that mutual friend Jerry Seinfeld shows that they’re actually quite similar and seem to speak about each other rather fondly in conversation before they “made it.” Supposedly, they resolved enough of their issues during the past few years to be friendly. Here’s some proof.
Whether or not Leno and Letterman sit down one final time on network television by May 20th, it’s nice to know that they respect each other enough to let the other person shine when the spotlight is on him.
And that’s what friendship is about, isn’t it?
P.S. Zinging your buddy with hilarious punchlines on national television is also what being friends is about, so…either way!
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