On 13-Nov-08, at 6:49 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

> On Nov 13, 2008, at 3:27 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote:
>
>> My brother lent me a bunch of DVDs recently, and I've been working
>> through a lot of Ricky Gervais' material.
>>
>> If there's anyone that's pushing the limits of free speech, it would
>> be Gervais at the moment. I'll find it side-splittingly funny, and
>> then seconds later, hateful and repugnant. I'll flip several times
>> during the same gag.
>>
>> It definitely stresses that point at which my liberal and
>> conservative sides meet.
>>
>> Anyone watch much of Gervais stand-up?
>
> I haven't seen any, but he's got an HBO special coming up...
>
> <http://www.hbo.com/events/ricky-gervais/> So after Saturday I'll know
> more :-)

--

Do catch it.

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyOi8PYDmJw

(language in those links, but pretty tame otherwise)


I'm curious how many holocaust, rape or pedophile jokes he can tell  
on American TV before someone sues him or HBO, though.

--
Michael

"The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to  
listen." - Tom Smothers


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