At 12:22 AM 3/11/2009, you wrote: >On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >> And, for the second time in two weeks, Tim Conway Jr. has been fired from a >> Los Angeles radio station. This time around, it had nothing to do with the >> economy. He told a joke which, ironically, he'd previously told on KLSX with >> no problems. The management at KABC, however, did not enjoy the joke in >> question, and put an abrupt end to Conway's stint filling in for Al Rantel. >> At this point you have to ask yourselves: What was the joke? >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18HQqGMP7tM >> The one that got him fired (about a door-to-door salesman) begins apx. 4:45 >> into the clip. > >But is he totally fired? And does he even want to work there? (see OC >Register excerpt below) > >I have to say I honestly don't even get the joke, so I can't figure >out if I should be offended by it. Is the answer to the kid's question >supposed to be "no, I guess you mom is not at home or else you would >not be masturbating in your sister and mother's under garments" or >"no, I guess your mom is not at home or some sick child molester would >not be molesting you"? Or is the answer supposed to be "yes, I guess >your mother is at home, and she is a sick child molester who is >molesting you"? Or is the joke supposed to be that the salesmen is so >intent on making the sale that he does not register the child >molestation in process and keeps trying to make the sale? If it is >anything like any of these three, were is the joke? I don't mean that >it is a tasteless or offensive joke, but I just don't see the elements >of a joke present.
Not a great joke. But he'd already lost me when he threw in the gratuitously vulgar addition to the guy-getting-a-checkup story, which was funny until he "explained" it, and then screwed up the talking dog story (by revealing the dog's cost at the beginning). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
