On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 12:29 AM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
> To clarify, it wasn't ick about the injured vet. It was ick at the idea of > mocking someone because of their combat injuries. > I have only one good eye and a self deprecating sense of humor, so students in my classrooms heard a lot of one-eye jokes. Teaching at the film school, I had a student who was a vet who lost an eye in combat, and I made the same jokes about myself I did every term. Afterwards, he came up to me laughing and showed me a page of his notes where he’d written what he thought were my best one eye one liners that he planned to steal. > On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 10:14 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> “Bumping Mics with Jeff Ross & Dave Attell” is a Netflix comedy special >> that dropped a couple of weeks ago. They taped three shows at New York’s >> Comedy Cellar. The name comes from their bumping of microphones after what >> they feel is a good joke, like bumping fists. >> >> Attell is one of my favorite comedians and why I watched the show. For me >> he has most of the best jokes, but he also seems a little tired here. Ross >> is known as the roastmaster general for hosting comedy roasts. For me, a >> little Ross goes a long way. A problem I have with Ross is a problem I have >> with Trevor Noah. I don’t like his voice so I tend to not like the jokes. >> >> The guests they bring on have mixed success. Gilbert Gottfried drug down >> the second show for me. He has his fans, though, as they chant his name to >> bring him on stage. The third show gets into the uncomfortable zone. They >> bring a veteran badly injured in combat on stage and, at his request, roast >> him, including commenting on his looks and disfigurement. On the one hand, >> I want to respect his right to take part in the mainstream, but this was >> too much ick for me. >> >> This show probably cost $1.50 to produce, so I think we’ll see more. If >> Attelll is in it, I’ll watch. But this show seems better for fans of Attell >> and Ross and not so much for the public. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
