Stars and Stripes wrote up the wounded vet's appearance on "Bumping Mics."
LINK <https://www.stripes.com/news/wounded-warrior-displays-his-sense-of-humor-on-new-netflix-series-1.559306> On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 1:11 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. > -- 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.
