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In Remembrance
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: SE Kansas.
Posts: 374
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In Remembrance
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: SE Kansas.
Posts: 374
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Hi Kathy,
I have long believed that "cuss" words are some of the best words we have: "********" is often much a more appropriate reply that a detailed discussion on exactly why what was just said (or written) doesn't make sense.
A couple of days ago I watched a rerun of a Lewis Black performance on Comedy Central (my DVR is set up to record everything he does), and I wasn't all that happy with all the "beeps", but Comedy Central understands that some people really do get offended by his language. Yeah? Well, why watch him when you know you're gonna be offended? And you know he's gonna say that stuff.
I didn't like the "beeps" and I wish they would turn the volume down when they use them...high-pitched sounds annoy the Hell out of me, but I laughed my *** off anyway. (I'd rather watch him on HBO, but I won't pay that much money for programming that is mostly crap, so I'm outta luck).
And I remembered your reply...and an Eddy Murphy "performance" I saw back in the 1980s: It must have been on HBO because there weren't any "beeps", but I would have preferred "beeps" to the **** he was saying. If he talks like that all the time, I'm glad I was never asked to dinner at his house.
I was disappointed with the guy I thought was the best addition to SNL since the original cast. He was much funnier censored on SNL than in that "performance" (which I endured for just a couple of minutes)
I hope you don't consider my reply a put-down, but Murphy was way to "blue" for me. Lewis Black didn't get to perform at the Kennedy Center because someone there had counted the number of times he said **** in a previous performance: 42, but I think he's funnier than Hell. They would have to pay me to count the number of obscenities that came out of Murphy; I wouldn't do that for free, and I damn sure wouldn't pay money to hear him say all that.
I guess it boils down to personal taste, but even if I liked his performance I'd be concerned that one of my kids might still be awake and hear the show; and get the idea that speech like that is acceptable...then the school would call and tell me to come and pick up the brat and keep him home for 3 days...Vic
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Last edited by Vicc; 09-08-2007 at 02:38 AM.
Reason: never quite satisfied
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