A Place For Blasphemy...

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Permalink Reply by Gabriel_w/o_Wings on August 17, 2008 at 10:04am: I completely agree with you as I look over my shoulder wondering if there is a Woody Allen cult-fan ready to flog me. But then I realize that a Woody Allen fan wouldn't be intimidating. I mean how tough can you be if you worship a guy like this?

I feel the same way about George Carlin. I think the reason he got famous is because he is vulgar and it brought him attention. Seriously, using every dirty word known to man-kind does not make you funny. Subtract all the dirty language from his stand-up and you have a 3rd rate comic...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by spiderpig on August 17, 2008 at 10:32am: GwoW, you are killing me, seriously! I really think you are just posting some of this stuff to play devil's advocate. How on earth can you call George Carlin a 3rd rate comic? Especially for using "every dirty word known to man-kind". I gues you're referring to the "Seven Dirty Words" routine? Dude, it's called satire! Heard of it?

Please tell me who you consider a good stand up comic if Carlin doesn't rock your boat. I'm really curious now.

P.S. He's really funny clean also:; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Gabriel_w/o_Wings on August 17, 2008 at 11:58am: How on earth can you call George Carlin a 3rd rate comic?

Because it's the blasphemy thread and that's how I have always felt.

Please tell me who you consider a good stand up comic

Maz Jobrani; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by mighty on August 17, 2008 at 3:20pm: Blasphemy at knocking Woody Allen. Smack u over the head too. His truely great movies come out every 5-7yrs. Some people get the humor in his films and some don't. He isn't everybodies cup of tea.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Gabriel_w/o_Wings on August 17, 2008 at 4:14pm: He's original I will give him that. Probably isn't good for me to bash him because I haven't seen that many of his movies. OK, I take it back--he is not a bad comedian--he is just not my cup of tea.

But I still think George Carlin sucks.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Firewater on August 17, 2008 at 8:16pm: Maz Jobrani is funny. I'll give you that. But, I think you've let the more infamous of Carlin's routines cause you to dismiss his entire body of work. Carlin was a genius.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by oedipussy on August 17, 2008 at 4:39pm: I'll third your opinion on Woody Allen. That guy annoys the hell out of me...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by mighty on August 17, 2008 at 5:35pm: Yet, the 3 of you probably keep coming back to him.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by The Real Uncle Bob on August 17, 2008 at 5:00pm: There is only one comedian worth spitting on in all the world.

I speak, of course, about Neil Hamburger.

Yes, Neil Hamburger has been Our favorite comedian for quite some time , since George Burns fell ill, but until Now, we had always enjoyed him strictly for the Hundreds of Thousands of Laughs Neil has provided us, to help us forget, the impending Eviction, from our apartment, which has hapened too many times to count, because landlords Hate dogs, which is not Fair, the Dogs never did any thing to them. But Now, Neil has going in a New direction , of Country music, in the Old style, like the Greats used to sing (Porter Wagganer, Faron Young, Johnny Cash, Merele Hagard, Luke The Drifter), and so finaly Neil can put another Feather in his cap, which is not a cap at all, it is a Cow Boy hat, to go with the new music, he is singing.

Here is the promotional video for the song "Jug Town", featuring Neil with some of the band, including Prairie Prince playing the "Dad" from the song's lyrics.

Shot in Norco, California, at the Saddle Sore Saloon.

also:
http://community.netflix.com/group/exploitationfilms/forum/attachme...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Replicant Rachael on August 18, 2008 at 12:16am: not only is Mr Allan bland and the polar opposite of cutting edge, he gives me the screamin' heeby-jeebies. Call me a prude, but there are limits to 'you can't help who you fall in love with'.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by bjm6971 on August 18, 2008 at 4:37pm: Star Trek IV was the worst of all Star Trek sequels, even worse than Insurrection.; ▶ Reply to This