Meanwhile....
From The Daily Show....
A little reflection from Trevor Noah, including his early life joys - like a brick! Memories...
#ContextAndPerspective #childhood #memories #TrevorNoah #comedian #toys
#comedian
Another comedy legend leaves the stadium....
Gilbert Gottfried, R.I.P.
Gilbert Gottfried, Wickedly Funny Comedian With a Singular Voice, Dead at 67
#passings #obit #GilbertGottfried #comedian #RIP #comedylegend
#hm... currently reading
he by John Conolly
An extraordinary reimagining of the life of one of the greatest screen comedians the world has ever known: a man who knew both adoration and humiliation; who loved, and was loved in turn; who betrayed, and was betrayed; who never sought to cause pain to others, yet left a trail of affairs and broken marriages in his wake . . .
And whose life was ultimately defined by one relationship of such tenderness and devotion that only death could sever it: his partnership with the man he knew as Babe.
he is Stan Laurel.
But he did not really exist. Stan Laurel was a fiction.With he, John Connolly recreates the golden age of Hollywood for an intensely compassionate study of the tension between commercial demands and artistic integrity, the human frailties behind even the greatest of artists, and one of the most enduring and beloved partnerships in cinema history: Laurel &Hardy.
How I'm a "Racist"
I remember once there was a #comedian on the Conan O'Brien show, he had a very generic name like "Neil Jones" and he was doing a very generic comedy tour. Conan introduced him normally, "Our next guest is a comedian, touring the country, tomorrow night he'll be at the Chucklehut in Secaucus, New Jersey, and on Wednesday at Laughterhouse Five in Minneapolis. Ladies and gentlemen, Neil Jones…"
There is polite #applause. The camera cuts to the curtain which opens, the polite applause continues. As Neil Jones emerges here is what is expected, and usual. He steps up to the microphone and the applause trails off as he says, "Thank you." But what happened? As Neil Jones emerges into the light and steps up to the microphone, it is revealed he is black. And rather than polite, trailing applause, the applause rises and some "whoo!"s are thrown in. Neil Jones has to say, "Thank you," twice before the applause dies down.
What was that? Well, we all know what that was. The audience saw he was black and went from perfunctory, polite applause to enthusiastic applause because they had to go from a boring ritual to demonstrating how not racist they are. There might be a few New Yorkers who go to comedy clubs and know that in black comedy clubs it is permissible and expected to go a little fuckin' crazy with the applause, but mostly, I suspected it was the other thing.
Who is the racist here? Not Neil Jones. Not Conan. The audience? Well, how would that work? That's tough. There's a bunch of 'em. It's me. I'm the racist, for pointing it out.
Oh no's - again. Another great comedian (from SNL fame and beyond) has left us.
I didn't think of him as old, or sick, but then, have heard nothing in some time. Years fighting cancer, apparently.
Funny guy, talented.... #RestInPeace #NormMcDonald