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one in which comedians can breathe a little bit easier knowing their bluest material won't wind up online before last call "bluest" has to be the best

one in which comedians can breathe a little bit easier knowing their bluest material won't wind up online before last call "bluest" has to be the best word to describe my feelings about this effort walt whitman made a legacy from releasing 'blue' material, perhaps most notable in his second addition of leaves of grass which he affectionately called 'my blue book'(o) it was the edition that he carried in his pocket to do edits and addendums this fear of showing development is odd to me and seemingly harmful to future generations mathematicians are often teased for it, being accused of hiding mountains of failures while presenting discoveries, seemingly conjured like magicians expression is hard work(i), why would anyone additionally expel one's limited effort to make it appear easy? (o) http://www.whitmanarchive.org/published/1860-Blue_book/images/index.html http://www.whitmanarchive.org/published/1860-Blue_book/image... i was only able to find a paid link: 1.99$ from amazon video even if you're a prime subscriber; season 1 episode 11, froot loops for dinner, follows a comedian working material like a comedian (i) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004CJNQVA/ref=atv_feed_catalog?tag=ovgapsearch-20 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004CJNQVA/ref=atv_feed_cat...

karmelapple 11y ago
Note: "blue" doesn't mean new or in development, but rather dirty, ribald, or adult. http://comedians.about.com/od/glossary/g/bluehumor.htm http://comedians.about.com/od/glossary/g/bluehumor.htm
- justifier 11y ago
  ha! my bad.. i did think it odd that another color was attributed to a work i always heard refered to as 'green' my ignorance revealed my bias still, why hide your material even if it's blue? it's still your material ..or is the argument we need to protect the children?
  - slyall 11y ago
    Because the comedian will be testing out new jokes that will often push boundaries. Say he tells a joke about race. If he gets a bad reaction from the small crowd then he just won't use the joke again or rework it. He moves onto the next joke in the set. If somebody is recording the show then that offensive joke will get put onto youtube and the headlines will be "XYZ tells racist joke".

karmelapple 11y ago

Note: "blue" doesn't mean new or in development, but rather dirty, ribald, or adult. http://comedians.about.com/od/glossary/g/bluehumor.htm http://comedians.about.com/od/glossary/g/bluehumor.htm

justifier 11y ago
ha! my bad.. i did think it odd that another color was attributed to a work i always heard refered to as 'green' my ignorance revealed my bias still, why hide your material even if it's blue? it's still your material ..or is the argument we need to protect the children?
- slyall 11y ago
  Because the comedian will be testing out new jokes that will often push boundaries. Say he tells a joke about race. If he gets a bad reaction from the small crowd then he just won't use the joke again or rework it. He moves onto the next joke in the set. If somebody is recording the show then that offensive joke will get put onto youtube and the headlines will be "XYZ tells racist joke".