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Pleased to make your acquaintance. I suppose this makes me the second...

• meowface 11y ago
  I find him the least funny professional comic I've personally seen. Even as a pretty young child, watching him on TV for even a few minutes made me cringe. It felt like humor aimed at 12-year-old boys or rednecks. Dane Cook is a comedy genius compared to him.
  • lwhalen 11y ago
    There's no explaining taste ;-)
  • jheriko 11y ago
    hes not "exceptionally" funny to me, but i'd not want to say he is especially poor as a comedian... there are many out there who are much more deserving of that level of criticism, and plenty of others who i find much funnier. its all subjective though. the point i was aiming at, and obviously missed, is that what he does with the dead terrorist puppet, whist obviously a very strong stereotype, playing on other stereotypes, doesn't offend me like this does. the more i try and rationalise this irrational emotional response, the more i am convinced it is the implications. there is something prejudiced about claiming that arab terrorists are arabs and terrorists, but its by definition the case. so lampooning the concept on that idea, whilst it looks like it should be offensive on the surface, really is not... but there is definitely something wrong about using stereotypical 'arab' names to enhance a perception of dishonesty as part of a joke trying to make a point about who you should trust, and who you should not.
  • jheriko 11y ago
    i guess the dane cook point is another criticism i missed, i just watched a stand up by him. nothing was funny at all... it was like watching a friend having a rant. at least compared to guys like chris rock, bill hicks, george carlin, richard pryor etc. to list some really great american comics... although i apologise if i missed the mark. humour is very subjective. everyone has their own ideas about what is and isn't. :)