'F--- Sister Jean'

The idea that Tennessee fans give enough to a shit about their basketball program to (1) know Tennessee is playing in the tournament (2) know who their opponent is in the tournament (3) know who Sister Jean is as a result is laughable. This is a school that had to sharply decrease capacity at Thompson-Bolling with a cruise ship of luxury boxes on one side because they couldn't fill the damn thing.

 

Good thing the football program is nails these days then.

 

So did Haugh overreact?

 

Thus adding to my impression that Seinfeld is a bit of a smug ass. There was an honesty to Pryor's humor that he lacks. Carlin did it on purpose. He used his comedy to fight against the idea of certain words being off limits. He argued that honest language, with all its ugliness, was important to society and he was right.

 

Seinfeld has a lot of Cosby in him.

 

I tend to agree. I think clean and blue can both be funny, but profane humour has a better chance of being "important." Pushing envelopes is part of the job. Lenny Bruce was a hero for what he did. But there are plenty of times when guys go for "rude" rather than "funny." Just dropping bombs doesn't advance anything, and it isn't as funny as stuff, clean or blue, that's incisive.

 

This reminds me a little bit of the time Dana Jacobsen said "Fuck Touchdown Jesus" at some roast - perhaps of Mike Golic? - and Notre Dame fans faux lost their gourds.

 

I don't think Seinfeld cares about his humor having honesty, fighting against an idea or being important to society. He is just trying to make people laugh.

Also, I think if you called him a smug ass to his face, he'd agree with you.

 

This is very true. Not nearly as hard or impressive to be funny if you go blue. The fact that Cosby turned out to be a criminal doesn't change that.

 

Bad mental image.

 

I have no problem with the tweet. It was clearly a joke. Lighten up.

 

Greg Fitzsimmons and other comedians agree with Seinfeld about it being tougher not to swear. Cosby seemed to have made his decision to be clean because of a sense of morality or being commercial. Seinfeld comes across as it being much more natural, part of his identity. Not to say commercial appeal wasn't a motivation, but he doesn't seem like one of the guys sitting around busting balls telling the most awful jokes possible. He is much more technical and into the craft of writing a joke.