George Carlin isn't funny.

[MrFun]

It is incredibly stupid (and very typical of you) to bring up freedom of speech in this context. Nobody is saying that Carlin wasn't free to express his opinions, they're just saying that those opinions weren't funny.

I didn't think that anyone in here was arguing that Carlin could not practice his freedom of speech.

But I wonder how many conservative guys on here would do a complete flip and think a comedian expressing conservative views on political or social issues in his performances to be hilarious because the guy happens to be expressing views through humor that happens to align with their own conservative views.

[MrFun]

So you are a big fan of Dennis Miller these days?

I've never watched any of his shows.

[Hauldren Collider]

So you are a big fan of Dennis Miller these days?

Hey, I like Dennis Miller

My dad saw him when he performed at one of Mitt Romney's rallies last year and thought he was really funny. But I think we can deduce from that sentence alone how much MrFun would enjoy his humor.

I do think he was funnier before, though. But being conservative I don't mind as much when his humor consists of "lol liberals".

[Imran Siddiqui]

But I wonder how many conservative guys on here would do a complete flip and think a comedian expressing conservative views on political or social issues in his performances to be hilarious because the guy happens to be expressing views through humor that happens to align with their own conservative views.

See aforementioned Dennis Miller comment. No one likes his turn to conservative mouth piece.

[Berzerker]

i got his live in NY gig following the first gulf war, ~1991

great stuff

[MrFun]

Hey, I like Dennis Miller

See? It's okay for comedians to include viewpoints on political or social issues as long as it aligns with your own views. THEN the guy is funny.

[Hauldren Collider]

I like George Carlin, too, idiot.

Bill Maher, on the other hand, sucks dick. He used to actually have some comedic value. Now he's a misogynistic ******* who sees the worst in everyone who disagrees with him.

[giblets]

What's misogynistic about Bill Maher?

[The Mad Monk]

Inside every successful comedian is an angry, angry man.

Yes, the women too.

[-Jrabbit]

MrFun -- When the joke requires political agreement on one side or the other for the punchline to be effective, it defines the humor as non-universal.

Hence, less funny.

The same thing can be said of any humorist who restricts his audience to those who agree with or share a specific culture with them in order to "get it," like Borscht Belt and Chitlin' Circuit comics from back in the day.

[Alexander's Horse]

I don't find Seinfeld funny, mildy witty maybe, in the Bill Cosby tradition

[PLATO]

Yeah....maybe that's it. I saw him in 1978 at the Tennessee Theatre in Nashville....so very long ago.

Found the ticket stub last night. Was actually 1980 when I saw him. Didn't realize I had dated that girl that long...hmmmm

[Sava]

Daniel Tosh.

ACK!

This invalidates any opinion on the matter that you might have.

[Sava]

What's misogynistic about Bill Maher?

HC is probably salty because Maher called Palin a **** (or was it ****)?

[Guynemer]

What's misogynistic about Bill Maher?

Are you serious?