Monday, May 16, 2016

"All comedy is critical"


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12 comments:

ricpic said...

Cleese was a big part of the revolution that got us here and now he's taken aback by the coarse assault on all that bourgeoise decency and modesty he crapped on in his glorious youth? Expletive deleted.

The Dude said...

He mocked everything England stood for and spent his life in pursuit of the destruction of western civilization and now that it has been achieved, at least in his home country, he has the nerve to complain.

Where's your Holy Grail now, bitch?

Methadras said...

Sixty Grit said...

Where's your Holy Grail now, bitch?


With the Book of Armaments and the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.

Chip Ahoy said...

Speaking of hand grenades of Antioch. I asked my brother to collect sourdough culture. He lived in Antioch CA a few years. He wasn't into it. His sample experienced several disasters involving his dog, a squirrel, wind, leaves and sticks, rain, and bugs. Finally he gave up and sent the wet mess through the mail to me. It stank. I'm amazed his package made it through. I took a tiny amount and inoculated a small amount of wet flour (that has it's own organisms with it). It took off. Fed it more flour slurry. And more and more and inside of one day had the best sourdough starter of all the collections, the most powerful, the most fiercest, fastest, most flavorful, strongest, most reliable of all. I still have it over a decade later.

The Dude said...

It sounds as if it blowed up real good!

Methadras said...

Chip, that whole section of the East Bay like Pittsburgh and Antioch are shit holes. It's literally like someone took the Appalachians and transplanted them right there mixed in with illegals, but it is redneck haven and who would have thought of it being in the bay area. Me and a buddy used to go to the Antioch Speedy way and watch the modified and midget races. Not actual human midgets, but the four wheeled kind. Although seeing human midgets run around a track towards a checkered flag would be amusing.

Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...

Apparently the Alzheimer's crowd is here to chime in on their confusion between irreverence and dishonesty.

Cleese was irreverent. PC is dishonest. But very reverent.

If you geezers can't handle that the sacred cows of Cleese's youth (Western, Eastern, whatever) didn't need to be protected from the truth or from satire, then just admit that you can't handle honesty, period. Because that's what your issue is about.

Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...

If you believe the West needs nice little lies to protect itself from a good laugh, then you have no standing to say that other cultures can't force upon us nice little lies to protect what they're all about from a good laugh, either.

How someone can be so idiotic as to miss this point is beyond rational comprehension.

ndspinelli said...

Meth, We have a midget dirt track 6 miles from my house. They run Sunday nights during the summer. It's called Angell Park Speedway. It is run by the local volunteer fire dept. and the proceeds pay for much of the cost of the dept. I would take my son and his buddies. The boys like to sit in one corner where you get sprayed w/ dirt balls! Boys are certainly different than girls! Jeff Gordon raced there. I'm not a big racing fan but I took my son and he loved it. Matt Kenseth is from a neighboring town and raced @ a stock car track nearby. Saw him race as a kid several times.

As you might imagine, there are mechanics who like to be work under the table while "disabled." They get paid cash for working these races. Myself and my people have done surveillance @ several tracks in WI. You have to get a pit pass and then come up w/ pretext for why you're shooting. But, at this Angell Park Speedway, the pit is in the center of the track. I did a surveillance of a real shitbird. Just sat in the stands, ate a bratwurst drank a couple beers, and shot some great footage. Just like picking cherries. Those are rare.

bagoh20 said...

People who can't control their emotions fuck up everything.

The Dude said...

Nations that can't control their borders are fucked.

Methadras said...

bagoh20 said...

People who can't control their emotions fuck up everything.


You mean like presidents and shit?