Why are most comedians Liberal | Eastern North Carolina Now

    I have done no research on this subject yet, because I wanted to get my ideas down in print before checking other more authoritative sources. By authoritative sources, I mean Liberal viewpoints. I did however, Google the title just to be sure I am not the only one who wonders.

    I barely got past 'Why are Most com'----- when my question popped up automatically in Google's auto suggestion. How did they know I was not looking for Why are Most commodes white. Here are the results:


    It nice to confirm that I don't have that many original thoughts. I am still trying to interpret the results. Does it mean that 5,270,000 different people ask the question or just that a few conservatives are obsessed with the question and keep searching for an answer. Maybe I should ask Google, but ........

    Now for the semi-serious part of my answer. Comedians are often irreverent and anti-establishment in their humor. Sarcasm (something I am somewhat familiar with) is easy. All you have to do is be a smart A$$ and turn your mental filter off. If you have a good delivery and loud voice you can have at least 5 minutes of your allocated 15 minutes of fame.

    However, to have any lasting effect you must play to your audience. I have not been to a comedian's concert in years. I think the last one I went to was Lewis Grizzard at the Fox Theater in Atlanta shortly before he died in 1994. I have laughed some in the intervening 23 years, just not at a concert.

    Traditional humor in times past usually appealed to the majority of people by picking on the universal frailties of all people. Gradually humor gravitated toward groups of people. It was easy to make fun of Jews if you were a Jewish comedian in the Borscht Belt. Or Black people if you were Richard Prior. Occasionally you would find a universal comedian who offered bland but funny humor based on almost all people, like Bill Cosby. Well you see what that leads to don't you.

    My preference on comedians tend to lean toward those who craft a tight narrative with humor and the performance. The best example of that was George Carlin, who treat his act like a performance. I believe It was carefully crafted and written and performed with exact timing and nuance. Now George did eventually swerve into the political lane and his humor was funny even when he was poking at some of my sacred cows.

    Have you noticed how I have not been able to answer the question yet? Well I could end this article with a standard response the "Humor is in the eye of the beholder," but I do not think that would pass muster.

    Wit is appreciated by the observer. (Thank you MS Thesaurus)

    No article would be complete without the ultimate truth:

    I can't define Humor, But I know it when I see it!!!



   What was the question again?



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( February 2nd, 2017 @ 9:20 am )
 
Still, how many comedians are so totally filled with mirth. It can be infectious.
( January 29th, 2017 @ 4:29 pm )
 
Just a clarification, My comment below was not clear enough. The quoted remarks are from their Facebook page. I saw both Steve and Martin there and remember many instances where they did crazy things, but the quote is from others posted to the site. It is full of memories by numerous people. The link in first my comment is for my previous post here in BCN about the GSEMH.

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( January 29th, 2017 @ 3:42 pm )
 
That is one of the coolest things I have ever heard of. Those are special moments.

Please try to find some way to develop that into a post to help preserve that special moment for posterity. Steve Martin never told jokes, didn't cuss that much and pretty much stayed away from overt vulgarity and was funny. Even my kids love Steve Martin.
( January 29th, 2017 @ 2:16 pm )
 
In the 1970 Steve played at the Great Southeast Music Hall in Atlanta before he became famous.

"Steve Martin and Martin Mull performed on same bill for a week at a time - twice as I recall. We called it "The Steve Martin Mull Revue". They were equally popular at the time, so they traded off who opened and who was the headliner on any given night. We thought it was good at the time but in retrospect it was a whole lot better than good.

I remember being there and each of them dividing the audience up and they took us all outside for tug of war. I was on Team Mull. It was a draw. We just drug each other around in the parking lot laughing our asses off.
On another occasion after the first set both came out together and the crowd had thinned out and either Steve Or Martin said "Hell, this crowd is too small, lets go bowling. The whole crowd went to the bowling alley next door." (Documented on the Great Southeast Music hall Facebook Site)


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( January 29th, 2017 @ 1:56 pm )
 
Please pardon the oversight, Steve Martin was and probably still is a funny stand up comedian.

( January 28th, 2017 @ 10:18 pm )
 
George Carlin, Richard Pryor, and Steve Martin will always be my favorite standups from that era.

For new comedians, I like Tom Papa: beaufortcountynow.com

Most comedians should stay away from the governing side of politics because it is way over their intellect, and whenever possible Comedians should reduce the vulgar talk. Too much gets real old, real fast.



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