i cuss gratuitously. subject matter is another story. this is gonna be a good show. are there any subjects that are never appropriate for humor? people say a good comedian doesn t have to cuss. and i thought, now that s [bleep] rubbish. how dirty is too dirty? why is all that so funny? i don t know. what you re about to hear is going to shock and disgust you. if you choose to go blue, you ve got to do it right. dirty for the sake of dirty, there s nothing worse than that. you must promise me something. you won t get me in any trouble on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] listen, i will be cussing tonight. now, just so s you know. no, i will. i will. don t [bleep] oh me. not allowing an artist to use the word [bleep] is like not allowing a guitarist to use the chord e. it s possible to play the instrument, but why the [bleep] would you bother? now don t wave your finger at me! you knew when you got here there d be cussing. the last thing co
of that phrase blue material. say good night. good night. so you had vaudeville comedy, which was accessible to all. but at the same time, concurrently, you had another style of comedy that was a little bit different. burlesque houses were often like going to a a strip club. those guys were there with their trench coats to watch girls. they had different styles of comedy, different people performing within them. i see you lying there. my anger is aroused. i pull out my dirk. uh-oh, now we re going to the point. nesteroff: because burlesque, the primary attraction was scantily clad ladies, in order to compete for attention, a comedian had to do something that was going to upstage a naked woman. so they would do this sort of dirty-ish comedy. -your wife s on television? -indeed, she is. -i didn t know that. -a magician. -what does she do? -well, she does one trick that s really amazing, mystifying. she takes a little rubber ball. yeah, yeah, yeah.
and, so that became the whole, uh, idea of that phrase, blue material. say goodnight. goodnight. so you had vaudeville comedy, which was accessible to all. but at the same time concurrently you had another style of comedy that was a little bit different. burlesque houses were often like going to a strip club. these guys were there with their trench coats to watch girls. they had the different styles of comedy, different people performing within them. i see you lying there. my anger is aroused. i pull out my dirk. uh-oh. now we re getting to the point. because burlesque, the primary attraction was scantily clad ladies, in order to compete for attention, a comedian had to do something that was going to upstage a naked woman. so they would do this sort of dirty-ish comedy. your wife s on television? indeed she is. i didn t know that. a magician. what s she do? well, she does one trick that s really amazing, mystifying. she takes a little rubber ball.
within them. i see you lying there, my anger is aroused. i pull out my dirk. now we re getting to the point. because burlesque, the primary attraction was scantily clad ladies, in order to compete for attention a comedian had to do something that would upstage a naked woman. so they would do something that was a sort of dirty ish comedy. a magician. what does she do? one trick that s amazing, mystifying. takes a rubber ball, bounces it up and down and stands with her legs like this. when the little ball bounces up and down, the little ball disappears. well, what are you bragging about? my wife does the same thing with a basketball. sure? she does it the hard way. she s knock kneed. vaudeville is clean, burlesque is dirty.
they had different styles of comedy, different people performing within them. i see you lyi there, anger is aroused. i pull out my dirk. now we re getting to the point. because burlesque, the primary attraction was scantly-clad ladies, in order to compete for attention, a comedian had to do something that was going to upstage a naked woman, so they would do this sort of dirty-ish comedy. your wife s on tv? she is. she s a magician. what does she do? one trick that s amazing, mystifying. she takes a little rubber ball. she bounces a little rubber ball up and down. she stands with her legs like this. when the little ball bounces up and down, the little ball disappears. what are you bragging about? my wife does the same thing with a basketball. sure. yeah, yeah. she does it the hard way. she s knock-kneed. vaudeville is clean, burlesque is dirty.