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>> 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 doesnt have to cuss. and i thought, now thats [bleep] rubbish. >> how dirty is too dirty? >> why is all that so funny? >> i dont know. >> what youre about to hear is going to shock and disgust you. >> if you choose to go blue, youve got to do it right. dirty for the sake of dirty, theres nothing worse tha...

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 were go...

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...

Within them. >> i see you lying there, my anger is aroused. i pull out my dirk. >> now were 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 thats amazing, mystifying. takes a rubber ball, bounces it up and down and stands with her legs like th...

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 were 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 wifes on tv? >> she is. >> shes a magician. >> what does she do? >> one trick thats amazing, ...

Different styles and different people performing within them. >> i see you lying there. i pull out my did you work. >> the primary attraction was scannedly clad ladies. a comedian had to do something that would up stage a naked woman. they would do the dirtyish comedy. >> she does one trick that is amazing. she bounces a rubber ball up and down and stands with her legs like this. the little ball disappears. >> what are you bragging about? my does the same thing with a basketball. she does it the...