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The History of Comedy

and, listen, i will be cussing tonight. just so as you know. no, i will, i will. don't [bleep] "aww" me. [ laughter ] 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 comedy needs is to be polite. the world was never changed by anyone being well-behaved or well-mannered or quiet. there's a certain exhilaration in pushing the boundaries. i had this memory of being, like, 3, and i would shower with my mother. [ laughter ] my mom got her water from the shower head. that water would then cascade down her ample bosom, and, like, pike off of her '70s jew bush.

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The History of Comedy

[ laughter ] nesteroff: so, in the late '60s and 1970s, they would televise friars club roasts, but they were sanitized versions of what you would actually see at the friars club. [ laughter ] rickles: don't get we wrong. there's a lot of reasons why we should honor this man tonight. first of all, he's italian, and i love the italian people. i'll never forget the word of carmine gangananza who said to me in brooklyn on a saturday night... [ gasps ] [ laughter ] ross: the televised roasts that dean martin did were always so funny, and it was fun to see, but there's something about those private friars club, behind closed doors, you know, stag roasts. the fact that they were these huge stars like jack benny and milton berle that the public had only heard on tv or on the radio be very squeaky clean. suddenly, you got to see another side of it. carson: i've known don for about eight years, and like most performers, don has probably thousands of acquaintances,

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The History of Comedy

griffin: what are party records? you play 'em in a party. you ever been to a party? you put the records on when it's kind of dull, and then wait. -yeah? are they -- party starts. naughty? yes. foxx: there's a new bikini bathing suit coming out this summer. new bikini girls. it's two band-aids and a cork. [ laughter ] all right, two corks. [ laughter ] my parents had the redd foxx dirty jokes record in the house. and they would put it on after i'd go to bed. i'm like -- like it was porn or something, you know. hygiene. the toughest thing in the world, have to turn to your mate one night and say, "you got to wash your ass." [ laughter ] knowing how difficult it is, i said it for you in this album. [ laughter ] "you got to wash your ass." boyd: when you went to the record store,

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The History of Comedy

but i find it difficult to say. you do? most white people, it's hard to say "crazy." [ laughter ] you tell them the title of the album. i can't say that. the title of the album is, "that nigger's crazy." see, now, you can just say that. if i said that, wouldn't you get mad? i'd punch you out. [ laughter ] zoglin: richard pryor was influenced by redd foxx, but what he did was to bring some of that sensibility to the mainstream. the idea that a guy who had been developing this new, provocative, racial material suddenly break through to a mainstream audience was a big moment. a lot of people here might be offended, so you should leave now 'cause i'm gonna say [bleep] and suck. [ laughter ] and [bleep] and doo-doo. [ laughter ] watkins: pryor used profanity in a way that even exceeded lenny bruce and all the comics who went before him. he made the use of those terms seem to be a part of everyday life and made the people listening to his comedy

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The History of Comedy

[bleep] [bleep] [bleep]head, [bleep]tracks, [bleep] joint, donicker, dork, poontang. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] cornhole and dingleberry. [ laughter ] put a smile on your plate with new pancake tacos. because when you fold a pancake in half, you get a taco. or in this case, 3 for $6. try all four flavors. here for a fun time, not a long time. only from ihop. try killing bugs the worry-free way. not the other way. zevo traps use light to attract and trap flying insects with no odor and no mess. they work continuously, so you don't have to. zevo. people-friendly. bug-deadly. will you pause it real quick? (mumbles) just sold the car to carvana. what? all i had to do was answer a couple questions and got a real offer in seconds.

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The History of Comedy

-[ blows raspberry ] -he's constantly picking and picking and picking. carlin: and the irish priests were always heavily into penance and punishment, you know. they give you a couple of novenas to do. nine first fridays, five first saturdays, stations of the cross, a trip to lourdes. wow! [ laughter ] that was one of the things that bothered me a little about my religion, was that conflict between pain and pleasure, you know, 'cause they were always pushing for pain, and you were always pulling for pleasure, man. you know? [ applause ] sacks: george carlin was a wordsmith, and each of his routines were poetry. memorized poetry. carlin would spend a year practicing these routines where every word was there for a reason. nothing was there by accident. carlin: my trouble was, i wanted a list. here are these words i'm not supposed to say. let's have a look at them. i'll be glad to avoid them if i can just see them and know what they are. you gotta say them to find out what they are, man.

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i saw eddie murphy's "raw" and "delirious" when i was really little, like, when i was in second grade. i even knew then -- he nasty, he naughty, he's not supposed to be saying any of that. those are bad, bad words, and it's hilarious. do you watch "the bill cosby show"? [ cheers and applause ] i do, too. i love "bill cosby show." i been a big fan of bill cosby all my life. never met the man before, but he called me up about a year ago and chastised me on the phone for being too dirty. [ applause ] i was pissed off. i was so mad, i called richard pryor's house up and said, "yo, richard, bill cosby just called me up and told me i was too dirty." [ laughter ] he said, "dude, do people laugh when you say what you say?" i said, "yes." he said, "do you get paid?" i said, "yes." he said, "well, tell bill i said have a coke and a smile and shut the [bleep] up." [ laughter ]

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The History of Comedy

that was my water. [ laughter ] i was raised by parents who spoke explicitly. there's something about growing up not knowing that talking about your vagina or penises was taboo. now, if you haven't done it before, ladies, go home and treat yourself. do it tonight. just give your man a little push, push in the tush, tush. just give him a little atari. my whole comedy career, i've been told to be less dirty, and i would get more work if i just toned it down a little bit. and it's crazy to me that a highbrow publication like "the new yorker" would be interested in interviewing me about why i find it funny to butt-finger a man. no, please, no, really -- i don't think there's any subject that's off limits. i actually did that joke in alabama, right? these three rednecks met me after the show, man.

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The History of Comedy

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[ static ] ♪ until redd foxx came along in 1956, nobody had ever recorded their stand-up act and released it as an album. redd foxx is distinguished because he invented essentially the genre of stand-up comedy record. foxx: everybody in my hometown bought a jackass. [ laughter ] preacher's wife had the biggest ass in town. [ laughter ] i know because i rode her big ass all the time. [ laughter ] sometime i'd ride her ass along. her ass was sweating. i'd slip right off her big, sweaty ass. [ laughter ] watkins: redd foxx was making very explicitly sexual records, blue records, or off-color records that were sold in african-american communities. everybody that i knew when i was growing up had redd foxx records. he was listened to by african-americans on a massive level, but he was unknown in mainstream society virtually.

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