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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 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....

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...

Blue material. 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 are often like going to a strip club. these guys were there with their trench coats to watch girls, different styles of comedy, different people performing within them lying there. my anger is aroused. pull out my dirk. uh now we're getting to the point because burlesque, the primary traction was scantily clad ladies in order to compete for attention. a comedian had to do something tha...

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...

They hung him. >> vaudeville is created commercially to clean up humor. there's no cursing, there's no blasphemy, why? they want men, women and children to be able to come there. want a bigger audience. ♪ >> vaudevillian did something on stage that was objectionable, send a blue envelope backstage with the material they wanted excised from their act. that became the idea of the phrase blue material. >> say good night. >> good night. >> vaudeville comedy was accessible to all but concurrently another style of comedy that was different. burlesque houses like going to strip club. guys with tren...