DAMN...Larry went there!

[abbeyco]

Done

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Where?

[abbeyco]

5. Dropped the N word at the end of his time

I'm not shocked or offended by it but the audience at the WHCD, there were vapors.

[woolldog]

6. I was shocked and offended.

That was neither the time or the place. He's a fool.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. Really ? wow

[woolldog]

19. Really. Completely inappropriate to call the President the N word.

He wasn't hanging out with Obama on the basketball court or sitting on the steps drinking beers. This was a worldwide broadcast event and Wilmore was a disgrace.

[Demonaut]

22. his humor fell flat...felt bad for him

[delete_bush]

28. Thank you.

My thoughts exactly.

He was boring as hell. 80% of his shtick was black vs. white B.S. which is a complete turn-off to most who watched.

[Surya Gayatri]

41. Agree. I could hardly bear to watch all the way to the end. Too heavy-handed and plodding.

When the camera landed on Michelle, you could see that she was disgusted. It looked like she couldn't believe how low he was aiming. Shaking her head and frowning.

Wilmore fell over that delicate line between "edgy" and "over the edge" several times.

Compare his slege-hammer bludgeoning style to Colbert's rapier-like, surgical finesse back in 2006. The contrast is stark.

[cwydro]

44. I gotta agree, and I like Wilmore a lot.

That was hard to watch and not very funny.

That "zodiac killer" bit went on WAY too long.

[TDale313]

2. On everything. Especially skewered the media.

And wanna bet #TedCruzistheZodiacKiller is gonna be trending?

I thought he was great, but betting a lot of people are gonna be upset by some of what he said.

[malaise]

7. Because most of the folks in that room do not watch his routine

I thought he had some great lines but he did lose some of the room after the Blitzer and Holt jokes.
Lemon flipping the bird will have consequences.

[Armstead]

8. He flipped the bird?

[malaise]

10. Yep after Larry hit him in the gut metaphorically

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. I did feel sorry for someone I can't stand - Wolf. Hard to do that.

[malaise]

15. I never feel sorry for him

not after Celebrity Jeopardy. I detest Blitzer - only last week he was faking knowledge about Prince.

[Surya Gayatri]

38. He lost the room quite a few times. Implying that V.P. Biden

is the Obama's housemaid and lackey was one of those times.

Not only were some of his lines NOT funny, but they were cringe-making in the extreme.

Michelle was disgusted at various points during his routine. It looked like she couldn't believe how low he was aiming. Shaking her head and frowning.

There's a delicate line between "edgy" and "over the edge". Wilmore fell over it several times.

ETA: Wilmore's schtick couldn't hold a candle to Colbert's epic smack down back in 2006--done with fine surgical skill and precision. This routine was like a slege-hammer bludgeoning in comparison.

[cwydro]

40. Lemon flipped the bird?

I should have watched, dang it.

[malaise]

47. Hehehehhehe

Yes indeed

[cwydro]

48. I saw it.

I used to like him, but not so much of a fan lately.

Not sure how I feel about the bird thing in that context.

[abbeyco]

11. Hard truths are hard for some folks to accept...

...esp those who congratulate themselves on a regular basis. Larry was TRUTH

[Blue_Adept]

20. The zodiac killer thing has been a meme for months

Even my 13 year old has picked up on it via tumblr for the last few months.

[TDale313]

21. Yes, but I think it's about to get another wave. n/t

[malaise]

37. It's been all over DU

Just wait for Trump to run with it

[latebloomer]

3. People seemed VERY uncomfortable

Including the Obamas, though they kept their cool. A little too much truth there.

[glinda]

4. It was really bold.

I enjoyed both he and Obama tonight.

[Grown2Hate]

9. AND talked about how Obama "likes raining down bombs from long distance" on people like Steph

Curry. It didn't go over well, but it was BALLSY, I will say that. I didn't expect it, but I respect it.

[malaise]

16. He spared no one

Drones

[dembotoz]

12. thought he was honest and funny

perhaps too honest

[pmorlan1]

17. I liked him

but I don't think the people in the room liked him much. I'd love to see a transcript.

[Grown2Hate]

18. Yeah, the crowd didn't respond well to almost ANY of it. But I LOVES me some Larry

Wilmore, and I thought he did GREAT.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

24. I was out to dinner with my sweetie and friends and missed it. If Larry spoke...

..."too much truth", as latebloomer said above, then good for him! I think it's IMPOSSIBLE to speak too much truth to the low life media hacks we have spewing their bullshit and not asking questions or challenging anyone. FUCK THEM and good for Larry, whose show I do not miss because he is awesome and so is his show.

ETA: I see CSPAN is replaying the WHCD right now so I've set it too record and will watch with great interest. I hope he did make those assholes uncomfortable, I expected no less from him.

[JimDandy]

30. Oh, he did!

#TooMuchTruth

[malaise]

39. He did and it was funny

[ChisolmTrailDem]

23. Went where??? nt

[NuclearDem]

25. Larry did great tonight.

No matter how many tight-asses got the vapors over what he said.

[lib87]

26. He Did That.

Larry didn't hold back but he never does anyways.

CPT jokes, lovingly using the n-word between 2 Black men...this was a glimpse of black culture and that nonblack audience was like a deer in headlights a time...loved it.

[northernsouthern]

27. Does anyone have the video?

I was the Obama one he did, but Larry was not in that part.

[LeftyMom]

31. Here.

If this gets taken down for some reason it's also on CSPAN's site.

[northernsouthern]

32. :) Thank you ! NT

[onecaliberal]

29. I'm glad he made those pretentious corporate owned stenographers feel uncomfortable.

[northernsouthern]

34. He stood his own...

...this is up there as one of the best I have ever seen. He ripped the hell out of the media and while being respectful of Obama hit him on some policies he did not like...and hit him hard...then returned back to giving him respect.

[northernsouthern]

33. Damn this is SO F@CKING GOOD!

I am only part way through and I can not believe the shit he is saying! Larry is already my favorite with John Oliver, but he has just gained so much f@cking cred. The lines he is dropping and the epic sh@t he is talking!!!!!!!!! AMAZING! Place the link in the OP please, it is soooooooooo good!

[malaise]

42. I watched it twice and it was even funnier the second time

He spared no one

[northernsouthern]

45. When my lady gets back...

I am going to watch the whole thing again with her. I am gonna go tweet Larry some love.

[malaise]

46. LOL

It's well earned

[underthematrix]

35. Tomorrow morning, I wonder how many of you

tune into CNN, FOX HATE NEWS, MSNBC, CBSNews, ABCNews, NBCNews

I turned Larry off after the PBO/Steph air bomb shit. Totally inappropriate and FACT FREE

[mockmonkey]

36. I LOVED Larry Wilmore

I thought he was funny as hell. Most of DC is humor impaired so I wouldn't expect much from that group. Those that thought Wilmore went too far, for them maybe they can bring back Rich Little next year.

[sendero]

43. I have 2 words to describe this bit..

.... smart and fearless!