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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:48 AM Original message |
Is anyone carrying on the Lenny Bruce/George Carlin legacy? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Does anyone have the balls (or ovaries) these days?? |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. Bill Maher isn't angry enough, IMO. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. i'm not sure Bill Maher gets the economic situation the way Carlin did |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. Lewis Black |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Yes -- just saw Lewis Black live the other night |
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darkmaestro019 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. OMMFG, THIS..... |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Commie. Why do you hate the massivelymegarich? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
43. Damn straight |
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Melinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
4. David Cross: |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. that would be my answer too. maybe Zach Galifianakis has potential to go this direction. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Patton Oswalt. |
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FreepFryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Patton is definitely in the running, he's got some excellent political comedy... |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. I doubt it. Comedy today is aimed at twelve year olds. |
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parasim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. I'd say Lewis Black and perhaps Bill Maher are the closest. nt |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. yes on Lewis Black |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
7. I may get blasted for this... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. That's who I was going to suggest |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. i LOVE her! |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I am such a D-List whore |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. her and Margaret Cho. ...i think Griffin's humor is slyly revolutionary --> |
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King Bacon Fat (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
8. It won't be long and they'll all be gone... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Good point. It wasn't just anger |
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King Bacon Fat (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. THIS is what's funny today... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. that's really not fair or true -- the CableGuy/Foxworthy phenom = what Carlin/Bruce rebelled against |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Sarah Silverstein. |
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FreepFryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Silverman :) |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. jesus christ on a matzo ball. brain no workee today. |
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FreepFryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. That's okay, I love Shel Silverstein too :) :) (n/t) |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
13. The culture has changed - the legacy is everywhere, but.... |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
15. let's not forget Bill Hicks |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
16. Mitch Hedberg? |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Richard Lewis??? |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. I think they are looking for the living |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Sam Kennison? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. Dave Chappelle. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. The genre died with Carlin |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. what about Stewart, Colbert, Chappelle, SilverMAN, Leary, Black, Cross, Oswalt, Posehn... |
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Gato Moteado (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. doug stanhope? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. thanks for this, i'd never heard of him --> link |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. Bill Maher, Lewis Black, Jon Stewart.... all in bits and pieces.... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. if Stephen Colbert's Correspondent's Dinner routine doesn't get him into Carlin heaven, I don't know |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
33. Dane Cook? |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
35. Lewis Black |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-23-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
39. Lewis Black, David Cross, Dave Chappelle |
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