Hickory, dickory, dock….this chick was sucking my cock…
--Post title, (c) Andrew Dice Clay.
This morning, while I was trying to wait for the heel of my foot to quit being numb (the heel, for christ's sake. No other part of the foot. I ask you: how does this happen? You can stand on your feet all day long and your heel doesn't go to sleep. I'm pretty sure there's something extremely drastically wrong with me here, people), I ran into this guy's blog, and specifically this entry.
The short-take is UH2L (the blogger) is an Indian MBA student who dabbles in stand-up comedy. I point out that he's an Indian right off the bat, since apparently he's embarrassed about this fact. In this specific entry, UH2L shares some of his vast expertise on what's funny and what's not, by way of showing us what's wrong with the state of stand-up comedy today. Here's a tidbit:
Asian comedians focus on being Asian, gay ones focus on being gay, fat ones focus on being fat, and even though they're 50% of the population, too many women comediennes focus on being female... (relationship issues with men, PMS'ing, mothers'in-law). I suppose there is pressure to make people laugh about your most obvious trait, but do they have to do it for the whole routine? Comedy about being just another human is the most universal. [emphasis mine]
and:
The worst trait comedians have is their inabilty to be funny without swearing. With a half-drunk crowd, they use the 'F' word every other sentence to get a cheap laugh. That's not comedy. That's appealing to the lowest common denominator. Andrew Dice Clay is the most popular offender here. True comedy takes intelligence. As you can tell, I take my comedy very seriously :-). [emphasis including extra-super emphasis on the smiley, all mine]
First of all UH2L (if that is in fact your real name), I feel I must refute you using the cheap, offending language of the "lowest common denominator": FUCK YOU, YOU POMPOUS FUCKING PRICK.
Second, you may consider that when one uses emoticons in one's writing (particularly when one's writing challenges the intellect of another party), the message one sends is that one is intellectually on-par with a wooden chair.
 This man is not funny. |
Third, there's nothing wrong with making jokes about what makes you, you. Had you considered that when Cho makes a joke about being AZN (and I pick her specifically because I myself can't stand her comedy for other reasons), it's because that's what she knows and that's who she is? What the hell is she supposed to do? Make fun of the Irish?
"Comedy about just being human is the most universal." Just from this statement alone, I'm pretty damn sure you wouldn't know comedy if it came out in broad daylight and assaulted you with a rubber chicken. Sorry everybody, I guess Richard Pryor really wasn't funny because he swore a lot and did a bunch of jokes about niggers and honkeys.
Responding to one of his reader's comments, UH2L has some pointers on the fine craft of standup:
And then many who make fun of themselves this way are denigrating their own ethnic culture and reinforcing stereotypes. The first time I did a stand-up routine (to a large group of Indian professionals), I made a point not to do any jokes about being Indian. It still went over well. [as always, emphasis mine]
I don't contest UH2L's point about the act going over well--hell, I'm sure the entire 5 minutes was an absolute laugh-riot. However, the question I'd like to ask UH2L is: why are you so afraid to make fun of yourself? There has to be only like 50,000 things funny about being Indian, if you could only recognize them since you're obviously humor-retarded. Talk about the red dot on the forehead. Talk about arranged marrages. Talk about the cow thing. Hell, I don't know--I'm not Indian!
But I do know this: with this garbage, you're not doing anything to combat the stereotype of the placid, boring Indian programmer-type, who's got about as much personality as a 3x5' piece of drywall.
For christ's sake man, grow a pair of stones.
June 2nd, 2006 at 3:07 pm
Thanks for the write-up and the blog traffic. It’s a compliment that you spent so much time writing about my post. I won’t stoop to the level of dedicating a whole post to make fun of another blogger. I don’t mind stand-up comedians talking about their ethnicity, quirks, or sexual orientation, but not for the whole routine. Yes, I have no personality and I’m not funny. (See, I just made fun of myself.) If you read more of my blog, you would know that I don’t fit the stereotype of a boring Indian programmer. You would also find out that I have a much better blog than yours.
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Thanks again.
June 2nd, 2006 at 3:13 pm
“Thanks so much for the write-up and the blog traffic.”
I take it all back, you’re hilarious. That’s the funniest thing i’ve read all day. What, did you get like 3 hits?
–booj
ps: “You would also find out that I have a much better blog than yours. ” You’re right there. I don’t have a fabulous clock on my blog.
June 2nd, 2006 at 3:47 pm
Dude, the Dice-man is WICKED funny. RECOGNIZE.
June 2nd, 2006 at 4:03 pm
nt, how are you dear?
Thanks for helping me make fun of this horribly unfunny Indian. You totally know it’s because I’m racist, right? (That is actually the real reason I don’t find Cho funny as well)
–booj
June 2nd, 2006 at 7:11 pm
I designed the clock myself, pixel by pixel. The fact that I only got 5 visits from your blog proves that few people read it compared to the traffic I get. And, by adding a link to my blog from yours, you make the rank of my blog better so thanks for that too.
You are so cool because you use the word ‘fuck’ and make fun of people to give yourself some self esteem. I had a feeling you were racist, but I didn’t want to say it. Oh well, good luck accomplishing something in life and I truly hope you get over your depression or drug addiction or whatever you had. (I mean that in a good way). I’ll track traffic to my site as I always do but I won’t be back.
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:03 pm
Hello Atul (I just realized that that’s your name at the bottom of your posts):
Well then, color my face White and Proud, but blushing a little bit (but still White). White power!
Like I said, funniest thing I read all day. Atul 1, boojit 0.
Curses! Damn it…he’s right! When people Google “most unfunny Hindu on the planet,” you’ll probably be at or near the top of the list now. Atul 2, boojit 0.
Ok see, now this is where you really get me. Yeah, I attacked the stance you took on standup in your blog. Unprovoked. …Well, that’s not exactly true. See, when I ran into your blog (completely by happenstance), and read that post, it really irritated me. Your argument basically boils down to “I only think intelligent humor is funny, and what’s intelligent humor is stuff that I find funny (because I’m intelligent). If somebody laughs at something I find low-brow, then that person is by default less intelligent than me and I am therefore superior.”
In short, you’re an arrogant, short-sighted, mean-spirited twerp.
And then there’s this: why is it ok for you to publicly assail your stand-up comedy peers (well, you may consider them peers, but I doubt they’d see you as such)–unprovoked, i might add–on your blog, yet it’s somehow mean and ugly when I publicly assail one of my blogging peers, on my blog. You see the hypocracy here?
You still didn’t say it, because you’re a pussy. See, unlike your post, where you manage to not only smarmily insult other stand-up comedians but their audience as well; I didn’t sugarcoat it and get all passive-aggressive and try to be nice to you while at the same time letting you know I think you suck. Instead, I came right at you with both barrels. You could learn something from that, pussy. Point to me then? That’s Atul 2, boojit 1.
Man, you were in the lead, and now you wanna forfeit? Boojit wins by default. I take no pride in this victory, but there you go.
–booj
June 3rd, 2006 at 1:39 am
I just can’t get over the traffic tracking thing.
June 3rd, 2006 at 7:52 pm
i conclude HILARIOUS.
June 15th, 2006 at 9:50 am
What’s wrong with you people?
July 6th, 2006 at 12:15 am
Wow, that is one ugly indian.
July 18th, 2006 at 3:45 pm
I’m new here but I just wanted to say traffic is the the very lifeblood for any Netizen and if you don’t value your traffic as much as say an unfunny Indian then maybe you should go read a book instead?
October 31st, 2007 at 5:27 am
Why can’t he say he doesn’t like shit-talking comedians on his blog? I can understand that. Does he have to agree with your ‘testosterone positive’ perspective? Why? I don’t share UH2L’s opinion personally, but I can relate I suppose.
Hickory Dickory dock,
your blog is full of dumb talk,
Just shit talking about people
fighting for your own ego.
You don’t understand when someone says
they won’t stoop to your level
means you ain’t the highest on the ladder,
or the brightest kid in the class.
It’s the intellectual way of sayin’ you’re an ass.
Maybe he’s be un-funny, but do you think typing “get some stones” is funny? Or constantly pointing out that he’s indian, while you’re … ignorant.
So I think the dude UH2L has a point — AND he has some style. Maybe you need to learn something from him, mr big balls?
February 1st, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Hello. And Bye. :)
March 20th, 2009 at 8:00 am
very intresting
January 14th, 2010 at 10:38 am
racist