Bill Maher is, of course a liberal. However, he is at least (mostly) an honest one and, he calls out things as they are. Even on the woke left.
If you don’t get a good laugh out of some of this 9 minute monologue as I did well, I guess you need a cocktail! 😉
Submitted by Hardscrabble Farmer
Guest Post by Martin Armstrong
I remember going to see Donald Rickles (1926–2017) at the Latin Casino back in the day. There wasn’t a race, gender, or religion he left untouched. But he always simply exploited the differences in a humorous manner. Back then, if you could not laugh at yourself, you were considered unsociable and something was wrong with you. Today, the left seems to have flipped everything upside-down for now if something is offensive to say, then you are not allowed to say it, and everything seems offensive to someone, even calling your parents father and mother.
Guest Post by Hardscrabble Farmer
Whenever people find out that I spent a good part of my adult life earning my living as a stand up comic their perception of me changes. Like being a veteran they assume certain things about me; that I should be funnier than I am, that I can tell them a joke if they ask, that I must know current celebrities even though I haven’t been in the business for more than 15 years. It’s not a fact that I hide, but it isn’t one that comes out in casual conversation either. Usually there will be a relevant story that requires me to divulge that fact, like how I met my wife, but for the most part it something that doesn’t come up all that often and I tend to think of myself in terms of the present rather than in the accomplishments of the past.
There is always a look of incredulity that follows disclosure, like they can’t believe that I was ever anything else before I became a farmer, or that someone who comes across as serious could ever have a sense of humor. I do have a sense of humor, but like my physical strength I try and conserve what little I have left to share with my family. I’m becoming found of the taciturn version of myself that most people encounter. The other day as I was backing the pickup truck out of a tight spot my youngest son asked me why I was so mad. I wasn’t and the question caught me by surprise.
“Why do you think I’m mad?” I asked him.
“That look on your face.” he said as he tried to duplicate it.
I smiled when I realized that every time I have to turn my head too far to the left or right, I grimace.
“That’s the face I make when I’m backing up.” I told him. “Like the face people make when they’re surprised.” And then I made a surprised face and he laughed. “If I make the surprised face the next time I’m looking back, that means we’re about to hit something.” He laughed harder.
Do you really believe Stucky is German? Stucky is funny. Germans are not funny. Can you name a single German comedian? I thought not. (Austrians=Germans).