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Sen. Walter Sobchak

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10. I was introduced to his stuff when I was spending a lot of time in South Africa for work

Reply to el_bryanto (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2015, 04:21 PM

Mar 2015

There is no working comedian today, male or female of any ethnicity they could have come up with who wouldn't have upset the professionally outraged.

If I recall correctly Jon Stewart's 90's standup would definitely be considered at the very least insensitive. I recall jokes about the special olympics and use of the "other" f-word.

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How much of Trevor Noah's Comedy (new host of the Daily Show) have you been Exposed to? [View all] el_bryanto Mar 2015 OP

Never heard of him before today. n/t FSogol Mar 2015 #1

Me either. cwydro Mar 2015 #3

Apparently he's the new Pol Pot. FSogol Mar 2015 #5

Well, I wouldn't know lol. cwydro Mar 2015 #7

I watched a couple of his specials last year and a documentary on him a month or 2 ago. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2015 #2

Hey. At least MSNBC didn't hire him to do a knock-off at 10PM eastern HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #4

Saw some clips on Youtube over the past couple of days from various performances. arcane1 Mar 2015 #6

Wasn't he in "Von Ryan's Express?" Scurrilous Mar 2015 #8

None until now. PeteSelman Mar 2015 #9

I was introduced to his stuff when I was spending a lot of time in South Africa for work Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2015 #10

true - Stewart used to be a bit of a pig in the 90s Adenoid_Hynkel Mar 2015 #12

Last year: "Jon Stewart cursed me out: I dared question a �Daily Show� warm-up comic�s racist jokes" Chathamization Apr 2015 #13

I watched an hour long special of his on Netflix last night Bjorn Against Mar 2015 #11