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So called comedian Dave Longley came a cropper in a club in Liverpool last weekend when he made a sick joke about missing madelaine mcanne and shooting victim rhys Jones. the comic comented that parents who put their children in everton tops are asking for their kids to be knocked off. after the room went silent as people realised what he had said he beat a fast retreat and got out of there. representatives from this and other clubs have suggested to mr longley that he should never return to liverpool if he valued his life.
good on yer liverpool this mans a first rate T.W.A.Tffs what an eejit !
I actually thought it was quite funny. :oops:
I can understand why people were offended by it though.Comedy, humour, jokes, call it what you will. Has no boundries, so i don’t see these jokes as a problem personally, would they of been so p!ssed off had he made some manc jokes like those, or even about colin mccrae, i think not.
@anita Gofradump wrote:
Comedy, humour, jokes, call it what you will. Has no boundries, so i don’t see these jokes as a problem personally, would they of been so p!ssed off had he made some manc jokes like those, or even about colin mccrae, i think not.
I have to agree with that
Humour is subjective, theres no universal right or wrong as much as many cling desperately to their moral highground trying to claim there is
Things like this just arent types of humour some people get or find funny but which will be a humourous distraction from the darker side of an issue for someone else
@ubermik wrote:
@anita Gofradump wrote:
Comedy, humour, jokes, call it what you will. Has no boundries, so i don’t see these jokes as a problem personally, would they of been so p!ssed off had he made some manc jokes like those, or even about colin mccrae, i think not.
I have to agree with that
Humour is subjective, theres no universal right or wrong as much as many cling desperately to their moral highground trying to claim there is
Things like this just arent types of humour some people get or find funny but which will be a humourous distraction from the darker side of an issue for someone else
Humour may be subjective by its very nature but the sign of a good comedian is to understand their audience and tailor the comedic presentation to the level of said audience.
It says something about a comedian’s judgement when he makes jokes in Liverpool about Ryhs Jones and Maddie McCann- why didnt he go for all 3 and include one about Hillsborough!
@slayer wrote:
@ubermik wrote:
@anita Gofradump wrote:
Comedy, humour, jokes, call it what you will. Has no boundries, so i don’t see these jokes as a problem personally, would they of been so p!ssed off had he made some manc jokes like those, or even about colin mccrae, i think not.
I have to agree with that
Humour is subjective, theres no universal right or wrong as much as many cling desperately to their moral highground trying to claim there is
Things like this just arent types of humour some people get or find funny but which will be a humourous distraction from the darker side of an issue for someone else
Humour may be subjective by its very nature but the sign of a good comedian is to understand their audience and tailor the comedic presentation to the level of said audience.
It says something about a comedian’s judgement when he makes jokes in Liverpool about Ryhs Jones and Maddie McCann- why didnt he go for all 3 and include one about Hillsborough!
This is true. I remember Billy Connelly tried a 9/11 one in New York! The audience went a bit silent.
Yes, the guys only got himself to blame for not anticipating the reaction in Liverpool.Yep. There’s a time and a place for all humour. He should have known better than to think it would have been taken as it was meant. It says a lot for his comical judgment doesnt it.
@slayer wrote:
@ubermik wrote:
@anita Gofradump wrote:
Comedy, humour, jokes, call it what you will. Has no boundries, so i don’t see these jokes as a problem personally, would they of been so p!ssed off had he made some manc jokes like those, or even about colin mccrae, i think not.
I have to agree with that
Humour is subjective, theres no universal right or wrong as much as many cling desperately to their moral highground trying to claim there is
Things like this just arent types of humour some people get or find funny but which will be a humourous distraction from the darker side of an issue for someone else
Humour may be subjective by its very nature but the sign of a good comedian is to understand their audience and tailor the comedic presentation to the level of said audience.
It says something about a comedian’s judgement when he makes jokes in Liverpool about Ryhs Jones and Maddie McCann- why didnt he go for all 3 and include one about Hillsborough!
Cant see the link with maddie, arent they from liecester which is nowhere near liverpool?
No idea where the rhys kid is from (would have guessed wales for some reason lol) but as the two were conjunctively commented on it does read as tho each is equally related to the town, which the mcanns arent in the slightest as far as I am aware
And anyway, much humour is only actually humour WHEN its aimed at the audience, its a pretty common aspect of a stand up comics act to ask people where they are from, what job they do et al and make a quip about it same as many holiday comedians will make jokes about the majorative nationality
So even the “should have known the target audience” comment has two sides to it, but nobody is a mind reader at the end of the day
Some people will laugh at themselves other people get a bargepole up their arse about it
Sounds like he should be made persona non grata in the comedy world alongside the late Bernard Manning, Jim Davidson and Billy Connolly (after his sick joke about murdered hostage Ken Bigley)
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