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Sooz Kempner@soozuk.bsky.social |
Remember the good old days of comedy where people didn't get OFFENDED by everything and Lenny Bruce got arrested for swearing, Mary Whitehouse had a platform for years on end, the Christian right bullied a cancer charity in to refusing a donation from Jerry Springer the Opera...
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@rollerskater.bsky.social
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Every time I remember that Mary Whitehouse is dead, I have to smile
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WolfLawyer
@wolflawyer.bsky.social
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Remember when BBC radio refused to play My Generation by The Who because it was offensive to stutterers?
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SonnyBee ❤️🐝🌎
@sonnybeez.bsky.social
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There will never be a comedian better than Rodney Dangerfield.
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Teresa M
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The Life of Brian (and I think maybe Monty Python in general?) was entirely banned in Italy.
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Cristen
@cristencaine.bsky.social
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Yeah it's so sad you just couldn't make comedy which might offend someone these days, all you get is boring, clean comedy with no swearing, sex, violence, or controversial subject matter, like Derry Girls, What We Do In The Shadows, Motherland, This Country, Man Like Mobeen...
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dal
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🤣
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HenoriusBooticus #FBPE 🇪🇺
@sanchopanzasmule.bsky.social
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She even tried to get the moors murders off......
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Sooz Kempner
@soozuk.bsky.social
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George Carlin was arrested for swearing, companies pulled their ads when Ellen DeGeneres's character came out as gay on their sitcom, Laura Dern had trouble getting work after playing a lesbian on Ellen, Life of Brian screenings were suppressed throughout the UK and banned in Ireland....
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Dr Seán DOOLAN
@sdinpraxis.bsky.social
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And your previous post swore about the weather. Instant ban by the wholesome Jim Davidson and Co. 😄
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Jaunty Art
@jauntyart.bsky.social
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Thought of another one. Julian Clary’s career was torpedoed for his Norman Lamont joke
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No, like Chaucer
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Sure but was Lenny Bruce ever CANCELLED on social media? Checkmate.
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Judith Butlerian Jihad
@xanindigo.bsky.social
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The everpresent irony that the ones who complain about people being "offended" are always the ones taking offence.
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Fungus the Boogieman
@goatfellboy.bsky.social
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That’s why they call it the Good Old Days - it doesn’t include the Bad Old Days - two totally separate times (in certain people’s heads) “Everything used to be so much simpler” “How old were you?” “Six”
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Simon
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Oh God, Mary Whitehouse. What a piece of work she was. She pretty much singlehandedly got the showrunner fired from Doctor Who (sorry, "promoted sideways") thanks to her constant complaining.
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