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weapon of the weak.
that we make jokes about.
bosses. We make jokes about
death. You know, when I
was in the army we made
jokes about our commanders.
they could just order us to do
whatever they wanted us to do.
- Nazi jokes, easy.
- Making fun of bad people,
easy. Making fun of good
people,
about the act of the Holocaust
in general, and the event,
is really difficult.
Do you have a Holocaust joke,
do you have a Holocaust joke
Gee, I dont know any
Holocaust jokes.
Do you know any
Holocaust jokes?
No. I cant go there. I cant
I personally,
who has done a musical
called The Inquisition,
being dunked in
water and tortured
I cannot go there.
Well, to me, you dont
have a Holocaust joke.
You have a joke about dating,
you have a joke about politics,
you have... the jokes always
about something else
for me
something else, and
then the punchline
is the shocker.
Thats when you mention
Hitler, or the Holocaust
or, you know.
Auschwitz is a funny punchline
not a funny topic, but
a funny punchline.
You dont want to walk
out on stage and go,
everybody?
Lets talk about Auschwitz!
Thats not gonna fly.
No ones getting laid
after that show.
A great joke
really does trump all rules.
But its got to
be a great joke,
and the higher the stakes
how good the joke has to be.
It has to be funny,
line, you better be funny!
Of course it has to be funny!
Otherwise its not a joke.
A joke about a
mother-in-law can be
that good and pass muster.
But a joke about this
stuff has to be like,
you know,
youre ashamed that
you laughed at it,
but youre laughing
because its like,
you cant
help yourself.
So,
Ill never forget, I actually
did have this thought,
and comedians do have these
thoughts
that go really overboard, and I
thought,
Could I ever tell anyone this?
And Im thinking, If I
had this thought someone
else mustve had this thought.
But I was at
one point
watching footage
of one of the concentration
camps being liberated
on one
of the history,
you know, World War II
channels.
And so Im watching
this video of
a concentration camp
being liberated
and I actually thought
to myself, Now
If I was standing on line
naked for the gas chambers
would I hold my stomach in?
- I have a joke in
my act now about
making love to my girlfriend,
and shes so beautiful I always
have an orgasm too fast.
And I said, Well, what
if we had a code word,
something you whisper
in my ear to make me
forget about having an orgasm,
just to last a little longer.
And she said, Well what do you
want your code word to be?
And I just thought of the worst
thing I could think of and said,
I dont know, just
say, Holocaust.
And the next day were
making love in the morning,
and shes so beautiful and
Im about to have an orgasm
and suddenly she
whispers in my ear,
she says, I cant believe
those poor six million Jews
who died in the ovens at
Auschwitz.
And I was like, What the
hell are you talking about?
I didnt want a Wikipedia
printout right now!
Oh,
this should be good, Sarah
Silverman
on the Holocaust
I always know when its
Hitlers birthday.
They announce it on
Entertainment Tonight.
Right before they go to
commercial you see a silhouette
and then they say,
This man is responsible for the
deaths of six million Jews.
Is it Ted Danson?
Patrick Duffy?
My lesbian niece, their
whole family is very Jewy,
and she called me up
and she was like,
Aunt Sarah,
did you know that Hitler
And I
corrected her and I
said,
Ya know, I think, um,
I think hes responsible
for killing
six million Jews.
And she said Oh
yeah, six million,
I knew that, but seriously, I
mean, whats the difference?
The difference is,
sixty million is
unforgivable, young lady.
- Is six million forgivable?
- Well, thats the joke.
- I believe
that the Holocaust would
have never happened.
I do. Or, not to Jews.
Maybe true.
how far
are comics
allowed to go?
Are they allowed to go as
far as Sarah Silverman?
AWARD CEREMONY AND
PEOPLE CLAPPING:
Finally, a Lifetime Achievement
Award for Mel Brooks.
Wow! What an elegant
way to say,
Hey! Lets wrap it up.
LAUGHTER:
She made a joke about
the Holocaust.
- What do the Jews hate
most about the Holocaust?
- What?
- The cost!
LAUGHTER:
SIGHS:
I couldnt, you know
SIGHS:
I did laugh, I have
to admit I laughed.
But maybe the time has
come
for that joke,
and it works.
I dont think that 25
years ago
that joke probably wouldve
gotten the biggest whoa!
of all time.
- Heidi Klum!
- Wooow
The last time a German
looked this hot
was when they were pushing
Jews into the ovens.
Wow,
wow.
Its funnyI
wouldntve said it!
I couldnt have said it!
It doesnt mean that it
isnt funny.
Even the rhythm is good. But, uh
you know, I dont want to
you know, its
its in terrible taste,
I mean its dreadful.
But
its funny! And
I admire her guts,
I couldnt do it,
I wouldnt do it.
I mean, she was kind of
making fun of the Germans,
I guess?
How about, like, its
just a funny joke
and youre allowed to laugh and
youre allowed to
turn the channel.
So if you dont want
this kind of humor
move along.
Ill take 20th Century
History, Adolf.
- The cause of the
sinking of the Titanic.
PING:
- Uh, what is an iceberg?
No, Im sorry! The correct
response is,
What were the Jews.
- Hello, Mr. Alexander
- This is really inappropriate,
his is offensive!
Im sorry, I cant I
cant follow this.
Im sorry, I cant go on.
- Didnt you do Nazi
stuff on Seinfeld?
That was an entirely
different situation.
has been known to say
that Standards & Practices
helped him make
a funnier show because
you cant
go the easy route.
You were making out
during Schindlers List?!
Its harder to conceptually
contain yourself
within the boundaries
and Seinfeld to me is
the classic example.
Medium turkey chili.
LAUGHTER:
The one regret I do have
of all of the years
at Standards,
is the Soup Nazi.
- I didnt get any bread.
- Just forget it, let it go.
being used as a
very mild pejorative
does trivialize that experience.
And I had no clue at the time
that that would
enter the lexicon
the way that it has.
I dont see the
society collapsing
as a result of the Soup Nazi.
- No soup for you!
Thats Larrys skill, to be able
to find the way into a subject
that makes it
palatable to people.
So is that even a
taboo at that point?
You know, thats the question.
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