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The Last Laugh Page #7
who are told theyre
going to go to hell
if they have sex
before marriage
end up being slutty
because its all
pent up, f***ed up sh*t.
MUSIC:
Miss Hitler:
theyre doing a racist
beauty pageant.
There was a list
of what you need
to qualify to
run for Miss Hitler.
Be polite to your
competitors,
and you must hate Jews.
But, you know, Im
always pleased
to see things
like that,
and like to point
to them because
I mean, it would be better
if it didnt exist, but
the fact that it does,
its always nice that its
more than just a
gas in the air,
you know?
Its something you can
point to and see.
I think its more effective
when people can go,
Oh my god, thats awful,
and hilarious.
Its awful hilarious.
Has anybody read that Nazis are
going to March in New Jersey,
you know?
I read this in the newspaper.
We should get down there,
get some guys
together, you know,
get some bricks
and baseball bats
and really explain
things to them.
There was this devastating
satirical piece on that
on the op-ed page of Times.
It is devastating.
the Times is one thing,
really gets right to the point.
is always better
than physical force.
always better with Nazis.
Its hard to satirize a
guy with shiny boots.
DRUM:
PEOPLE SHOUTING:
Goodbye Jews! Goodbye Jews!
Goodbye Jews!
I know how movies are made, so I
know somewhere there is a tape
AUDIENCE LAUGHING
trying really hard,
AUDIENCE LAUGHINg
trying to get the
goodbye Jews part.
Hi my name is Anne Marie
and Im with William Morris,
Goodbye Jews,
AUDIENCE LAUGHING
Goodbye Jews.
OK, next.
And then comes the
girl whos amazing,
and her mother has
prepared her for months,
she knows how to
walk in the room:
Hi my name is Louise
and I am really
happy to meet you!
The sun will come
out, tomorrow!
Bet your
We just need the line,
actually.
Oh, Im sorry.
GOODBYE JEWS! GOODBYE JEWS!
AUDIENCE LAUGHING
I love when people say,
How could you make
jokes?
Dont you realize what a
ragic situation that is,
how horrible that is?
Arent
you aware that?
And I always go,
Uh, yes, I
am aware of that,
jokes stem from.
go over the line?
Yeah Im sure that there are.
You know, uhm,
But I dont know if my kids
will consider it over the line.
I have no line. I mean
I think its a case-bycase
basis.
My line is, really,
as a comedian, thats my line.
Maybe its being a
parent, whatever it is,
theres just nothing
about child molestatio
n or rape that I find funny.
I just dont find it funny.
Somebody can
make it funny
Theres no worse life
available to a human
than being a caught
child molester.
And yet they still do it!
Which you can only
really surmise
that it must be really good.
I mean, from their
point of view.
AUDIENCE GROANS:
From theirnot oursbut
it must be amazing
for them to risk
so much.
Oh, some people dont like
you to talk like that,
some people like to shut you
You know that, lots of people,
lots of groups in this country
want to tell you how to talk
want to tell you what you
cant talk about.
can talk about something
but you cant joke about it.
Say you cant joke about
something cause its not funny.
Comedians run into that
sh*t all the time.
where Elaine buys a gun.
We cast it,
sets,
and NBC said, You
cant make that show.
That was more
controversial to them
than the masturbation episode,
the idea that Elaine
would go and buy a gun
to protect herself at that time,
which was in the early 90s.
Ironically still extremely
relevant today,
you know.
And one of the reasons
its relevant,
one of the reasons
its still taboo,
is because it really
hasnt been dealt with,
it hasnt been
delved into.
I dont know, I think it
horrific.
Like 9/11?
Not funny.
Is that you?
Its, uh,
its Eddie Silverman,
hes my, uh, brother-in-law.
He, uh,
he died on September
11th.
Oh my gosh.
Oh, Im so sorry.
Yeah, terrible.
He was in the building?
No, no, he was uptown
on 57th Street.
He got hit by a bike messenger.
You know, you had a desperate
feeling after 9/11 that
comedy was over.
No one in my generation
had experienced that.
And I even called my manager,
Bernie Brillstein at the time,
and hes a Hollywood legend,
and he was sort of
speechless, he didnt
know where to go.
And when the old people
dont know what to do
you start to get nervous.
There was a weird feeling
like, Ooh therell never
be comedy ever again.
Sounds crazy now, but
that was the feeling
9/12, 9/13, 9/14, 9/15.
Like:
gigs were cancelled
It was like being a
pilot after 9/11
in a way, where you were like,
Am I out of work? Are
we going to fly again?
Saturday Night Live cancelled
Im just a viewer at this point
and their first live show back
they had Giuliani on,
and I remember Lorne
looking at him,
and he says, Are we
allowed to be funny?
Why start now?
AUDIENCE LAUGHS:
Lornes asking that
was so in the moment.
Had enough time passed?
Live! From...
Clearly not enough
time had passed.
But the laugh that it
got was such a release.
It was cathartic and healing.
WATER RUNNING:
Bernard used to make the
morning coffee for me.
Ever since he died,
I sleep with the television on.
And I remember I woke up
early in the morning
I heard the commentator saying
a plane just hit
one of the towers.
I couldnt believe... I was
needless to say, and
I thought to myself,
things that are happening
today in the world.
You know, I just came
back from Rwanda.
also, just unimaginable.
We think the Holocaust
was the worst thing
that ever
happened.
The fact is that,
you know, the Holocaust
lasted twelve years.
six million Jews
were murdered
in the Holocaust.
In Rwanda,
within four months,
murdered.
So, you know, if
And this is after
the Holocaust,
when we keep saying
Never again?
So thats where
we are.
APPLAUSE:
Now we got the Freedom Tower
from the Freedom Tower
to the Never Going
In There Tower.
AUDIENCE LAUGHING
Because Im never
going in there.
AUDIENCE LAUGHING
In the same spot they
put another skyscraper?
Does this building duck?
AUDIENCE LAUGHS:
What were they thinking?
Whos the corporate
sponsor, Target?
AUDIENCE LAUGHS:
Subjects come up that are
seemingly inappropriate
for comedy,
most interesting to explore.
If you can find humor
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