no subject is off limits, and it is up to the comedian s intelligence to make that funny. but, for me, i have always found it very hard to get humour out of terrible human suffering. i remember getting into an argument with another comedian where on 9/1! there was a show at the comedy store and a phone went off in the audience, this is on the 11th of september 2001, and the comedian said, oh, my god, oh, no, that is not the 110th floor again. and it was making fun of people who were on the 110th floor who were roasting alive. and i remember thinking, that s not a very good joke. and the other comedian was saying, yeah, but he is trying to deal with the situation. and i just thought that is trying to make light of someone burning alive, so i personally, that is a little red line for me. i don t even go there. but for me, that is the red line. i am just interested. i may mangle it, i probably will because i am not good atjoke telling, but there is one joke of yours which i recall which i
the 110th floor again. and it was making fun of people who were on the 110th floor who were roasting alive. and i remember thinking, that s not a very good joke. and the other comedian was saying, yeah, but he is trying to deal with the situation. and i just thought that is trying to make light of someone burning alive, so i personally, that is a little red line for me. i don t even go there. but for me, that is the red line. i am just interested. i may mangle it, i probably will because i am not good atjoke telling, but there is one joke of yours which i recall which i wonder whether in retrospect you might think. 0h, he is getting hard on me now, i love this. it was a line you said about an iranian listening to a joke about an irishman, an englishman, and a scotsman, the classic setupjoke for an english audience, and the iranians didn t get it, you said, because to him, that was just a hostage situation. yeah, thejoke is in britain, an englishman, an irishman, and a scotsman that i
and it is up to the comedian s intelligence to make that funny. but, for me, i have always found it very hard to get humour out of terrible human suffering. i remember getting into an argument with another comedian where on 9/11 there was a show at the comedy store and a phone went off in the audience, this is on the 11th of september 2001, and the comedian said, oh, my god, oh, no, that is not the 110th floor again. and it was making fun of people who were on the 110th floor who were roasting alive. and i remember thinking, that is not a very good joke. and the other comedian was saying, yeah, but he is trying to deal with the situation. and i just thought that is trying to make light of someone burning alive, so i personally, that is a little red line for me. i don t even go there. but for me, that is the redline. i am just interested. i may mangle it, i probably will because i am not good atjoke telling,