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Jim Jeffries - Bringing guns to a drone fight #jimjeffries #bare #standupcomedy #standup #comedy

Tumblr made me think about US-Americans and guns. I haven't done that since twitter ceased to be culturally relevant. Bad tumblr, no!

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I'M ALIVE, I'M FINALLY FCKING ALIVE AGAIN 🙌🙌🙌🙌

THERE HE IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE 🥰

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Let's say — hypothetically — someone DOES NOT want to support Netflix, but DOES want to watch some of their stand-up comedy specials.

.............

Like, is there a cure for that?

I've heard about resources for lots of different kinds of streaming content. Movies, anime, TV series, whatever. It's crazy how much y'all have found out there on the webz.

Never seen ANY resource like those for stand-up comedy, though. Which is interesting.

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This is Jack Johnson with his wife Etta Terry Duryea. Johnson, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first African-American Heavyweight champion. Find out more about Johnson’s story below 👇👇

Jack Johnson was the son of ex-slaves and the third of 9 children. His debut came at the age of 20 where he fought – and knocked out – Charley Brooks, winning him a purse of just $1.50. As Johnson made more of a name for himself, he was unable to challenge for the heavyweight crown as the current title holder Jim Jeffries refused to fight him; something that was common within the boxing world in that era.

As time went on, and due to Johnson’s obvious skill as well as his bravado and popularity, a chance at the heavyweight title was on the horizon. Johnson made a point to follow the new heavyweight champion Tommy Burns around the globe, taunting him in front of the press for a duration of 2 years, until he finally provoked a match. This title fight occurred in 1908 in Sydney, Australia and the fight was only agreed on by Burns as he was guaranteed a large purse of $30,000. The police stepped in at the 14th round and stopped the fight, with Johnson being declared the winner.

This moment flared up racial animosity, with a portion of whites calling for a “Great White Hope” to take the title from Johnson. The New York Times itself even wrote "If the black man wins, thousands and thousands of his ignorant brothers will misinterpret his victory as justifying claims to much more than mere physical equality with their white neighbors”. Famously during this racial animosity, Winston Churchill banned a scheduled fight in England, as well as the entrance of Johnson. Whether due to public pressure, or the possibility of a black man beating an English soldier in the heart of the British Empire, Churchill declared that Johnson’s fight was “not in the best interests of the nation”. This clearly had a large effect on Johnson, who previously thought of England as the bastion of civilisation, but later stated that the British were hypocrites and no better than Americans.

In 1910, Johnson finally got his chance to fight Jim Jeffries in what was dubbed “the fight of the century”. This was a humbling moment for Jeffries who, after the loss, declared “I could never have whipped Johnson at my best”.

Johnson also faced persecution in his life outside of boxing. Notably, he was arrested in 1912 for violating the Mann Act – jurisdiction that forbade “transporting women across state lines for immoral purposes” – after travelling with his white girlfriend Lucille Cameron. Though this case fell apart, Johnson was later arrested for similar reasons due to his relationship with Belle Schreiber, a relationship that occurred before the Mann Act even existed. In front of an all-white jury, with Kenesaw Landis presiding over the case (the man who fought for disallowing black baseball players, known as the baseball color line), Schreiber testified against Johnson and he was sentenced to prison. Johnson skipped bail and fled with his wife to France. For seven years, they lived in exile across Europe, South America and Mexico, until finally he surrendered himself at the Mexican border. 

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My Top 10 Favourite Angry Comedians

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My Top 10 Favourite Angry Comedians

One of the things that appeals to me about comedy is that comedians get to tell the truth. Especially about the things that piss them off. Many comedians adopt an angry schtick which gives the rest of us permission to deal with our own internalised rage vicariously.

Here are some of my favourite angry comedians:

1. Doug Mulray

I grew up listening to Uncle Doug on Triple-M in Sydney. I found him hilarious and suspect his sense of humour was forged in his youth because he had a great face for radio. His song I’m A Punk was undoubtedly unconscious inspiration for my own single Everything Is Fucked many years later:

My other favourite was Janie’s not a nun:

2. Ricky Gervais

I suspect it was Ricky’s frustration with religious beliefs that led him to write movie The Invention Of Lying. It’s one of the best commentaries of theology I’ve come across. His routines about the literal interpretation of The Bible are also pretty spot on:

3. Bill Burr

The modern brand of sexist feminism clearly pisses Bill off. He doesn’t suffer fools gladly and refuses to bow down to unreasonable demands just because the person making them is a woman. You can’t argue with his rationalisation of the gender pay gap:

Bill’s bit about radical feminist attitudes to the otherwise unfunny subject of domestic violence is also a hilarious reality check:

4. Lewis Black

Lewis voiced the inner voice of Anger in the movie Inside Out, and he was perfect for the role. He regularly reads hilarious rants supplied by the audience at the end of his gigs and broadcasts them live on his YouTube channel. His reading of this rant about Mormons is hilarious:

5. Larry David

Larry’s social awkwardness seems to be the driving force behind a lot of his comedy. Despite his huge success with Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm he says he’s still unable to walk up to attractive women and talk to them. It took me a long time to get around to watching Curb because I didn’t think an angry dude yelling at people would be funny. Turns out it’s hilarious:

6. Russell Brand

I don’t know if Russell is really angry or is just channeling his excess sexual energy now that he’s in a monogamous marriage. I like how he is using his fame as a platform for positive social change. This MSNBC interview where he turned the tables on the interviewers after they talked about him in the third person is pure gold:

7. George Carlin

Once he adopted the attitude “I don’t give a shit”, George became a fearless social critic. He was particularly critical of religion and what he saw as stupidity in authority figures. His Filthy Words routine challenged censorship all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court:

8. Jim Jefferies

Jim is a fellow Australian whose comedy is sometimes a little too depressive for me. I suspect he could use some serious therapy. However his bit on gun control in the United States absolutely nails it:

9. Rich Hall

Rich often performs as his redneck alter-ego Otis Lee Crenshaw, but it was the song expressing his disappointment with Bob Dylan had me laughing so hard when I first heard it at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival In 2016 that I could hardly breathe:

10. Bill Hicks

I suspect the rage behind Bill’s comedy was fueled by anger at his overly conservative fundamentalist Christian parents. He had little respect for his father and was greatly distrustful of authority figures. Some of his acerbic comedy seemed paradoxical; for instance he spoke positively about his experiences with drugs yet became dependent. He was a heavy smoker and died way too early of pancreatic cancer. Check out his final Letterman appearance that wasn’t broadcast until years after he died:

Bonus: Don Rickles

Don Rickles was the original insult comic. Being picked on by Mr Warmth became a badge of honour in the entertainment industry. Nobody has come close since. I think he was only pretending to be angry but I like his style so he’s here as a bonus. Here’s my favourite line:

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— Jim Jeffries, Best of Late Night

[currentclimate]

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