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To be gutted at the DVD of comedian Stu Francis?

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MargaretGraceBondfield · 08/01/2011 10:11

So sat with DH looking forward to watching Stu Francis, I think he's very funny and inoffensive.

So it was joke a minute for about half an hour and then bombshell: He told a joke about rape victims, something about rapists not being able to take no for an answer (He's a one liner comedian and so brilliant word play) and so I thought well the word play is funny, but content was a bit off. Then he told a joke about rape victims, along the lines of if they don't think it's funny, fuck 'em. Now I'm uncomfortable. Still watching. Then he says 'I was in an elevator with a spastic.....ooops sorry I know that's the wrong word, lift'

I'm still stupidly thinking perhaps this is more about the language, benefit of the doubt.

And then (sorry) he repeatedly says 'retard' and proceeds to talk like someone with severe special needs. At this point I thought that he was definitely a stupid twat.

AIBU to think that there are endless things that are funny in this world and we do not have to laugh at rape victims or people with special needs or disability?

Sorry if this topic has been done to death, but I was so shocked by another comedian taking cheap shots that I had to raise this.

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MargaretGraceBondfield · 08/01/2011 10:16

Can anyone name a genuinely funny and inoffensive comedian?

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AnyFuleKno · 08/01/2011 10:17

Ugh how crass. I'd take the DVD back to the shop for a refund. He doesn't deserve your money

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MargaretGraceBondfield · 08/01/2011 10:19

I hadn't even thought of that. Bought it from amazon, may just give it a review.

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McHobbes · 08/01/2011 10:20

Yes, I can....Bill Bailey.....hilarious and completely non offensive.
Also Eddie Izzard!

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MargaretGraceBondfield · 08/01/2011 10:25

I have left a frank review.

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MargaretGraceBondfield · 08/01/2011 10:26

I love Bill, went to see him at his coming home gig.....and always loved Eddie, the only man I've ever fancied in a dress!!

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MargaretGraceBondfield · 08/01/2011 10:34

And I like Michael McIntire

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Rocket100 · 08/01/2011 10:37

MGB - are you me in disguise?!? I, too, love BB, Eddie, and MM.

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MargaretGraceBondfield · 08/01/2011 10:40

Are you gorgeous? If so, no I'm not youGrin.

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ShowOfHands · 08/01/2011 10:42

Bill and Eddie yes.

Also love...

Russell Howard
Ross Noble
Jon Richardson
John Bishop
Sarah Millican
Ed Byrne
Steve Hughes

bronze · 08/01/2011 10:44

I love BB too.
The ones that people really find funny do end up being the ones who ar eless offensive. there is hope

snowyweather · 08/01/2011 10:47

Eddie Izzard and Bill Cosby.

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MargaretGraceBondfield · 08/01/2011 10:47

Show.....Brilliant! Yes I love all of them.

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pagwatch · 08/01/2011 10:49

Yes Bill and Eddie.

We got tickets for Armstrong and miller for dhs birthday. They are fab too.

( cept I couldn't go in the end. Boo)

WimpleOfTheBallet · 08/01/2011 10:53

There are some proper idiots out there in my opinon. I've worked on comedy teams with BBC Radio 4...and the rule of thumb was that if the audience did a hushed "oooh" kind of noise..sharply drawn in breath... then it's a bad joke. Laughter is laughter. Laughing at rape victms and people with disabilities just isn't funny.

People like Julia Davies who wrote and starred in Nighty Night had it perfectly...she had a scene with an MS sufferer in a wheelchair...the lead character Jill, hated this woman and accidentally-on-pupose let go of her wheelchair at the top of a hill...that was funny...we were laughing at Jill and her wickedness not at the woman with MS because she was disabled and was plummeting down a hill.

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MargaretGraceBondfield · 08/01/2011 11:05

I also had the pleasure of Ricky Gervais who used the word mong and then used another 10 minutes of his act to justify using the word which no longer means mongoloid/someone with Downs. I just sat there thinking 'just don't use the word' if it needs a huge justification. It's pretty simple isn't it, words are not just about intent.

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MargaretGraceBondfield · 08/01/2011 11:05

insert Hmm where appropriate, I forgot!

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ShowOfHands · 08/01/2011 11:26

I cannot stand Ricky Gervais. I still don't understand what's funny about him. He makes my teeth itch. You can add Jimmy Carr and Frankie Boyle to that pile too.

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MargaretGraceBondfield · 08/01/2011 11:28

I used to really really like RG, loved the office and extras, but his consistent aren't I brilliant act was rather wearing. And it ceased to be funny and just believable.

I really think the comedy tide is changing and this current crop of 'shock' comedians will have had their day.

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1percentawake · 08/01/2011 11:31

We went to see Stewart Francis live. He told all those jokes and I was upset (I have a DD with CP so especially hurtful Sad). Such a shame because most of it was funny. Spoiled the evening for me.

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MargaretGraceBondfield · 08/01/2011 11:59

Stewart Francis Blush excuse my spelling!!

I just had him pinned as a funny wordsmith and had no idea that he was going to be offensive.

Just noticed the DVD is a 15Shock.

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RobF · 08/01/2011 12:07

Is this the Stu Francis who used to present Crackajack?

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MargaretGraceBondfield · 08/01/2011 12:07

Yes Stu is!! The person I was meant to be talking about is Stewart Francis!!

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southeastastra · 08/01/2011 12:08

the crush a grape man? oh how the mighty have fallen - he was annoying then thinking about it

southeastastra · 08/01/2011 12:10

oh it's a differnt stu francis, sorry stu Confused