Conan O'brien Mocks Transsexuals For Easy Laughs
http://www.transadvocate.com/conan-obrien-mocks-transsexuals-for-easy-laughs.htm (http://www.transadvocate.com/conan-obrien-mocks-transsexuals-for-easy-laughs.htm)
Marti Abernathey
8/14/09
As if transsexuals needed any help being stigmatized, Conan O'brien did his part to further negative stereotypes with a comedy sketch portraying transsexauls as mustached strippers.
I did not find this sketch offensive at all. I watch Conan every night and he mocks everybody. Many comics focus on mocking celebrities, but Conan spreads it out. He also does more self-mockery than any other comic. We don't need to be above a little mockery.
However, this sketch didn't even mock transsexuals. It was more mocking of tabloids and himself. Conan was setting up an embarrassing picture of himself to sell to the tabloids. This is a running gag that he does about once a week, so he has to dig deeper every week to come up with something better than the last one.
Conan was setting up a picture of himself being drunk and caught in an embarrasing situation, in this case a strip club. So he has two gorgeous models laying on his table. So he says, "Let's make it more embarrassing," and the sign for the club changes to ->-bleeped-<-s, and the women put on fake mustaches. Even now, it makes me chuckle.
Conan O'Brien was always a less-talented Letterman (http://www.bilerico.com/2009/08/conan_obrien_was_always_a_less-talented_letterman.php)
Yeah whatever. We laugh when they make black and asain jokes so why should this be any different? Its not like he was saying transsexuals are horrible people that dont deserve to live.
Conan O'Brien was always a less-talented Letterman
Yeah that whole routine about Sara Palin's 13 year old having sex with the New York Yankees was real classy.
Quote from: tekla on August 18, 2009, 05:04:20 PM
Conan O'Brien was always a less-talented Letterman
Yeah that whole routine about Sara Palin's 13 year old having sex with the New York Yankees was real classy.
Yeah, but who cares about Sarah Palin? She's probably murdered thousands of wild animals for fun and lols.
And Thats not true. Letterman is an old, bag of jerk and annoying laughing. And for the love of the sun, get a NEW FREAKING TOOTH. I want to knock the rest of them out with a crowbar!
Oh I get it, it's OK to make fun of people we don't like, but not OK to make fun of people we do like.
Wow, how Sara Palin of you - see, you have more in common with her than you think.
Quote from: tekla on August 18, 2009, 05:51:09 PM
Oh I get it, it's OK to make fun of people we don't like, but not OK to make fun of people we do like.
Wow, how Sara Palin of you - see, you have more in common with her than you think.
You're reading WAAAAAY too much into it : ).
Quote from: Kara-Xen on August 18, 2009, 05:44:30 PM
Yeah, but who cares about Sarah Palin? She's probably murdered thousands of wild animals for fun and lols.
And Thats not true. Letterman is an old, bag of jerk and annoying laughing. And for the love of the sun, get a NEW FREAKING TOOTH. I want to knock the rest of them out with a crowbar!
Finally, a girl after my own heart.
Post Merge: August 24, 2009, 11:01:04 PM
Quote from: Kara-Xen on August 18, 2009, 06:48:41 PM
You're reading WAAAAAY too much into it : ).
Yeah. I stopped laughing at Letterman decades ago. He became stale before he even moved to 11:00. There is so little spontaneity in his show.