No Need to Apologize!
We've all been watching Joan Rivers for a lot of years.
Quick, what do you think of when her name pops into your head?
The bad face-lifts?
Her banter with her daughter?
The fact that she sat in for Johnny all those years ago?
For me, it's always been about the fact that she'd say anything at any time, she is usually funny, and she has an acid tongue.
That's her job!
She tells jokes.
The jokes sometimes cross the line into bad taste. Yet, she's not a bad lady. She is a joke teller.
Last week she was on the Today Show and she told a joke about her living quarters being smaller than those of the Cleveland hostage and rape victims.
It probably wasn't the right place to deliver that line. The joke is certainly in bad taste, and it's not a joke worth pissing everyone off because it isn't that funny, but it's a joke nonetheless, right?
Wrong. Evidently.
The outcry has been harsh. The Today Show issued an apology. Rivers refuses to do so.
And you know what?
She shouldn't.
She was telling a joke!
She was who they thought she was!
What was the show expecting out of Joan Rivers? Why do you have Joan Rivers on your show?
She was on there to tell jokes.
One of them bombed, I guess, but to say she's sorry?
A few weeks ago Ralph Wilson died. Evidently he was the Pope of Buffalo because he accepted millions upon millions of dollars and didn't follow through on his threats to move them because he got every penny he needed, and more.
On the day of his death I posted the following item on Facebook:
"If you're sick of being broken up about Ralph, you can watch the Sabres get absolutely pummeled in about an hour."
I was accused of being an insensitive as&*$le.
But like Joan, I refused to bend.
Who was the punchline of Joan's joke?
She was. Much as the Sabres were the punchline of mine.
She didn't say, "I'm glad those kids were taken hostage and raped."
I didn't say, "I'm glad Ralph is dead."
People are certainly becoming overly sensitive these days and if you try and shut down the comedians in this world it's gonna' be an awfully boring place.
Don't apologize, Joan!
Quick, what do you think of when her name pops into your head?
The bad face-lifts?
Her banter with her daughter?
The fact that she sat in for Johnny all those years ago?
For me, it's always been about the fact that she'd say anything at any time, she is usually funny, and she has an acid tongue.
That's her job!
She tells jokes.
The jokes sometimes cross the line into bad taste. Yet, she's not a bad lady. She is a joke teller.
Last week she was on the Today Show and she told a joke about her living quarters being smaller than those of the Cleveland hostage and rape victims.
It probably wasn't the right place to deliver that line. The joke is certainly in bad taste, and it's not a joke worth pissing everyone off because it isn't that funny, but it's a joke nonetheless, right?
Wrong. Evidently.
The outcry has been harsh. The Today Show issued an apology. Rivers refuses to do so.
And you know what?
She shouldn't.
She was telling a joke!
She was who they thought she was!
What was the show expecting out of Joan Rivers? Why do you have Joan Rivers on your show?
She was on there to tell jokes.
One of them bombed, I guess, but to say she's sorry?
A few weeks ago Ralph Wilson died. Evidently he was the Pope of Buffalo because he accepted millions upon millions of dollars and didn't follow through on his threats to move them because he got every penny he needed, and more.
On the day of his death I posted the following item on Facebook:
"If you're sick of being broken up about Ralph, you can watch the Sabres get absolutely pummeled in about an hour."
I was accused of being an insensitive as&*$le.
But like Joan, I refused to bend.
Who was the punchline of Joan's joke?
She was. Much as the Sabres were the punchline of mine.
She didn't say, "I'm glad those kids were taken hostage and raped."
I didn't say, "I'm glad Ralph is dead."
People are certainly becoming overly sensitive these days and if you try and shut down the comedians in this world it's gonna' be an awfully boring place.
Don't apologize, Joan!
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