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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 08:53 AM Dec 2018

Louis C.K. Goes After Parkland Victims ... In Leaked Audio of New Stand-Up

12/30/2018 7:44 PM PST

As if Louis C.K. hadn't already hit bottom, he just went even lower by attacking victims of the Parkland massacre in a stand-up set ... this according to leaked audio of his new material.

In audio that surfaced online Sunday, you can hear Louis performing new jokes in front of an audience ... and, at one point, he mocks the survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting from this past February. Specifically, he seems to be talking about Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg and others who've been vocal about implementing gun control.





https://www.tmz.com/2018/12/30/louis-ck-parkland-victims-kids-leaked-audio-new-stand-up/
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Louis C.K. Goes After Parkland Victims ... In Leaked Audio of New Stand-Up (Original Post) workinclasszero Dec 2018 OP
Embarresed to admit at one time I actually liked this POS. dewsgirl Dec 2018 #1
Same here Brawndo Dec 2018 #2
Same here until I learned he whips it out and jerks off in front of unsuspecting female victims workinclasszero Dec 2018 #4
I'm not embarrassed because he was funny, Zing Zing Zingbah Dec 2018 #14
I mean seriously wtf? There were some willing to give dewsgirl Dec 2018 #24
Maybe a good move for him dembotoz Dec 2018 #3
I thought it was pretty good. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 2018 #5
Saying the Parkland kids were responsible for others' deaths is funny? nolabear Dec 2018 #9
Sure, as long as it's funny and that is subjective but it wasn't funny. nt UniteFightBack Dec 2018 #10
But...it's not funny. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2018 #11
Really? So making fun of school shootings is OK if funny? I doubt I would like you. nt USALiberal Dec 2018 #21
I really fail to see how joking about a slaughter can possibly be funny. Blue_true Dec 2018 #33
If it's FUNNY, I would tend to agree, but that was not it. OnDoutside Dec 2018 #22
Never got his popularity. To me, not funny...never funny. NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #6
Never got his humor. GeorgeGist Dec 2018 #7
Following the Dennis Miller career path. lpbk2713 Dec 2018 #8
He has fallen to doing podcasts grantcart Dec 2018 #34
"They testify in front of Congress, these kids? What are they doing? You're young, you should WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2018 #12
literally turned my stomach listening to that. boston bean Dec 2018 #13
It's sickening workinclasszero Dec 2018 #15
Disgusting. highplainsdem Dec 2018 #16
Was that a laughter track ? Cos I seriously don't see what was funny in that, that brought such OnDoutside Dec 2018 #17
This sucks. He didn't punch down before. Codeine Dec 2018 #18
Going the way of Dennis Miller - A niche audience and Fox News appearances, I guess? Oneironaut Dec 2018 #19
I bet you were whipping out your tiny penis and whacking off in front of girls MagickMuffin Dec 2018 #20
His shtick has always been to make the audience feel uneasy. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2018 #23
I never thought he was very funny and that was downright offensive. Vinca Dec 2018 #25
+1 Jarqui Dec 2018 #27
Fred Guttenberg makes Louis CK an offer OnDoutside Dec 2018 #26
Nothing funny to anyone his comment about Parkland. Unless one is a rightwing piece of shit Eliot Rosewater Dec 2018 #28
It was offensive, which is his right. I had always had a love/hate AJT Dec 2018 #29
whelp, he probably saw attacking massacre victims as his only way back into the spotlight Takket Dec 2018 #30
CK is a Pig with No Conscience dlk Dec 2018 #31
Humor should have a punchline. I've read transcripts of his recent "jokes" OrlandoDem2 Dec 2018 #32

Brawndo

(535 posts)
2. Same here
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 09:03 AM
Dec 2018

My how the (formerly) funny have fallen. His personal hero George Carlin would be ashamed of him.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
4. Same here until I learned he whips it out and jerks off in front of unsuspecting female victims
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 09:10 AM
Dec 2018

Like perv POTUS Trump grabbing ***** because he's a star and can get away with it.

Now Louis CK joins Trump on the political spectrum as well, go figure.

Can a seat on Fox & Friends be far behind?

Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts)
14. I'm not embarrassed because he was funny,
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 12:34 PM
Dec 2018

but making fun of children who were victims of a mass shooting is just not a funny topic at all.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
24. I mean seriously wtf? There were some willing to give
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 01:57 PM
Dec 2018

him another chance, after he apologized for
his masturbation masquerade...He just sealed the coffin on his career.
I always remember his suck a bag of dicks shtick, he was funny.

dembotoz

(16,799 posts)
3. Maybe a good move for him
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 09:04 AM
Dec 2018

He could be the chick fila of comedy... where all the bigots go... working for Ted Nugent

BlueTsunami2018

(3,490 posts)
5. I thought it was pretty good.
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 09:23 AM
Dec 2018

He’s always been a great stand up and I don’t find anything off limits as long as it’s funny.

nolabear

(41,959 posts)
9. Saying the Parkland kids were responsible for others' deaths is funny?
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 12:21 PM
Dec 2018

I’m hardly sensitive but that was disgusting.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
33. I really fail to see how joking about a slaughter can possibly be funny.
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 04:27 PM
Dec 2018

Your point was exactly on target.

lpbk2713

(42,753 posts)
8. Following the Dennis Miller career path.
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 12:18 PM
Dec 2018



Whatever happened to Dennis Miller?

He's doing car wash startups and opening for Tupperware conventions.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,326 posts)
12. "They testify in front of Congress, these kids? What are they doing? You're young, you should
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 12:31 PM
Dec 2018
crazy, you should be unhinged, not in a suit… you’re not interesting. Because you went to a high school where kids got shot? Why does that mean I have to listen to you?… You didn’t got shot, you pushed some fat kid in the way, and now I’ve gotta listen to you talking?”


Not funny. Not clever. Punches down. BOY BYE.

boston bean

(36,221 posts)
13. literally turned my stomach listening to that.
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 12:32 PM
Dec 2018

In no way was it funny. Not one fucking little bit of it was funny.

OnDoutside

(19,953 posts)
17. Was that a laughter track ? Cos I seriously don't see what was funny in that, that brought such
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 12:42 PM
Dec 2018

laughter from the audience.

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
18. This sucks. He didn't punch down before.
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 12:45 PM
Dec 2018

There was a time when I would have declared him my favorite comedy performer, but he has fallen a mighty distance.

MagickMuffin

(15,936 posts)
20. I bet you were whipping out your tiny penis and whacking off in front of girls
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 12:46 PM
Dec 2018

note to louis ck, you were never funny and we don't have to listen to you. NOW GO AWAY . . . FOREVER





Gidney N Cloyd

(19,833 posts)
23. His shtick has always been to make the audience feel uneasy.
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 01:11 PM
Dec 2018

It's tough to know where to draw the line but I think clearly his instincts have failed him here.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
28. Nothing funny to anyone his comment about Parkland. Unless one is a rightwing piece of shit
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 03:16 PM
Dec 2018

then that part of what he said is funny.

There is too much BIG TIME political correctness on campus, but this is not that.

Making that point about how severe the PC is in some places is one thing and for comedy a rather important issue, but this is not that.

AJT

(5,240 posts)
29. It was offensive, which is his right. I had always had a love/hate
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 03:18 PM
Dec 2018

relationship with his comedy, although this was exceptionally offensive. I went to one of George Carlin's last shows in Las Vegas and found parts of it tremendously offensive. He was joking about rape, and having sex with women's corpses since they still have a vagina. I was speechless.

Takket

(21,560 posts)
30. whelp, he probably saw attacking massacre victims as his only way back into the spotlight
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 03:20 PM
Dec 2018

he's certainly not going to be playing to any liberal crowds after what he's done, so he's pandering to the drumpf crowd who like sexual harassment and certainly hates school shooting victims.

dlk

(11,552 posts)
31. CK is a Pig with No Conscience
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 03:36 PM
Dec 2018

To make fun of and joke about children who survived a horrific school massacre shows a clear lack of conscience and empathy, hallmarks of a sociopath. His denigrating remarks about women also demonstrate his very deep misogyny. It’s also telling about who would pay for such material & label it “entertainment.” CK has found his own personal gutter and, apparently intends to wallow in it.

OrlandoDem2

(2,065 posts)
32. Humor should have a punchline. I've read transcripts of his recent "jokes"
Mon Dec 31, 2018, 03:55 PM
Dec 2018

There’s no punchline. There’s no witty comment. It’s just not funny, aside from being sick.

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