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13. The most outrageous thing I ever saw or heard

Sun May 17, 2015, 07:07 PM

May 2015

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was the National Lampoon cover featuring the then-iconic image of a Biafran child holding an empty rice bowl, rendered in chocolate, with a bite taken out of its head.

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Louis C.K.'s 'SNL' Monologue About Child Molestation Leads to Uproar [View all] Purveyor May 2015 OP

"One Twitter user called it the "unfunniest, most offensive 'SNL' monologue" ever." zappaman May 2015 #1

"Journalism" arcane1 May 2015 #5

One person's joke is another person's offense. Initech May 2015 #9

I so love Mitch Hedberg CrawlingChaos May 2015 #26

Same here. randome May 2015 #66

Was it funny? Jesus Malverde May 2015 #49

Louis C.K.? Offensive? Get outta here! KamaAina May 2015 #85

Louis C.K. said something offensive? Can we be sure? It sounds so out of character. Oneironaut May 2015 #2

One of the great comedians of my lifetime... trumad May 2015 #3

. Jesus Malverde May 2015 #50

I always find Louis C.K. very funny. former9thward May 2015 #4

SNL has not been relevant since the 90s. When I was in the Exilednight May 2015 #6

I remember SNL doing comedy skits on virgogal May 2015 #7

I remember Al Franken and his writing partner Tom Davis deutsey May 2015 #14

I recall a Franken and Davis bit bvf May 2015 #17

And it just occurred to me deutsey May 2015 #20

"He didn't like me — I felt a little bad," he said." Scurrilous May 2015 #8

I see nothing wrong with black humor. bvf May 2015 #10

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The most outrageous thing I ever saw or heard bvf May 2015 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words May 2015 #16

Brad Williams had a great bit about a similar subject on his current CD. Initech May 2015 #15

I didn't think it was that bad..... femmocrat May 2015 #12

I thought it was funny... SidDithers May 2015 #18

Did they forget what SNL was like in the 70s? Dr. Strange May 2015 #19

If it had been pedophilia against little girls.... Bonobo May 2015 #21

Well you better run to that other group and express outrage. trumad May 2015 #31

Too cowardly to answer the question I see. nt Bonobo May 2015 #33

Cowardly---LOL trumad May 2015 #36

That's what I thought you'd say! Bonobo May 2015 #38

who really gives a fuck. trumad May 2015 #40

LOL. Bonobo May 2015 #46

Why wouldn't it be as funny? Bradical79 May 2015 #83

It's fun to pretend we know what would or would not happen LanternWaste May 2015 #45

Not acquainted with Sarah Silverman, I gather? ieoeja May 2015 #70

God I love her. Codeine May 2015 #76

pssh, anyone remember Eddie Murphy on SNL? yeee-ow MisterP May 2015 #22

"Instant outrage" was why Twitter was invented. That, and to expose the world's most stupid people. Fred Sanders May 2015 #23

I dont watch SNL because it isn't funny LittleBlue May 2015 #24

Some older people don't get the humor. Nt Logical May 2015 #25

I'm 32 LittleBlue May 2015 #28

SNL maybe... trumad May 2015 #32

You're 32 and you think you're 'older'? philosslayer May 2015 #37

The ratings have been fine, maybe you just dont get it! Nt Logical May 2015 #68

Seriously?! I'm 60. MindPilot May 2015 #39

haha, love the Depends part wordpix May 2015 #75

I'm 63 and big SNL fan - don't think all oldsters are humorless wordpix May 2015 #74

Some people are born old. GoneOffShore May 2015 #82

Louis CK is perhaps the funniest working comedian in the country. Codeine May 2015 #34

. Jesus Malverde May 2015 #51

Funnier than Dave Chappelle? LittleBlue May 2015 #53

Chapelle has been irrelevant for a decade at least. nt Codeine May 2015 #56

Two Words. Buck Henry CBGLuthier May 2015 #27

To me it felt like he was trying to be so edgy, but I didn't find it particularly clever or funny. Arugula Latte May 2015 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2015 #30

Yeah, I liked Welcome to the Dollhouse but Happiness was RiffRandell May 2015 #84

The "submissive elves" sketch wheniwasincongress May 2015 #35

Ugh. That sketch following the monologue made me a bit queasy. Arugula Latte May 2015 #67

What about Alec Baldwin and Adam Sandler... yallerdawg May 2015 #41

It's worth remember that SNL has been wildly unfunny for most of its run Orrex May 2015 #42

I gave up on the boob tube years ago... Jesus Malverde May 2015 #48

Funny or not, CK raises a very important question. MindPilot May 2015 #43

They have a place to go Jesus Malverde May 2015 #52

Not sure you read that properly. Bradical79 May 2015 #86

And hence his genius... trumad May 2015 #69

There is not one time in my life I thought pedophilia was funny (in any context). boston bean May 2015 #44

Well at least they got product placements for mounds chocolate bars and McDonald's. Jesus Malverde May 2015 #47

I doubt mounds or McD wants to be placed in a molestation skit. Hassin Bin Sober May 2015 #57

I suspect they did like I love mounds bar part. Jesus Malverde May 2015 #59

Nonsense melman May 2015 #64

"Filth" Goblinmonger May 2015 #73

It is a comedian. Comedians have been known for bad taste. I can understand still_one May 2015 #54

he's now hit 3 topics that cut close to home, and i still find him one of the funniest comedians unblock May 2015 #55

Not funny vankuria May 2015 #58

A twitter user was quoted as typing.... NCTraveler May 2015 #60

SNL is a bad high school play olddots May 2015 #61

I thought the bit comparing his kids fighting B2G May 2015 #62

I wasn't appalled fadedrose May 2015 #63

"One twitter user", eh? ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2015 #65

Good thing most of these people never heard hifiguy May 2015 #71

Yes, indeed. bvf May 2015 #72

It's comedy. Buzz Clik May 2015 #77

I wasn't offended AndreaCG May 2015 #78

I suggest that some of us that experienced molestation as a child took it quite differently than Purveyor May 2015 #79

The whole episode Aerows May 2015 #80

The Israel-Palestinian bit was brilliant eissa May 2015 #81

Same here for me IVoteDFL May 2015 #87

Louis CK's problem... sendero May 2015 #88