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Apr 13, 2018 11:18:13   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/robin-williams-invention-golf

Warning: Explicit language

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Apr 13, 2018 11:44:28   #
bahmer
 
slatten49 wrote:
http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/robin-williams-invention-golf

Warning: Explicit language


Very good aside from the language it was very funny.
It seems to be cut off at the end of the Tiger Woods part or was that just me.

Have you or badbobby heard anything from PoppaGringo?

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Apr 13, 2018 11:54:19   #
archie bunker Loc: Texas
 
slatten49 wrote:
http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/robin-williams-invention-golf

Warning: Explicit language


I call that stupid game "whack fk" myself!

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Apr 13, 2018 13:29:37   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
"Golf is a good walk spoiled." [quote/MarkTwain]

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Apr 13, 2018 13:34:19   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
bahmer wrote:
Very good aside from the language it was very funny.
It seems to be cut off at the end of the Tiger Woods part or was that just me.

Have you or badbobby heard anything from PoppaGringo?

As mentioned also in another thread, I spoke with Salty earlier. He has been busy with family and will be gone much of the day, but will rejoin us later.

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Apr 13, 2018 13:36:10   #
bahmer
 
slatten49 wrote:
"Golf is a good walk spoiled." [quote/MarkTwain]


He was obviously not a golf aficionado was he?

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Apr 13, 2018 13:40:43   #
bahmer
 
slatten49 wrote:
As mentioned also in another thread, I spoke with Salty earlier. He has been busy with family and will be gone much of the day, but will rejoin us later.


I see he has already been back on here. Thanks for the update.

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Apr 13, 2018 14:06:51   #
PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.
 
slatten49 wrote:
http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/robin-williams-invention-golf

Warning: Explicit language


I am sorry, but I didn't find it humorous at all. Too many F-bombs ruined it for me, in fact, it destroyed my perception of Robin who was one of the funniest people ever.

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Apr 13, 2018 16:23:48   #
bahmer
 
PoppaGringo wrote:
I am sorry, but I didn't find it humorous at all. Too many F-bombs ruined it for me, in fact, it destroyed my perception of Robin who was one of the funniest people ever.


Unfortunately we see are stars as they really are when shown off of TV and in stand up skits. I knew Robin Williams was foul mouthed before watching this as I have seen some of his skits before. He is very creative but like many comics of today they think that foul language is somehow funny. He could have cleaned this up like he would have had to to put this on TV during the family hour and it would have been just as funny because of who Williams was. I loved Mork and Mindy and that was always clean so he could do it he chose not to. The old time comics like Red Skelton and Bob Hope and Jack Benny etc. not only were a dying bread but the last of a special breed of comics that could be funny without profanity.

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Apr 13, 2018 16:32:30   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
PoppaGringo wrote:
I am sorry, but I didn't find it humorous at all. Too many F-bombs ruined it for me, in fact, it destroyed my perception of Robin who was one of the funniest people ever.

I found it very funny, but unfortunately over-laden with the F-bomb. That is why I offered the forewarning on my opening thread, prior to the one in the video. I understand your position.

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Apr 13, 2018 16:37:39   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
bahmer wrote:
Unfortunately we see are stars as they really are when shown off of TV and in stand up skits. I knew Robin Williams was foul mouthed before watching this as I have seen some of his skits before. He is very creative but like many comics of today they think that foul language is somehow funny. He could have cleaned this up like he would have had to to put this on TV during the family hour and it would have been just as funny because of who Williams was. I loved Mork and Mindy and that was always clean so he could do it he chose not to. The old time comics like Red Skelton and Bob Hope and Jack Benny etc. not only were a dying bread but the last of a special breed of comics that could be funny without profanity.
Unfortunately we see are stars as they really are ... (show quote)

I totally agree. Although somewhat accepting of coarse humor, I can turn it off whenever it reaches the point where, IMO, it is no longer funny, but offensive. The one highly successful contemporary comedian that comes to mind who entertains at the level of the ones you mention in your post is Jerry Seinfeld. His standup routines were/are always g-rated and always funny...at least, in my history of watching him.

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Apr 13, 2018 17:04:49   #
bahmer
 
slatten49 wrote:
I totally agree. Although somewhat accepting of coarse humor, I can turn it off whenever it reaches the point where, IMO, it is no longer funny, but offensive. The one highly successful contemporary comedian that comes to mind who entertains at the level of the ones you mention in your post is Jerry Seinfeld. His standup routines were/are always g-rated and always funny...at least, in my history of watching him.


True and a very rare comedian indeed. I just miss the Carol Burnett show with Tim Conway and Harvey Korman. Don Rickles the guy in the roasts that played the drunk he always had a beard can't remember his name though. All good comedy without the vulgarity.

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Apr 13, 2018 17:09:44   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
bahmer wrote:
True and a very rare comedian indeed. I just miss the Carol Burnett show with Tim Conway and Harvey Korman. Don Rickles the guy in the roasts that played the drunk he always had a beard can't remember his name though. All good comedy without the vulgarity.
True and a very rare comedian indeed. I just miss ... (show quote)

Foster Brooks. He was also on the Dean Martin Show quite a bit, I believe. Somewhat like Crazy Guggenheim on the Jackie Gleason Show. The actor who played 'Crazy' real name was Frank Fontaine.

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Apr 13, 2018 17:11:52   #
glibona Loc: Nevada
 
bahmer wrote:
Unfortunately we see are stars as they really are when shown off of TV and in stand up skits. I knew Robin Williams was foul mouthed before watching this as I have seen some of his skits before. He is very creative but like many comics of today they think that foul language is somehow funny. He could have cleaned this up like he would have had to to put this on TV during the family hour and it would have been just as funny because of who Williams was. I loved Mork and Mindy and that was always clean so he could do it he chose not to. The old time comics like Red Skelton and Bob Hope and Jack Benny etc. not only were a dying bread but the last of a special breed of comics that could be funny without profanity.
Unfortunately we see are stars as they really are ... (show quote)

And don't forget Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner...."special breed of comics that could be funny without profanity."

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Apr 13, 2018 17:17:39   #
bahmer
 
glibona wrote:
And don't forget Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner...."special breed of comics that could be funny without profanity."


Many special comedians back in the day, today not so much.

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