tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post1808145412959429271..comments2024-03-29T07:54:48.803-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Comedy: Sick Versus BlandYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-88361378858666844582017-02-05T01:06:57.267-08:002017-02-05T01:06:57.267-08:00And nowadays kids use "sick" to mean &qu...And nowadays kids use "sick" to mean "cool."rnigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370724366178429029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-27501328528072165642017-02-02T00:00:41.475-08:002017-02-02T00:00:41.475-08:00"You can't hope to be a success on TV unl... "You can't hope to be a success on TV unless you're really mediocre." Mm-hm. Methinks that whole interview was a wink to the reader. Look that up in your Funk & Wagnalls. Steve Faulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-47332564255233902002017-02-01T21:02:10.754-08:002017-02-01T21:02:10.754-08:00Most used the word "sick" as in "no...Most used the word "sick" as in "not well" rather than "gross-out"Sam Hendersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604359552603703641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-69096436494372871152017-02-01T18:19:59.681-08:002017-02-01T18:19:59.681-08:00Growing up I never really considered Mort Sahl a ...Growing up I never really considered Mort Sahl a "sick comic "... more like political satire/commentary. In less than ten years O'l Dick and Dan would be accused of questionable humor. Arte Johnson told the late Tom Snyder on WLS back in 1988, that NBC's Standards and Practices were on the actors and writers of " Laugh-In " constantly. Arte explained that he told the first Polish joke in gibberish. NBC game running to him saying; " We knew what you meant..We *Know* what you're really saying!". I had read than during Skelton's " Blue Shows ", He and Martha Raye could cause a convention of sailors to blush. Errolnoreply@blogger.com