Lost Laughs in Leisure Suit Larry

Re:Lost Laughs in Leisure Suit Larry by aidenn0 on Friday October 06, 2017 @06:01PM (#15420799)

IIRC Gilbert Gottfried made a 9/11 joke very soon after it happened (though that was generally agreed to be in poor taste).

[edit] It was 18 days after 9/11 at the Friars club roast of Hugh Hefner

Also, I recall a celebrity had a dead crocodile hunter costume for Halloween (Irwin died in September).

[edit] It was Bill Maher.

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Re:Lost Laughs in Leisure Suit Larry by ufmace on Saturday October 07, 2017 @12:17AM (#15422255)

> IIRC Gilbert Gottfried made a 9/11 joke very soon after it happened (though that was generally agreed to be in poor taste).

So it didn't fly?

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Re:Lost Laughs in Leisure Suit Larry by probably_wrong on Saturday October 07, 2017 @05:57AM (#15423115)

Norm McDonald also made a routine about Steve Irwin's death in the Daily Show a couple days after it happened.

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Re:Lost Laughs in Leisure Suit Larry by jimmywanger on Saturday October 07, 2017 @07:10AM (#15423316)

I think that bit was awesome. Norm MacDonald is a great comedian, and he can deliver everything just perfectly.

That's a perfect example of a comedian taking something supposedly solemn and turning it funny. Kind of like when a chef takes an off-cut of meat and turns it into something delicious.

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