Louie C.K.'s Theory of Offense

3min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

LZ Granderson: Louie C.K. is one of the funniest guys out there, no matter how offensive his jokes might actually get. He says he has a theory of offensiveness and presents it to you in this week's show. "I'm sure he pisses a lot of people off, right? But he's funny," LZ adds.

In what might very well be the last episode before we're pulled off the air, Tamler outlines his data-free "theory" of what makes something offensive. What makes a joke about race, ethnicity, gender, disability funny sometimes, and deeply hurtful at other times? What makes Louis CK so goddamn funny and Andrew Dice Clay just...an asshole? Is Family Guy racist? Throughout the episode, David defends the victims of hatred and is a voice of empathy and reason, while Tamler drops the c-word multiple times, jumps to racist conclusions, and makes fun of David's partial Arab heritage.

Links