re: #415 jill e

I do long for the days when this kind of humor was allowed as a way to expose racism.

I watched a PBS special on comedians last night and Mel Brooks spoke about how the ultimate revenge on Hitler was to make him a laughingstock.

Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance. —Mel Brooks

Chevy Chase was great on SNL…but Richard Pryor was one of a kind. He changed comedy, just like George Carlin.