Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!gatech!ut-sally!mordor!lll-crg!figmo From: figmo@lll-crg.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes.d,net.women Subject: Re: Offensive humor Message-ID: <1238@lll-crg.ARpA> Date: Fri, 7-Feb-86 09:23:50 EST Article-I.D.: lll-crg.1238 Posted: Fri Feb 7 09:23:50 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Feb-86 08:18:43 EST References: <428@mmm.UUCP> <9096@amdcad.UUCP> <1726@jhunix.UUCP> <132@ttidcc.UUCP> <523@mtxinu.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, CRG, Livermore Ca Lines: 13 Xref: watmath net.jokes.d:1438 net.women:8797 Summary: Robin Williams' humor In article <523@mtxinu.UUCP>, ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) writes: > Carlin, maybe, but not Williams. While I like much of his humor, a lot > of the rest is *very* racist - usually at the expense of Asians. > This past summer, I spent an hour or so watching and listening to Robin Williams at a comedy marathon at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Most of his jokes were about kids -- especially HIS child. The only one who could have gotten offended by his jokes was Dolly Parton; he made a few jokes about how HER kid would react to its first feeding ("Wow! Kilimanjaro!"). I wasn't aware that Dolly Parton was Asian. --Lynn :-)