Funny.
His name is Guy Earle and he has been doing stand up for a decade. My thinking is he is hack for the simple reason that after a decade he is hosting an amateur hour at a restaurant as opposed to, well, not hosting amateur hour at a restaurant. Also I never heard of him.
Keep in mind that Canada is the country that has its panties in a knot over the twenty five women who wear burquas, Ann Coulter and had a knipition over Triumph The Insult Dog when Conan O'Brien rolled into Toronto a hundred years ago for a week of shows. Plus this country, which if you go to any comedy club in the land will proclaim is the comedy capital of the world, has not produced household name Anglo comics in bunches since the 1980s.
What happened to Mr. Earle may be one of the factors contributing to the lack of funnymen/women coming out of Canuckistan.
As I understand it Lorna Pardy, a lesbian, and this is germane, has complained of being abused [as opposed to being amused] by Mr. Earle in May of '07. The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal is taking it seriously and is having a hearing this week. What happened was Miss Pardy and her girly girl were making noise at the comedy show and as is the wont of emcees everywhere he flamed her. Miss Pardy’s complaint says Earle’s actions violate Section 8 of the B.C. Human Rights Code. The code says a person must not, without a bona fide and reasonable justification, discriminate against a person or class of persons regarding any accommodation, service or facility customarily available to the public.
In other words if she was just an assh*le he would be off the hook. But because she is a lesbian asshole the complaint stands.
Canoe does tell that Mr. Earle has not lost his sense of humour and has gained an impressive comeback line, to wit: " 'My joke now is that when somebody heckles me out of the darkness, I peer through the lights and ask, ‘I’m sorry sir, before I respond to you, can you tell me if you are part of a protected group?’' "
Beauty, eh?
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You might be interested in looking deeper into the issue. Doesn't sound very funny to me.
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Hey, douchebag, Mr. Earle freaked out when Ms. Pardy kissed her girlfriend when she sat down at their table. He then proceeded to go into an anti-gay tirade.
ReplyDeleteLater, while Earle was at the bar, he accosted Ms. Pardy, put his hands on her, and broke her property, (smashed her sunglasses).
I'm saddened to see you not only support anti-Canadian harangues by American demagogues; but you also support anti-gay assaults, violating people, and property damage.
Don't quit your day job, Dan, whatever that might be.
Douchebag?
ReplyDeleteWhat are you in Mr. Rapaso?
Grade Seven?
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What are you in Mr. Rapaso? Grade Seven?
ReplyDeleteI might be...
In other words if she was just an assh*le he would be off the hook. But because she is a lesbian asshole the complaint stands.
But I'd still be a grade ahead of you, Dan.
Anyways, you've set the standard, I'm merely following suit.