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Free Speech is RUINING Stand-Up Comedy!

Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: ​https://wren.co/start/chillgoblin The first 100 people who sign up will have 10 extra trees planted in their name! Patreon: http://patreon.com/chillgoblin Twitter: @chill_goblin Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/thegoatandthegoblin Discord: https://discord.gg/2YcBgDdwnJ Contrary to what you may have heard, “cancel culture” isn’t ruining stand up comedy- free speech is. I cover it all: Lenny Bruce, Dave Chappelle, and a giant metal butt. Oddly this video on standup is probably my least funny video so far. XhrisA video on Dave Chappelle's "The Closer": https://youtu.be/qofDsw-9dJs Writing by Chill Goblin & We’re in Hell This video was sponsored by Wren. Sources: Books: “That’s not funny: How the right makes comedy work for them” by Matt Sienkiewicz & Nick Marx (Well-written! Horrifying! Did you know Greg Gutfeld’s comedy show on Fox News gets better ratings than The Daily Show or Colbert?) “The Case Against Free Speech: The first amendment, fascism, and the future of dissent” by P.E. Moskowitz (Provocative! Convincing! Historical!) “How to Talk Dirty and Influence People: An Autobiography” by Lenny Bruce (This should be in the nightstand drawer of every hotel room) “Yes, I can say that: When they come for the comedians, we’re all in trouble” by Judy Gold (unfortunately this one sucks as a book, sorry Judy) Specials: “What’s in a Name?” -Dave Chappelle, Netflix Documentaries: “Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth” -if you’re looking for a documentary about Bruce, this is the one to watch “Looking for Lenny” -if you’re looking for a documentary where a bunch of random comics talk aimlessly about how important Lenny Bruce is and how great standup is, this is the one to watch Articles: “Why is Charles Murray Odious?” by Nathan Robinson https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/07/why-is-charles-murray-odious ^^^please read this before you tell me I’m misrepresenting the guy as a white supremacist “The Comedy Industry Has a Big Alt-Right Problem” by Seth Simons https://newrepublic.com/article/161200/alt-right-comedy-gavin-mcinnes-problem “I Was Kicked Off Stage by College Students. Did I Deserve It?” by Nimesh Patel https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/07/opinion/columbia-nimesh-patel-comedian-kicked-offstage.html “'Into the middle of a mob' -- What happened when I tried to speak at Middlebury” by Charles Murray https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/charles-murray-into-the-middle-of-a-mob-what-happened-when-i-tried-to-speak-at-middlebury “Telling the ‘Truth’ About Bruce” by Paul Brownfield https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-aug-07-ca-63336-story.html ^^^Talks about Bruce’s death and police-posed corpse Podcasts: Citations Needed Episode 88: “The Mythical Bygone Glory Days of Free Speech” https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-88-the-mythical-bygone-glory-days-of-free-speech ^^^Great episode. Interview with Moskowitz about their book “The Case Against Free Speech” as well as a really interesting interview with Prof Carolyn Rouse, who had a very well-articulated position on speech. I plagiarized the idea for my “blow up the ocean” example from her “correct way to pronounce tomato” example, which is my free speech right Music: Cool Rock - Take the Lead by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100279 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ 00:00 - Free-hee-hee Spee-hee-heech Comedy Club! 01:37 - Wren Sponsored Content 04:09 - Introduction 11:56 - The Gospel of Lenny Bruce 19:04 - Free Speech 27:59 - What it's like to be a Stand-Up Comedian 34:44 - The Other Lennies 51:07 - Laughter with a Mouth Full of Blood 1:04:32 - Comedy Nazis 1:12:58 - Destroy that Ass