Talk:Blue comedy

message: === Article poor ===
I think this article is very weak, not at all informative or authoritative, and detracts from the little recognition Wiki has managed to garner for itself so far.  I suggest it be corrected (or otherwise "made better"), or removed.
202.120.5.161 (talk) 01:43, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Shouldn't Exist 

message: I think this article is very weak, not at all informative or authoritative, and detracts from the little recognition Wiki has managed to garner for itself so far.  I suggest it be corrected (or otherwise "made better"), or removed.
202.120.5.161 (talk) 01:43, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article poor 

message: It seems jaundiced and very POV.  Other than the POV this article lacks merit and meaning.  Any dissent on this?  76.27.229.48 (talk) 04:23, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does this article need to exist? 

message: This is a pretty ugly article. Mostly is the list of blue comedian. Editors have been adding comedians who simply don't belong. The list should be removed and the article itself referenced. If I can get the time, I'll do it myself. BashBrannigan (talk) 18:47, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Ugly

message: === Bill Hicks ===
I think Bill Hicks is mentioned in the list of blue comedians twice.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.221.3.61 (talk) 12:26, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments on listed comedians 

message: I think Bill Hicks is mentioned in the list of blue comedians twice.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.221.3.61 (talk) 12:26, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bill Hicks 

message: Can anyone explain why Victor Borge is on this list?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Agricola1001 (talk • contribs) 15:16, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Victor Borge? 

message: I love how Bob Saget shows up in the list of blue comedians twice. I considered fixing that, but it really ought to stay that way until some stuffy editor decides it can't stand. ("Oh, Bob Saget!" -The Tourettes Guy) Heck to the Darkness... (talk) 05:29, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bob Saget Double Listed 

message: I found this through Sex_and_the_City_(film), I've never heard the term, and don't think it's a real one.  If it is, how does it apply to Sex and the city? 60.242.247.168 (talk) 09:25, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sex and the city 

message: Just noticed this quote in the article:
"Many comedians who are normally family-friendly might choose to work blue when off-camera or in an adult-oriented environment; Bob Saget exemplifies this dichotomy."
In Bob's case, his is an example in reverse (started out {and has re-asserted himself} as a blue comic who is usually remembered as clean-cut due to playing Danny Tanner on Full House and his role as America's Funniest Home Videos original host).  WAVY 10 Fan (talk) 15:18, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bob Saget example 

message: === A ===
The given etymology doesn't seem right to me.  See GCIDE based on Webster's 1913.
2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the colour of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths.
Assuming that 'oath' in this case is the archaic term for profanity (which seems likely, given the reference to devils) we'd have a previous example of 'blue' referring to foul language; extension to risque or sexual content would be natural. -Unsigned
Agreed. I have removed the etymology. OddThinking (talk) 07:32, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology wrong.

message: The given etymology doesn't seem right to me.  See GCIDE based on Webster's 1913.
2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the colour of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths.
Assuming that 'oath' in this case is the archaic term for profanity (which seems likely, given the reference to devils) we'd have a previous example of 'blue' referring to foul language; extension to risque or sexual content would be natural. -Unsigned
Agreed. I have removed the etymology. OddThinking (talk) 07:32, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  A 

message: In agreement with above entry, the etymology of the term is definitely wrong (not surprising, the reference comes from...television?).  A simple perusal of this page (http://www etymonline com/index.php?search=blue+humor&searchmode=nl [search "blue (2)"]) shows that this use of "blue" has been around since 1840 and could be freely applied in this respect to humor, books, songs etc. quite freely.
202.120.5.161 (talk) 01:43, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  B