I don’t agree however this reflects on all of America, but it is indicative of a certain mode of thinking among a patronizing shallow jaded elite. Comedy writers are a very neurotic lot, and some channel the neurosis very well, others just turn vile.

No wonder so many Americans subsist on the knowledge of and use less than 75 English words throughout their lives, punctuating their verbal skills with the F word every other line!

With such a fellow writing and murmuring a script  enumerating faecal matters, one cannot but be surprised at how extraordinarily shallow lots of Americans have become!

A low life like this Randy Kagan needs to be swatted out of existence… 

“Canadians seemed a little sensitive about their stand up. I do bits based on places and people. I do French stuff to French people. I’m not going to talk behind their backs. So i do it well lit and amplified. ”

Our response (1): This is a slight exaggeration and twisting of fact. Randy has never performed this material in France nor in front of a French audience (to the best of our knowledge). He went for the jugular because it’s part of his routine and his profound anti-French streak. He did this in Toronto, never expecting anyone French to be in the audience.

“They judge it like it’s some sort of comedy manifesto. It’s just my thoughts as I try not to think about them. Hindsite is the enemy of spontaneity. It’s for critics, which anyone respirating (or not) is qualified to be. Bloggers can be agoraphobic social misfits that sit in a comfort zone and spew. Comics don’t have that luxury. When’s the last time a blogger had to deal with (demo heckler) “Hey, lay off the French jokes.” A blogger’s worst day is when he gets lotion on his mouse.”

Our response (2): What do we have to deal with ? Read the hate mail we got over the last five years and maybe you might begin to understand. Oh, and this “agoraphobic social misfit” has run for office, done live political debates and worked with thousands of young minds in a bid to educate and teach respect. Trust me, 8th graders forced to do algebra are a much harsher crowd than anything in stand-up comedy :-)

http://tourmarm.blogspot.com/2007/07/mr-ferguson-goes-to-washington.html

Lors de la tournée de Ferguson à Toronto, le comédien Randy Kagan a ouvert la soirée avec des blagues plutôt douteuses à l’égard des français. Selon ses dires, les français sont puants, sales, les aisselles poilus et arrogants.

Kagan a relaté l’histoire d’un touriste Français à Los Angeles qui ignorait que la plage de Venice Beach se trouve juste à côté du déversement des égouts de la ville : en sortant de l’eau ce même touriste Français croyait avoir bronzé alors qu’il était couvert de matières fécales. Ce type d’humour, proche de ceux de Dennis Miller, Howard Stern et Robert Smigel, cherche à rabaisser les Français en faisant appel aux stéréotypes les plus basiques qui soient : ils sont tellement sales qu’ils ne peuvent différencier bronzage et déjections fécales.

Ce que Kagan n’a pas vu venir fut la réaction d’une partie de l’auditoire qui a hué ces blagues. Devant cet état de fait, il a complètement perdu le contrôle et a commencé à interpeller la foule en clamant que c’était son droit que de faire des blagues comme bon il semble.

Site officiel à Randy Kagan
http://www.randykagan.com/

Son adresse mél : info (a) RandyKagan.com – Remplacer (a) par @
Soyez respectueux et polis, même s’il ne l’est pas à notre égard.

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French Bashing Comedians
http://www.miquelon.org/bashers/comedians-writers/

The Conan O’Brien affaire
http://www.miquelon.org/?s=conan

This morning’s review completely ignores the opening act.
http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/F/Ferguson_Craig/2008/06/15/5884101-sun.html

Cowardly jokes, cowardly exit plans…