Ricky Gervais 'Dead Babies' Joke

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Anybody know what the actual joke was?

Good to give the comedian the benefit of the doubt. Like Frankie Boyle is always a hoot, especially when getting up the noses of sacred cows.

But 'Dead Babies'? REALLY?

 

[The Clamp]

He has joked about Anne Frank, those that died in WW1, Hiroshima, drug deaths etc. He didn't put his joke on twitter or say it on The One Show. He said it at a live gig. He's not shouting these jokes through people's letterboxes.
Basically people love offensive jokes until it comes round to something they find sacred. Ridiculous.

 

[beorhthelm]

sounds like its a raw nerve to a couple who walked out. cue big brouhaha, but if we got rid of all jokes that might offend someone, there wouldn't be a lot of comedy left.

from the couple:

Suzi told Belfast Live it was a gag she "wouldn't have expected in a million years from anybody" adding: "I just think 'Why? What is the need?' This is our life - we have no choice but to live with this.

it wasn't about you. and i'd go to a Gervais gig expecting some pretty controversial comment and jokes being made.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

If you can't joke about dead babies what is the world coming to.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

sounds like its a sensitive subject to a couple who walked out. cue big brouhaha, but if we got rid of all jokes that might offend someone, there wouldn't be a lot of comedy left

'Ere did you hear the one about the dead babies? Where's me washboard?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

He has joked about Anne Frank, those that died in WW1 Hiroshima, drug deaths etc. He didn't put his joke on twitter or say it on The One Show. He said it at a live gig. He's not shouting these jokes through people's letterboxes.
Basically people love offensive jokes until it comes round to something they find sacred. Ridiculous.

WW2. I suppose dying of typhoid in a concentration camp must be hilarious.

 

[The Clamp]

WW2. I suppose dying of typhoid in a concentration camp must be hilarious.

I was referring to his John McCrae joke, Flanders field and all that. Written in 1915 (the poem, not the joke) which if my calculations are correct is some 23 years before the outbreak of WW2.

I made no comment of the hilarity of his humour just the hypocrisy of attending his gig to hear him say offensive things just as long as it's not about a subject they find offensive.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I was referring to his John McCrae joke, Flanders field and all that. Written in 1915 (the poem, not the joke) which if my calculations are correct is some 23 years before the outbreak of WW2.

An extra comma would have helped for clarity.

 

[The Clamp]

An extra comma would have helped for clarity.

What on earth are you on about?

Edit. I see. I think most normal people would figure out it's just a missing comma and not that I thought Hiroshima occurred in WW1. But we know you like to make your little points so I'll forgive you this time.

 

[Albumen]

WW2. I suppose dying of typhoid in a concentration camp must be hilarious.

Has anyone ever joked about the titanic? I doubt that was hilarious either.

We're humans. We need humour to get through things, it doesn't mean we don't empathise.

 

[Insel affe]

Has anyone ever joked about the titanic? I doubt that was hilarious either.

We're humans. We need humour to get through things, it doesn't mean we don't empathise.

Psssst.....

Wanna buy a Lorry....

It fell off the back of a Ferry....

 

[Is it PotG?]

If you go to shows of this ilk, comedians nowadays push the boundaries and you ought to expect it.
Unfortunate if your personal situation makes you more sensitive to some subjects but that's life.
On a lesser note, was DJing at a mate's party once at his house, put on some song and the host's best mate ran out screaming and crying. Apparently reminded her of her deceased Dad.
How was I to know?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

If you go to shows of this ilk, comedians nowadays push the boundaries and you ought to expect it.
Unfortunate if your personal situation makes you more sensitive to some subjects but that's life.
On a lesser note, was DJing at a mate's party once at his house, put on some song and the host's best mate ran out screaming and crying. Apparently reminded her of her deceased Dad.
How was I to know?

Heartless b4stard.

 

[Rogero]

Has anyone ever joked about the titanic? I doubt that was hilarious either.

We're humans. We need humour to get through things, it doesn't mean we don't empathise.

That wouldn't,t go down too well.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Heartless b4stard.

Thanks

 

[The Clamp]

I don't believe in offense. "I'm offended". So? Nothing bad will happen to you.

 

[nicko31]

Never found the guy funny, just an attention seeker

 

[Easy 10]

Never found the guy funny, just an attention seeker

Aren't all comedians ?

 

[withdeanwombat]

Has anyone ever joked about the titanic? I doubt that was hilarious either.

We're humans. We need humour to get through things, it doesn't mean we don't empathise.

I believe the first joke about the Titanic was " How's the iceberg?" , which didn't go down very well.

 

[Albumen]

Never found the guy funny, just an attention seeker

One man standing alone talking to an audience. I guess he'd be seeking attention.