{"id":1623455,"date":"2022-08-26T16:03:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T20:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1623455"},"modified":"2022-08-26T16:04:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T20:04:34","slug":"we-literally-make-fun-of-everybody-the-offend-everyone-comedy-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-literally-make-fun-of-everybody-the-offend-everyone-comedy-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We Literally Make Fun Of Everybody\u2019: The Offend Everyone Comedy Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwe-literally-make-fun-of-everybody-the-offend-everyone-comedy-tour%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1623455&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>We can\u2019t say comedians Luis J. Gomez and Aaron Berg didn\u2019t warn us.<\/p>\n<p>The no-holds-barred comics dubbed their current tour \u201cOffend Everyone.\u201d And, if you\u2019re heard either of their respective podcasts or stand-up material, you know that\u2019s no bluff.<\/p>\n<p>Gomez founded the GaS Digital Podcast Network, a platform immune from comedy scolds and woke warriors alike. Berg, former co-host of \u201cIn Hot Water\u201d on Compound Media, delivers laughs without guardrails, like his bawdy guide to life dubbed \u201cMr. Manners: Proper Etiquette for the Modern Degenerate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve carved out a legitimately safe space to tell jokes on their terms. They also understand the current comedy landscape isn\u2019t as free as during the 1980s and \u201890s when titans like Andrew \u201cDice\u201d Clay and Sam Kinison ruled pop culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe industry has changed so much,\u201d Berg says. \u201cThe type of comedy we do, down and dirty, gritty comedy \u2026 exists in a different form.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gomez\u2019s podcasts, including \u201cLegion of Skanks,\u201d thrives outside the Hollywood ecosystem. The comic argues that doesn\u2019t help mainstream comics eager to be as creative as possible today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComedians are less willing to take a chance today,\u201d Gomez says, noting the toxic nature of social media as one key reason. He also cites the late Bob Saget as a prime example of the culture\u2019s new inflexibility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saget\u2019s stand-up featured very adult material, the kind ill-suited for family consumption. He later became America\u2019s surrogate father via \u201cFull House\u201d in the late 80s and host of \u201cAmerica\u2019s Funniest Home Videos\u201d in the early 1990s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no way the industry would take a chance on a guy like that today,\u201d Gomez says. The problem hardly stops there. The modern comic, he says, \u201cis over-thinking too much.\u201d And, as a result, the creative process is constantly short-circuited.<\/p>\n<p>Rising comics with dreams of \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d stardom play by the new woke bylaws, Berg argues, hoping to appease unseen executives who could make them a star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Comedians] are trying to give people what they think they want until they quote unquote make it,\u201d Berg says.<\/p>\n<p>Gomez grew up on raw comedy, from terrestrial shock jock Howard Stern to \u201cSNL\u201d alum Eddie Murphy. He remembers how Stern would interview virtually anyone, from porn stars to KKK members, without anyone suggesting he endorsed their world view.<\/p>\n<p>The future comedian also watched Def Jam stand-up shows with his mother, material that ranged from sex and drugs to living in poverty. The barbs had an impact on him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got through being poor, the sh***y times in Section 8 housing [with humor], Gomez says. \u201cWe turned a negative into a positive. It\u2019s a place of privilege to squash that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gomez and Berg are open about their comedy style, leaving those easily offended few excuses to complain about their act.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Being openly against Cancel Culture is suddenly cool, Gomez notes, but many still fear its tentacles.<\/p>\n<p>Berg takes the term and all it implies seriously, noting how talented stand-ups find creative ways around it. Shane Gillis and Louis C.K., punished for offensive jokes and sexually alarming actions, respectively \u201celevated themselves\u201d despite their situations, Berg notes.<\/p>\n<p>Berg and Gomez perform their solo sets on the Offend Everyone tour before joining forces for a raucous, final half hour. And they lament that working blue means they\u2019re essentially cut off from mainstream success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a perfect world, somebody from NBC would see the show and say, \u2018you guys are crushing out there. We gotta get you a motion picture,\u2019\u201d Berg says in a faux show biz voice.<\/p>\n<p>The comedians\u2019 podcast platforms let them speak their minds sans filter, but they see the stand-up stage as the ultimate forum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you wanna be on YouTube you gotta water down what you do \u2026 live performances are the last bastion of free speech,\u201d Berg says. And, in the modern era, some comics ask clubs to restrict smart phones in the auditorium for fear an offensive joke may go viral for all the wrong reasons.<\/p>\n<p>A key part of the woke mindset is insisting comedians leave certain demographics out. Dave Chappelle, who many consider the greatest living stand-up, faces serial attacks for mocking the transgender community.<\/p>\n<p>His 2021 comedy special, \u201cThe Closer,\u201d sparked protests at Netflix headquarters and sparked a Minneapolis club to cancel his recent appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Critics say he\u2019s \u201cpunching down,\u201d while Chappelle alleges the \u201calphabet people,\u201d his name for the LGBTQ+ community, have more cultural power than fellow black Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Berg and Gomez don\u2019t leave anyone out of their comic sights. Berg notes a joke he shares about Indian-Americans could be considered racist, but he says Indians in his crowd often howl the loudest at the gag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s inclusion. We literally make fun of everybody,\u201d says Gomez, who is of Puerto Rican descent but co-hosts a podcast with two Jewish comics who thrive on mocking one another.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what makes us laugh,\u201d Gomez adds. The best comedy, he argues, is often spontaneous and shared without worrying about bruising someone\u2019s feelings.<\/p>\n<p>The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can\u2019t say comedians Luis J. Gomez and Aaron Berg didn\u2019t warn us. The no-holds-barred comics dubbed their current tour \u201cOffend Everyone.\u201d And, if you\u2019re heard either of their respective podcasts or stand-up material, you know that\u2019s no bluff. Gomez founded the GaS Digital Podcast Network, a platform immune from comedy scolds and woke warriors &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1623457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1623455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1623455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1623455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1623457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1623455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1623455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1623455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}