Comedy ethics

[El Blanco]

How many other comedians joke about smokes and drugs?

Limp Bizkit gets people jumping, too. Doesn't mean they're good.

Not all their songs do. I'll admit they suck, but if they put on good concerts that stir up the crowd, isn't that what they are supposed to do?

Hicks did have a "government bad, religion bad" kind of thing going on, but he did it in a very creative and original way.

If the George Carlin way is your idea of original, sure.

but he did it in a very creative and original way. Which is what a good comedian does.

No, a comedian makes the audience laugh. I have seen guys try "creative and original" material and suck badly. Originality does help, but it still has to be funny.