Laughter, The Final Solution (Trees And Things)

Lou: This damn tree leaks!

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:33:50 EST

skeeter1: Re: Laughter, The Final Solution

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 03:26:20 EST

Count me among of the unamused. My late father spent 3 years in Europe during WWII. There was nothing funny about the war, or any war for that matter.

Sam Gross, Jew that he might be, is in my mind disrespectful of all that lost their lives.

skeptic: Re: Laughter, The Final Solution

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:54:06 EST

Well, they (comedians a century hence, whom we imagine to be making jokes about the Third Reich) will have no first-had context, but they will still have a historical context. History remains relevant. There are still lessons to be learned from

keta: Re: Laughter, The Final Solution

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:18:59 EST

You know who trivializes history? Those who say that history can only be told one way - their way - and that any other attempts are unworthy.

Fuck the lot of them.

ms sue: Re: Laughter, The Final Solution

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:24:39 EST

Brooks has said that this was his form of revenge against the Nazis, to turn them into objects of humor....
Because there are still people alive today (a dwindling number) who were victims of Nazi Germany, and many people alive today who have

skeptic: Re: Laughter, The Final Solution

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:25:55 EST
Similar issues were raised by Mel Brooks' movie (and subsequent musical, and subsequent movie version of the musical) "The Producers" which also uses Nazi Germany as a subject of humor. Brooks has said that this was his form of revenge against the Na

uncarved block: Interesting

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:13:40 EST
I've been a fan of Sam Gross for decades. There was a copy of I Am Blind And My Dog Is Dead in my house as far back as I can remember, and it had a lot to do with the adult I turned out to be. (Along with Gahan Wilson and Bill Kl

thefadd: Re: He read his gas bill

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:47:06 EST
Yeah, I think this is a good example of someone taking something that is offense and sort of "making it their own." It's a common way to dis-empower oppressors. It's hard for me to believe that that someone like Lewak doesn't understand this. The only conc

MayorBob: Re: He read his gas bill

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:36:47 EST
To borrow the words of one of the other people I quoted in my write up -- Doree Lewak is a putz. The intent of Gross is obvious here. He's not trying to diminish the historical record of the Nazis and their swastika. He's trying to show h

Steve Urkel: Re: He read his gas bill

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:03:53 EST
Those aren't his swastika ones. The "The suggestions are supposed to go in the box." one is funny.

Shy Elf: Re: He read his gas bill

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:55:32 EST
Try here, sorted by popularity to make him look good.

Steve Urkel: He read his gas bill

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:21:00 EST
I obviously have a high tolerance for the offensive, and I haven't read the book (I found the cartoon in The Forward link niether offensive nor funny), so some questions.
Why are only Jews asked if this is offensive? Shouldn't, for example, how Poles fe