Crossing the Line

Have you ever seen a comedian who just couldn’t stop talking? I know this seems kinda backwards but comedy is all about content and when to stop and when to pause. Well I saw a comedian who took every joke one step too far. Comedians can talk about lots of subjects that usually would not be funny as long as they don’t go too far. Cancer, death, racism, you know the light things in life, but when you go that one last step. Yeah not so funny anymore.

I felt very bad for this comedian I saw this weekend who was actually very good, he would get plenty of laughter during the joke. But either encouraged by the laughter or just oblivious he would always take it one more step and you would hear silence. No more laughter. You could hear the straw sucking on the coke in his glass when he took a pause. Yeah dude, that was the line, you crossed it 2 minutes ago. The sad part is he did it over and over and over and over, like a little energizer bunny, until blissfully it was not his time anymore.

So comedians out there, know when to stop when you are ahead. Ok public service done!