This again? Kirkman said it wasn’t Louis CK and also gave Jezebel a whole bunch of shit about it.

Kirkman flat out said it wasn’t CK and then she blasted Jezebel to hell and back for using her story to insinuate that it was. Then Doug Stanhope admitted that he was the guy in the story.

Not that Gawker ever admitted that they were wrong or addressed it in any way, which is why people still believe this even after…

Doug Stanhope said those allegations were about himself.

Stop this voice of reason. We are here to bash Louis for a skit he probably didn’t write.

This is exactly what I’m looking for. I only knew a little bit about it and wanted to see what you guys knew. Thank you!

My takeaway from her phrasing is that the writer probably did something pretty shady and hacky, but CK was likely unaware of the film, either because of a full schedule or, like you say, a conscious effort to not follow other comics’ work too closely. She seemed pretty careful not to accuse him of anything.

You mean the ones originating from an anonymous person saying that their friend/s told them it happened, as reported on Gawker* by (of course) Jordan Sargent? It seems that is what RB was referring to when she said “I’ve heard so many stories”.

From what I recall, there was nothing more than rumors (nobody actually…

Full disclosure, I work in comedy (In Canada so on a WAY smaller scale), and comics can be the worst at keeping up with their peers. Mostly because we don’t want to be subconsciously influenced... But also because we’re self absorbed.

I would be surprised if Louis actually wrote the skit, but who know?

Yeah, I also find it hard to believe that she was the first person ever to come up with the idea of a clown doing a show just for one person.

I have a harder time believing Louis, SNL, or anyone involved would do this on purpose knowing the giant backlash that awaits them on social media. People love to overthrow someone other people like (louis is very popular) in favor of wronged and righteous victim.

Most of the time when someone bitches that another comedian stole their joke I’m kind of like “Yeah...or maybe your joke wasn’t very original”

I’ve heard comedians complaining about SNL writers ripping them off for years, just add this to the pile.

Does anyone know how writing credits on SNL work? Everyone keeps calling it “Louis CK’s clown sketch” but do we know if he actually wrote it?

Most of the time when someone bitches that another comedian stole their joke I’m kind of like “Yeah...or maybe your joke wasn’t very original” because even in the comments section here we tend to frequently make the same funny (and we are funny, damn it) comments in reaction to a headline or story.

Complaints about whitewashing Asian characters are approaching Underpants Gnomes territory in terms of how much thought people are giving to their theory of change.

Why is it with the whole “white washing” thing people always focus their anger on the actor and not like, yah know, the production company?

Well I suppose this is what I like about it. It’s pure satire but still manages to accumulate an amalgam of enough “think piece” type phrases and complaints to mimic the style without saying anything in particular. It could be any complaint: the recent ‘zionists’ article, the many complaining men re: the women’s…

Yeah, I mean I think it is a combination. It’s a scary thought to think that within each of us is the capacity to do awful things. But at the same time, social conditioning does play a huge role in who abuses who, and who we allow to abuse who with impunity. And that does have everything to do with power. In the same…

That’s because women are human beings just like men, and human beings can be awful and depraved. So-called benevolent sexism/paternalism at work in the thinking that women are like children or something and therefore not capable of even the horrible things that men are more frequently thought of doing because their…