He's that kid in the corner
All fucked up, and he wanna, so he's gonna

I'd be willing to put money on the number of rape claims being girls having consensual sex and changing their minds after the fact being virtually or exactly zero.

As others have mentioned, roasts began as non-televised events hosted by the Friars Club. Comedians being pretty much universally jaded about comedy and unable to laugh at things normal people laugh at, the roasts were generally far more filthy, mean-spirited, and harsh than anything the comics would ever do on…

…………………………I just now got the hilarious economic theory pun in your username.

Beautiful post, Arundel.  I love talking with my brother, and I also rarely get to.  Almost every time we see each other, the whole famn damily is there, his kids, both wives, my mom, and while I love them all, the chaos level tends to make any remotely in-depth conversation about anything impossible.

Because she was mannish.

Among other things.*

I'd be willing to bet they seriously considered making the flashbacks of Homer finding out Marge is pregnant consistent with the way they'd shown it before, and made a deliberate decision to do it in the living room of the Evergreen Terrace house each time because it's funnier. I mean, the fact that it's an exact…

"I hope you never say a word."

Just when I think I have all this stuff figured out.

Caw… fee.

One of the best gags like that they ever did, followed very soon after by one of the other best gags like that they ever did:  Marge gasping when the door opened during her surprise baby shower, then realizing it was just the wind, followed immediately by Homer barging in going "MAN, IT'S WINDY AS HELL OUT THERE!"

Only Moe could find a way to make congratulating someone on having a baby creepy.

The deep, guttural Lunch Lady Doris smoker's cough really put that whole bit at another level.

I was about 14 when this episode aired, and recognized it and the show generally as pretty much exactly what the roundtablists describe it as - heavy-handed, insta-dated, and self-righteous.  Of course, at the time, I also hadn't yet realized I was a liberal, so I was more inclined to be resistant to it.

In fairness, she is a little nuts.

It sort of reminds me of Patrice O'Neal's performances, where he would be trailing off in the middle of sentences, talking to the front row… Of course, Patrice's act was actually pretty structured and that stuff was just a style, but they both have that kind of intimate, conversational feel about them. 

I don't even know anymore.

By the way, what is it with white people clapping on the downbeat?  Have you guys noticed this?  It makes the song sound off, like it has a snare hit every beat.

Yeah, with the wide-eyed expectant smile, as I remember.  Perfecto.