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loved it [Comment originally left on channel4.com on 24/08/10 at 20:12]

At last some sense. Jesus went into a hotel and said, "Can you put me up for the night". Is that offensive, or is it you. "THE AUDIENCE IS NOT STUPID". [Comment originally left on Channel4.com on 25/08/10 at 16:45]

I learned something from it.

Finally,a break from religious fanaticism!!

It reinforced what I already believed.

Nothing is sacred in comedy.

Things are funny

Or they are not

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This makes me feel heart-warming and heart-warming. It reinforced what I already believed.

yes yes couldn't have said any better

This makes me feel unhappy and unhappy. I don't understand the speaker's point of view at all.

I have absolutely no problem with comedians using any subject area for comedic value, however they must meet 1 key requirement, they should ensure that the content of their joke is factually correct.

The Joke by the very talented Steven K Amos who I have watched many times and enjoyed is factually incorrect, Mormon's do not practice Polygamy, as such we have only one wife and the joke about the wife swap with an arab does not work.

So by all means push the boundaries of humour, we can all choose whether we watch or not, but please do the research and ensure the joke is factually correct. Over to you Mr Amos.

This makes me feel sad and sad.

There are boundarie,s in comedy when a young adult watches let,s say the inbetweener,s or goe,s to a gig and there taken the piss off and because of there learning disabilities have no voice and I am yet to see any comedian to really take the piss out of religious fanatic,s shows that they skirt around looking big but really say nothing and pounce on the easy targets . And that Stephen was a prime example of opening the doors but saying nothing.

I don't understand the speaker's point of view at all.

I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) & I'm really getting fed up with people not getting their facts straight. This gentleman's joke about a Morman & a Shiek exchanging one of their wives is so out of date. For Mormans polygamy or plural marriage - more than 1 wife - was outlawed by our Church in 1890, so really it is about time that he & others caught up. Personally I didn't find any of his "jokes" at all funny/amusing.

Why are most only "able" to call Jesus by name and yet "reluctant" to call the founders of other religions by their name(s). I hope to get answers from Amos Stephen(other comedians) and commentators. Thanks.

There are still Mormon fundamentalists who practice polygamy. So Stephen's joke just about stands. Aside from making a few people laugh, it's got a few more people talking intelligently about the subject.
No all comedy is about cheap laughs some of it is meant to be challenging and thought provoking.

You say you find it strange that a man is allowed to have more than one wife. Well I would find it stranger for a man to cheat on his one wife (this happens more often than not).

I couldn't agree more....except for one point. The audience may be an intelligent bunch, but there's always an idiot or two amongst them! In fact probably a lot more than two :)

The difference between a bigot and a clever comedian is what our society dictates. Making fun of 'Japs' during WWII was not considered racist then, but would not be very funny or relevant now. Making fun of Germans or even the French is still considered okay in Britain, due to their history, but might be considered crass in other parts of the world. Making fun of homosexuality or women is not considered bad manners in some societies because their rights haven't been accepted in those countries.
Society may dictate our morals and hence our use of language, and our jokes....but that doesn't mean that it distinguishes right from wrong...it just means that a majority have agreed upon those rights against those wrongs.

I bought a t-shirt for my husband that had the wheelchair symbol you see in parking spots: ?, but the stick figure had fallen off the wheelchair. I thought it was hilarious, he thought it was in bad taste! I've been polling this, and it seems its aprox. 40/60 to his favour! I don't understand why it's offensive? If it was a walking person falling on a banana peel, it'd be funny....why can't a wheel-chaired person fall of his/her chair be funny?

No, the yardstick is what the audience will accept.