"The community of comedians?"

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on May 11th, 2009

Harry Smith, on how the Wanda Sykes performance was received live and how it is shaking out in the days afterward:

“Well, you know what, any comedian, anybody who does that job, their job is to push the envelope… You can’t go home– you can’t go home to the community of comedians unless you’ve gone too far.”

Where is this “community of comedians” and does it have cheap rent, a community center and a pool?

AP is reporting that the White House, via spokesman Robert Gibb, is distancing itself from one joke in the performance comparing radio talk host Rush Limbaugh to a terrorist. Gibbs said the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is a topic “better left for serious reflection than comedy.” If anything, we’re annoyed that it’s being labeled as a 9-11 joke, when in fact it was obviously a Rush Limbaugh joke. It’s a technical thing. Those outside the Community of Comedians wouldn’t understand.

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