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    Carol Burnett: I'm Bored with TV Comedy Producers Saying Everything Has to Be 'Edgy'

    Yup.....that's why I don't watch any sitcoms on any channel. I tried watching The Heat with Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy and I almost fell out of my chair. McCarthy's character was a gnarly, rough around the edges cop and I don't think I've ever heard that much cussing, ever, in my entire life, in a movie. Nothing shocks me at all but I was shocked. I shut it off, deleted it out of my DVR system, and shook my head. I do not recommend the movie at all, and everyone raved about how funny it was.

    I'm not a prude either....and as I've said a lot, I don't mind some cuss words. We live in a fallen world. But when someone lets out a string of MF/GD/etc....every other word, bringing the total MF/GD cuss words to 57 in one scene, that's it. I'm done. Had it. Not funny. And no Betty White, it's not "edgy", when your 80 year old self says the F-word, either. So sick of this idiocy.

    http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywo...erything-edgy/


    Veteran comedienne and actress Carol Burnett, whose variety program The Carol Burnett Show ran for 11 years (1967-1978) on CBS, complained on Friday she is bored with the state of comedy TV.

    Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of receiving the SAG Life Achievement Award in Los Angeles, Burnett, now 82, dished about the evolution of the genre and said she missed good old-fashioned jokes and sketches, such as the legendary Tim Conway and Harvey Korman "Dentist Skit."

    "Funny is funny. I dare anyone to look at Tim Conway and Harvey Korman doing the dentist sketch, which is more than 40 years old, and not scream with laughter," said Burnett.

    The TV legend then complained she has grown bored with today's producers saying everything has "got to be edgy."

    "Edgy is fine — I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination — but what's wrong with a good ol' belly laugh? I miss that," she said. "A lot of comedy today is so fast — it's like: 'Boom! Boom! Boom!' — because they think people can't pay enough attention," she said.

    Burnett further complained, "Today the suits say, 'It's got to be fast.' So I think some of the writing isn't good anymore. Now sitcoms sound like they've been written by teenage boys in a locker room."

    Although she believes modern female comics, such as Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph, are capable performers, Burnett said she believes the good ol' days of female comedy are probably long gone.

    "I don't think they could do what we did because we did a musical-comedy extravaganza every week with a 28-piece orchestra, 12 dancers and two guest stars a week, plus we had a studio audience," she said. "We'd do it in one hour and 15 minutes, and we'd be out in time to go have dinner."

    She concluded: "Also, the cost: You couldn't do what we did today because the cost would be astronomical."

    Read Burnett's interview with THR in its entirety here.

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    Yet another indictment on our society that our "favorite female comedians" are foul-mouthed, rude, femi-nazis...

    And Betty White should be ashamed of herself - She should be getting her soul and her house in order - Joan Rivers, anyone?

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    Joan Rivers was funny back in the day but her mouth was unbelievable in these later years.

    Quote Originally Posted by Romans828 View Post
    Yet another indictment on our society that our "favorite female comedians" are foul-mouthed, rude, femi-nazis...

    And Betty White should be ashamed of herself - She should be getting her soul and her house in order - Joan Rivers, anyone?

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    The only sitcom I watch is "The Middle" It's funny without being offensive.

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    I saw part of CB's interview. Most of what passes for comedy today is awful.

    I too like The Middle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romans828 View Post
    Yet another indictment on our society that our "favorite female comedians" are foul-mouthed, rude, femi-nazis...

    And Betty White should be ashamed of herself - She should be getting her soul and her house in order - Joan Rivers, anyone?
    Should've known I'd find like minded thinkers here! I've been thinking the same exact thing concerning Betty White. I'm afraid for her for real!

    On a more pleasant note. I saw the last interview with the late, beautiful Maureen O'Hara (she was in her 90's). There's no doubt she was saved and not ashamed to let people know it. Classy lady. RIP ❤️
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