Has there ever been a worse timed comedy show/sketch than Carlin's "I kinda like it when a lot of people die" on 9/10/2001?

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

I mean unfortunate timing, not tasteless timing...

Even in the era of a billion unfortunate YouTube videos, I'm not sure there has been timing this unfortunate since 9/11. Just... absolutely terrible timing, holy shit.

What are the competitors to this for worst timing ever in comedy?

 

[8byte]

It wasn't terribly timed at all.

 

[Lunaray]

It would have been terribly timed if he did it AFTER 9/11.

 

[Raccoon]

I think OP meant coincidental timing, not tastefulness

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

It would have been terribly timed if he did it AFTER 9/11.

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Well he wasn't going to do it after 9/11 obviously. The sketch wasn't included in his released work until 2016.

This wasn't tasteless timing, just an immediate tragedy that made his previous day set very uncomfortable.

 

[ClickyCal']

That's vintage turn of the millennium era edgy humor.

 

[Deleted member 6949]

Carlin's 09/12/2001 special was way worser: "Yeah, I really enjoyed that."

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

That's vintage turn of the millennium era edgy humor.

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Oh yeah, it's not a very interesting set.

 

[onpoint]

Yeah, this is one of those unpredictable moments. Unfortunate that it lined up this way but I don't blame the guy.

 

[Kitten Mittens]

Umm that's good timing. Doing it after the fact would have been the worst timing.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Umm that's good timing. Doing it after the fact would have been the worst timing.

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It feels pretty unfortunate timing wise.

I don't mean tasteless timing.

 

[Dest]

Edgy humor. Really unfortunate timing, though. Jesus.

 

[IggyChooChoo]

Not comedy, but the guys who had this planned album cover due to release in fall 2001 do spring to mind.

 

[evrythngwastakn]

When I listen to you're all diseased and he rants about all the terrorism stuff I laugh but it's certainly in a different light now.

I miss Carlin.

 

[Deleted member 6263]

Crazy timing to run that set, but man none of that was funny.

 

[Foltzie]

Is there an extended version of that bit that gets better? This version isn't very subversive just "edgy".

And wow I don't realize how much Tosh builds on the Carlin concepts.

Also for a bit that he worked on for 40 years I would've expected it to be better?

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Is there an extended version of that bit that gets better? This version isn't very subversive just "edgy".

And wow I don't realize how much Tosh builds on the Carlin concepts.

Also for a bit that he worked on for 40 years I would've expected it to be better?

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Look, you're eventually going to run out of jokes after 40 years.

But it's not funny at all, sure.

 

[Lant_War]

Not comedy, but the guys who had this planned album cover due to release in fall 2001 do spring to mind.

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Holy fuck that's bad luck

 

[Slayven]

There is a show coming out next week called "Undercover Billionair" where a billion slums for a week and pulls himself up by his bootstraps.

 

[Hoa]

Not comedy, but the guys who had this planned album cover due to release in fall 2001 do spring to mind.

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I actually came in here to post that. Crazy timing on that one, glad it didn't hurt Boots Riley's career.

 

[PinaColada]

Don't forget the Lone Gunmen the X-Files spin off that had an almost exact to the details episode about the Terrorist attack on the twin towers that came out I believe just a few months before.