Political Correctness

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By Caterino

Im with an Idiot

If we call each other names, it beings us closer together even if we smell

I am so sick of people placing political correctness ahead of real issues. (This one is going to be a pip) We are just too sensitive these days and we really need to lighten up.  I started out as a comedy writer years ago, years and years ago, I am talking before some of you were born.  I have been doing that these days, writing for comedians, acting etc and decided to open a comedy club and calling it “Club Foot” was to me, a funny name for the place.  Well when I tell you that my email got slammed with hate letters and I do mean slammed, I just could not find a reason why this would offend so many. 

I turned to my best friend for help and he asked me why I decided to name the place, “Club Foot?”  I said, “Stand up, foot, it is a club, Duh.”  He then explained to me that club foot is a birth defect where one leg is shorter then the other and even Dudley Moore had one and it probably offended other people that either knew someone with a club foot or has one them self.  He also told me that corrective shoes can fix the problem where one shoe is larger then the other making it seem that both legs are the same in length. 

I though about it and really did not know about this problem that so many have so I decided to change the name of my club, to “Midgets.”  I was going to hire midgets to wait on the customers, bounce, and was stopped dead in my tracks.  My friend told me that was worse then the other name I had for my club. I pulled out a sheet of paper and read the other names I had picked out.  “Buckwheat’s, Jugs, bungholes, Stutterers, Hymietown, Retard’s, Waps, and last but never least, Farts.”  I rattled off one right after the other and he just kept shaking his head nope.”  He suggested that I call the place, Banana’s but I refused because I know a lot of people in the porn industry that would be offended.

Needless to say, the comedy club was put on hold until I could find a good name for it.

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Did you know that the Peoples Court is huge in Italy, yeas it is, and the host over there is judge Wap. 

I was walking down the street and met a friend of mine I haven’t seen for a long while.  I am an Italian from Jersey and he also.  The conversation went like this,

Me:  Aaaa

Him:  Ohhh

Me:  Heyyyy

Him:  Yo

Me:    Jeeeeze

Him:   Later

It was great talking to him after all these years.

As some of you may or may not know, I grew up in Jersey, Newark to be exact and was smack dab in the middle of mob world so here is my Godfather joke.

The Godfather was hosting a party at with all his boys and their wives, and or their girlfriends when their wives stayed home.   The Godfather walked over to Guido and grabbed him by the cheeks and kissed him right on the mouth.  For three weeks Guido was frantic.  He always looked over his shoulder, under the hood of his car, and just knew that he was going to get wacked when least expected.  He met with the Godfather a short time after and the Godfather asked him why he was so nervous.  Guido said, “I know what a kiss on the mouth means, it is the kiss of death.” The Godfather laughed and said, “Guido, I don’t want to kill you, I want to bang ya.”

A drunk walked up to me and said, “I haven’t had a shot in a week, so I shot him.”

Political correctness got to love it.

Thanks

Comments

T_Augustus profile image

T_Augustus 2 years ago

You are a disturbing individual and it's no great mystery to me why you never made it as a comedian.

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Caterino Hub Author 2 years ago

I have been doing that for fifty years. I never made it to your neighborhood, but in my circle, I am funny. Also, see me in a motion picture this spring MORE THAN DIAMONDS. Hey T, do you know how to keep an idiot in suspense?

T_Augustus profile image

T_Augustus 2 years ago

Good thing you're funny in your circle, but unfortunately to be a true comedian, you also have to funny outside of your circle.

Yes, I know exactly how to keep an idiot in suspense...I'll tell you tomorrow.

Caterino profile image

Caterino Hub Author 2 years ago

Personally I don't have a circle, but that doesn't make me a square. The circle you must speak of are fans of mine, I don't know any of them. I learned the craft over forty years ago and did stand up, acting on television, comedy writing for many in the business, yeah, you were right when you said the circle I am in thinks I am funny or else I would be working in a coal mine somewhere. You most likely heard a joke or two by yours truly that is if you watch sitcoms. We don't all feel the need to put our name in every title we right. Sometimes we get paid to keep our names off so you would think your stars write the jokes.

I do ok my friend and I understood at an early age that you can't please everyone so I don't try. I am proud to say that Obama read my book, "White House Mafia" and I even received a letter personally. Yeah, he was polite when he asked me to take it off the market and I was just as polite when I told him "no".

In closing, I will have you know that Redd Foxx, Pryor, and lots of other comics who are not with us any longer to dispute my claims thought I was funny. I refuse to do dirty humor or racial humor, that would to me be in bad taste. Now I know what you are thinking, who asked?

T_Augustus profile image

T_Augustus 2 years ago

You said, "I never made it to your neighborhood, but in my circle, I am funny." That's the circle I'm referring to.

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Caterino Hub Author 2 years ago

My circle is Earth

T_Augustus profile image

T_Augustus 2 years ago

So is my neighborhood.

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Caterino Hub Author 2 years ago

You ae so Mr. Rogers like.

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