Greg was one of the good ones.
Great to see him put that insufferable hack Leary in his place.

RIP, Mr. Giraldo.

Hugo defends a drug user, surprise! Before you shoot off your mouth, people that are addicted to pain killers are not in the same category as this clown.

gordonbloyershow said:
Hugo defends a drug user, surprise! Before you shoot off your mouth, people that are addicted to pain killers are not in the same category as this clown.

Before you shoot off your mouth, how about a little respect for the dead.
One might think it would be a desire for someone so close themselves.

Condolences to Greg and an all time favorite Tony Curtis.

First off, going just by Avatars, it looks like a dueling of the Gordons, haha…

Second, It is a shame what happened to Mr. Giraldo. Sometimes his humor was a bit too profane for me, but I have to admit, he is one of the better roasters. I especially loved his roast of Larry the Cable Guy and David Hasselhoff.

As if it needs repeating, drug abuse is a horrific problem in this country and it just cost us another great comedian.

right-is-wrong said:
Before you shoot off your mouth, how about a little respect for the dead.One might think it would be a desire for someone so close themselves. Condolences to Greg and an all time favorite Tony Curtis.

Oh, crap! I forgot about Tony Curtis! Yes, another lost great one.

“Some Like It Hot”

‘Nuff said.

Tony Curtis died? Hadn’t heard. Gonna miss Greg on those Comedy Central roasts.

littleboybloyer said:
Hugo defends a drug user, surprise!

Where was I defending him, exactly? I was merely commenting on his comedic talent.

But, that didn’t stop you from jumping to the defense of Jabba the Rush, did it?

littleboybloyer said:
Before you shoot off your mouth, people that are addicted to pain killers are not in the same category as this clown.

And maybe before YOU shoot off YOUR mouth, dummy, you should examine the cause of Giraldo’s death: accidental overdose of prescription medication.

gordon blowhard.. stfu u stiff idiot. why dont you go hangout at drudge or biggovernments comments section

I remember that show. That’s the kind of stuff that used to glue me to “Tough Crowd”. I miss the show.

And I will miss Giraldo. He created “My Name Is Earl”, I believe. He had a wife & kids. What is it about these jerks that they put getting high over seeing their families one more time. I’m not prissy. I’ve used various drugs. I smoked crack once and I thought this is stupid. I could kill myself and never see my son again. Ironically, my son became addicted to opiates and OD’d. Drug users can be real narcissistic jerks.

gordonbloyershow said:
Hugo defends a drug user, surprise! Before you shoot off your mouth, people that are addicted to pain killers are not in the same category as this clown.

With intolerance like yours, it’s no wonder why most non-violent drug addicts get sent to prison instead of getting help with their medical problem. That’s right. Addiction is a biological problem, not a character flaw.

He should have lived to see his own show. RIP.

More evidence there is no “god”….Giraldo gets taken from us while that lardass kiddie diddler gets to live.

Steve, good on you for remembering this. I thought of that clip after hearing about Giraldo’s death. Leary had been a huge douche for quite a while that night, and Greg obliterated him.

Do you guys have a moderator for this site? There’s no good reason for Gordon Bloyer to have a voice here. He’s never said a single intelligent word, yet he pollutes every damn thread.

RIP Greg.

Well, that sucks. RIP, Greg.

Tough Crowd was an awesome show.

Giraldo: That’s a good point, and if you had tried a little comedy writing, maybe your show would still be on the air.”

Greg, Denis Leary didn’t WRITE material, he STOLE it.

RIP

gordonbloyershow said:
Hugo defends a drug user, surprise! Before you shoot off your mouth, people that are addicted to pain killers are not in the same category as this clown.

Giraldo went to Columbia and then Harvard Law School. That “clown” had more intelligence in a single strand of hair than you do in your entire collection of wigs and glue-on moustaches.

One of Greg’s best lines to Ice T. ‘You’re so old, you used the money from your first record to buy your freedom.’

gordonbloyershow said:
Hugo defends a drug user, surprise! Before you shoot off your mouth, people that are addicted to pain killers are not in the same category as this clown.

Wow, Gordon, I have to say as a comic in NY, um, go fuck yourself. In fact, every opponent of Gordon should go ahead and copy and paste that quote and hold on to it. And put the time it was said, so that everyone can see that this Gordon guy is not a human being. It’s hard to listen to any political point you make, any joke that you try (and fail, as a comic, your jokes are hacky and unfunny. But I know, you’re not bragging), any, Hey look at me schtick, without thinking of this quote. Being in the comedy community, I’ve heard rumors and some facts pertaining to the death of Mr. Giraldo. It’s a very sad story. Also, Greg was a great man, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting him once at Comedy Cellar, and he’s compassionate to young struggling comics, and never once came across as any sort of d-bag. (For the record, most comedians don’t care for Denis Leary, since he is a d-bag and there’s the whole Bill Hicks controversy). He was funny and his barbs could be mean, but they were good natured ribbing. He will be missed in the comedy world.

Either way, Gordon has miraculously made it so that his comments on this site officially mean less. I’ve been trying to think about myself and if there is someone that I don’t care for (why don’t you care for Greg, Gordon?) would I be mean instantly or would I wait a bit before any disparaging words. I didn’t care for Reagan, but when he died I don’t think I said anything negative about him for a couple of weeks. Also, I know for a fact when Michael Jackson died, I didn’t make a joke about the pedophilia accusations, but man, I heard them by so many and I always felt like I had to stand up and say “He just died, guys, relax.” I’m sure I’ve done it, and I’m sure I regret it. And it doesn’t mean anything for the person who died, I think it’s out of respect for people that cared and loved the ones they lost. That’s devastating, and hard. That’s really where I respect should go. I know on the podcast I co-host we tend to have shows about people who died in “humorous” fashion, and I do tend to be the one that reminds people, someone just died. I don’t do it enough. Yes, it’s funny, and making jokes is fine at the expense at someone who died (I hope at my funeral, a few of my comic friends tell some biting material about me. But nothing overtly mean or spiteful, because that could hurt my family and friends that are still alive.) Wow, I’m rambling now. Sorry, it sort of becomes therapeutic to think about these things here.

Either way, when Gordon passes (and he will, we all do, I’m not leveling a death threat or anything, it’s just a matter of time for all of us.), I hope that I won’t level an attack or anything. I’ll probably delete his comment that I’m holding in my back pocket.

To sum up, Gordon is a douchebag.

Just a short clip. Pam Anderson doesn’t get the joke.

http://comedians.jokes.com/greg-giraldo/videos/uncensored—greg-giraldo—no-talent-success

Adios Greg, you were one funny SOB. You were the only reason I would watched the Roasts on Comedy Central. RIP brother

Permatiltx said:
To sum up, Gordon is a douchebag.

You brought a tear to my eye. Yea right. Go pretend that you are a comedian.

Permatiltx said:
Wow, Gordon, I have to say as a comic in NY, um, go fuck yourself.

I could have posted what I did using a phony name like you do but I stand behind what I say. I make NO apoligies to anyone. When JFK was shot he did not suddenly become a good president. In Dec. 1963 I wrote that he was a scumbag in paper for a class at Indiana U. and the lefty prof threw me out of class. If that didn’t bother me why would you think anything you say would bother me.
People don’t change dead or alive. If you are a comedian why are you hiding behind a phony name? I sometimes work for a club that hires comedians, they don’t get jobs if we don’t know who they are.
I gave Kip Addota one of his first jobs. He got his first appearance on the The Tonight Show during that gig.

Has it come out what he od’d on?

Permatiltx, well there really is a Arthur Carlson child molester. Very funny.

Everyone needs to know this (Permatiltx) is a member of the Huffington Post. He doesn’t like Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity. Surprise!

I sure believe everything YOU say. LOL.

Tough Crowd was politically incorrect… That is what made it great!
He will be missed!

Expect Tosh.O to be pulled soon…. Funny show!

gordonbloyershow said:
I could have posted what I did using a phony name like you do but I stand behind what I say. I make NO apoligies to anyone. When JFK was shot he did not suddenly become a good president. In Dec. 1963 I wrote that he was a scumbag in paper for a class at Indiana U. and the lefty prof threw me out of class. If that didn’t bother me why would you think anything you say would bother me. People don’t change dead or alive.

But see, you missed what I said. If Dick Cheney was dead, I would wait a bit. Yes, he’s a bad person. Are his kids, are his family? And that’s where the respect should lie. Now, should your Indiana University prof have thrown you out (I’m hoping you didn’t write scumbag in the essay, that is not a very good word for something you are trying to express in a history class. But I digress)? No, of course not. Unless that professor was connected to JFK in a familiar way, then of course, I can understand the pain that’s involved when someone hears about a close family member (That would make you a douchebag if you knew that and did it anyway). Absolutely, death doesn’t mean that people instantly becomes angels. That wasn’t my point. The point is that this is an open forum of ideas (sometimes), pure and simple, and anyone can come on here, and those close, well, they could get very upset or it could be hurtful. Hiding behind a screen name or not, it is the behavior of a douchebag, and that is the legacy you seem okay with leaving behind.

gordonbloyershow said: If you are a comedian why are you hiding behind a phony name? I sometimes work for a club that hires comedians, they don’t get jobs if we don’t know who they are.
I gave Kip Addota one of his first jobs. He got his first appearance on the The Tonight Show during that gig.

Well, since you are in the public eye, you know that to build a career in entertainment, you have to build a brand name. If I was a political comic, then I would put my name out there. But alas, I’m not. It’s not what I want to be thought of as. I am a comic who deals in pop culture, movies, and now starting a family. It has taken me five years to develop this persona. A lot of work, blood sweat and tears, and finally I’ve hit what I want to be known as. Putting Arthur Carlson up on political media sites would actually hurt that persona. Thus I put Permatiltx. My close friends know that name, actually anyone who knows me knows that’s my handle, so I’m not really hiding. I’ve just chosen to keep it away from the public eye while I develop my character and build my career. But it seems you have chosen to “out” me, which is a douchebag thing to do since it will hurt my career and my hard work.

gordonbloyershow said:
Permatiltx, well there really is a Arthur Carlson child molester. Very funny.

Everyone needs to know this (Permatiltx) is a member of the Huffington Post. He doesn’t like Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity. Surprise!

I sure believe everything YOU say. LOL.

Now, I am on Huffington Post everyone. Now, go on there and tell me the last time you saw me post something on there. It’s been a while. I haven’t been there for a few months. I still stand behind being against ideology, and though this does tend to lean left as a site, the comment boards are where the right has more of a voice. And most of the right on this site tend to not be trolls like on Huffington Post. I don’t like extreme left, and I haven’t been to the huff post in a long time. And no, I don’t care for Sarah Palin, nor Rush Limbaugh, nor Sean Hannity. I don’t care for Alan Grayson either. (His Taliban Dan ad is horrible). I don’t like Spitzer, Patterson, or most of the New York Dems (they are very corrupt and do not have my best interests at heart, well, Spitzer didn’t have my best interests at heart, now, he’s not really making policy decisions anymore.). The thing is that I am trying to be anti-ideology and at least here, where sometimes good ideas come from both sides, and sometimes serious, real movement of ideas can be had here. And the moderates who take the time to wade through personal attacks and half hearted rhetoric can find these discussions going on, and I like being a part of them. But again, I am not a political comedian, so I don’t want that to affect my character on stage.

And why does everyone need to know that I’m a member of the Huffington Post? There are some right on that site as well (they tend to be trolls though). How does that change my arguments? Also, if my telling you to go fuck yourself did not affect you, why spend the time to “out” me and therefore hurt my career. It seems kind of dickish of you if you just wanted to hurt the things I’ve been working for over something that didn’t affect you. So, fine, if that’s the game you want to play, the name is Arthur Carlson, I am not a political comedian, I co-host a NY comedian podcast called the Check Spot that you can subscribe to on iTunes. I am a member of a sketch group called the Ultimate Experts. I used to run a show at Ochi’s Lounge in the basement of Comix which ended when the lounge closed, but am currently looking for a new venue within NYC. I will be hitting the road next year, and hope to get those dates locked and put up on my new website I am currently building. I have been working on comedy for over five years and have finally started to reach the strides you hope to reach by the time you reach this amount of time working.

And also, for the people who follow or don’t follow Gordon Bloyer, just to let you know he is willing to hurt the career of a young comedian because of something written on a message board. He doesn’t mean to brag, of course.

Arthur, I am a huge comedy fan, so hopefully you trek to the Midwest. I’d definately be happy to attend one of your shows.

I’m kind of saddened, though, that you gave in to Gordon, or at least it seems that way. There is nothing wrong with having a made up name, like Permatiltx or Stoogedudes. I don’t see why we need to parade our names all over the internet to somehow “prove” who we are. You don’t see Gordon going after the right wingers on this site that don’t use their full names.

There was a fleeting moment where I had some respect for Gordon. We had a bit of an agreement on the Mosque/Islamic center/whatever-you-want-to-call-it situation, where I was not in favor of it. But after reading what he wrote here, yeah, I don’t have much respect for that kind of stuff. Greg Giraldo had a family and many fans. He had flaws, sure, but thats no reason to demonize someone, especially after they died.

There’s a difference between being politically incorrect and being completely tasteless and classless.

That was a great moment on that sorely missed show. (Even though Leary had an argument to make he didn’t–i.e., there was plenty of blood spilled in the smaller proxy wars fought between the US and USSR). Another great moment on Tough Crowd was when Nick Dipaulo told Liz Winstead she looked like Nancy Reagan after she made a dismissive comment about her co-guests being nothing but a bunch of “old white guys”. He said something like, “Who are you calling ‘old’, you like friggin’ Nancy Reagan for chrissakes!” The look on her face was priceless–and deserved.

stoogedudes said:
Arthur, I am a huge comedy fan, so hopefully you trek to the Midwest. I’d definately be happy to attend one of your shows.

I’m kind of saddened, though, that you gave in to Gordon, or at least it seems that way. There is nothing wrong with having a made up name, like Permatiltx or Stoogedudes. I don’t see why we need to parade our names all over the internet to somehow “prove” who we are. You don’t see Gordon going after the right wingers on this site that don’t use their full names.

There was a fleeting moment where I had some respect for Gordon. We had a bit of an agreement on the Mosque/Islamic center/whatever-you-want-to-call-it situation, where I was not in favor of it. But after reading what he wrote here, yeah, I don’t have much respect for that kind of stuff. Greg Giraldo had a family and many fans. He had flaws, sure, but thats no reason to demonize someone, especially after they died.

There’s a difference between being politically incorrect and being completely tasteless and classless.

Yeah, I’m hoping to hit some clubs out there next year. It’s become tricky, since I’m having a kid, so there’s going to be more balancing than I know how to handle. But dreams and family are going to be worth it all. I have a few comedy partners who are from the midwest, so it is in our sights. Will keep you posted.

I’ll probably go back to Permatiltx eventually. I like that name. I like a lot of the names on here. It’s just difficult to have to deal with Gordon consistently saying who I am, and using the “hiding” equation to diminish what my opinions are. It’s ludicrous. I’m just taking it out of the equation. Also, forgot to mention that I don’t want to use my comments here to market or promote myself. Again there are some out there who actually hide behind their names out of fear. There are some that don’t. I want it to be clear that I’m not doing it because I don’t stand behind my opinions. But, you are absolutely right in your assessment of the anonymity aspect. But please, don’t think I gave in. Just made it easier for me to debate is all. I tend to not care for people who use political message boards as a marketing tool. It impedes the message sometimes.

Yes, I agree with all that you said. I’ve always felt that politically incorrect humor is much more difficult than just being tasteless and classless. If you can find an intelligence then it rises above the tasteless and the classless. Bill Hicks was a master at that. Just wanted to throw his name in since part of this article was about Denis Leary. I saw Giraldo a couple of times at Comedy Cellar, and that was the best place to see him and most of the tough crowd guys because that’s where they worked on their material. And I learned a lot watching him (as well as Jim Norton and Colin Quinn) take a joke that failed one night, rework it, and see it mature into something hilarious. Giraldo was one of the best I’ve ever seen handle hecklers.

writer said:
One of Greg’s best lines to Ice T. ‘You’re so old, you used the money from your first record to buy your freedom.’

I saw that
That whole bit was Hilarious!

Arthur (Not a Political Comic) said:
And also, for the people who follow or don’t follow Gordon Bloyer, just to let you know he is willing to hurt the career of a young comedian because of something written on a message board. He doesn’t mean to brag, of course.

All of his 5 twitter followers.

I was glad to read your posts, and I hope for most (like myself) brought everyone back to earth for just a bit.
I will look for you in the Minneapolis area, and if you have links to podcasts etc, I for one would love to see.
Hung out with Will Durst last year (friend of my wife). This seem to be a fairly friendly place for Comedians.

Thanks for joining the conversation.

thanks for the laughs ,pal RIP

Arthur, good luck in your career. Please learn from the tragedies that have come before ye. How much more enjoyable would our lives be if mistakes were not made by some of the greats.(that sounds selfish..I guess it is) You know who they are. Sad indeed.