Quote: Nat Wicks @ December 6 2010, 11:11 PM GMTIt's worth remembering that this sort of material would only work if the crowd were really on your side. If you tried to pull this out as a complete unknown at an open mic comedy gig it wouldn't go well, purely because of the nature of the material.
I do agree with Ben though in that a lot of it felt nasty, and I thi k that's a lot to do with the language rather than just the joke premises.
Sorry to hear that Nat, it wasn't meant that way at all.
You can hardly say it's innocent though, can you? 
not that I'm offended of course. I'm fairly thick skinned when it comes to comedy.
Quote: Nat Wicks @ December 6 2010, 11:28 PM GMTYou can hardly say it's innocent though, can you?
not that I'm offended of course. I'm fairly thick skinned when it comes to comedy.
No it's far from innocent, but only in a cheeky chappie, having a laugh in the pub with your mates kind of way. (Well that was the intention any way.) I'm a nice bloke really, I think.
Which is probably why I wasn't offended by it. Because I can tell that it's meant in that way and you are nice. You could pull it off, but you'd have to work on keeping the performance light. Problem is that an audience don't know you, and will make their own minds up as to how they think it's intended.
Quote: Nat Wicks @ December 6 2010, 11:35 PM GMTWhich is probably why I wasn't offended by it. Because I can tell that it's meant in that way and you are nice. You could pull it off, but you'd have to work on keeping the performance light. Problem is that an audience don't know you, and will make their own minds up as to how they think it's intended.
Thanks Nat, that's cheered me up 
Good. I hope I didn't contribute to the original un-cheeredness.
Quote: Nat Wicks @ December 6 2010, 11:38 PM GMTGood. I hope I didn't contribute to the original un-cheeredness.
I'm an Aston Vlla fan, it's an occupational hazard
Poor bairn 
Thought the first one was the best!
Quote: Chopz @ December 8 2010, 1:58 AM GMTThought the first one was the best!
Cheers Chopz
Wherever you go in the world, audiences love jokes in which people 'in the opposite camp' are mocked and held up to ridicule.
Clearly, rabid racism and misogyny require rather specialised audiences but, as long as the material remains within reasonable limits, an all-male audience composed of 'normal' men on a night out loves disrespectful jokes about women.
Gerry's jokes are just the sort thing that goes down well with fans of unashamedly laddish humour.