Tuesday Night Comedy
Aussie Dave | Feb 02, 2010 | 5 comments
Comedian Billy Eichner’s version of Jay Z’s hit song Empire State of Mind, featuring Rachel Dratch from Saturday Night Live.
[Bad language warning]
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Um, I stopped listening after about 30 seconds.
Below the dignity of this site, IMO. =/
Humor is a very individual thing. I found the video mildly amusing. But I grew up in small town homogenous Midwest America. If I had grown up Jewish in suburban New York I would have had a stronger reaction to the humor, either positively or negatively. But the video was certainly not offensive to me. Seems like the humor came from a very personal place for the performers (another reason why I thought the subject matter in the video was just fine). One of the attractive aspects of this site is that it resists political correctness without being clodish, or insensitive to others or being really offensive in matters of good taste (usually).
Actually, Forest Hills is in Queens.
I know, Michael, that technically Forest Hills is part of NYC. I have a lot of friends in New York and even they think if it's not in Manhattan then it's not in New York. But of course you latched onto a small technical point that is not related to the thrust of my central argument. That is something I like about you, though, Michael — don't let anyone get away with anything, no matter how small. There's probably a nice Yiddish word for such a tendency, but I don't know what it is. Some might find it annoying, but I think its one of your endearing qualities.
Oh, I get worse on this blog; people who basically agree with me get into heated arguments over small points. You'd think someone would back you up once in a while. Of course, I don't know whether to take you literally or if you're sarcastic, but my rule is to take people literally, and, if they're sarcastic, it's their problem.
Personally, having grown up in Brooklyn and the Bronx (4th and 9th largest cities in America, at least at one point – Queens is the 5th), I don't think of Manhattanites as "real New Yorkers". The New York times clearly never recognized the incorporation of greater New York; they seem closer to the suburbs than the outer boroughs.