A Brilliant Career Move

Capsule of routine: A few good lines but ultimately it decended into "Our side good, their side mean." How many people actually heard of Sykes before this? I only knew her from "Curb Your Enthusiasm." It was brilliant in many respects. It got media attention. It bashed Limbaugh and by and large it was more Obama kiss kiss than Obama funny. There is more money in cheerleading than in comedy. Ask Maher, Rock, Letterman about their brilliant career moves.

A BRILLIANT CAREER MOVE

Wanda Sykes

It might surprise the reader but I like parts of this routine. My opinion on humor and offensiveness is pretty simple, if not simplistic: You can get away with anything if you are funny. Howard Stern and Howie Carr break EVERY rule. They get away with it because they are funny. Anthony and Opie...not so much. Imus was not run off the air for offensive comments. Imus was habitually unfunny. If he was half as funny as Stern his comments would be a blip on the radar screen.

Is this offensive? Yes, in parts it is. but I love the comments starting at 1:56.