Sam Morril: Offensive jokes don't make you a bad person
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- A true New York comic, Sam Morril isn't just a regular performer at the famed Comedy Cellar. He's also quickly becoming a familiar face on late night TV. Here, he discusses the occupational pitfalls of dark humor.
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This guy is criminally underrated
One of my favorite comedians! So underrated.
Yes
Big time
My favorite of them all so far
Him and Mark Normand
@@hunterwebber6025 he is legendary my fav for sure just waiting on some new material to come out
Good interview! I think the problem with 'offensive' jokes is that some use them to promote offensive ideas, while others (like Sam) use them to make you think - and some people can't tell the difference. The joke he made about the child who was eaten by the alligator wasn't about the child, it was about people using nonsensical arguments to justify a position.
We all have Dark Thoughts, but in my experience, there are a lot of people who don't like to admit it. When you shine a light on it, they get offended as a defense mechanism. There are plenty of legitimate things to be offended by in life, but as a general rule, comedians rate pretty low on the "Threats To Humanity" list...
That is Very well put I would add that its not the comedians job to assume what individual audience members are ok with. And because of that, there will always be people who cant tell the difference as you put it. And the comedian shouldnt have to clean up parts of THEIR act to accommodate the feelings of a few people who are uncomfortable with certain subjects. The jokes are for the audience to enjoy but ultimately its the comedians material. They write it because THEY believe its funny, not the other way around.
As a footnote. I dont think comedians should be viewed as bad people because they attempt to make people laugh at dark subject matter at an open mic. Working a joke out is a lengthy process and there will almost always be times when a joke doesnt get the desired reaction right away. It needs to be tweaked. Most notably louis ck joked about school shooters and had to scrap it because the public heard a joke that may have not been finished.
I don’t like the idea of offensive jokes. Because people who say I like offensive jokes like that people are offended. I have a dark sense of humour. Like I will make anything a joke. But the idea is to make someone laugh perhaps at something they would normally be outraged by. I don’t believe Sam tells offensive jokes. He tells jokes, people get offended.
Also you are correct that some people take the jokes as validation. So it is kinda important to know your audience, I wouldn’t make *ape joke to an *apist because I’m not here to validate him/her.
My god, that Cosby joke, fucking PERFECT. I truly hate people who sort themselves out by the content of performed material as if somebody's act is indicative of the type of person the performer is. Cosby is a fantastic example of how clean, safe comedy can't buy you the certainty of a good person behind the act. Just recently discovered Sam Morril, and I have to say he's one of the most direct, least full of shit and honestly still funny comedian to come out recently.
Why is he my exact type. He is so smart-brutal-funny and his issues make him attractive.
Get some help
it's not the issues themselves that make him attractive, it's the way he is self-aware and knows his shortcomings , is at peace with them, and actively tries to work on them. If he were a lady I would totaly be into her lol
serseri herif ah yes, I couldn’t put it to words the way you did!!!
Hey, I just stumbled on your RUclips channel and I absolutely love it. It's always nice to see new faces on youtube that puts conversations with artists on the forefront, with great production as a bonus. Keep up the good work !
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I just discovered Mr. Morril, and am absolutely gobsmacked with his wit and humor!
He seems to be a well grounded , insightful individual.
I hope and wish greatness for him!
When he said Catholics have a thought and feel guilty... bruh that’s meeeeee
This is awesome. I wouldn’t know who Sam Morrill was were it not for RUclips. But I have been a fan of comedy since I was a teenager in the 1960s, and Sam is the coolest, most down-to-earth, thinking comedian to come along in recent years. This interview was an excellent showcase of his spirit. (Also, I LMFAO at the alligator/baby joke.)
Sam your voice, your style and your jokes are awesome! …and for those, who don’t get your sarcastic kind of jokes, better watch tv!
I personally hope you’ll never quit this job and if I get ever to New York, the first thing I plan, to get to your show!
I feel like people who don’t see the nuance and the meaning between the lines in jokes are kind of dumb. He’s brilliant!
Being from LA... this was very validating. It’s rough out here
great conversation.
I just love this guy so much
I love him more ❤
Bro please keep ruining their nights. Because you make more
I don't get how these people find comedy clubs or WHY they even go if they're obviously going to get mad about a joke.
Loved the video, thanks for putting it up.
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed!
I, personally, try not to take what a COMEDIAN at a COMEDY SHOW says too seriously.
I agree he is underrated I saw him recently do his bit he had some really good lines I would say he's a intelligent comedian. Some people are just rude and vulgar I can do that but it takes a certain type of finesse to not only deliver the lines correctly and with good timing but with some crafting.
I love the stay out of Malibu, Lebowski pop up xD
Sir! I have you know, I saw that bit! I assure you, it was truly a great bit lol
“Traffic makes me homicidal” Cheers to that 🍻 🤣
0:50...very accurate statement
If the baby was carrying a weapon he would've seen this video
I heard "worst thing" as "worth thing" repeatedly. Thought he was talking with a lisp for a second. But then he said Holocaust perfectly.
i heard the same...seems afterward he was hyper cognizant of his s sounds
Who the FUCK cares about a lisp. Jesus Christ you suck
I like the religion and psychological reference. Going crazy and getting closer to God and all that anxiety shit is connected, so, much love for this
The woman who got mad at him for telling the joke about the kid who was killed by the alligator wrote an email to The Comedy Store. She said "Sam Morril told a joke about that alligator who murdered that child." Sam said in his act "That's a strange choice of words. Murder. It's sounds like the alligator was paid to do it. And after he went to a pay phone and said "It's done."
I think Sam is absolutely genius. He's cute, too. :)
the worth thing!
Aww Jarrett, LA was hard 😢
Love Sam.
Sam is amazing
What is the best thing about twenty nine year olds? There are twenty of them.
“You’re just drunk” 👍
There takes on LA and New York maybe relatively inaccurate. Maybe if you're a Hollywood or media person desperate for work, which I guess they are, it's true. but most of New York is not rich people, and most of LA is not actors. both cities are full of hundreds and thousands if not millions of hard-working people without egos, just putting their heads down and getting good work done. That's what I love about both cities.
9:56
Homie just described the plot of Crash lol
Now i need to find the bit with alligator ...
I feel like I'm in an intervention
I can totally relate to this. Every time I cracked a joke in high school, people around me would get easily offended and give me dirty looks. Especially in this day in age. Thank you so much for putting this up on the web. Just waiting for the butthurt viewers to give their thoughts on this if they ever come across it LOL
The technology rant while I'm sitting here watching this vid I'm like yea fuck 😬
Wow wow wow everything was going good until Sam said he went up to “dunk” LMAOOO😂😂😂😂
I do stand up in Tampa, but I also run a solar install company, so I don't need the income from comedy. Takes a ton of pressure off.
Dude you should use 'compressor' for your own audio channel; when you laugh loud...it gets loud indeed
👌🏻
Worthst thing x2 3:47 xD
Chris Rock somewhere rubbin his cheek and nodding to this rn
One didn't like LA because he couldn't get a job...the other doesn't like traffic. Both agree it's a place people shouldn't live...hope the 13,131,431 people who currently call the metro area home get the memo.
They did, that's why there's a mass exodus out of California now
Sam's take NYC is pretty profound.
Hehee he is so high :D
Lmao captions at 13:37 need to go home.
I miss when people take a joke as just a joke. Like just laugh, go with the flow. Why did we start things to serious?
Rachid Ghezzal
Twitter Comedy Killer - Misinterpretation of inflection.
First search : Sam Morril Gator Baby
there's so much about this I like but I'm only gonna point out the fact that he can't pronounce 'worst' @3:41
4x too that was amazing
What about 4:35, he says it just fine. It must just be occasional depending on what word is following it.
He was gonna say “worst thing” but stopped to say something else so it came out “worst th-“
0:35 that aged well
Iv made many offencive jokes. And yea, there 1 person in a group of friends im with that decided to call me every name in the book cause of them
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"You don't hate the people around you like you should." 😂😂😂
Shhshhshhshh Jesus Christ
Unfortunately, too accurate.
Fuckin humanity these days
He lowkey has a lisp situation going on
I was thinking he did watching one of his comedy bits , but you just confirmed it to me .
Kharla Jean after reading this comment I was fucked up, I heard EVERY one after, only three minutes in...
@Inebriatd same here lol damn it. why'd you jinx it. i was doing so good until i heard that. damn
And you're jealous, we get it.
It almost looks like he has an Retainer or Invisiline thing in. You can see the shine
Also, lot's of pay to play in LA even by people who dont really have the ability to move a project.
God Sam is so good, his explanation makes him even cooler. This is a great comedian.
Sam Morril is a super spreader, lol.
he shouldnt even need to explain this lol
:-)
They should have charged the parents with murder you don't take your eyes off a child in Florida around any water Gators have been there forever , and at a park too, with multitudes of people and other predators ,an innocent life is precious, there is no precious in ignorance incompetence arrogance or parenting
I hear ya. They're punishment probably is knowing daily the baby isn't around anymore
See you later alligator 🐊😭😭😭😭
Any time people start to categorise certain words as 'off-limits'/unmentionable, the resulting confusion breeds disinformation and paranoia, irrational fear, and outright ignorance of basic fundamental information. It's why pedophilia is rampant in religious circles, it's why alcoholism and abuse continue in generational cycles, and it's why everybody ends up feeling afraid of the unknown. The way to fix it is to use precise words--sometimes uncomfortable ones--so that integrity of meaning is maintained. It's impossible to be accurate if every 4th word is a land mine, and we embarrass ourselves every time we hold forth a word and try to shame or ignore it out of existence, like the thing it represents will just 'go away' if we no longer mention it or re-label it in flowery terms.
I didn't mean to rant, sorry--I guess I didn't realise how much this matters to me until realising that Offence Culture really is gagging the voices of my second-favourite group of people (comedians) like it did my first-favourite group of people (musicians) in the 80/90s. I'm having flashbacks of buying Motley Crue and Nirvana albums at Wal-Mart, just to discover the lyrics were censored or the little baby's weenie was edited out off the album cover. Then you had to save allowance another 2 weeks to buy another copy somewhere Tipper Gore hadn't tainted yet--Sound Shop, Camelot Music, a rich poser-friend's CD collection...
Speak freely, and carry a big schtick! Your words will mean more and last longer :) Plus, you're excellently funny, so you should talk lots more than anchors or politicians. They're only ever funny by accident.
Also "Noir is sadness--things not working out."
2020: a Year Noir
im gonna listen to green day
It does take a certain amount of intelligence to get humor, especially dark or twisted/complex humor
So yeah, dumb people get left behind, or offended
War torn Russia . That’s horrible situation just absolutely horrible
My team is losing! CAN LIFE GET ANY WORSE!?
Did he really think they handed out writing jobs?
So glad he gave Catholics props for our guilt. We’re born guilty & it just gets worse from there.
funny, I thought the baby joke was making fun of gun nuts whose response to any tragedy is "wouldn't have happened if he had a gun"
If you live in ny you know your faith
Faith? Or Face?
The worst trouble he got in was getting home drunk?
I mean, the first joke, yeah, but after multiple jokes after multiple years of repeating the same style of joke, a pattern begins to real it's ugly head, and before you know it, you find yourself not just telling jokes, bro, but you're actually just being a bully and using jokes as a cover.
You make fun of subjects without promoting it.
Like you said, you're making fun of pedophilia and your attitude condems it.
For me the pure fact that you've made transgender jokes that make fun of how people treat trans people, instead of making offensive jokes about people being trans.
That alone shows that you are awesome.
That brown liquid story is so hilariously stupid. Me and my cousin pulled the same shit. Made no fuckin sense.
Sam Morril never broke the law, but smoked pot that weird
Who's listening in 2019? Bragging about a $400 for a phone?? Lol that's pussy shit. I cant even get my screen fixed for that much anymore.
Catholics and religious scrupulosity
Hardly anyone has a sense of humor.
Sounds like he thought he was on acid and so did his friend and they were just drinking alcohol instead.. it sounds like they got tricked and paid for something they never got
Jesus with the Jew jokes
Okay, Sam. It's 6 years later, so I hope this is no longer apropos. It's cool to have the five o'clock shadow (or more) look, but, man, you need to shave your neck.
He hasn't aged a day to be fair
He reminds me of my favorite porn actors. 😄
American Jews feel guilt.
Nah, sorry, Chicago is the worst of both.
In my opinion, the taxi driver analogy is not the best! The movie Taxi Driver is about a Crazy Taxi Driver! A better analogy would have been it's like saying The Breakfast Club is about a group of friends or people in a nonprofit organization that have breakfast together and if you seen that movie you know it's not true
Im a fan but you were mocking the babys death and you have the right to but please man up and just call it like it is