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Thread #134334   Message #3055789
Posted By: gnu
17-Dec-10 - 02:57 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Maine Accent
Subject: RE: BS: The Maine Accent
I agree Becca. The man tells some funny stories, but, as i said, he does get raunchy and childish at times, playing to a broad audience... which is how the money is made. It is VERY rare to find a comic like Red Skelton these days BECAUSE of the money factor and the change in venues. The days of Ed Sullivan are long gone so you gotta take the bad with the good.

Take Jeff Foxworthy for instance. He was offered $5000 per hour of tape to play at truck stops years ago. He was told by the studio to raunch it up and he did in order to get paid. He made $7500 from 90 minutes of tape and the studio made $$$$$$$$. But, his mother was pissed when she heard the material. He regrets it, but he had to pay the bills. It's the audience, or at least the "marketing" that makes a lot of the calls.

So, Kendall, don't be put off by the cussing and childish "filler". Ignore it, IF you can and give the man a fair listen. The You Tube stuff is scant. I hear him on Serius a fair bit and his stuff is 51% great.