Barry Finn: Well Barry, I see your point and don't disagree in principle. I just guess I have a hard time finding the dividing line. I am an "educated red neck" (MS +) and I love red neck jokes. I am a Baptist and I love Baptist jokes. In Texas we tell Aggie (Texas A&M) jokes - they are the same as Polish jokes and Pat and Mike jokes. The Aggies tell them the most. Sometimes they put a twist in them that one doesn't expect and get one on UT or Baylor. I don't tell Jewish jokes because I don't understand the Jewish culture and there are a lot of Jewish comedians who tell Jewish jokes, which I usually do not understand. I don't like Jesus jokes (walking on water etc.) and I do not like jokes about other religions that touch on the religion itself rather than the ethnicity that may go with the religion. I never saw Amos and Andy on TV because when they were on I was not interested in TV, but I heard them on radio earlier. The only thing I remember much is the annual Christmas story that Amos told his daughter Arabella (I think). I always looked forward to that as much as the annual radio program with Lyonal Barrymore playing Scrooge. By the way, can we discuss the Scrooges of this world without being insensitive? As I understand it, the original Amos and Andy characters were white people but the TV characters were black. Hattie McDaniel played a black slave in Gone With the Wind. I certainly do not thing slavery was good even though some of my ancestors were slave holders. But I think Hattie McDaniel was very good and the fact that she played a black slave was quite appropriate. Now I see black people putting themselves down on situation comedy after situation comedy on TV. Then there is Bill Cosby, a prince of a man, black or white, I don't think of him as either when I am watching him or reading his books. Hey, this thing isn't going anywhere! I guess I need to think some more. Thank you for your insights. - Philip Hudson