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25
29
Clean Blue
Debate Score:54
Arguments:28
Total Votes:57
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Which is the better form of comedy?

Don't forget to add reason. 

 

 

Clean

Side Score: 25
VS.

Blue

Side Score: 29

I like Bill Cosby. Check out Bill Cosby Himself on DVD. Having said that.....

3 guys are stranded on the desert. They decide that they must eat each other a little at a time in order to survive. On the first night the first guy gives up his arm so that all may eat. On the second night the second guy gives up his leg. On the third night the third guy pulls down his pants and they all rejoice, "Hot dog tonight, Yay!" To which he replies, "What hot dog? Here, drink your milk and go to bed!"

My grandmother loves that joke. She has Alzheimer's disease so I tell her this joke every night, before she goes to bed, as I prepare her warm milk ;)

Side: Clean
iamdavidh(4856) Disputed
1 point

... milk?

why not apple juice?

Why does he have white pee?

See clean humor is confusing... wait, that was clean right? I'm so depraved I don't even know anymore.

Side: Blue

It wasn't pee. It's kinda like what you get when you try to milk a bull ;)

Side: Clean
3 points

Clean comedy makes it available for all ages and thus marketing and revenue can do better because there is a wider spectrum of people who have access.

Side: Clean
iamdavidh(4856) Disputed
2 points

I fail to see the humor here...

The minimum length for an argument is 50 characters. The purpose of this restriction is to cut down on the amount of dumb jokes, so we can keep the quality of debate and discourse as high as possible.

Side: Blue
HGrey87(750) Disputed
1 point

So, Britney Spears makes some of the best music? Shrek is one of the best movies? Cancer is the best disease?

Side: Blue
3 points

I am so confused, what did you mean by that? Just wondering.

Side: Clean
rbamattre(15) Disputed
1 point

Being marketable doesn't equate with being funny. Often, I find comedians who don't appeal to a larger audience funnier and their material is easier to relate to. What can clean, all-ages, totally marketable comedians write jokes about? Paper clips? Breathing?

Clean comedy can often be limited, because jokes are cut down to avoid adult content. Some comedians can do it, Bill Cosby and Jim Gaffigan come to mind, but the vast majority of comedians, at their funniest, touch on blue material. Comedy, as with life, thrives on being free and uncensored.

Side: Blue
3 points

Blue comedy is un witty, and I personally find it boring, unless it is done in an emotional format.

I find Clean comedy is very good, takes alot more intelligence (you say can't say some swears), and it also is somewhat safe to watch with the rest of the family.

Side: Clean
iamdavidh(4856) Disputed
1 point

There's nothing inherent about any word which would render it dangerous to a human being, so I fail to follow your safety arguement.

I curse all the time, and never has it caused someone to spontaneously combust, become ill, contract gang green, or be thrown into a vortex leading to a dimension of hell...

As for intelligence, isn't blue collar comedy and gallagar clean humor?

I rest my case.

Side: Blue
3 points

i was gonna say blue but JakeJ pointed something out, Brian Regan is the greatest comedian of all time and he's clean... therefore, clean is better.

Side: Clean
2 points

Hey another Brian Regan fan! How long have you been a fan?

Side: Clean
3 points

i guess since i first heard him on Comedy Central Presents.

Side: Clean

Bill Cosby talks about his childhood and says:

"And it's because of my father that between the ages of 5 and 7 I thought my name was 'Jesus Christ!'"

imitates father (loud voice): "JESUS CHRIST!"

"And my brother Russel thought his name was 'Dammit!'"

imitates father (loud voice): "Dammit, sit down! And Jesus Christ, stop making all that noise!"

"So one day I'm out playing in the rain and my dad says, 'Dammit, will you get in here?' and I said, 'But Dad, I'm Jesus Christ!'"

Sounds like something I would have said ;)

Side: Clean
2 points

hahahaha, that's considered clean comedy? hahaha. I did like The Cosby Show though.

Side: Clean
1 point

Alot of the funniest jokes i've heard are clean without swearing. Mind you, there are alot of funny dirty jokes out there too, but there are so many topics out there other than just sex and swearing that can be exploited for their comedic value.

Side: Clean
2 points

clean comedy comes off as dishonest to me for some reason.

Side: Blue
JakeJ(3255) Disputed
2 points

PSSHSH whatever!

you gotta at least admit that clean comedy is more original and more of a challenge. Give them some credit.

Anyone can joke about sex.. ... Whenever I listen to blue comedians I feel like I'm in middle school listening to kids lie about their virginity and try to be funny. It just comes off as immature.

Try Brian Regan he has way more talent than most of the middle school jokesters out there.

Side: Clean
iamdavidh(4856) Disputed
2 points

Well, it sounds like you've only heard crappy blue comedians.

Anyway, sure there's clean comedians that are funny, I'm thinking of this dude with these puppets, it's kind of pg 13 but hilarious, wish I could remember his name.

But the amount of creativity has nothing to do with the type of humor. Dirty jokes can be just as creative, as long as the point isn't the sex or violence or curse words, but the joke itself.

If the point is just that it is blue, it's not funny.

And if a clean comedian is consciously sensoring himself for no reason but to be pc, its' also not funny.

But all my favorite comedians happen to curse like pirates and talk about sex, race, etc. so I'm sticking to this side.

Side: Blue
2 points

Seems like blue comedy is erm, blunt comedy, eh? Like Mencia? Lewis Black? Me? Hehe. I pick this side. I get that this type of comedy comes off really harsh and rude and immature, but it's REAL, to me. And I can't think of anything funnier than a beaner making fun of his own race.

Ya know which comedian I've never really understood? Jerry Springer. I don't see the humor...

Side: Blue

A little blue never hurt anyone...besides that, it is funny. Think of Don Rickles, Lenny Bruce and the late Sam Kinneson for blue and insults...LOL!!!

Side: Blue

I know a few stand up comics, and trust me, you would never survive on stage in a bar full of drunk people unless you throw them a dick joke or two. You can be a "clean comic" in front of the cameras, but nearly all comedians pull out the vulgar stuff for the clubs.

Side: Blue
1 point

First of all, this a very subjective debate. This is more of a poll than a debate. There is no real argument to be found through "Do you think this or this is cooler". The question should be changed to "Which would [Population X] prefer more: Clean or Dirty/Blue/Blunt Comedy". The subject at matter has become something equal to a discussion of whether a penguin or panda is cooler.

Side: Blue
0 points

Okay,

An Irish Mic stumbles into a bar, and in an almost unintelligable rogue demands a bottle of Scotch, he takes a swig and asks the bartender:

"you see that fence out there?"

"yeah, it's a good fence."

"I built that fence with my own two hands, and what do you think they call me? Lawrence the fence builder?"

Before the bartender can answer, Lawrence takes another swig and asks:

"Well, have ya seen that church here in town, with the beautiful spires, and the statue of St. Peter in front?"

"Yes, I've seen it. So they call you Lawrence the church builder?"

"Alas, alas"

Lawrence takes another deep drink, and he's noticably drunk at this point:

"Well lad! Whadya think o this bar here! With it's mahogony trim! And every angle and surface in the place absolutely to perfection!"

"It's a beautiful bar, so do they call you Lawrence the..."

Before bartender can finish the sentence, Lawrence drinks the rest of the bottle:

"NO! BUT YA FUCK ONE GOAT!..."

Okay, now sensor it. Lawrence isn't a mic, he's Irish, they're not in a bar, they're at an effing baseball game or something, he's not drunk, he's high on life, he didn't fuck a goat, he, I don't know helped an old lady acrost the street...

"NO BUT YA HELP ONE OLD LADY ACROSS THE STREEET!..."

LMAO! holy crap you're right! That was soooo funny! and intelligent ta boot! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...

._.

Side: Blue