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| BuffaloPaul | posted on 12-27-2001 @ 9:53 PM |    | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Dec. 01  | Thanks for all the input on what you would find in Jim Norton's mind, and I used many of them. I had read an article about modern day historians using Usenet Newsgroups as a source to research people like that "John Walker" (American Traitor/Taliban member). I decided to plugin "Jim Norton's" name and do a search at (groups.goggle.com) and see what historical facts I would come up with. I came upon this gem of a post that I just had to share with you all. Its from a women who's husband listens to the O&A show because he is a trucker on the road for long periods of time. So she wanted to surprise him with tickets to Jim Norton's comedy show, and she did not realize what Norton was all about. Also, the husband being the tool he is, never warns her about it. The rest is just newsgroup magic. After the show she runs home and logs onto her favorite Newsgroup (bit.listserv.down-syn) using her "WebTV" and posts her horrifying experience... From: Jill Zimmermann Subject: not funny Newsgroups: bit.listserv.down-syn Date: 2001-10-31 22:05:58 PST Hi everyone On Sunday night I surprised my husband with tickets to a local comedy club. It was a benefit show for twenty seven local families who were effected by the world trade center disaster. The show was featuring a comic by the name of Jim Norton. He is a regular on a syndicated radio show called the Opie and Anthony show, and has been on comedy central and TV. I myself have never listened to the Opie and Anthony show, but my husband who drives a truck for a living listens while driving. ANYWAY what should have been a nice evening turned to sheer devastation for me. Jim Norton did a what seemed like 10 minuet routine on "Retarded kids", complete with his interpretation of the voice. The club is in a college town (New Brunswick N.J.where Rutgers is) so the audience was mostly college kids. Someone did groan and he told them to shut the F up it is only comedy and no one retard is in college. Children with cancer were not spared either as he pretended to be a child in the make a wish foundation. I just wanted to get out of there, but the way the tables were set up and the payment for your drinks being after the show, I could go no where. Thank God it was very dark in there, so no one could see me crying. I still feel very guilty for not doing something. My husband was also very upset and told me he was praying that Jim Norton would not do that. He said he just heard him do the same act that week on radio. Remember I surprised my husband with the tickets. It is amazing what people find to be funny. I can at least say with a clear conscience that even before Brendan was born, I always had a profound distaste for that type of comedy (I use that word loosely) JILL PROUD GRANDMOTHER of BRENDAN (almost five months) View: Complete Thread (23 articles) | Original Format What follows is 23 various posts from outraged parents of kids with down syndrome. Wanting to take on everyone from the comedy club owners, to colleges that allow Jim Norton to do his act, and the Opie and Anthony show itself. The 23rd post is another gem that ties it up from the other end that understands Jim Norton and the O&A show and articulately states her very excellent points. The flame war ends there, I only wish I would have found this a month ago. Here was that 23rd post... From: Annie Subject: Re: not funny Newsgroups: bit.listserv.down-syn Date: 2001-11-19 17:34:14 PST Jim Norton is an artist and a genius. His comedy is not for everybody. About me: I am a born again Christian, and I try to practice aggressive compassion, mercy, and forgiveness in every area of my life. Every Sunday morning after I attend service, I stay for the second service and take care of an eight year old boy with Down's Syndrome, whom I love, so his parents can relax and enjoy the service. I have been doing this for more than four years. At a waitressing job I once had I grew very fond of a lady who had Down's and worked in the kitchen. She worked four days a week from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Each day she took a lunch break and a coffee break, so she really only worked a little over an hour each day. I adored her, and invited her to my wedding. When I was pregnant I skipped the prenatal screening test which would have detected known birth defects, because I didn't need to know the results. The thought of finding out if the baby inside me was "perfect" enough to deserve to be born never crossed my mind. Jim is a sweet, kind, and caring man. He is careful with people's feelings. I adore him, and would do anything for him. I stumbled across this thread because I periodically do a search to see if anyone has written about him, or if he has written anything. He is an absolutely brilliant man, and I am just thrilled to be able to watch the progression of his career. He has crafted a CHARACTER who is offensive, and I love to watch him work. When other comics are doing the same ten miutes the exact same way they've done them night after night after night, Jim gets up and always has something new. There are plenty of "PG rated" comics who are very funny. Call the club next time and ask about the comic, if you fear you might be subject to something edgy and politically incorrect. Describe your sense of humor to whoever answers the phone, and see if anyone who does "safe" comedy will be there soon. Then you can see the kind of entertainment which suits your tastes. Please don't try to protect me from Jim Norton, though. I treasure him.  Come visit 3D Club Stinky by downloading this software... ActiveWorlds Plug-in 3.2 and teleport to... World:AW 911S 911E "If you build it... they will come!" This message was edited by BuffaloPaul on 12-28-01 @ 8:30 AM | ||||
King Shit *board owner* | posted on 12-27-2001 @ 11:20 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Feb. 01 | For future reference don't include people's email addy's when you post these. I believe in the Faith... that can save me. I believe in the hope and I pray... That someday it may raise me... above these badlands | ||||
| F the S out of her A | posted on 12-28-2001 @ 12:11 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jun. 01 | BTW, it's traitor, not trader... It is hard to believe a woman who cares for Down's syndrome children in church would love Jim Norton, but so be it. I love Jim Norton and I am a Christian, although I do not consider myself born-again. Norton is not telling people how to think, he is just making us laugh our balls/uteris off because being funny is his business. Anyone who sits in silence and cries at the insensitive rants of the "character" Jim Norton - or any comedian - and does not leave the show is probably someone who laughed guiltily and then felt horrified at their own behavior a few days later. And Norton likes yellow discipline. What's the difference? Long live Norton! Corn- the tracer-bullets of the digestive system This message was edited by F the S out of her A on 12-28-01 @ 12:15 AM | ||||
| OAAWITE | posted on 12-28-2001 @ 1:49 AM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 70 | quote: Ugh! That old Schtick from Dice.  | ||||
| RottenVinny I have no fucking clue what happened to Sluggo667. VinnyWS6: chicks? they dont have the penis so why would i care about them VinnyWS6: froy is quite hansome VinnyWS6: I want froys cock! | posted on 12-28-2001 @ 3:00 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jun. 01 | "I find this to be quite unacceptable behavior." Shut up! You fucking bitch! Keep blowing your husband and he will pay the bills. That retard "Corky" came to my high school to talk about the retard olympics.............. That was a funny day. | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 12-28-2001 @ 4:17 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | quote:This line is funny and enjoyable on so many levels  "It appears my wee wee has been strucken with rigor mortis." "and I spent 14 years as a nuke"- CAPALERT Guy on Harry Potter- Reviews, Jesus Style | ||||
| djgrrrl | posted on 12-30-2001 @ 1:24 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Nov. 00 | I was going to ask my boyfriend to take me to see Norton at the Stress Factory in Jan. Now I think I'll go for sure.... | ||||
| zootybang | posted on 12-30-2001 @ 9:02 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | Uggh. If you are a God- forsaken born again, Then kill yourself now. Think about It. You made It this far Into life, WITHOUT GOD. Do you really believe that because you "Found" him, your afterlife Is secured? You fucking tool. If there really was a God, The God mentioned in all the crap spewed forth in the bible, the Koran, and any other religious drivel, do you really believe that there would be a world left to live In? If that God existed, the world as we know it would have ceased to exist 10 seconds after the creation of man, which is approximately how long It took for said first man to commit his first sin, according to the guidelines set by the religious propaganda machines of the day. BREATHING would be a sin if you are weak-minded enough to follow that garbage. In closing, religion Is an IDEA, proposed by ONE, yes,ONE man, long ago, who had the ability to make others believe that what he was saying was true. Unfortunately, that idea spread and splintered into many religions, and now the world is full of zealouts who will grasp on to any idea that comes their way that seems to explain the origin of their immediate problems at hand. God loves you.it's everyone else that thinks you're an asshole. Posting regularly,yet still a lowly lurker. | ||||
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