Why does the Campus Programming Council insist on bringing our childhood heroes to campus to do dirty comedy routines?
It was Screech before, and most recently, Danny Tanner. These characters comprised idol status to us 15 years ago, as they made us learn about key concepts like “responsibility” and “honesty” in between hilarious hijinx on “Saved by the Bell” and “Full House,” respectively.
Now, seemingly in an attempt to be relevant to their matured audiences, Dustin Diamond and Bob Saget came to the Gargoyle and spouted profanities for a couple hours. So much for growing up.
It’s not just that Diamond and Saget used potty language-though they did that a lot-nor is it that they made sexually explicit jokes-though they did that a lot, too-it’s that they did little else. The jokes were not fresh. They weren’t intelligent. And they were certainly far, far from funny.
If this is how Screech and Tanner think we’ve grown up, then they must think they did a horrible job being our role models. Many students were rightly insulted coming away from these shows, and the comics didn’t even put them down directly.
How about bringing some good comedy to campus? If you’re going to spend $10,000, which is what Saget cost, do better. Seriously, the CPC seems to have lingering crushes on 1980s sitcom actors.
Political humor would have been especially relevant this year, for example. True, Mo Rocca is already coming (good thinking on the CS40’s part), but there surely was space for a stand-up routine to kick off the political season. Comedy is a great way to educate people on topics that would otherwise be too explosive to handle.
More importantly, though, why are we supporting untalented, washed-up comics who do nothing but insult our intelligence, while not funding an innovative and talented student comedy group?
Mama’s Pot Roast is leagues better than Saget, and they only got $313.50 this semester. And that’s not funny.