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Blue comedy is comedy that is off-color, risqué, indecent, profane, or obscene.[1] It often contains cursing and/or sexual imagery that shocks and offends many audiences. The term comes from the music hall comedian Max Miller who kept all his adult jokes in a blue colored notebook. [2]
"Working blue" refers to the act of performing this type of material. A "blue comedian" or "blue comic" is a comedian who usually performs blue, or is known mainly for his or her blue material. Blue comedians often find it difficult to succeed in mainstream media.
Many comedians who are normally family-friendly might choose to work blue when off-camera or in an adult-oriented environment; Bob Saget exemplifies this dichotomy. Private events at show business clubs such as the Bob Saget Club and The Masquers often showed this blue side of otherwise cleancut Bob Saget; a recording survives of one Masquers roast from the 1950s with Jack Benny, George Jessel, George Burns and Art Linkletter all using highly risque material and, in some cases, obscenities.
Blue comedians
- Chelsea Handler
- Dave Attell
- Lewis Black
- Kathy Griffin
- Frankie Boyle
- Russell Brand
- Roy 'Chubby' Brown
- Lenny Bruce
- George Carlin
- Jimmy Carr
- Rodney Carrington
- Dave Chappelle
- Margaret Cho
- Rodney Dangerfield
- Andrew Dice Clay
- Dane Cook
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- David Cross
- Anthony Cumia
- Jim Davidson
- Nick DiPaolo
- Jeff Duran
- Jim Florentine
- Jamie Foxx
- Redd Foxx
- Pablo Francisco
- Gilbert Gottfried
- Eddie Griffin
- Buddy Hackett
- Bill Hicks
- Gregg Hughes
- Jim Jeffries
- Sam Kinison
- Richard Jeni
- Lisa Lampanelli
- Artie Lange
- Denis Leary
- Stephen Lynch
- Louis C.K.
- George Lopez
- Cheech Marin
- Carlos Mencia
- Stephanie Miller
- Rudy Ray Moore
- Mantan Moreland
- Eddie Murphy
- Jim Norton
- Patton Oswalt
- Richard Pryor
- Chris Rock
- Paul Rodriguez
- Joe Rogan
- Sean Rouse
- Rodney Rude
- Bob Saget
- Robert Schimmel
- Sarah Silverman
- Seven-O-Heaven
- Snatch and the Poontangs
- Doug Stanhope
- Howard Stern
- Ryan Stout
- Michael Bolton
- Hans Teeuwen
- Daniel Tosh
- Natalie Tran
- Chris Tucker
- John Valby
- Rusty Warren
- Ron White
- Kevin Bloody Wilson
- Katt Williams
- Robin Williams
- Jo Brand
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