Comments on: The Burn Takes On Randy Lee Tenley Tragedy

By: alan borky

alan borky — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:27:31 +0000

Loren this’s a fault even British comedians’re prone to where they warp the facts or even simply invent things just to give a gag legs eg I once watched a normally very funny guy called Jack Dee die simply because he was determined to make a gag out of drummer Pete Best supposedly making the mistake of leaving The Beatles just before they became a huge success when in fact Best was essentially kicked out.

He knew it. The audience knew it. So the few titters he did manage to extract were actually sheer embarassment.

By: Goodfoot

Goodfoot — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:44:00 +0000

I agree with you all. Totally. There is NO need to exploit this tragedy for cheap laughs.

By: marcodufour

marcodufour — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:59:15 +0000

I will never understand the human condition or anyone who likes to make fun out of a tragedy! If this was on the radio and it was Howard Stern it would still not be funny for Randy’s loved ones including his child (I believe?) or the two young people that ran him over. Whatever the stupidity of his actions, no one deserved to die and no one deserved to live with the undeserved guilt of running him over (as these two young people will always feel).

By: RandyS

RandyS — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:20:39 +0000

It’s a shame the show felt they needed to stretch or ignore the truth in their search for a laugh.

“Everyone has a right to their own opinion, but no one has a right to be wrong about the facts. Without the facts, your opinion is of no value.” —René Dahinden

And, perhaps more on the mark:

“An amateur thinks it’s really funny if you dress a man up as an old lady, put him in a wheelchair, and give the wheelchair a push that sends it spinning down a slope towards a stone wall. For a pro, it’s got to be a real old lady.” —Groucho Marx

Truth is always funnier than fiction.

By: DWA

DWA — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:47:21 +0000

This is one kind of person of which the world could do with fewer.