Frankie Boyle - Don't give it if you can't take it?

[bitchstewie]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19950...

Does seem slightly odd that with all the people he's offended in the name of humour that he appears to be so thin skinned.

[extraT]

Frankie Boyle said:

I'm not racist, I hate everyone equally

[Vieste]

Some of his stuff is hmm very close shall we say but funny as hell.

[PeanutHead]

Suing for a 15 month old article, I always thought his jokes was old st but he must actually believe he is upto date.
Can't wait until the scots get independence, he will need a sponsor to do a gig here.
Hope he enjoys unemployment then.

[eric twinge]

The bloke is a prick in my opinion.

Personally, I do not find it funny or amusing to make fun of disabled 8 year old boy, or any other disabilities. If that makes me uptight, boring or miserable then so be it, I can live with that. That is for another thread.

However, I do see his point.

Yes, he is vile and offensive in my opinion, but racist?

Probably not.

[dmulally]

Does he stand to make any money from the matter? If so you will find all sorts of people will be outraged at anything if it makes them a little money.

[Pesty]

PeanutHead said:

Can't wait until the scots get independence, he will need a sponsor to do a gig here.
Hope he enjoys unemployment then.

eh? his show always sell out why would independence change that?

I'd pay money to see him. I'm English.

[tali1]

Boyle takes piss out of Scots more than anyone else.Def not a racist.Crude , offensive , vulgar - but very funny.

[RDM]

PeanutHead said:

Can't wait until the scots get independence, he will need a sponsor to do a gig here.
Hope he enjoys unemployment then.

[tommy vercetti]

tali1 said:

Boyle takes piss out of Scots more than anyone else.Def not a racist.Crude , offensive , vulgar - but very funny.

+1. Very funny, I remember all his kerry katona jokes on Mock the week

[Blib]

A pretty stupid way for the Mirror to start an article about anyone short of Eugene Terreblanche, IMO.

[Astacus]

Personally I think the bloke is a tt. Never the less, I really want to see him win this.

To accuse some one of being a racist today, is a vile insult that tends to stick and does untold damage. It is also far to easy to sling about and justify on tenuous grounds later.

Also I fking hate journalists

[FourWheelDrift]

PeanutHead said:

Suing for a 15 month old article, I always thought his jokes was old st but he must actually believe he is upto date.

It has probably taken that long to be heard in court.

[Tunku]

People are too PC to see his black humour these days. It's a shame we are slowly turning back into Victorians.

[Riff Raff]

RDM said:

PeanutHead said:

Can't wait until the scots get independence, he will need a sponsor to do a gig here.
Hope he enjoys unemployment then.

Just living up to the username. Glaikit, as we say in Scotland.

[Pesty]

Tunku said:

People are too PC to see his black humour these days. It's a shame we are slowly turning back into Victorians.

I sense the ghost of Mary Whitehouse at play here.

free speech seems to be under attack from all kinds of professionally offended types.

[Gareth79]

The articles mention they are using clips from "Tramadol Nights" as evidence. Having read transcripts of some of the jokes it seems that they did seem to be mostly be mocking racist views of others, although they are the types of joke that a "racist" would also laugh at because they shared the views and the mocking went over their head.

Therefore I think they will have a problem defending their article, it looks like he has been quite careful to keep his routine clean in this aspect.

[hornet]

What next, Al Murray is a sexist because of some of the stuff he says in Pub Landlord guise? Boyle can be vulgar and shocking for the sake of it, but he mocks the Scots as much as anyone else. If that makes him racist, Jackie Mason and Joan Rivers are anti-semitic.

[bennyboydurham]

I enjoyed him on Mock The Week and feel that it's much less interesting without him, especially when that unfunny leftie tool Andy Parsons starts speaking. However my missus bought me FB's DVD a couple of years back and it was the kind of stuff that makes you cringe rather than laugh.

[stuttgartmetal]

Another dry Frankie pisstake.
Im surprised more of you don't get it.