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Conan O’Brien shocks Oscars crowd with Epstein joke in opening monologue (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 15 hours ago by AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works to c/news@lemmy.world

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“For the first time since 2011, there are no British actors nominated,” O’Brien said, adding: “But at least they arrest the pedophiles over there.”

The crowd didn’t seem to know how to react to the joke, with shock seeming to ripple across the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. However, applause then broke out.

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[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I wouldn't call the crowd shocked so much as left wanting. Conan was doing his regular humor, but holy cow did those jokes of his just thud in that crowd, which was a pretty big loss since (imo) the intro bit with him in Aunt Gladys drag was hilarious.

But between the humor not working and TERRIBLE mic work, the technicals on this show were not there.

I loved the expanded in memorium section tho.

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I only watched the opening monologue but thought it was pretty funny, especially for the Oscars. I chuckled a few times, which is more than I can say for the few previous times I've attempted to actually watch the Oscars.

I thought it was funny when he joked about Sean Penn getting an erection at gun point and Paul Thomas Anderson deciding they should keep that in the movie. Sean Penn not seeming to find that very funny made it really funny.

I just think it's insane/sad that we're living in a world where literally just mentioning the crimes of your pedophiliac authoritarian dictator and his pedo oligarchs can be considered "shocking."

Like if this was happening at any other time in history that would be a throw away line on even the most tame late night talk show. But we can't even live in a world where we acknowledge reality right now bc Trump will just sick his dollar store Charlie Brown on anyone that hurts his fee fees.

Do you remember how often and for how long we heard jokes about Clinton getting a BJ from every late night host on network TV? Yet even mentioning the elites at Club Ped (without even naming any of them) is somehow pushing the limit?

I was just telling my husband my very first memory of Conan O'Brien on TV was watching one of his "In the year 2000" sketches. The line was "DNA analysis will reveal the stain on Monica Lewinsky's dress to be mustard... From Bill Clinton's Penis!!!"

Still think of that scene to this day every time I eat mustard.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 hours ago

I suspect Russia must have been beaming microwaves at the microphone.