Jon Lovitz Kills -- His Career?

46. IT WAS FUNNY AND MEANT ONLY TO BE FUNNY AND THIS IS MORONIC TO SUGGEST MORE .. MORE IMPORTANT WHY DO I TURN ON HBO ON MY TV AND SEE BLACK COMEDIANS USE THE WORD N*GG*R OVER AND OVER AND OBER .. WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ALL ABOUT ? AND REV WHITE AND OSAMA OBAMA ARE RACISTS WHO HATE JEWS AND WHITES AND LOVE ALL BAD AND GOOD BLACKS AND FARRAKHAN .. WHY IS THAT??? WAKE UP AMERICA, I NEVER OWNED A SLAVE, I NEVER DID ANYTHING BAD TO ANYONE AND I LOVE NICE PEOPLE NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE. STOP BLAMING EVERYONE FOR BEING A RACIST .. EITHER LIKE THE JOKE OR DON'T BUT LEAVE THEM ALONE AND IF YOU'RE GONIG TO GO AFTER ANYONE, MAKE IT OBAMA FOR 20 YEARS WITH PASTOR PUKE REV WRONG .. ooopsy .. REV WRIGHT. Wright and Wong are making fools of us with their huge pay back and 10 mil credit line for Rev Wrong .. and those two both live amongh the whites ..

Posted at 4:22PM on May 2nd 2008 by VAL

47. I was at the event. In fact, I introduced Lovitz. You can't tell from the video but his joke played pretty well with the crowd, as did, "I'm not gay, but I was a drama major in college, so I recognize a lot of you."

It was almost a throwaway, but it if you insist on taking the joke apart, one could argue that he's poking fun at both the absurd notion that the US Gov't invented AIDS to kill black people (in most versions I've heard it was to kill gays, but spin the wheel and pick a minority group that's been affected, I suppose) and at the government's recent ham-handed handling of large scale operations such as the Katrina clean-up.

That said, I agree with 'Just my Input' above. It was a joke people! In a bar! He was appearing free on his own time to promote a good cause. He didn't have to be there. Jeez.

If you're not a Jon Lovitz fan, rent the DVD of 'Happiness' and watch the first five minutes. It's worth the entire movie.

The radio buttons at the top of this posting allow us to choose between 'Lovitz is racist' and 'Lovitz is just not funny'. I'm missing the button for 'TMZ is having a slow news day and trying to spin a non-story into something.'

Ben Patrick Johnson
Los Angeles, CA

Posted at 1:42PM on May 4th 2008 by BPJ

48. "39. The fat guy on the TMZ show was like "I just didn't think it was funny" Oh schnap! Someone told a joke and it wasn't that good. DaMN!!!! Thanks for breaking the story.

Posted at 12:16AM on May 2nd 2008 by Heterosexual"

Of course he didn't. He's a very sensitive whiny fat pig, like most people on that awful show.

Posted at 2:14AM on May 5th 2008 by Hink

49. Black and Latin comics say faaaaaar worse than this. Yet they get away with it cause if you pick on them, you're racist

Posted at 3:56AM on May 5th 2008 by Mike

50. He's a genious and one of the funniest comedians I've ever seen perform. He may shock at times but we live in this country to express ourselves freely and I don't want that to ever change. He's often outrageous and that's what I appreciate about him. He is definitely not a racist and what he said was true. It was obviously supposed to be funny. It's a dark humor that some people don't have a taste for and that's what makes him hilarious. If you constantly look for things, you'll inevitably find them.

Posted at 2:00AM on May 7th 2008 by Deena

51. Hi Harvey!

Well, I warned you to stop going after me, for no reason, what so ever. And, to paraphrase Britney Spears, "Oops! You did it again!"

Anyone who knows me, knows I am not a racist. In fact, the whole point of my stand up act is about how racism is stupid and that there are really no differences between us.

I warned you, once. You will not get another warning.... game on.

Posted at 9:56PM on May 7th 2008 by Jon Lovitz

52. As a Black Professional and J Lovitz's college roommate, there isn't a RACIST bone in his bone.. Let's move on!

Posted at 4:08PM on May 8th 2008 by R.A.West

53. Career? What career? He hasn't had a career for a good part of the last 15 yrs.

Posted at 9:29AM on Jul 24th 2008 by Jessica