Robin Williams and the four sins of comedy

We comedians get booked to perform at corporate functions all the time. In fact, for many comedians it’s their bread and butter.

The organiser normally tells you just before you set foot on stage: “Just do that funny stuff that you do but, oh, if you could just refrain from sex, drugs, politics and religion – that would be great!”

Well that’s ¾ of my set gone right there…

The mark of a truly brilliant stand-up comedian is when you can do comedy on the four comic sins and still get away with it – Robin Williams was one of those Comedians

Politics: 

Poli, a Latin word meaning many; and tics meaning, bloodsucking creatures.

Sex:

You could talk about same-sex marriage, but for people who have been married:
It’s the same sex all the time. 

Drugs AND religion:

Do you think God ever gets stoned? I think so… how do you explain the Duckbill platypus. 

My favourite (When Robin Williams toured England)

In England, if you commit a crime, the police don’t have a gun and you don’t have a gun. If you commit a crime, the police will say: “Oi! Stop,..! or I’ll say Stop again...”