R.I.P. comedian Kevin Meaney
 

Died in his sleep at 60. Too young.

Almost a throwback. What they call a comedian's comedian. A more manic Louie Anderson

Too young.

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back when pg comedy was funny. ROFL

Kind of bittersweet story, he.

Came out 5 or so years ago, got a divorce and married a dude.

From the sound of it, it wasn't until he started working on Broadway that it even occurred to him that gay was something people were.

IIRC his split with his wife was amicable and she became his manager.

Seemed happy and contented, then poof. Dead.

i know i will be 'flamed' for this with my lgbt thread, but it doesnt matter what one thinks feels or believes. good intentioned people are those who are missed most.

No one asked you to be OK with anything, I mentioned some facts about a dude who just died.

RIP

sorry was not preaching nor meant to offend. should have worded differently.

fixed my original post

You should have posted a clip of him saying something funny.

BL's easily offended. And a semi-celeb died, so he's gonna be a little touchy.

I don't agree with his life style, but hope he rests in peace.

i think this is what i meant, but i engaged in what i thought was his ability to 'politicize' the moment. i had no idea he was gay till pointed out :D

Never found the guy to be funny, but I know many loved him. RIP

That's not right!

RIP

Agreed. Hoping there's lot of dick for him to suck in heaven. RIP.

Had to google him, it still didn't click. I don't recall ever seeing him or hearing of him. RIP Kevin Meaney.

That's what I thought too but that doesn't show respect. You know who never got any respect & was funny? Rodney Dangerfield that's who never got respect at all.

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Kind of a one trick pony but at least he wasn't a joke thief like Amy Schumer.

From a personal perspective? A philosophical perspective? A religious perspective? A genetic perspective?

Does a homosexual agree with your lifestyle? Should a homosexual agree with your lifestyle? What is your lifestyle? Who should agree with it?

Who?

Apparently, he took his mom's advice about getting that puss off his face literally.




I looked up some of his more recent stuff, and he's doing a lot more blue material than I remember. Not as funny, imo.

No he didn't play for the Who he was a comedian hardly anyone ever heard of not a musician. I've never heard of him till this thread, but he didn't play for the Who.

Ok, but lets try this:


No. Who is on first. Kevin Meaney is out.

I heard him tell that story on "The Bob and Tom Show" a few years ago, pretty wild that the wife stayed on as his manager, no hard feelings at all

The first thing I always think of with that guy is "your father never said that!"

RIP

I just watched Big this morning and saw him. Didn't realized he passed. bummer.

he was one of the many comics I used to watch as a young teen on HBO Comedy Hour type shows. I remember him, Judy Gold, Louie Anderson, Kevin Pollack, Dom Irrera, Rita Rudner, Paula Poundstone, Richard Jeni etc.

Who? /CP ;)

He seems vaguely familiar but I have no idea who he is

Of being deceased?

Yah I hear it's pretty hard on your health

That's really meany

Really, I only recall him because he was good friends with a lot of other comedians I listen to, and they bring him up or interview him on occasion.

I didn't post this condolence thread to suggest he's as big a tragedy as Prince or anything. Just that it was sudden, he was relatively young, and his story is a bit of bittersweet human interest.

I mean the 'oddity' of being gay aside, the notion of not even realizing that gay was possible until your mid-50s, then embracing it wholeheartedly, is an even greater oddity in the current day.

I'm just trying to remember...I've had HBO like even when I was a kid and watched a ton of stand up.

It just seems like I should know this guy from the name alone....but even after the Carson clip I can't quite place him. It's more likely my memory , I'm sure I saw him at some point...just bugs me I don't remember

I'm big pants people.

RIP Kevin thanks for making me laugh you were old school.

yeah, he was definitely part of that HBO circuit (for lack of a better term) there for a few years. but never really branched off from it or became more popular.

you're probably right - if you watched that HBO stand-up, you probably saw him but not must have resonated enough to get into your memory.

Laying in the coffin in tight pants...THATS NOT RIGHT!

ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL

I drink too much, I gave my doc a urine speciman. . . . there was an olive in it.

How fat was she?

She once wore high heels and struck oil

ROFL


Dangerfield had the best zingers

ROFL
seems legit
You mean...I can put my thingy in THERE?

If it is a thread involving a dead person, cosmo is shitting in it.

Dangerfield had some one liner that went something like
"I tell ya, my wife is a big woman. a BIG woman. She's so big I once saw her walk past a cop and he said 'you two ....break it up'"

LMAO

Twitter reaction collection

http://uproxx.com/webculture/kevin-m...e-reactions/5/

bookmarking that for sure

If Baby Lee is posting, Cosmo will be following like a jilted lover. He's creepy that way.

The record would show differently.

I guess where I'm posting, you will follow. Creep. Get a life.

Bobcat Goldthwait is still alive?

He's actually doing better than ever professionally.

He's going into directing and has some decent films, comedic, dramatic and documentary under his belt.

You mean he's found a way to top playing second fiddle to a talking horse in "Hot to Trot" and making weird guttural noises in Police Academy movies?

Surely, sir, you jest.

Are we sure it's the same Bobcat Goldthwait as the one back in the 1980s?

ROFL

Bobcat Goldthwait doesn't do his ausburgers schtick anymore though that I am aware of. He just does normal comedy.

https://espngrantland.files.wordpres...goldthwait.jpg

Co-created The Man Show and directed a ton of Chappelle's Show. Done a good half dozen comedian's specials, like Chris Rock and Amy Shumer. Main director of Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Did one of Robin Williams' later big pictures World's Greatest Dad, as well as an acidic comedy God Bless America

Did an amazing documentary Call Me Lucky about comedian Barry Crimmins and his fight for justice for molested alter boys following his own molestation as a child.

The dude is quietly a powerhouse.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001281/

I don't get the whole "I don't agree with his lifestyle" schtick. Do you do this with other groups, or only gay? (truck drivers - I don't agree with their lifestyle, but...) Are you afraid people will think you are gay if you don't say this? Or are you just judgmental? Inquiring minds want to know.

AIDS then?

heh

Cosmo becoming a hero of yours?