Dr. Robert

If you're like me, you've been eating up all this Carson nostalgia all week long. I always liked Johnny, and especially today, find something intrinsically appealing about his subtle, hip, understated comedy and interview style, with its hints of hidden off camera gimlets and smoldering Lucky Strikes.

Carson though, like a lot of white men of his generation, was a racist. I guess if I'd ever thought about it I would have figured that. This clip leaves no doubt. In it he's an unfunny asshole in addition to being a bigot. (credit O-Dub on the video link)

Update:
So, for the record: I always liked Carson and felt like an idiot for not realizing sooner that he was probably an asshole. I was not pissed at Johnny, just disillusioned. If you're a young-blood you might not know, but Carson, in this video, is mocking (poorly, mind you) Rickles' patented, acerbic, "fuck every ethnicity" schtick. He's not just being an asshole.

Byron has picked up this story and run with it in his typical, subtle, introspective style. He's blown it completely out of proportion and is using it to mock all those self-rightous bloggers who got so indignant over the Hot 97 "Tsunami Song."

There are some similarities between this and the "Tsunami Song." Neither is funny, or particularly important. If you're pissed off about Tsunamis and other instances of human suffering, give your time or money to a charity that helps that. If you're the type to get pissed off over bad jokes, write your own funny ones.