Craig Ferguson - Sober Comedian

Violet B · Newbie

Craig Ferguson - Sober Comedian

SUSIE · Senior Member

Thanks Violet. I loved this!

ferrisdp · Senior Member

I did too, thanks.

LinBaba · MIP Old Timer

That was really good, and he was spot on in so many places, like saying "alcohol saved my life"

I get that

very good 12 step work all the way across the board, educating others about alcoholism, I suspect he reached many alcoholics and non alcoholics alike, avoided frothy emotional appeal, his message had depth and weight, and he spoke for himself, from his heart, and didn't offer advice, just said what worked for him, even got in "what it was like, what happened, and what it's like now"

Bravo Craig, Bravo

That's what real AA looks like IMO

attilio · Veteran Member

just got back from work to see this ,,,,,thank you i am grateful once more to be apart of this that was something

Jamie D · Veteran Member

Great to see that as well as the man spoke. He stayed anonymous at the level of press .

LinBaba · MIP Old Timer

Jamie D wrote:

Great to see that as well as the man spoke. He stayed anonymous at the level of press .

There is help, and all I can say it's near the VERY FRONT of the phown bewk

bikerbill · MIP Old Timer

Beautiful.

Frodo · MIP Old Timer

That was really good. He is so right about where satire should be used to deflate the pompous and powerful instead of attacking the vulnerable. I guess I'm much more attuned to it these days but society - through the media - loves watching people self destruct.

"Anna Nichole-Smith actually died."

*People in audience laugh*

"No! This is no joke!"

What programmed robots are we becoming when we laugh at that not because it is funny but because we are expected to?

Aahhh. I'm having a grumble because I'm sick of people enjoying Charlie Sheen destroying himself so publicly while the vultures circle, and a similar thing is happening over here with a high profile footballer. The public laughs first and then might offer help as an afterthought when it gets too nasty.

SteveP · MIP Old Timer

Superb. Thanks for this. Near the front of the telephone book, love it!

"He'd slept behind the bar that night. I'm not saying that he's an alcoholic. But he'd slept behind the bar."

Steve

Aquaman · MIP Old Timer

"At lest uh thank et wuz mey urehn. Uh cahn't say fuhr cert'n eff et wez meyn uhr not."

Yeah, unless you're lookingfor an Aardvark Emporium...it's the first thing in the phone book.

Recovery Comedy · Newbie

Man, that was such a good video! Craig is an amazing comedian and I'm so touched by how honest he can be. Those are some serious comedy chops to take the audience on that kind of ride. You're amazing Craig : )

http://www.recoverycomedy.com

barisax · Senior Member

LinBaba wrote:

There is help, and all I can say it's near the VERY FRONT of the phown bewk

And not on TV from that crook in SoCal. "This is not a twelve step progam. This COSTS MONEY. Lots of it. So if you've got it, we'll take it, and you never need to go to one of those meetings"

Barisax