Jim Norton - Please Be Offended

Jim Norton has been rapidly approaching mainstream success in recent years, on a trajectory only eclipsed by the great Louis C.K. His presence on O&A has certainly not hurt anything, nor has his relentless stand-up touring. I wasn't crazy about his last recording, owing mostly to it being material I was already familiar with, but he's cleared the slate and stepped up with a new hour courtesy of upstart cable channel Epix, who you may remember did Bigger & Blackerer with David Cross a year or so ago.

Please Be Offended is a nice follow-up. Well, not nice, but definitely good. The opening segment that features both a transsexual and Ozzy Osbourne on the toilet (in separate vignettes) sets the tone for what you'll be getting for the next hour: namely commentary on a litany of topics including, but not limited to: Al Sharpton, prison rape dynamics, and The Dog Whisperer along with a laundry list of deviant sexual proclivities. You (hopefully) won't watch Please Be Offended with your Mom, but you do stand a very good chance of laughing your ass off.

Check it out here.

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Jim Norton - Despicable Me

Jim Norton has made quite a career out of a being a likeable scumbag. His naked candor about sex, masturbation and transsexual prostitutes is something that probably won't have you throwing Despicable Me on next time your Mom comes by. In fact, the bit about raping Emperor Penguins may very well rule out enjoying this in groups. You may feel differently. A pretty good bit of this has been part of Norton's live set for a couple years now, but it's still pretty decent. Get Despicable Me from iTunes or from Jim here.

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