Kurt Metzger on Comedy in Communist China



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Emmy-winning writer and comedian Kurt Metzger, who wrote for Who is America? and Inside Amy Schumer, stops by to talk comedy with the Useful Idiots.

We figured since August is wrapped, it’s probably time we all had a Summer Friday. So instead of talking death in Ukraine and poverty in the US, Kurt shares stories of running from Chinese cops, illegal standup comedy in Shanghai, joining (and then ditching) the Jehovah’s Witnesses, and, most importantly, how he’d look with Katie’s hair.

When the Useful Idiots decide to go silly, we’re no-nonsense about it. So we also enroll in the new college major Lesbian Dance Theory, chat about stoned (and dry-diapered) President Brandon in a fighter jet, and announce a watch party for the new off-the-wall Hunter Biden movie (watch the trailer with us in the four food groups).

And subscribe for the full episode, including the extended interview with Kurt Metzger on call-out culture, Youtube suppression, and whatever the hell is going on with that “robot with salmon eyes” Mark Zuckerberg.

It’s all this, and more, on this week’s episode of Useful Idiots. Check it out.

0:00 Intro
1:58 Four basic food groups of news
15:57 New report: US stopped peace talks between Ukraine and Russia
22:37 Biden stoned moment
24:09 Kurt Metzger interview

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27 thoughts on “Kurt Metzger on Comedy in Communist China”

  1. Biden was saying that you would need fighter jets to take on the us government, he meant what he said. I’d still say that’s a bad argument to those who support 2A as a counter measure to the government because of how successful our fancy military was in Vietnam or the Middle East, but Biden didn’t misspeak.

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  2. It's called Weibo…..China Twitter.

    Jack Ma got persecuted for a while not because he made himself a kungfu master.

    It's because he challenged and insult the China govt base on his outrageous greed. Ant Financial.

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  3. @37min — The "crosstalk" style of comedy in Chinese culture is called "xiang-sheng". It tends to rely heavily on puns, which have to be explained to be understood due to the huge number of homophones in the language. As Kurt mentions, Abbot & Costello is a good comparison.

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  4. I don't think that was a stoned moment. He absolutely meant to say F-15. There is a certain subset of gun enthusiasts who believe they need guns in case they will have to rise up and overthrow the government. Biden was pointing out that the government is much better equipped than your average shitkicker with a semi-automatic. Doesn't matter how much tactical gear and AR-15s the local militia chapter have when the US military could just drop a drone missile on their compound.

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  5. you shouldn't let Kurt talk about China cos he is coming across like the rest of the moronic china haters on YT just saying shit about China without real insights or knowledge. He does come across a lot more intelligent when he is on Jimmy Dore cos I think Jimmy doesn't let Kurt talk to much or too long on certain topics.

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  6. Lesbian Dance theory is only 2- 6 credits. It's not a major. It's a filler class. BOEBERT would know that if she even went to college. 🙄 We need to support those who want or need to go back to College to finish as well for FREE! Especially those with jobs they are completely unqualified for!(BOEBERT!)

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  7. If Kurt was there in 2016, things have changed a lot since he was there. It's a lot worse now. If you want up-to-date info on the situation in China, check out "The China Show" here on YT.
    The URL extension (after the "com") is: /c/ADVPodcasts

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  8. Some people seem obsessed in their vengeful pursuit of Hunter Biden. But I say the guy deserves to catch a break. For a start his tormenters make no allowance for his youth (he’s only just turned 50) or the fact that that we’ve all had youthful indiscretions. I mean who among hasn’t been filmed naked with small children, fallen asleep with a crack pipe in our mouth, wrecked our Porsche while driving DUI, impregnated a pole dancer, shagged an under-age Ukrainian prostitute around the same time we were shagging our dead brother’s wife, left a crack pipe in a rental car, had child porn on our laptops, blown through millions of dollars or had a dishonourable discharge from the naval reserve?

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