Ken Berwitz
In what appears to be a first for a serious presidential contender, Hillary Clinton\’s campaign is going after five comedians who made fun of the former Secretary of State in standup skits at a popular Hollywood comedy club.
A video of the short performance, which is less than three minutes, is posted on the website of the renowned club, Laugh Factory, and the Clinton campaign has tried to censor it. Besides demanding that the video be taken down, the Clinton campaign has demanded the personal contact information of the performers that appear in the recording. This is no laughing matter for club owner Jamie Masada, a comedy guru who opened Laugh Factory more than three decades ago and has been instrumental in launching the careers of many famous comics. “They threatened me,” Masada told Judicial Watch. “I have received complains before but never a call like this, threatening to put me out of business if I don\’t cut the video.”
Needless to say, I have left the link to that video intact, and urge you to watch it. Personally I wasn\’t that knocked out – I\’m far from a prude but, to me, the raunch overwhelmed the funny. But, that said, this is what comedy is these days, so that\’s life in the big city.
