Comments on: Stan Lee reinterprets the best four-letter word in the English language for us http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 04:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1531137 buddy66 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 01:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1531137 Yep. Carlin also swiped it. "Fuck" comics should be made to wear "Lenny Bruce Died For My Sins" buttons. Yep. Carlin also swiped it. “Fuck” comics should be made to wear “Lenny Bruce Died For My Sins” buttons.

]]> By: ShawShaw http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1530624 ShawShaw Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1530624 Coming from a 5'3" woman such as myself, people don't perceive it as a threat.  I also don't ever say it to those who could possibly see it as a come-on. It seems to work best with other women who take themselves far too seriously. Coming from a 5’3″ woman such as myself, people don’t perceive it as a threat.  I also don’t ever say it to those who could possibly see it as a come-on. It seems to work best with other women who take themselves far too seriously.

]]> By: Brett Myers http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1530460 Brett Myers Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1530460 I kinda wish they'd put him on at the end of 60 Minutes. A Few Minutes With Stan Lee. I kinda wish they’d put him on at the end of 60 Minutes. A Few Minutes With Stan Lee.

]]> By: An Infinitude of Tortoises http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1530282 An Infinitude of Tortoises Wed, 12 Sep 2012 05:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1530282  "Alas, we haven't been properly introduced."  ”Alas, we haven’t been properly introduced.”

]]> By: An Infinitude of Tortoises http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1530280 An Infinitude of Tortoises Wed, 12 Sep 2012 05:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1530280  And I'd dearly love to have heard Kirby's Lower East Side rejoinder.  And I’d dearly love to have heard Kirby’s Lower East Side rejoinder.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1530222 Boundegar Wed, 12 Sep 2012 03:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1530222 The sad part is, by "not saying the whole word,"  he kind of undermined his own point.  If only he'd embraced that "R rating." It's not like a lot of small children are searching on "Stan Lee Fuck" anyway. The sad part is, by “not saying the whole word,”  he kind of undermined his own point.  If only he’d embraced that “R rating.” It’s not like a lot of small children are searching on “Stan Lee Fuck” anyway.

]]> By: zibuki http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1530084 zibuki Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1530084 At least in the movie Lenny as depicted by Dustin Hoffman he did. In the movie Lenny is shown on stage doing a bit where he explains that "fuck you" is really a nice thing, and an insult is "unfuck you", he also plays a guy that calls his mom and says, "Fuck you, mom." in a joyous, loving way. At least in the movie Lenny as depicted by Dustin Hoffman he did. In the movie Lenny is shown on stage doing a bit where he explains that “fuck you” is really a nice thing, and an insult is “unfuck you”, he also plays a guy that calls his mom and says, “Fuck you, mom.” in a joyous, loving way.

]]> By: Joseph Francis http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1530052 Joseph Francis Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1530052 Wow! J. Jonah Jameson's got some mouth on him! Wow! J. Jonah Jameson’s got some mouth on him!

]]> By: Mark Kernes http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1530009 Mark Kernes Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1530009  Close. About 50 years ago, psychologist Dr. Albert Ellis wrote in Pal Krassner's The Realist that since sex is a pleasurable experience, the proper expletive should be "unfuck you."  Close. About 50 years ago, psychologist Dr. Albert Ellis wrote in Pal Krassner’s The Realist that since sex is a pleasurable experience, the proper expletive should be “unfuck you.”

]]> By: Dave Pease http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1529990 Dave Pease Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1529990 agree w earlier commenter--man he sounds like a baked (you know, to take the edge off) gilbert gottfried agree w earlier commenter–man he sounds like a baked (you know, to take the edge off) gilbert gottfried

]]> By: Neng Lee http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1529987 Neng Lee Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1529987 Carlin also has the routine "un-f*%k you", even funnier Carlin also has the routine “un-f*%k you”, even funnier

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1529979 Paul Renault Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1529979  Learn from the masters - The Trailer Park Boys.  How it's done, ladies and gents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oasqeEGTPv4  Learn from the masters – The Trailer Park Boys. 

How it’s done, ladies and gents:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oasqeEGTPv4

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1529955 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1529955 I was thinking that it was Gilbert Gottfried doing an Andy Rooney impression. I was thinking that it was Gilbert Gottfried doing an Andy Rooney impression.

]]> By: Smash Martian http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1529949 Smash Martian Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1529949 My usual response is "Not without dinner and a movie first.  I have *standards*. My usual response is “Not without dinner and a movie first.  I have *standards*.

]]> By: cellocgw http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1529945 cellocgw Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1529945 And you're still in one piece?   I can think of rather a lot of situations in which that response would have led to a major beat-down. And you’re still in one piece?   I can think of rather a lot of situations in which that response would have led to a major beat-down.

]]> By: cellocgw http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1529938 cellocgw Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1529938 Didn't Lenny Bruce beat him to it by about 50 years? Didn’t Lenny Bruce beat him to it by about 50 years?

]]> By: xzzy http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1529924 xzzy Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1529924 Stan Lee reveals he's not aware of how profanity (and the earning of "viewer discretion" warnings) works on youtube. Stan Lee reveals he’s not aware of how profanity (and the earning of “viewer discretion” warnings) works on youtube.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1529915 EH Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1529915 "Sorry you're not my type" goes back at least 25 years for me. “Sorry you’re not my type” goes back at least 25 years for me.

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1529910 robcat2075 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1529910 If I weren't seeing it I would have trouble distinguishing his delivery from Lewis Black's, If I weren’t seeing it I would have trouble distinguishing his delivery from Lewis Black’s,

]]> By: ShawShaw http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1529911 ShawShaw Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1529911 If someone says to me, "Fuck you," one of my favorite responses is to look them up and down coyly, cock and eyebrow and say, "Is that an invitation?" If someone says to me, “Fuck you,” one of my favorite responses is to look them up and down coyly, cock and eyebrow and say, “Is that an invitation?”

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1529907 Mister44 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1529907 I'm sure that's what he said to Jack Kirby more than once ;o) I’m sure that’s what he said to Jack Kirby more than once ;o)

]]> By: Brian Donohue http://boingboing.net/2012/09/11/stan-lee-f-you.html#comment-1529902 Brian Donohue Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180452#comment-1529902 I doubt anyone can improve on Carlin's classic monologues in this area. "A cocksucker's not a bad man -- it's a good woman!" I doubt anyone can improve on Carlin’s classic monologues in this area. “A cocksucker’s not a bad man — it’s a good woman!”

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