Video: The obligatory “Larry David pees on a painting of Jesus” clip
posted at 6:00 pm on October 29, 2009 by Allahpundit
People have been buzzing about it and the indignant Catholic League statement has been duly issued, so I suppose this is worth a thread. For a variety of reasons, starting with my Internet nom de plume, I have no problem with blasphemy; what’s amazing, though, is that a tired goof on Christian iconography could still retain a comic charge for someone like Larry David. The South Park guys do religious humor well because their gags are inventive and they’re willing to take on all comers, not just Bible-believers. This clip, by contrast, makes you feel like you’re watching the umpteen-thousandth local news segment about some family that sees Jesus in the mold on their ceiling. In fact, David probably came up with the idea after he stumbled across a reference somewhere to “Piss Christ.” Which is now, um, more than 20 years old.
The other odd thing about goofs like this is that they’re not, shall we say, topical. Any comic who takes a poke at JC these days will be asked this question, and very few of them will have a good answer to it.
Update (Ed): I almost never watch this show, not because I don’t appreciate good satire (I love South Park and Penn & Teller and their Showtime show Bullshit, even though they occasionally criticize Catholics and Christianity), but because the constant screeching gets on my nerves. I happened to watch this particular episode, however, and I don’t get the outrage — or at least don’t get a rational reason for it. I’ve gotten quite a few e-mails today saying that Larry David mocked Jesus, but pretty obviously, David mocked the people who see Jesus in their grilled cheese sandwiches and the like. There is a very large difference between the two, thankfully, and the latter are certainly eligible for a satirical poke or two from time to time. In fact, South Park has already ripped those in terms more specific to my own Catholic faith in one episode, and while I disagreed with it, I didn’t think it fell outside the boundaries of social satire. Also, we should note that David did do an episode poking fun at the burqas of Muslim women, which isn’t quite analogous to this episode, but went further than most other television shows would dare.
Conservatives who will get easily offended should probably ignore Larry David and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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Ok, let’s end this debate right here Olaf: I’m acknowledging that no EO ever did anything wrong and we should all lick your boots.
That was easy!
Akzed on October 30, 2009 at 12:58 PM
You’re a liar.
Communism was invented and founded by MOSES HESS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Hess
Even the pseudo history books you americans get all your “info” from have to admit this.
Try looking up the religion and heritage of Karl Marx(Moses Hess’s disciple), Lev Trotsky and Lenin!
Yes they did not even believe in the atheism that they promoted. I guess that makes you atheists the biggest rubes of all!
Newsflash: this is happening here all over again here.
Read an encyclopedia entry on Hess.
Moses Hess invented communism AND zionism.
It’s a fact.
You don’t like facts? You’d rather just slander Russians regardless?
MaximusConfessor on October 30, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Christianity was invented by Joshua the Jew. Don’t ever forget that, pukin.
runner on October 30, 2009 at 1:05 PM
It is pathetic that you pseudo christians tolerate these kinds of HATE CRIMES(such as the one Larry David committed)against christianity and that you allow your children to be brainwashed.
What is next?
Will Christians lose their right to free speech?
Will Christians next not be allowed to say that any other religion is false?
Will the Bible and will the Church be outlawed?
How far will you let this go? What else will you tolerate?
What is next?
Christians thrown in gulags and death camps?
Will you protest that?
MaximusConfessor on October 30, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Wait a second…
Did I sleep through some kind of Larry David inauguration ceremony? Is he part of the New World Order? What on earth are you talking about?
anuts on October 30, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Russia has got a very long way to go before it’s the center of Christendom or the defender of Christianity.
I visited the USSR in 1976: the monastery next to my hotel room in Moscow was completely dark.
We were not allowed into St. Basil’s.
The Czars’ chapel in the Kremlin had had all the icons removed, leaving only blank spaces.
Then there were those many churches, monasteries and nunneries that Stalin just plain destroyed.
Nicholas II and his family–who were murdered by Lenin and his regime–were only given a proper Russian Orthodox burial in the 1990′s.
Worst of all, Putin has thrown in with the Muslims.
Oops.
Jenfidel on October 30, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Funny to see all the anti-PC folk pouring scorn on Larry David.
lexhamfox on October 30, 2009 at 1:30 PM
It’s not a religion thing, it’s a comedy thing. Pissing on the Koran is way more funny. You should try it.
miles on October 30, 2009 at 1:37 PM
What crime was committed?
jonknee on October 30, 2009 at 1:45 PM
He did it because he’s hung like a mosquito and blames God for his shortcoming.
TrickyDick on October 30, 2009 at 1:55 PM
Nobody actually thinks that it is. You’re just pretending they do to advance your strawman. Also, you were the only person to use the word “descreated”.
aengus on October 30, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Maximus Confessor, I do believe you’ve got a gi-normous, undigested potato lodged sideways in your ass.
Unless it’s an ‘on purpose’ kind of thing, you might want to see a proctologist and get it removed; you’ll be a lot less crabby.
Doorgunner on October 30, 2009 at 2:07 PM
All I really need is the name of an ordained prelate of the Russian Orthodox Church who condemns Putin’s one party rule.
Chris_Balsz on October 30, 2009 at 2:13 PM
I find it odd that a blog will ban for attacks on Democrats but highlights obscene disrespect of a religion.
I guess they don’t want to be known for attacks on Democrats.
Chris_Balsz on October 30, 2009 at 2:15 PM
Perhaps, like me, they spend a lot of time praying at the porcelain alter.
It can be very comforting knowing that Jesus is looking down on you as you’re pucking up your socks while praying if He’ll just let you live, you’ll never drink again.
I’ve personally prayed that specific prayer many times so I can tell you it works.
Rod on October 30, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Ah, yes, I remember my first nip of altar wine.
mankai on October 30, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Then end of thread… THANKS!
mankai on October 30, 2009 at 2:18 PM
Sure… because I misspelled it as my typing is not the most pristine… but as for the word “desecrated”, well, that was used by ameican.catholic.org and Focus on the Family, just to name two… and there is a thread on Hannity’s site pushing a petition to HBO aimed at “Larry Davis’ Desecration of Portrait of Jesus.”
mankai on October 30, 2009 at 2:33 PM
And you know the difference between your scenarios and mine? Yours happen infrequently, and mine happen every f***ing day. Anyone with a whit of intellect would be able to look at the incidences of each and realize that, hey, in our modern age, where you fallaciously believe yourself to be up-to-date, Lutherans, Methodists, and Baptists are the least of your worries. Try paying attention to the common denominator in the 15,000 terrorist attacks committed in the last eight years, you spoon-fed zealot.
MadisonConservative on October 30, 2009 at 2:36 PM
Curb Your Enthusiasm is a great show and you don’t need to agree with Larry’s political views to enjoy it, but good sense of humor is vital. The week before, David was mocking women on wheelchairs, the all point of the show is that it’s not PC (being not PC is the essence of the Republican party). I like it when he makes fun of Jews and Christians. It always good every now and then to be reminded I’m part of a religion that when satirized, none of it’s members goes out to the streets, burn cars, destroy everything that comes their way and murder the mocker. Let’s see Larry David makes fun of Muhammad, now that will be groundbreaking in the “un-PC” movement and an episode to remember.
Michelle Dubois on October 30, 2009 at 12:46 PM
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In the first season or 3 or 3 he did an episode with the blind guy who didn’t want anyone to look at his girlfriend because he was a really jealous guy so Larry set him up with a Muslim woman in a burka and, well, things obviously go downhill.
So yeah, Islam has been a target of ridicule too.
Dave Rywall on October 30, 2009 at 2:37 PM
He’s a rapture-eyed anti-semitic lunatic who has been banned before and somehow always comes back. He was most prolific under the name “SaintOlaf”. He finally got banned when he started ripping on the Jews a tad too much, but who can blame him when he’s practically reciting The Protocols of the Elders of Zion verbatim half the time?
MadisonConservative on October 30, 2009 at 2:38 PM
Funny to see all the anti-PC folk pouring scorn on Larry David.
lexhamfox on October 30, 2009 at 1:30 PM
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+100000000000000
But of course, nobody on Hotair has ever seen the show…
Dave Rywall on October 30, 2009 at 2:39 PM
I saw a Jewish man double-parking just the other day!
All religions are the same!!
mankai on October 30, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Funny that you cite wikipedia for your egregious and insulting bulls**t, because, um, it disproves your point:
Huh. Guess you can’t read. Or, maybe you can:
…because that is your reason for hating him, pure and simple, you disgusting fanatic.
MadisonConservative on October 30, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Not the same. And this same argument got stuffed waaaay back in the thread, Corky.
Doorgunner on October 30, 2009 at 2:41 PM
…So yeah, Islam has been a target of ridicule too.
Dave Rywall on October 30, 2009 at 2:37 PM
Not the same. And this same argument got stuffed waaaay back in the thread, Corky.
Doorgunner on October 30, 2009 at 2:41 PM
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Ah, so when he poked fun at Islam, he wasn’t poking fun at Islam?
Awesome logic you have going there.
Anyways, he’ll probably do it again to a greater degree. Or not.
Who cares.
Dave Rywall on October 30, 2009 at 2:44 PM
Not true. But why be a regular viewer if: a. it’s not very funny, and b. I don’t need to have my secularist, politically fashionable, zeitgeisty world-view prejudices affirmed?
Doorgunner on October 30, 2009 at 2:45 PM
Which church would that be? The one that hides pedophiles and allows baby killers like Teddy Kennedy & Nancy Pelosi to remain members?
Jeff from WI on October 30, 2009 at 2:45 PM
Jeff from WI on October 30, 2009 at 2:45 PM
Nope. Eastern Orthodox. That’s why he ideolizes Russia.
kingsjester on October 30, 2009 at 2:47 PM
And my logic is fine. A burqua is hardly an equally iconic symbol of a particular faith that a picture of Christ is.
Doorgunner on October 30, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Ah, yes. When your ammunition runs out, just proclaim unprovable ignorance on the part of your opponent based solely on the fact that they don’t like the show. Seen it, dickweed. It’s self-indulgent tripe that is laughing at its own jokes before it even finishes them.
I’m sure you never get bent out of shape when people proclaim you never to have listened to Rush Limbaugh or watched Glenn Beck, hypocrite.
MadisonConservative on October 30, 2009 at 2:50 PM
Well, looky here. SaintOlaf reveals more of himself. I won’t link till he actually says gays are going to be putting Christians in death camps.
MadisonConservative on October 30, 2009 at 2:52 PM
He’s from that other organization.
mankai on October 30, 2009 at 3:03 PM
I thought Christ Himself created the Catholic. Any greek/Russian Orthodox off chute isn’t claiming that,is it?
Jeff from WI on October 30, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Oh, I hope the next episode will be:
The same SOUTH PARK guy pissing on the picture of Allahpundit’s mother.
Surely AP won’t get offended … anyway it’s all for the love of Art. Modern Americans love humor … any kind of humor (even if there’s political innuendos).
And AP himself said that he really loves the show.
TheAlamos on October 30, 2009 at 3:27 PM
It’s not the same as peeing on Muhammad. I want to see him mocking Muhammad directly. That’s gutsy and that’s groundbreaking. Of course I risk my car being burned by my Muslim neighbors, but what the heck? It worth the laughs… and I do have insurance and in the process of selling it anyway.
Michelle Dubois on October 30, 2009 at 3:28 PM
WRONG. It would be analogous if David whatever did the same thing to Mohammed.
Let’s see how the moslems and their defenders (MSM including Time and Newsweek) will react.
TheAlamos on October 30, 2009 at 3:31 PM
I’m thinking of being a comedy writer/producer/director.
I’m thinking of a comedy family series, based in the past, say 1944 in Poland. I’m thinking Auschwitz. A nice Jewish family and their day to day funny struggles. Maybe a few of them disappear slowly. Hilarious!
Jeff from WI on October 30, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Dave Rywall on October 30, 2009 at 2:37 PM
It’s not the same as peeing on Muhammad. I want to see him mocking Muhammad directly. That’s gutsy and that’s groundbreaking. Of course I risk my car being burned by my Muslim neighbors, but what the heck? It worth the laughs… and I do have insurance and in the process of selling it anyway.
Michelle Dubois on October 30, 2009 at 3:28 PM
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To imply that Larry chose to use the Jesus instead of Mohammad shows you don’t have a clue what the episode was about.
Larry was mocking the ludicrous Christian phenomenon of people getting all excited when they claim a religious picture of some ilk is crying or bleeding, as if a supreme being would actually make something so stupid happen. The topic is always topical, and I haven’t seen it used in comedy very much at all.
There is no equivalent phenomenon in Islam. There’s plenty of other stupidity to tap into, but this episode was about what it was about.
That you would only be impressed if he figured out some way to lampoon Mohammed couldn’t possibly be more irrelevant.
Dave Rywall on October 30, 2009 at 3:44 PM
I’m thinking of being a comedy writer/producer/director.
I’m thinking of a comedy family series, based in the past, say 1944 in Poland. I’m thinking Auschwitz. A nice Jewish family and their day to day funny struggles. Maybe a few of them disappear slowly. Hilarious!
Jeff from WI on October 30, 2009 at 3:39 PM
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Perhaps you should go rent Life is Beautiful and get back to us.
Dave Rywall on October 30, 2009 at 3:47 PM
David mocked the people who see Jesus in their grilled cheese sandwiches and the like.
How is this mocking people who see Jesue in their grilled cheese sandwiches? Because the urine on the picture was supposed to be a tear? Was there something later in the show that suggested the tear was of divine origins? I’m not getting this.
To me, in this context, there was a picture of Jesus on the wall, and this idiot couldn’t find the center of the toilet, and piss sprayed all over the place. Nothing funny or outrageous about any of it.
I say, if you’re going to piss on a picture of Jesus, then be a man, and take the picture off the wall and piss on it. If you don’t think that’s funny, then don’t do it all.
This was half-assed and lame, unworthy of neither my time, my outrage, nor my laughter.
Fish on October 30, 2009 at 4:15 PM
People like Larry David are in danger of being beaten to a pulp in most parts of the country , so eventhough they are still slugs , they don’t act like this .
borntoraisehogs on October 30, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Polanski the pederast is to play Mohammed the pederast in a show being developed by Larry David playing Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm. Wingnuts protest outside Larry’s home; Libtards band together in a hilariously ineffectual ad hoc militia to defend him. Hilarity ensues; rabid viewer Rave Drywall wets himself.
Doorgunner on October 30, 2009 at 4:30 PM
For the love of Buddha, what’s that got to do with anything? I know exactly what the episode was about. I don’t want him to change it any bit, it was funny as hell, especially the ending. And Allah already emphasized this point in his post. Peeing on Muhammad was just an example.
In this day and age mocking Muhammad is the ultimate anti-PC and to be honest, more enjoyable. There’s nothing groundbreaking about making fun of Islamic fashion, it happens everyday, ask Srkozy. Forget the accidental pee drop, I want to see Larry accidentally wiping the shield of his car with a Muhammad T-shirt which then leads to the ultimate mayhem.
Michelle Dubois on October 30, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Guys, there’s just nothing even remotely funny about men urinating.
And that’s without dragging the Lord into it.
This is on the level of about the 6th grade: vapid and puerile.
Larry David is 60.
Seinfeld is over.
His wife divorced him and got a good chunk of his money.
Be men and walk away.
Jenfidel on October 30, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Yes, the very next scene is the owner of the house going into the bathroom and dropping to her knees when she sees the painting with the ‘tear’.
LibertarianRepublican on October 30, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Dave Rywall on October 30, 2009 at 3:44 PM
For the love of Buddha, what’s that got to do with anything? I know exactly what the episode was about. I don’t want him to change it any bit, it was funny as hell, especially the ending. And Allah already emphasized this point in his post. Peeing on Muhammad was just an example.
In this day and age mocking Muhammad is the ultimate anti-PC and to be honest, more enjoyable. There’s nothing groundbreaking about making fun of Islamic fashion, it happens everyday, ask Srkozy. Forget the accidental pee drop, I want to see Larry accidentally wiping the shield of his car with a Muhammad T-shirt which then leads to the ultimate mayhem.
Michelle Dubois on October 30, 2009 at 4:33 PM
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Ah, I thought you meant the Jesus pee episode is worthless because it’s too easy a target, while a Mohommed episode would be far riskier. My apologies.
I would obviously love to see him do an episode where Larry decides to convert to Islam because of the potential awesomeness of the 72 virgin thing and then gets rejected because he keeps asking about it and they think he’s too much of a pervert.
Or he’s a germophobe and has to steam clean his little carpet which annoys everybody.
Or he annoys everybody with an obsession over getting the true direction to Mecca with a gps thing and a compass.
Or he mispronounces the chanting bits into arab swearwords or something.
Possibilities are endless.
Dave Rywall on October 30, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Well then, this must be a show ridiculing Catholics because no Protestants I know worship supposed physical manifestations like that.
Jenfidel on October 30, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Give it a rest, Dry Wall.
This show will never be funny.
Ever.
Jenfidel on October 30, 2009 at 4:54 PM
Yes, the very next scene is the owner of the house going into the bathroom and dropping to her knees when she sees the painting with the ‘tear’.
LibertarianRepublican on October 30, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Well then, this must be a show ridiculing Catholics because no Protestants I know worship supposed physical manifestations like that.
Jenfidel on October 30, 2009 at 4:53 PM
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It’s ridiculing every Christian who gets excited by any image of Jesus or Mary that bleeds or cries. And the people in the show aren’t worshipping the poster. They’re amazed by the tear and think God made it happen. Why is this so difficult to understand.
Dave Rywall on October 30, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Dave Rywall on October 30, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Give it a rest, Dry Wall.
This show will never be funny.
Ever.
Jenfidel on October 30, 2009 at 4:54 PM
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Then don’t watch it, sourpants.
Dave Rywall on October 30, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Almighty God gave up all free will.That includes fools like Larry David but in the end God will have the last say and laugh .
thmcbb on October 30, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Artists are thinking twice before mocking Islam, (lets see an artist make a portrait of Muhammad using elephant dung), and it’s that kind of attitude that will keep Islam is the ugly state that it is now. In the name of the so called “progressiveness,” The PC movement is taking the world backward and I accept Republicans to be the first to know it.
Larry David is definitely not PC but he has his limits, for obvious reasons, why put your life in danger when you don’t have to? Such heroism is reserved for the people in uniform, the people Hollywood show little respect, the people who happen to be mostly Christians.
Michelle Dubois on October 30, 2009 at 5:00 PM
It goes even further than Moses Hess. Btw Karl Marx aka Moses Levy Mordecai. The origins of Socialism are primarily Jewish.
True_King on October 30, 2009 at 5:02 PM
I don’t.
Why do I have to look at on HA?
(Rhetorical question.)
Jenfidel on October 30, 2009 at 5:04 PM
Artists are thinking twice before mocking Islam, (lets see an artist make a portrait of Muhammad using elephant dung), and it’s that kind of attitude that will keep Islam is the ugly state that it is now. In the name of the so called “progressiveness,” The PC movement is taking the world backward and I accept Republicans to be the first to know it.
Larry David is definitely not PC but he has his limits, for obvious reasons, why put your life in danger when you don’t have to? Such heroism is reserved for the people in uniform, the people Hollywood show little respect, the people who happen to be mostly Christians.
Michelle Dubois on October 30, 2009 at 5:00 PM
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Until the ball-less leaders of Islam bother to speak up against extremism, nothing will change. A small minority of a$$holes will continue to cause death and destruction. Unless, of course the west can kill them all first. And I’m fine with that culling of the human herd.
As for this episode, it is what it is because that’s what Larry wrote. It most certainly wasn’t a case of him having a Mohommed plot ready to go and then chickening out and watering it down to a Jesus plot.
Dave Rywall on October 30, 2009 at 5:05 PM
Dave Rywall on October 30, 2009 at 4:56 PM
I don’t.
Why do I have to look at on HA?
(Rhetorical question.)
Jenfidel on October 30, 2009 at 5:04 PM
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You don’t have to look at it here either. Click away. Nobody cares either way.
Dave Rywall on October 30, 2009 at 5:06 PM
It’s difficult to understand because I’m a Protestant.
Only Catholics worships these kinds of alleged physical manifestations of the spiritual, as I said before.
Dunno why.
That’s just the way it is.
Jenfidel on October 30, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Oops, I forgot the Russian and Greek Orthodox like Maximus.
I believe they think their icons hold powers, too.
Jenfidel on October 30, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Not to sound like Obama, but “as I said before,” I love that episode, I think it was the best so far this season.
Michelle Dubois on October 30, 2009 at 5:09 PM
Good thing Ol’ Larry didn’t splash urine on a copy of the Koran or sketch of Mohammed, otherwise we’d be seeing video of muslim terrorists beheading the lame-a$$ comic and liberals decrying the vulgarity and insensitivity to such a deplorable act…and I don’t mean the beheading. Gotta love those double-standards we see daily from lefty a-holes like this jacka$$.
Goldy1 on October 30, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Oh, you should get along with The Dean and MaximusConfessor/SaintOlaf just famously.
DA JOOOOOOOOS ARE BEHIND IT ALL!
MadisonConservative on October 30, 2009 at 6:00 PM
You do know he was the co-creator/executive producer/writer of “Seinfeld”, right? Not saying this excuses his antics on this episode, but…he was the brains behind ‘Seinfeld’. (along with Seinfeld). (And not every “Seinfeld” episode was a winner, either)
Fed45 on October 30, 2009 at 6:04 PM
What? Too close to that movie? Perhaps throw in a Polish movie director at the camp with them. This one could rape 13 year old girls. Even more hilarious.
Jeff from WI on October 30, 2009 at 6:05 PM
How long has that show been on? I haven’t had HBO in years, but I do remember Curb Your Enthusiasm was one of the few shows I would laugh out loud while watching.
I think I saw the first 2 seasons, it was never really political or anything, just funny.
I hate when people listen to a couple clips of Rush and instantly decide he’s a racist. I think the same thing is happening here on the flip side.
I hate when Christians act like Islamic rage boy over something so trivial. All this talk of, “Would he pee on Mohammed?” is just plain stupid, in my opinion and makes people sound like a bunch of whiny crybabies.
My guess is, David is running out of ideas and his show is losing steam, so this gives him some nice press (without having to molest an intern).
reaganaut on October 30, 2009 at 6:14 PM
That’s okay. He’ll get his on Judgment Day.
Yephora on October 30, 2009 at 6:56 PM
I have not had a TV in my house since 1991. Best decision I have ever made. To me, it is all nothing but a pointless distraction.
HeIsSailing on October 30, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Agreed, we’ve never have had cable, and with the crap that’s on TV free today you’re not missing anything. I can’t remember the last time the TV was on, and when it was I’m sure it was on an oldies channel.
Jeff from WI on October 30, 2009 at 7:21 PM
I think it was really Bawnry Fwank laying on the floor for his golden shower!
Cybergeezer on October 30, 2009 at 7:24 PM
The only thing that really stinks is that I miss out on all the craziness I read about on this site regarding Bill O’Reilly, Glenn Beck and other non-newsmaking pundits that somehow *are* the news these days. Actually, that does not stink – I am happy not to watch them either.
HeIsSailing on October 30, 2009 at 7:29 PM
And he probably mock his own religion on the show more than any other. He’s an equal opportunity offender. And like others have pointed out, he was mocking the absurdity of some people seeing Jeebus in tortilla’s and what not.
Fed45 on October 30, 2009 at 7:37 PM
We may have to agree to disagree then, Ed. He could have just as easily given a satirical poke by urinating, then washing his hands and accidentally splashing water on the picture, causing it to look like He was crying. As actor, director, producer and writer, he chose to pee on a portrait of Christ.
Why do I feel like you should award yourself the Louis Renault award for being “shocked, shocked” that people could be legitimately offended by this?
DrAllecon on October 30, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Larry David mocks Christians, Jews, Muslims… Pick a religion and he’s likely mocked it. Not sure he could get away with mocking Christian Scientists, however. He’d be left with no one wanting to guest star on the show.
Fed45 on October 30, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Someone in here pointed me to this site that has the whole Beck show every day:
http://glennbeckclips.com/
Jeff from WI on October 30, 2009 at 9:48 PM
What do you think the reaction would be if he peed on a picture of Muhammed?
I am not a religious person and even I recognize it is only Christianity that get demeaned this way.
lonestar1 on October 30, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Oh wait, they don’t have pics of Muhammed. What if he peed on a picture with the name Muhammed on it?
lonestar1 on October 30, 2009 at 9:57 PM
People actually still pay extra for HBO? Why? And I thought Larry David was dead. Oh well, I guess his comedic sense is anyway.
Deanna on October 30, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Actually there is one episode where he finds out that he is adopted and his real parents were Christian. He becomes a nice guy… he is forgiving, generous, and then he finds out that the adoption thing was wrong and he reverts back to being an asshole.
Now some Jews might have been offended by that but it was funny. I like the show… he is unbearable at times but there are some very funny scenes in just about every episode. The show is not PC and I like my entertainment that way. HBO still has better programming than anyone else.
lexhamfox on October 30, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Men are pigs when it comes to urinating while standing. This is because of a design flaw. When we are done, sometimes those last few drops don’t make it out. Then the tip gets a type of crust, after drying up, that diverts the flow next time we go. Men over 30 know what I’m talking about. One time I hit my forehead and feet at the same time. All men should sit when the occasion arises. There is a benefit. You’ll get less grief from the woman in your life because the seat will always be down. On the other hand, if you’re fastidious about washing your hands, then you can use your fingers to pry open the tip before you go while standing. Remember to put the seat down when you’re done. If you’re brave, start complaining to the woman in your life about having to always raise the seat when you have to go. Is this on or off topic? I’m really confused after reading all the comments.
Bill Blizzard on October 30, 2009 at 10:40 PM
does Larry David anywhere paint OTHER Christians as anything other than morons? From the few short clips I have seen, I am assuming he doesn’t, but will happily give Ed a pass if Larry David is only mocking CERTAIN Christians as Ed claims he is, and can describe to me a scene wherein Larry David portrays Christians as intelligent in any way.
Danzo
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IT IS NOT A FEEL GOOD AFTER SCHOOL SPECIAL IT IS A COMEDY SHOW YOU IDIOT
Dave Rywall on October 30, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Larry David mocks Christians, Jews, Muslims… Pick a religion and he’s likely mocked it. Not sure he could get away with mocking Christian Scientists, however. He’d be left with no one wanting to guest star on the show.
Fed45 on October 30, 2009 at 9:47 PM
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Well played, sir.
Dave Rywall on October 30, 2009 at 10:46 PM
What do you think the reaction would be if he peed on a picture of Muhammed?
I am not a religious person and even I recognize it is only Christianity that get demeaned this way.
lonestar1 on October 30, 2009 at 9:51 PM
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There were these cool 1000 year old statues that got worse than peed on a while back now where was that where where where.
Dave Rywall on October 30, 2009 at 10:47 PM
It would have been more ballsy if he had pissed on an image of Muhammad or Obama.
I guess he [David] figured the Prince of Peace wouldn’t raise up an army of angry O-bots.
MeatHeadinCA on October 30, 2009 at 11:13 PM
It would have been more ballsy if he had pissed on an image of Muhammad or Obama.
I guess he [David] figured the Prince of Peace wouldn’t raise up an army of angry O-bots.
MeatHeadinCA on October 30, 2009 at 11:13 PM
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JFC for the thousandth time the bit was playing off the ludicrous situation of Christians thinking a religious photo or statue is crying or bleeding. Bringing up what the bit wasn’t about is entirely irrelevant.
Dave Rywall on October 30, 2009 at 11:16 PM
In your opinion.
MeatHeadinCA on October 30, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Bashing Bush or Christians … just another day in the life of the Hollywood celeb.
redridinghood on October 31, 2009 at 12:02 AM
While Larry David and his bro’s are cracking up laughing about his desecrating a religious icon of Christ God…what he should be doing is considering the fact that:
JESUS CHRIST IS THE JEWISH MESSIAH..God Incarnate!
Evidently some people think it is funny to piss on God and that DESECRATING A RELIGIOUS ICON..which is a (HATE CRIME) is great fun and that teaching our children that this is funny..also is great fun.
Granted that this icon is a heretical protestant icon but (Like all protestant icons they present Christ as very senusal and sexual,lacking any indication of holiness,no tri radiant halo,no theological significance etc) it is a religious icon none the less.
The REAL icons of the Orthodox Church are extremely powerful. Both in my parish and in a parish in the neighboring town, we have had people HEALED OF CANCER just by touching miracle working icons or relics of our SAINTS.
The Orthodox Church also has the original icons handpainted by St. Luke(the author of the Gospel of Luke).
As for our Holy Myrhh streaming icons,
anybody who has done any research would know about the fleece be-dewed..
(Like all of the Old Testament),this verse is a prophecy about Jesus Christ,the jewish Messiah God Incarnate.
The dew is the Son of God..the fleece is the Blessed Virgin Mary Theotokos..the result is the Incarnation by which Israel(the Church)will be saved!
The presence of the Holy Spirit often produces dew and in the Orthodox Church (being Christ’s Holy Church)this happens often on our Holy Icons.
This is a scientific fact completely proven by the numerous scientific examinations of this phenomenom.
Our miraculous healings,miracle working icons,Holy Fire in the Orthodox Church of the Sepulchre..many proven and reoccuring miracles.
It’s all available proven scientific fact, but you people refuse to listen because your hearts are too hardened and you don’t want to know the truth.
Orthodox Miracles part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVuCdMF6AQY
MaximusConfessor on October 31, 2009 at 1:32 AM
Mel Gibson/Larry David
2 men
1 cup
pc on October 31, 2009 at 2:09 AM
Why is it I get this feeling that you’re standing at my front door with another guy, both in a white shirts, desperately trying to convert me, or at least shoving a pamphlet in my face.
Jeff from WI on October 31, 2009 at 6:20 AM
The REAL icons of the Orthodox Church are extremely powerful. Both in my parish and in a parish in the neighboring town, we have had people HEALED OF CANCER just by touching miracle working icons or relics of our SAINTS.
MaximusConfessor on October 31, 2009 at 1:32 AM
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How selfish of your church for not sharing your cure for cancer with the world. God will deal with this brutally inhuman act when you die.
Dave Rywall on October 31, 2009 at 7:21 AM
The presence of the Holy Spirit often produces dew and in the Orthodox Church (being Christ’s Holy Church)this happens often on our Holy Icons.
MaximusConfessor on October 31, 2009 at 1:32 AM
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Uh, no. The presence of bad ventilation/insulation/construction produces dew indoors, fool.
Dave Rywall on October 31, 2009 at 7:23 AM
Orthodox Miracles part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVuCdMF6AQY
MaximusConfessor on October 31, 2009 at 1:32 AM
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They must need a lot of staff to go around and drip water etc on all those paintings and statues. Well, at least God told them to do it at night when nobody’s around.
Dave Rywall on October 31, 2009 at 7:32 AM
Over 80% of Americans are Christians. Y’all that talk about some massive conspiracy of attacking Christians give me a laugh. If your your kids went to school and every day they were told directly that Jesus is not the son of G_d my guess is that you would be totally pissed off. And rightly so. But if you do not believe in Jesus as G_d, your kids go to the same schools where they are told every day that Jesus is the son of G_d and if you do not believe that you are a fool and bad person and will be going to hell. And the parents of those children that every right to complain about that religious indoctrination in same way as you would if your children were told to deny Jesus every day. Christian run this country, it is a Christian country so please stop with the whining about being picked on. Grow up and learn to read. The Jews have a much bigger complaint against Larry David..he totally trashes the Jews at least 5 or 6 times a season and I have never heard complaint about it here or from your Saint Bill O’Reilly
georgealbert on October 31, 2009 at 9:10 AM
Over 80% of Americans are Christians. Y’all that talk about some massive conspiracy of attacking Christians give me a laugh. If your your kids went to school and every day they were told directly that Jesus is not the son of G_d my guess is that you would be totally pissed off. And rightly so. But if you do not believe in Jesus as G_d, your kids go to the same schools where they are told every day that Jesus is the son of G_d and if you do not believe that you are a fool and bad person and will be going to hell. And the parents of those children that every right to complain about that religious indoctrination in same way as you would if your children were told to deny Jesus every day. Christian run this country, it is a Christian country so please stop with the whining about being picked on. Grow up and learn to read. The Jews have a much bigger complaint against Larry David..he totally trashes the Jews at least 5 or 6 times a season and I have never heard complaint about it here or from your Saint Bill O’Reilly
georgealbert on October 31, 2009 at 9:10 AM
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All those billions of people betting on the wrong horse are going to hell. Also all the people who have never heard of your God. What a nasty God you have.
Dave Rywall on October 31, 2009 at 9:52 AM
And, off to hell he goes; He’ll be in good company!
Cybergeezer on October 31, 2009 at 10:10 AM
“GeorgeAlbert”,
JESUS CHRIST IS THE JEWISH MESSIAH and the Orthodox Church is the Israel of God!
“There you go again.”
Now you’re the victim of Larry David’s Hate Crimes right?
You’re not fooling anyone.
I have already found 5 or 6 israeli websites where they are just cracking up laughing about this giving props to Larry David for his DESECRATION OF A RELIGIOUS ICON of Jesus Christ(which is a HATE CRIME).
No other religion today does this.
Look at the muslims. They have already demanded a public apology from HBO for this and are ready to sue.
Poor you. You don’t control of the Russian media which accounts for less than 4% of all media. Poor baby.
Oh BTW, how many Academy Awards did the biggest selling film of all time(The Passion of the Christ) win?
Nope. Hollywood doesn’t have an agenda.
MaximusConfessor on October 31, 2009 at 10:17 AM
Larry David will have to explain his actions to a higher authority when he leaves this life, so that’s good enough for me.
zoyclem on October 31, 2009 at 10:21 AM
“GeorgeAlbert”,
JESUS CHRIST IS THE JEWISH MESSIAH and the Orthodox Church is the Israel of God!
The Jews have a much bigger complaint against Larry David..he totally trashes the Jews at least 5 or 6 times a season
“There you go again.”
Now you’re the victim of Larry David’s Hate Crimes right?
You’re not fooling anyone.
I have already found 5 or 6 israeli websites where they are just cracking up laughing about this giving props to Larry David for his DESECRATION OF A RELIGIOUS ICON of Jesus Christ(which is a HATE CRIME).
No other religion today does this.
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I guess you were too busy dancing around your weeping Jesus chia pet when the Taliban blew up those 1000 year old statues, eh?
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Look at the muslims. They have already demanded a public apology from HBO for this and are ready to sue.
Poor you. You don’t control of the Russian media which accounts for less than 4% of all media. Poor baby.
Oh BTW, how many Academy Awards did the biggest selling film of all time(The Passion of the Christ) win?
Nope. Hollywood doesn’t have an agenda.
MaximusConfessor on October 31, 2009 at 10:17 AM
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Passion of the Christ was nominated for 3 Academy Awards but failed to win any. I guess your God liked schizophrenics, Lemony Snicket and Peter Pan more than messiahs.
Passion of the Christ isn’t even in the top 10 top grossing movies of all time.
Or top 20. Or top 30. Or top 40. It’s number 44, Captain Bullsh*t.
Thanks for the huge laughs. OMG I AM CRYING THESE ARE THESE TEARS BROUGHT ON BY GOD??!?????11111111
Dave Rywall on October 31, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Oh ok.
Yes the atheists also commit hate crimes against Christians and desecrate religious icons,but the atheists are not a legitimate religious movement.
All of the atheist movements have been founded by people who did not believe in atheism.
The silly,gullible and bitter atheist minority have always been nothing but pawns, used and abused and too stupid to even realize that their movements were always founded by non atheists.
Wow I guess that makes you people the stupidest sheeple of all.
Imagine that. All the people who have preached atheism to you and your heroes who have founded all the atheists movements are NOT ATHEISTS THEMSELVES.
Talk about your people’s mind boggling stupidity and gullibility.
MaximusConfessor on October 31, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Some video tech geek ought to edit that clip and change the picture on the wall and send it out. It would be an interesting exercise to demonstrate how with a different picture, things might not be so peaceful if you know what I mean.
USBB on October 31, 2009 at 12:45 PM
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