Judd Apatow says his late mentor Garry Shandling became a nicer, wiser guy toward the end of his life, which will be explored in a new documentary about the comedian. We spoke to Judd on “TMZ Live,” and he gave us a rundown on what’s behind his new…
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Judd Apatow Donates $1,000 to Florida Shooting Victim"s Hospital Fund
Judd Apatow is just one of thousands of people who’ve donated to a child who was shot and critically injured during the Florida high school shooting … TMZ has learned. Judd’s rep confirmed to us that the comedian had, in fact, contributed $ 1,000…
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Judd Apatow Compares Trump Presidency to Rape, Remains a Jackass
If history has taught us anything, it’s that when a Snooki-colored despot seizes power with the help of a Russian dictator and immediately begins using his stubby baby fingers to shred the Constitution, the opposition doesn’t exactly mince words.
Just kidding, a situation like the Trump presidency has never happened before in the history of anywhere (*googles “Germany 1938″* on second thought…), but when the political sh-t hits the fan like it has in recent months in America, people say things they wouldn’t normally say.
Some of those comments sound crazy, but are actually completely reasonable descriptions of what’s currently taking place in the halls of power.
These comments include “there’s reason to believe the president colluded with a hostile foreign power in order to manipulate a U.S. election, which would mean we’re just beginning to uncover the biggest political scandal in American history.”
Other comments, however, sound crazy and are actually are the sort of remarks that should be left to the tinfoil hat crowd.
A joke made by noted coattail rider and Lena Dunham apologist Judd Apatow serves as a great example of this type of butthurt hyperbole:
Promoting his new HBO show, Neurotic White People in Manhattan (we’re just guessing at the title/concept), Apatow took the stage to perform standup in LA last night.
If you’ve ever been in a room full of people who have gathered to watch a standup set by someone who’s not a professional standup comic, you know how high the expectations were.
Sadly, Apatow was not able to rise to the occasion, and not only because he was unable to simply point a camera at Seth Rogen and go take a nap.
Speaking of the night Trump got elected, Apatow delivers the rare triple-threat bad joke:
It was unfunny, unoriginal, and in poor taste:
“[I felt like] a person about to get raped, but I didn’t know how bad it would be.” Apatow told his audience.
“I feel like I’ve just been raped and I just don’t know if I’m going to get murdered.”
Yes, Judd Apatow thinks he’s funny enough to crack the crowd up with not only, but a joke about what it feels like to be raped.
He is wrong, and like the movie Funny People, the attempt serves as a potent reminder of how little Apatow understands comedy.
When the world thinks you should really just stick to basking in the reflected glory of Lena Dunham, you know your career has really gone off the rails.
But hey, we have to thank him for reminding us how it feels to be pissed off by something not directly related to Trump.
It’s like learning how to love again.
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