Olympic Termination

Someone in Tokyo lost their job for inappropriate comments made about the Holocaust.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
All right. The creative director of the opening ceremony of
the Olympic Games in Tokyo was fired yesterday. This is
one day before the event is set to take place,
so much as going on in Tokyo right now. His
name is Kintaro Yobu Yashi. He had previously been a
member of a popular popular comedy duo. He was terminated

(00:24):
after a video of a comedy routine he performed back
in the nineties surface in which he appeared to joke
about the Holocaust. We found out that mister Yabayashi, in
his own performance, has used a phrase ridiculing a historical tragedy,
said the Olympic Organizing Committee president. We deeply apologize for

(00:46):
causing such a development the day before the opening ceremony,
and for causing troubles and concerns to many involved parties
as well as a people in Tokyo and the rest
of the country, he added. Kobe Yashi's dismissal is the
latest in a series of high profile firings and resignations
of officials involved in the Tokyo Games. So, yeah, he's done.

(01:13):
He's done. I'm kind of on the fence here. Yeah,
I wanted to I mean, oh my god, man, who
was this guy? Probably not as knowledgeable, probably wasn't where
he was where he is in life now. Yeah, I mean, look, people,
you gotta get saved from something, you know, and you're

(01:34):
losing your job, just person. You know, if he apologized
and said, hey, look man, I was younger than I was,
on the wrong side of the thought process, you know,
that's not how I feel today. Oh my god, is
something I would never say today. And you guys, especially
as comedians, man, so yeah, I mean we talk about

(01:57):
this a lot on and off the air. You know,
there are some things, some subjects that you shouldn't you know,
touch upon. Are there things that are off limits? You know,
sometimes you would think the Holocaust was one Jay, there's
a lot of lady, but there's a lot of things.
Go ahead, tell me, I'm I mean, I'm back on stage.

(02:18):
There's a lot of things you're scared to talk about,
you know, you because of the climate, Because of the climate.
You know, you guys know we did it on this
show for years. I did Eugene. I loved it. I
love a character. It was fun to do it. It's
a scary thing to do. Now you I'm afraid to
do it. I think I'm on I think I'm going
to offend somebody, so I just don't do it. I

(02:41):
think it was I think that character was completely harmless
because we never you never made any sexual references, you
never made any sexual derogatory remarks. You just use a
humorous voice tone. And for us to have to stop

(03:01):
doing that for safety purposes was just ridiculous, man. But
it was just ridiculous for safety purposes. That's the thing
where you have to yourself for me. You can't ask
me about Steve Harvey, Tyler Perry or Time journal. I
don't have not a damn thing to say. They all

(03:21):
put money in my pocket, so I ain't got no jokes, Okay, none,
not at all, not a one, not none. So that's
what's off limits for you. It's what you're saying. Yeah,
but you know, look, I mean it used to be
nothing was off limits, right except for your own personal preference.

(03:42):
Like I never used the P word on stage, nor
have I ever used an INN word on stage. Now
in my personal life, being honest, that N word flies
around rather profusely, but out on stage, no, man, it's
not for general consumption amongst me and the dudes I
come up with. That's a different turn. Yeah yeah, but

(04:05):
now you can't say it no, you bet, you bet.
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