Daniel Tosh is serious about telling AIDS jokes

This article tags along with the one I wrote earlier today about South Park and Comedy Central. A few days ago, a straight friend recommended a DVD on Netflix by a young comic named Daniel Tosh. She rated it five stars and swore that I would love it.

So, I rented Daniel Tosh: Completely Serious and set out to watch the program. He said the word “faggot” once, then again. Then, he told the following joke:

“Did you hear that there is a blood test to determine whether or not someone is gay? It is called an AIDS test.”

Seriously. That’s what he said. And, the audience laughed.

I don’t know why my friend thought that I would enjoy this guy’s hateful routine. I lost my best friend to AIDS. I have witnessed the deaths of dozens of others over the years.

I tried to write a review of the DVD on Netflix, but they don’t allow people to use the word “faggot” on their website. I wonder why it is okay for them to rent DVDs in which an idiot comic uses the term and not allow customers to warn others about the objectionable content.

I did some research on Daniel Tosh and learned that he has his own show on Comedy Central called Tosh.0. I Tivo’d the program to see if Tosh uses similar homphobic material on TV.

I only watched the show for about five minutes and Tosh told another AIDS joke. He showed a YouTube clip of two monkeys having sex on the hood of a car. He snickered at the clip like a middle school kid and then said, “I bet that monkey has AIDS.”

So, it appears that AIDS jokes are part of this man’s routine. However, he is an equal opportunity hater. Here is a clip in which he does a routine called “Is it racist?”