Daniel Tosh, the host of Comedy Central’s Tosh.0, a show about videos uploaded to YouTube, sometimes has funny things to say. Other times he is offending the entire transgender community one fell swoop. Guess which one he pulled off this week?
In a segment on a (quite tall) trans model, Tosh effortlessly squeezed about a dozen one-liners into the brief clip. That has GLAAD upset. And The Blogs too.
But because queers upset with queer representation in the media really have no pull, this is what the campaign to right a wrong amounts to: Tweeting the comic to apologize (that’s Bil Browning’s idea) and monitoring Tosh.0 for future examples of anti-LGBT comedy (that’s GLAAD’s idea). The goal? Get some sort mea culpa out of Mr. Tosh, and make sure he doesn’t do it again.
Which might put a cramp in Tosh’s comedic stylings, given he’s one of these make fun of everybody types. Just like Lisa Lampanelli, a comedian whom we … celebrate. And who knows why gay men love her: “Gay people hate themselves as much as I hate myself — since we’re both abominations against God and man — so I insult them and they give me money. It’s the circle of life. Plus, I’m a living fulfillment of gay’s men’s fantasies: I get paid to say whatever I want, I bang black men and my clothes look fantastic.”
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If only you had a better wardrobe, Tosh.
dontblamemeivotedforhillary
This guy is a closet queer badly posing as a jock!
tazz602
Actually you said it – I’ve always wondered by Lisa Lampanelli got a pass from everyone for her “comedy”. I think she is degrading and disgusting no matter what the intent to gays and minorities. What Tosh did wasn’t nearly that bad by any standard.
mike
geez guys, get a sense of humor! Tosh makes fun of everyone, no one more so than himself.
Given that’s he often uses his skinny body and utter lack of hand/eye coordination to make a joke’s punchline, it’s hard to think he’s trying for “jock” …
and as for dressing better, perhaps you missed his opening show, the one where he explained in hilarious detail his big move to jackets this season!!
RomanHans
Typical of GLAAD’s work: when somebody does something offensive, watch them closely to see if they do something else offensive. And if they do, watch them even closer next time.
jbran
This really doesn’t seem like that big a deal to me.
Dionte
Secretly he want to have sex with her.
terrwill
@mike: 100% correct. He is an equal opportunity offender. He is snarky in the Joel McHale vein of comedy. If you are “offended” by comedy try the History channel………
Memo to GLAAD: There are kinda sorta more important issues we think you need to be dealing with…………
Jon
Looking forward to the post-GLAAD/HRC era. . .worthless money grubbing hacks.
Mike L.
Whoa! At first I thought ok he was mean, but when he asked for the next 20 secs yeah that was fucked up.
She’s pretty good looking, the only thing that I would be intimidated about if I were straight would of course be her height.
Cole
My biggest problem with Daniel Tosh isn’t a comment he made about a Trans model.
My biggest problem with Daniel Tosh is that he isn’t funny.
Mike L.
He’s cute though in an adorkable kind of way.
sal(the original)
ok i get it YOU HATE GLAAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!move on!!!!!!!!!!!!dont let ya hate blind ya from the fight,tired of transsexual jokes.a joke against them is a joke against ALLLLLLLL minorities.the brain washing of tolerance for this has got to end
romeo
I watch Tosh for the vids, but that business of him making fun of “everybody” is bullshit. He MOSTLY makes fun of us, like in every other sentence. He’s a total closet case. Anybody could make a go of that show because it’s the vids that are funny, not him. I’d say he’s just being a fratboy, except I can’t imagine any fraternity pledging such a dork.
Brian En Guarde
I find GLAAD to be arbitrary about their complaints, which I find repugnant to fairness. Their alerts appear to be somewhat capricious and hasty, and without internal standards.
I just wasn’t offended by Tosh. I mean, this is not an ordinary transgendered person; they are putting themselves in the public eye as a paragon of beauty next to a heterosexual model. There is no trans-phobia where the maker of a video says to the straight guys, “Hey boys! How about them apples!!! Eh!!!,” and the straight guys respond, “Sorry, I feel a joke coming on.” Of course, I have complained to GLAAD about Talk Soup, which makes what I think are homophobic and unfunny slams, but they have their big parties and donations to worry about.
JAW
Perhaps I am wrong, and will get a lot of grief… But as I watched the video with the sound muted, I felt that she was looking for attention. She was strutting her stuff in a bikini… She set her self up for this.
pogobock
I think it was Will Rogers who said, “Everything is funny as long as it happens to somebody else.”
Dirty Ole Man
@Mike L.: #11
I agree, the perve in me wants to bust a nut in Tosh’e hole,
despite the disgusting things he says about transgendered people.
Shame on me.
dizzy spins
Ive interviewed Tosh–he’s not a homophobe and he’s even CUTER in person. The jokes in that bit werent abt trans women–they were about a ridiculously tall woman who he was joking was MTF. Other than her height she’s quite attractive. And it was a 40-second bit in a show that runs clips of old people getting hit in the groin, children on drugs, etc. Why does GLAAD bestow honors on Modern Family, which perpetuates all kinds of gay stereotypes, but gets all ticked off about this? Theyve given so many true haters a pass that theyre downright irrelevant.
Pygar
@Brian En Guarde: Talk Soup ended its run many years ago. There is a re-vamped version called The Soup with Joel McHale.
LarryPDX
Obviously No.3 (Mike) is the only commenter that watches Tosh.0 on a regular basis.
If you watch on a regular basis, or even an entire episode, there is no way you would come away thinking he’s homophobic. Queerty should post Tosh’s web reunion of The Crystal Light Dancers. Totally hilarious!
sal(the original)
@Brian En Guarde: “I mean, this is not an ordinary transgendered person”i dont think homophobes think there are such things like normal transexuals,normal gay etc etc NO EXCUSE.so i guess its funny if you come across a black person with big lips and dark skin and nappy hair?there was a “joke” in that years ago,she’s a tall transgendered person GET OVER IT
sal(the original)
@dizzy spins: “The jokes in that bit werent abt trans women–they were about a ridiculously tall woman who he was joking was MTF.”YEAH that makes is MUCHHH better.NOT!so are you sayin a tall woman must be a trangendered person?tall women of the world YOU DONT EXIST!!stupid excuse
sal(the original)
@dizzy spins: “Why does GLAAD bestow honors on Modern Family, which perpetuates all kinds of gay stereotypes, but gets all ticked off about this?”i agree with the first part but we must not tolerate ANY joke that attacks someones natural difference
Michael
1st off, can we find better shite to whine about???
2ndly, yeah the guy seems really gay.
Miguel
The vast majority of gay people are not transgendered and the vast majority of transgendered people are not gay. “LGBT” is a non-sequitur. I don’t support mocking transgendereds, but I object to GLAAD’s and this blog’s assumption that this is a gay issue.
transguy
I’m trans and though this was pretty funny, but I’m self hating so what do i know
blackjack44
I am good friends with Daniel being that were both comedians and i was there for the taping of that episode and if the lines that made the air offended you, you oughta hear the ones they didnt use! lmao
Daniel is great and Glaad is being overly sensitive, its just a joke.
Chad
@Romeo – I actually watch Tosh.0 all the time too, and I say that he does make fun of everyone all the time, and not just us. His jokes have made fun of every stereotype that I can think of, including skinny, nerdy white guys like him. But I guess if a basic cable clip show is the only thing we have to worry about this week…
dontblamemeivotedforhillary
After Colbert, when Tosh.O comes on, I will drop a baby out the window to change the channel. That snarky humor is old unless you are fierce and he has a slinky TMZ personality. Comedy Central should drop him, it’s more SpikeTV!
Brian NYC
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kelli Busey
Queerty takes another swipe at transgender and allied people who stand up for our rights. We get it, you get one more free swing after all you did’nt take offense to Tosh.2moron.
Lukas P.
I’ve seen TOSH live twice, and on Comedy Central several times. He takes risks. Comedy is about context.
Dan’s own dad supposedly calls him a “queer.” Question is: is he *worth* targeting as a hater? Does he actively campaign against LGTB rights?
Can GLAAD rightly justify him as someone we should actively boycott, monitor, and protest when [drumroll] Congress is facing decisions on ENDA, DADT, and adoption?
Like most comedians, he has hits and misses. If he’s any good as his craft, he will figure out what gets laughs and what does not, and adapt his set accordingly. If he doesn’t, his career goes bust, and he will be at Taco Bell asking if you want HOT or MILD sauce with your Chalupa!
Amber
This is SOOOOO FUNNY! I love comedy! Look , like most of you, I am Transgender too. I don’t take ANY offence AT ALL! I think the TG in the video is beautiful! The funniest part about the entire video is how tall she is! OMFG! I thaught I had a hard time at 6″! sheesh….. By getting mad over this kind of stuff we only prove that we are rediculously petty and self absorbed… PICK YOUR FIGHTS PEOPLE!
salty73
What Tosh said was not that bad. It seems to me that instead of worrying about a comedy central Internet clip show is saying, maybe GLADD should doing something more constructive. Helping out homeless gay youth or how about assisting the gay elderly? Just asking.
flyby
Anyone who hates Daniel tosh or disapproves of his jokes is a fucking hypocrite, because I promise you there is not a single one of you who has never made a joke at someone else’s expense. It’s a fucking joke people. I think you guys are doing more to reinforce negative stereotypes by being a bunch of melodramatic, hypersensitive, whiny fucking sissies. Maybe the homosexual community would be better served if you wouldn’t turn into a rabid gaggle of drama queers everytime someone tells a gay joke. Either get over it and shut the hell up, or be prepared to be offended by every joke anyone ever tells, because I guarantee someone gets made fun of in all of them, otherwise – as I stated previously – you are nothing but a bunch of hypocrites. It’s either okay to make fun of everyone, or you can’t make fun of anyone – no one group should get a free pass because they “got their feelings hurt”, and that includes homosexuals.
MichaelE.
Tosh is an absurdest comedian. He doesn’t believe in the things he says, he makes fun of conservatives and liberals, straits and gays, transgenders and non trans genders. Anyone who thinks he legitimately thinks the things he says is an absolute idiot. Like his whole stand up bit about midgets not being people. He is fucking joking! He doesn’t actually belief that shit. And beyond that the point of half his comedy is along the lines of Stephen Colbert, he says something that is blatantly racist or sexist to make fun of people who actually think like that and show the absurdity of it. Other times he’s just being as ridiculous as possible to get a cheap laugh. That’s all… And the more pissed off you idiots get at him, the more you message him, the more he is going to enjoy feeding off your hair brained pointless anger. That’s what he does.
And beyond that, we have this little thing called freedom of speech. He can say whatever the fuck he wants to. It doesn’t mean you have to believe what he does, it doesn’t even mean you have to be ok with his statements. But it does mean he’s free to voice them.
CodeWolf
Ummmm. I haven’t been able to find anything that confirms that this model is transgendered except this story. Please fact check.
sock puppet
Oh, yeah. Tosh is real closeted. I’m sure he cares about you as he bangs his supermodel girlfriend.
Joshua
It’s quite funny. Quit being such easily offended pansies… I’m sure you have bigger things to deal with like the medical bills after you get the hiv from all the buttsex.
ewe
Being cynical without an injustice occurring is not chic. But he represents the current SNL toilet humor that i see no one ever laughing over or the stupid audiences of The Tonight Show that sit in silence over one liners that are just mean while a laugh track is played. What else is new?
ewe
@flyby: Constantly referring about a woman and insinuating she has a dick like he suffers from OCD is funny? Not to me.
ewe
@Joshua: this is a gay blog Joshua. come out of your closet. you really are a pest.
ewe
Let him try to rip into a minority model for being black and see the reaction. It is not ok to insult transgendered people.
Marsh
I didn’t particularly find this joke funny – although I am a fan of Daniel Tosh – however, I don’t see it as him making fun of transgenders either. To be honest, I didn’t even consider the possibility of the model being transgendered until I read this article. When I watched the show, I figured that he was just picking on the “masculinity” of her size.
In any case, I agree with most of the people commenting. He’s an equal opportunist that picks on everyone – there are plenty of jokes thrown in about every race, religion, gender, political party, etc. He’s a comedian and his show isn’t exactly anything high-class and sophisticated. If we’re going to get upset about this joke, we may as well be upset about every other joke he makes as well.
Jeffree
Tosh is funny about 60% of the time. He’s better than many comics, not as good as some. A good rule of thumb in comedy is to not go with the obvious riff/ joke/ gag in any topic. IMO he took the first thought he had and ran with it. He ga.mbled, he missed. He has lots of good material, but this wasnt one of his shining moments.
p.s. Based on what I can find on-line, I don’t think he did this bit again. Maybe he learned something after all…..
lindsey
Ok, he barely ever makes fun of the gay community. I really believe that this is not a big deal at all. He makes fun of everyone… including himself. I’m a woman and a soccer player. Those are probably the things he makes fun of most.
Try not to be so touchy GLAAD ! You make it more uncomfortable and hard (no pun intended) to talk about gay and transexual matters.
Jennie
Oh god I’d tap that. But I’m straight. HE’S SO HOT!!!!! And he makes fun of black people all the time but you don’t see NAACP getting THEIR panties in a bunch.
bennyj
@ewe: oh but making fun of someone who ins’t transgender is ok? everyone should be treated the same.
mike
That model isn’t transgender. That’s a Genetic XX chromosome woman. You’ve just insulted her more than Tosh ever could. lol.
Darius
nah wrong.. he’s at least Bi because his girlfriend is HOT..
Shayna
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Zito
Are people really this dumb? This woman is not transgender.
carson
@terrwill: Yeah, like suing God for making gay dudes w/ buttholes, but forgetting to give lesbians some sort of penis substitute… Many more women would be lesbians if they didn’t have to strap on a dick.
Trent
You queers need to not be so sensitive. If people can’t laugh at themselves then they shouldn’t laugh at anything. don’t go crying every time someone makes a joke. You guys are the reasons that america is hyper sensitive and everything has to be politically corrected. People hate you for being over the top about everything including your sensitivity. You can be gay and not hyper sensitive and flamboyant. Take it back a notch and you’ll be SUPER!