Talk:Sarah Silverman

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1 Older discussion
2 Gender Questioned
3 Use of "perfect"
4 Sarah Silverman Video Clip
5 Joe Franklin
6 Personal Life-Reference to Breaking Up Kimmel's marriage?
7 Birthday
8 Jonathan Silverman

[edit] Older discussion

There seems to be a controversy about whether or not Silverman made the jury duty joke on Conan. Not only did I view the episode in question in July 2001, but I point those in doubt to the following sites which quote the joke (including a transcript from [Politically Incorrect] where Silverman and several other guests quotes the exact same joke.) The links at the bottom of the page are from another episode that didn't ignite the same controversy, but used a different joke. Hopefully, this will put the issue to rest.

Links: Politically Incorrect Transcript A second PI transcript Another entertainment article that proves the joke IMDB news-last item --Uberchouette 15:58, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

In a Fresh Air interview November 9, 2005 she says that she said it on Conan and was asked to repeat it on Politicaly Incorrect among other places. She said she has been asked to repeat it so many times while explaining the controversy that she has dropped it from her act. --Gbleem 22:06, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

link to transcript —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.132.127.199 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Gender Questioned

Comedian not comedienne. i mean, c'mon. this is an english article and we ought to be using gender-neutral language whenever reasonably possible

In formal writing (ie encyclopedic articles) it is usually suggested to avoid gender specific terms. --Fallout boy 10:24, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

I see this mentioned often on Wikipedia, but I don't know where it's coming from. Is that like a style rule in Britain or Canada? I don't quite understand why even referencing gender in the name of a profession is offensive. I don't even find "male nurse" offensive even though the term is clearly pointing out that it's "weird" for a man to be a nurse. Anyway I've noticed in many Wikipedia articles the word "actress" is almost verboten, but there are awards for "Best Actress" and rarely have I heard complaints about that. Many actresses will certainly complain about all kinds of gender-issues. Also why does this "unisexing" always end up being just dumping the feminine form? Maybe both men and women should be called actress, comedienne, etc. Just raving, sorry. (I'm male so maybe I don't get it)--T. Anthony 10:56, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Usually the male form the first term created and used, and then somewhere along a female version commes along.--Fallout boy 03:44, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Regardless of what word is used to refer to her profession, the fact remains that many, many people desperately want to have sex with this woman.

[edit] Use of "perfect"

The word "perfect" is used several times in this article, and I'm not sure it's the most NPOV word to use. I figured I'd let her fans change it or defend it before I changed it though. 68.97.36.194 07:37, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sarah Silverman Video Clip

Folks,

I cannot post the video clip of Sarah Silverman below because my family owns evtv1.com and there is a :15 commercial in front of the clip. I have spoken with several long-time editors and they suggested I post the appropriate video clips on the article talk pages for the editors to see if they wish to post them in external links.

Eureka Lot has sought fit to revert many of my past edits and I actually understand and have stopped adding video clips completely. It is a bit of a conflict for me to add, but you who work on this article can jointly decide. I will say that a lot of people clicked on the Sarah Silverman video clip of roasting Hugh Hefner when it was up (about 250 people in a week)

All of these clips are 100% legal from a copyright status. You have to decide if the :15 commercial is too obtrusive or if the clips are worth the "pain" of the commercial. I leave it up to you. -Jaffer

Here is the link of Sarah Silverman roasting Hugh Hefner...we also have the clip Jesus is Magic, but that has NOT been cleared for syndication, so I never tried to include the clip when I was posting. -Jaffer

http://www.evtv1.com/index.asp-itemnum-957

[edit] Joe Franklin

I believe there needs to be a source cited regarding the statement made here that Joe Franklin is considering suing Silverman over her joke in The Aristocrats movie. It's clear (having just watched the movie) that he seemed to take it in good humor because of the nature of the film. Can someone provide a link or other verification that such a lawsuit is actually being considered? If so, it also needs to be added to the Joe Franklin article since the identical paragraph appears there. 23skidoo 06:34, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

I stand corrected. The problem was the citation for the New Yorker article was placed before the statement, therefore it didn't draw attention to itself. I moved it down and now it works. I'll make a similar change to the Franklin article. 23skidoo 06:38, 27 January 2006 (UTC)