A couple of years out of college -ooh that sounds so american – i was on stage at the Tunnel Club and got to see Jerry Sadowitz at work…also recall him smashing it at the Comedy Store. a lot has already been written about this unique comedian. so i won’t bore you with the usual. But what i do know is that the late great Ian Cognito, when asked who he liked in comedy, always came back to Sadowitz. He idolised the guy.

To make it clear i’m not a massive fan of GS, i mean i find him often more controversial than funny. Having said that i do recall a one man show he did which was all good. His timing is always impeccable, and he does irony like it was a second language. I see him still, on stage, telling the crowd ‘that’s double irony!’ Perhaps it’s his higher intelligence that has again led to a setback for him: his Edinbro Fringe show cancelled. (Or perhaps it was the fact he got his cock out to a woman in the front row).

There are people out there – comedians amongst them – who see this as an outrage -NO NOT HIS COCK EXPOSURE, I MEAN HIS SHOW BEING CANCELLED ! and i guess they are right. In fact it occurred to me that all the comics could gang together and start a campaign: Get your Cock Out for Jerry. Yes, we pick a date, and on it all the comedians performing around the country expose their penis, just for a few seconds, all in the name of Jerry. I’d call the campaign COJ (cock out for Jerry) , and badges would be distributed. Then i thought nah, it’s better as a hoax, a stage routine, an article in Viz than a real thing.

and anyway, i happened to watch a youtube bit by Leo Kearse yesterday, all about Jerry’s cancellation – and he suggest the prospect of comedians getting their cocks out but does it as a throwaway comment. I got to admit Leo’s observations are often – as in this case – spot on. He points out the hypocrisy of various critics of Sadowitz. I mean, for start Jerry isn’t ‘white’, he’s Jewish. and of course the dubious practise of censorship by the Pleasance venue in Edinbro he brings under the spotlight. (on the other hand all the jewish friends i have are eeer white).

Oh, by the way, if we do all get our cocks out for Jerry i’m not sure what the female comics would do – I mean, I’m guessing there probably are a few female comedians now who do have cocks…but otherwise they’re fucked…unless the cock is seen as a metaphor….