Still others, rejecting generic humor, keep any controversial jokes within safe circles.

One controversial joke involved Sam showing footage of a Japanese spectator with an elongated face singing the Japanese national anthem, with Sam's tag being "I know the Japanese Anthem isn't very good, but why the long face?"

His defence seems to be that he and Boyle never offer an opinion one way or the other when they're telling their controversial jokes.

Agree with above about the Guard (feel like I'm taking crazy pills as everbody seems to love it) but apparently a few stale, 'controversial' jokes and a plot made up as it went along consitutes a great comedy film nowadays.

In recent years, however - after Stephen Colbert's controversial jokes at the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the expense of then-President George W. Bush in 2006 - such events have mostly played it safe, hosting Jay Leno, Rich Little and Craig Ferguson.

Scruff Connors (born David Jeffrey Newfield, 1952 at Toronto) is a Canadian radio broadcaster known for conducting controversial on-air practical jokes.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Ricky Gervais made a personal decision to tone down his Golden Globes hosting act following the angry backlash to his controversial jokes last year, Yahoo!

On December 27, 2007, two nights before the game, a Texas A&M yell leader made a controversial joke about Joe Paterno at a joint pep rally on the River Walk.

Eventually his show was suspended after a controversial joke on journalist Giuliano Ferrara (who was working for La7 too).