“Right now in America, they say that if you talk about Charlie Kirk, that you’ll get canceled,” the comedian Dave Chappelle quipped on Saturday at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, the first event of its kind in Saudi Arabia. “I don’t know if that’s true, but I’m gonna find out.”

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    For the lazy, here is a full list of performers to ignore in the future: (Some real disappointments in here)

    Mo Amer

    Aziz Ansari

    Wayne Brady

    Hannibal Buress

    Bill Burr

    Jimmy Carr

    Dave Chappelle

    Louis C.K.

    Whitney Cummings

    Pete Davidson

    Chris Distefano

    Omid Djalili

    Zarna Garg

    Ben Hart

    Kevin Hart

    Gabriel Iglesias

    Jim Jefferies

    Jimeoin

    Maz Jobrani

    Jessica Kirson

    Jo Koy

    Bobby Lee

    Sebastian Maniscalco

    Sam Morril

    Mark Normand

    Russell Peters

    Jeff Ross

    Sugar Sammy

    Andrew Santino

    Andrew Schulz

    Tom Segura

    Ali Siddiq

    Aries Spears

    Chris Tucker

    Jack Whitehall

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      Jim Jefferies is not in the program. I think he was invited, accepted but was later dropped. Still, for me that’s the only disappointment. I don’t know or care for all the rest but I liked Jefferies and I thought he had some good takes and interesting things to say. I think in the end all of them just get old and lose focus. Expect Carlin. He was sharp till the very end.

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        There’s a few who were invited and turned them down. Mike Birbiglia was the most notable to me, but I’m also familiar with Shane Gillis, Michelle Wolf, and Stavros Halkias. Atsuko Okatsuka, Toni Nagy, Leslie Liao, Nimesh Patel, and Tim Dillon have also announced they turned down the offer, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen their shows.

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          Thanks, knowing who turned it down is as important as knowing who accepted. I’m a big fan of Birbiglia and Michelle Wolf, so I’m glad they had the integrity to pass.

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          Tim Dillon did accept it, they canceled his spot when he accidentally/mistakenly advertised he would be in Abu Dhabi and they got offended.

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            Jesus Christ, he just pulled the most heinous shit out of his ass. His quotes were legitimately monstrous, truly inexcusable. To sum it up, he can get over EVERYTHING, as long as he’s being paid enough. No morals, no real beliefs. Is he even a person? Are people like that even really people? I would argue that they’re not. There is no point to Tim Dillon.

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          Tim Dillon took the offer but pulled some Tim Dillon shit on his podcast and was asked not to participate. He got a few bucks anyhow and per his own words, was forced into the bosoms of Iran now.

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            was forced into the bosoms of Iran now

            I used to know some Iranian women during my clubbing days. There are far worse fates. Also, there traditional method of avoiding pregnancy was quite charming and congenial.

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          Nimesh Patel is decently funny. I was disappointed when I heard that he accepted to go, glad he cancelled.

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        There’s always the random ones that you find on Youtube. The Taylor Tomlinsons and Gianmarco Soresis.

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            Not that a Netflix special is that special, but TT has 3 Netflix specials, and I think all of them were recorded before @fter Midnight.

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            Yeah, well, I didn’t say that they were nobodies. I just randomly found both of them on Youtube. I don’t watch tv lol

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      This is how I know I’ve not cared for the comedy scene for a while because, to me, that list is so unnoteworthy. I know or have seen clips of some of them but I’ve always thought they’re kinda mid to low tier.

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      Also promote the person that was meant to go, but Saudi Arabia wouldn’t let him, though since the payment also had a good down payment, he got paid and didn’t go. Tim Dillon. Also, he’s a self described “cock-gobbling f-slur” so I’m not even sure how they accepted him in the first place.