bob and tom, and how they treat chick

[bearded]

do any of you listen to bob and tom?  if so, what do you think of the way they treat chick? 
they actually make fun of his depression.  i'm not sure what to think.  in one way, it's good.  they aren't treating him as handicapped.  i'm just not sure if i could take it.  (i'm clinically depressed.)
should they treat the depression as a gag, or no?

[zuludelta]

I have no idea who these people are and what the show is about (I'm assuming it's one of those morning radio shows), but to me, there shouldn't be any hard and fast rules about what can or cannot be tackled in parody or satire or general humour (I'm a big supporter of what they call freedom of speech).

That said, any performer who wants to tackle a topic as sensitive as mental illness (or religion, or politics, or race, etc.) should realize that doing a satire or parody does not give one a license to be tasteless, ignorant, and hateful, and that they have to deal with whatever reasonable reactions and consequences their performance might engender from the public. 

[Protomorph]

I cannot stand them. All they do for 4 hours is laugh at their own jokes like hyenas.  :banghead:

[GrizzlyBearTalon]

From what I have heard listening to the show over the past several years, it seems to be that while he does seriously have issues it is treated as pretty much a running gag in a lot of ways. The only person on the show who has ever even hinted that they are seriously in any way getting on their nerves is Christy. Chick usually seems to joke about himself and run with it so I really don't think it bothers him enough that they are really exploiting his condition or anything like that. I would imagine perhaps it helps him deal with it. Most shows like that usually always have a scapegoat type person that takes the brunt of the abuse for whatever reason, and for that show it is almost always Chick.

"Change me I'm dirty!"
- Chick McGee on a creepy joke about Adult Babies

"If I put out an album it would be called 'Chick McGee: Coastin'"
- Chick McGee on his work ethic

"Humans have sex face to face to cause guilt"
- Chick McGee on how Humans are the only animal to use more positions than doggy style

"Don't write anything down.
Don't take any pictures.
Deny, Deny, Deny!"
- Chick Mcgee's advise on anything

[USAgent]

I cannot stand them. All they do for 4 hours is laugh at their own jokes like hyenas.  :banghead:

I echo your thoughts on them, except they don't even laugh at their own jokes, all they do is keep hitting the "all Laugh" button on the DJ mixing board over and over and over.....