alt title(s): Acceptable Target
Political correctness is usually stringently observed on television; crossing the wrong minority group can result in anything up to cancellation. But while a show will be very cautious not to offend women, homosexuals, the differently-abled or members of any particular race, creed, or color, there are some groups which have no such protection.
It's also worth noting that in general, most countries have a particular part or nearby country that they mock. For instance, the French usually mock the Belgians, the Yankees (Americans who live North of the Mason-Dixon line) mock those of the
Deep South, and the Australians and New Zealanders persist in claiming the other country has sex with sheep. There's no particular reason for this, other than thousands of years of wars. And, of course, the fact that the sheep are apparently sluts.
Suggestions that this article is written by angry members of the groups listed below will be met with all the respect they deserve.
Due to the ever-increasing size of this article, the many different kinds of acceptable targets have been organized for your viewing convenience:
Of course if you are a member of one of these groups, your only recourse is
Dude Not Funny. If you're a member of more than one of these groups, then you might as well not even bother with
that. If you're a Canadian, chances are nobody's looking at you while they're telling the joke unless you're
actually a mountie and in uniform.
Note that the
Dead Baby Comedy doesn't limit itself to
Acceptable Targets, but will probably include any and all of these in its repertoire.
See also
Bumbling Dad.
