Maybe I haven't been making it very obvious, but the reason why this was a no-win scenario for Sam is because the criticism that he is a bad comedian is accurate, and the criticism that he is a big dumb wigger is accurate. Step outside of the scenario where it's a big dumb guy that you hate being heckled by someone that you like, and imagine it's Gator showing up on stage with Null, and then Null says to him "goo goo gah gah you stinky, take a shower you stinky". How could Gator, known for his charisma and his wit, react to this sudden and unexpected insult to his entire brand? The best he could possibly do is say "Oh, I don't watch Kouseki Bijou doing those videos because it's cringe". This is the scenario with Harland pulling out the cunnilingus joke, the best way Sam could have responded was to acknowledge "yea that was a bad joke". Imagine it's Ethan Ralph on stage with James Metokur, and Jim starts shaking a bottle of pills, the best Ralph could possibly do is play along with the joke and act like he isn't offended, but he's still going to have a bruised ego. That is the scenario with Harland asking Sam to build a gorilla nest. What I am disagreeing with people on is not that Sam made an ass out of himself, what I'm disagreeing with is that Harland is actually a super comedian that beat Sam because he's better at being mean. Harland won because he knew how to insult Sam in a way that would actually offend him, and he knew Sam would not be willing to humiliate himself by agreeing to be mocked.
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