Daniel Tosh
The host of Tosh.0 made a name for himself thanks to his deadpan delivery of uncomfortably cynical humor, but his reported attempt to counter a female heckler by making light of gang rape came off as threatening — and dreadfully unfunny. Tosh apologized for the lead balloon...sort of. He tweeted: ''the point i was making before i was heckled is there are awful things in the world but you can still make jokes about them. #deadbabies.'' —Lanford Beard
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27 Comedians Who Famously Pushed the Line
We love comedians for the way they challenge viewpoints while making us laugh, but what's funny to some is downright scandalous to others. Here are some who gleefully grabbed the third rail.
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