Talk:Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn

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I've just added a paragraph (that is hopefully NPOV) regarding the amount of promotion and network support received by the show. Sadly, I can't figure out how to usefully cite this, because I don't know of anywhere I can find data on promos aired, etc., and can't find any credible articles which reference this. My source for this is watching Comedy Central myself and noting the difference in promotion between the two shows, and the cited blog entries. Other Tough Crowd fans have also noted this, but I can't really cite forum posts as fact. If anyone can provide any data to help back this up, that'd be great. --ndc 20:11, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've added NPOV because of the pro-bias towards the show. Comments like "But when the show was good, it was brilliant, and utterly unique" shows opinion. Saopaulo1 06:47, Apr 5, 2005 (UTC)

I've removed a large text dump from an anon editor which was the source of most (all?) of the NPOV. Gamaliel 06:55, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

gamaliel, you truly made a mistake. it is an analysis of basic facts of the network and subsequent shows, there is nothing POV in saying that Carlos Mencia is similar to Tough Crowd

I took the bit about what "Critics" said on the show. There is no reference given nor indication of who these "critics" were and where they said what was in that section.--GenkiDama 22:44, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm removing the quote from Jim Norton because it's unsourced and has also been edited (if not just plain vandalized). Also, what's with the constant apparent claims that Tough Crowd was somehow "more controversial" or less conventional than other Comedy Central shows (e.g. Colbert Report)? I don't see any particular evidence of this, honestly. It seems like pure POV. --Soultaco 18:19, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright discussion

Now here this, all editors: Comedy Central has NOT aired TCWCQ since 2004. It has NEVER made ANY of the episodes available on DVD or otherwise. Take a look on Comedy Central's website. It has ERASED TCWCQ from its' history. Therefore, it is well within the right to post links to online copies of TCWCQ, which incidentally, are in very poor quality, due to the fact that they were taped off t.v., when they originally aired. There is no online record of the episodes, that I have been able to find, therefore, the video links to the episodes are the ONLY way of documenting which comedians were on each episode. And having said that, there are still many episodes which I have not been able to locate. The links to 2 video playlists, which are located in External Links, are very important to TCWCQ's wikipedia entry. If Comedy Central ever decides to make a profit off of TCWCQ and releases the episodes either on DVD, or on its' own website, then it is perfectly understandable to remove these 2 video playlists off of wikipedia. I hope they DO release the episodes on DVD! I would buy it! But until then, please leave the 2 video playlists in this article alone, so that people can see for themselves what this show was all about. Again, there is NO OTHER WAY of documenting the panels of comedians, who were on each episode. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thebluenun (talk • contribs) 20:55, 30 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't matter how long its been since the show was aired or if it was released on DVD or if its on the website; the copyright still stands and is legally enforceable, which means we cannot link to material that violates that here. Any/all of your points being true would not negate the legality of copyrighted material. DP76764 (Talk) 21:15, 30 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]