Comedian Ron White may face charges for smoking on stage

[TahitiNut]

Grammy-nominated comedian Ron White recently played a two-night, sold out stint in Bismarck, ND. Show number 2 featured a distinguished guest: a plain clothes policeman. Police were responding to a letter sent by an audience member of White’s first Bismarck show complaining about White’s smoking of a cigar onstage in the Bismarck venue – which prohibits smoking. The comedian was cited for “smoking in public places prohibited.”

http://punchlinemagazine.com/blog/2009/05/comedian-ron-white-may-face-charges-for-smoking-on-stage/


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[Forkboy]

1. alrighty then.

:)

[The Straight Story]

2. Well, I feel safer now. Too bad those people were forced into that building

Sad that they had no choice. And then, they could not leave. OMG.

Thank the lord for police intervention!

[Fuzz]

3. Adults acting like little children.

[EFerrari]

4. I hope they don't run his rap sheet.

:scared:

[NightWatcher]

8. alias used: Tater Salad

I know it's not PC, but he's kinda funny

[EFerrari]

37. Yes, he is.

:)

[Arkana]

29. Satellites are linking up in outer space, computer banks at NASA are kicking on...

[leftofthedial]

5. I don't care who you are,

that's funny.

[Hoopla Phil]

6. What a bunch of police state crap!

[LostInAnomie]

9. What a bunch of pansies we have become...

... that the complaint was taken seriously.

[LostInAnomie]

7. OMG! One person smoking a cigar in an entire venue!?

He's lucky he didn't kill someone!

[Karenina]

56. Think George Burns+fancy restaurant

Their policy was NO SMOKING except GB and his cigar! :rofl:

[lapfog_1]

10. I suppose that when they stage "Sherlock Holmes"

they will have to arrest the lead actor for smoking a calabash pipe.

Mind you, I'm all in favor of California style smoking laws (there isn't any indoor smoking in public spaces in CA), but I know for a fact that many theaters and movie sets allow smoking that is part of the performance.

For Ron White, his act includes him smoking (usually a cigar) and a glass of fine scotch.

[gmoney]

11. Does the law prohibit stinking?

Ron White would do life in prison based on his act...

I think he goes to the same tanning salon as John Boehner

[bbinacan]

17. I love his act

and think he's hilarious.

[TahitiNut]

20. Vulgar, crude, politically incorrect, smoking, drinking, ....

... what's not to love?

:rofl: :rofl:

[The Straight Story]

23. Sounds a lot like you and me

:rofl:

[TahitiNut]

24. Yup. Some people have their butt cheeks clenched so tight ...

... we should supply them with anthracite suppositories so they could shit diamonds.

:rofl: :rofl:

[The Straight Story]

27. so instead of blood diamonds we would butt diamonds, I can see the commercials now

Did he go to Jared? No, he went to the bathroom!

[bbinacan]

25. Absolutely n/t

[Missy Vixen]

47. Actually, Larry the Cable Guy and Jeff Foxworthy would do life in prison

I have to admit, Ron Smith is funny as hell. Plus, he had a LOT to say re: "I still have civil rights, don't I?" after he got busted recently.

He's okay. Let's put it this way: I'll watch him. I don't watch the other "Blue Collar Comedy" guys at all.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

49. Agreed

He is a hack.

[Frank Cannon]

59. I think Ron White is pretty damn funny

Dane Cook is the real enemy.

[Cleita]

12. In the meantime, in another part of town, a man was being beaten

by muggers, who got away because the police who should have answered the call sooner were elsewhere occupied.

[TahitiNut]

15. Well, it'd be OK if the man being beaten was a smoker.

:shrug:




:smoke:

[canetoad]

13. Anyone else getting

a virus warning from the link in the OP?
html:iframe-inf

I doubt there is much to worry about, but Avast is picking it up continously.

[blaze]

41. No problems here

I use AVG and it's not detecting anything...

[rrneck]

14. They just handed him a pile of material. nt

[Hoopla Phil]

43. Kinda like the paper mill. LMFAO!!!

[proteus_lives]

50. Yep.

After he heard, he probably sat in a chair smoking a big cigar, scribbling on a notepad and laughing.

[old mark]

16. I have only seen Mr. White's performances on TV, all of them

previously recorded, some of them years ago. I have never seen him NOT smoking a cigar - it is a trademark part of his character on stage.

I assume that anyone would know this if they actually spent the money to see him in person. This must have been a set up by the police.

I am certain this will become part of his act, the continuing saga of Tater Salad White.

mark

[Fire1]

34. Yep! They got the Tater! lol!

[spoony]

55. Yeah, that's what struck me as well

I only somewhat know of him and even I would expect him to be smoking and drinking. Caveat Emptor in this case, I'd say. It's like going to a Dead show and being aghast at a whiff of pot. But I like your idea that the cops are using a "complaint" as cover, too.

[krispos42]

18. So he gets a $50 fine in the process of making thousands at a sold out show.

Hmph.



Besides, I thought actors in a theatre had some kind of special dispension for this? Pyrotechnics adn smoking and such?

[pipoman]

45. Ya' gotta remember this was in ND..

not known for their theater..I doubt the ND lawmakers even considered such an exemption.

[imdjh]

19. The anti-smoking crusade probably did a lot of damage to the environmental movement

First it was "smoking is annoying".

Then it was "smoking is bad for the smoker and it's annoying"

Then it was, "smoking is bad for the smoker and other people breathing in his smoke, and it's annoying"

Then it was "smoking is bad for the smoker, and if you can smell where a cigarette has been, and it's annoying."

Then it was my personal favorite, "I'm allergic to smoking." Well , no you aren't or you would already be on the way to the hospital, but fuck you very much you whiny....sorry I got off track.

Of course, each time we took another marketing approach to killing smoking, Carrie Nation found a new set of doctors and experts to testify to the latest truth.

Fuck Carrie Nation. And fuck people who go to bars where people smoke, and then complain about the smoke.

[The Straight Story]

21. Righteous rant

Will have a smoke and some vodka in your honor now :)

[me b zola]

46. +1

:thumbsup:

[proteus_lives]

51. Preach on!

Said a DUer with a Camel filter behind his ear. ;-)

[flvegan]

22. Isn't he known for smoking and drinking during his act?

I mean, if a ticket goer to his first show complained, didn't he/she expect that as part of the act?

Note to Denis Leary: stay out of Bismarck.

[TahitiNut]

26. Absolutely. I've NEVER seen him without a cigar and a scotch.

I can't imagine paying $40-50 to go see him and NOT knowing that.

[Arkana]

28. Ron White is fucking hilarious.

I'd let him do heroin on my stage if he wanted--the guy is incredibly talented.

That goddamn Blue Collar tour ruined his image--the only other guy with any talent in that group was Foxworthy.

[Brigid]

30. "Smoked in Public" comedy album to follow soon.

Love Ron White! :rofl:

[Enrique]

31. in the tradition of Lenny Bruce

and Jim Morrison.

[mitchum]

39. When Ron White is prevented from working for exercising freedom of speech...

then he will be in the tradition of Lenny Bruce.
Until then, he is just an entertaining performer. That's showbiz.
Thanks to Lenny Bruce, no one will ever be another Lenny Bruce.

[Fire1]

32. A damn SNITCH! n/t

[Toasterlad]

33. You Would Think Playing Bismarck, ND Would Be Punishment Enough

:hide:

[Stinky The Clown]

35. I think the whistle ass who turned him in should be forced to listen to the collected works .....

....... of Dennis Miller.

Scotch and a ceegar are this guy's stock in trade.

[TexasObserver]

36. When I say I was thrown out of the bar, I don't mean they asked me to leave.

[EFerrari]

38. lol

[Arkana]

40. Six bouncers HURLED me out of this nightclub like I was a Frisbee.

[EFerrari]

44. "I don't want to be drunk in pub lic. I want to be drunk in the bar."

[TexasObserver]

54. And I hate Thanksgiving.

[Dappleganger]

42. Jesus Christ

the guy smokes and drinks constantly during his act, so I would pass that fine on to whoever booked him because they should know that's what he does.

Are they going to cite him for cussing next?

[MilesColtrane]

48. Free publicity.

He could have very easily applied for a permit. That's usually what happens when a show comes in with smoke, or pyro.

Instead he blows it off and gets a story in PunchlineMagazine.com.

[proteus_lives]

52. He's going to open with this story, I would bet on it!

I saw him years ago at Purdue. Frikking LOL!!

[Starry Messenger]

53. You can't fix stupid.

Geez, was I really the first to work that in?? :D

[blogslut]

57. I used to know Bill Engvall

I toured with him when he was a sports-jacket-with-the-sleeves-pushed-up yuppie, trying to get some stage experience. I heard all his lines before the rest of America. If I had the choice to see Bill for free or pay $100.00 to see Ron White, I'd pay the hundred dollars.

[UndertheOcean]

58. There's no fix for stupid. n/t

[Vinca]

60. Why are they picking on Tater? It's part of his act.

[meow mix]

61. cop wasting time instead of looking for criminals

amazing..

and this is in ND, wasnt it just labeled one of the 3 "most free" states in the nation? :shrug: