"Tough Crowd," We Hardly Knew Thee.

This post is written to bemoan the loss of one of the most honest programs on television. Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.

For those not familiar with the Comedy Centrals late night, dirty little secret, allow me to enlighten you. Tough Crowd was a thirty-minute, round-table discussion with 5 comedians on relevant topics that no other program ever bothered to touch. The comedians never pulled any punches when it came to issues such as religion, race or modern society. Colin Quinn frequently place a magnifying on issues that may not mean much to our main stream media, but they meant something to me and the rest of the Tough Crowd fans.

The final episode was extremely heart-felt, funny, and sad. People always say they want to see something different on television, but that's not true. This show was different. This program addressed all of the socially taboo thoughts we all have, but never say, and for that it was cancelled to be replaced by a repugnant cartoon with zero comedic or social value.

Thank you Colin Quinn and company for two years of refreshing comedy that represented the values and ideology of everyone, even those that don't live in the blue states (I'm looking at you Daily Show.) Given more time, perhaps you could have gained the popularity you deserved. Rest in peace Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.