And honestly, I can’t speak for others, but I personally would prefer you be nit-picky rather than so vague that it not only calls your own knowledge about a subject into question but also could potentially damage a person’s witness or testimony.

I understand that you indicated this was your first time to see a full-length comedy video. Maybe you should have a few more under your belt to get a feel for them before you try to review them. I am not intending to be ugly or hurt your feelings in any way, because I like most of what you do and I am a faithful reader of your site. But the statement about Aaron Wilburn being “fairly clean” sort of screams out that you are trying to be an authority on a subject you are not knowledgeable enough about to tackle, thereby reducing your credibility. Honestly, when I read that statement, my first thought was “this guy has no clue.” And I know you don’t want to come off that way, Daniel. Plus, anyone who reads your review could have an entirely different and unfair opinion of Aaron Wilburn just by the two words “fairly clean.” Because that statement indicates that he has some possibly borderline inappropriate material on his DVD. To me, “fairly clean” means “not very clean, some of it is clean, but not all of it.”

I have not seen this particular DVD in its entirety but I’ve seen parts of it, and I’ve seen every other one that Aaron has made, plus seen him numerous times live, and I’m basing my statements on a 10-15-year history of the man’s material. I would bet the farm that there’s nothing a majority of people would find inappropriate.

There are plenty of comedy videos/DVDs out there. Dennis Swanburg, Tim Lovelace, Ryan and Friends, Freddie Pierce, Carl Hurley, Mark Lowry, Jeff Allen, and several old ones from Wendy Bagwell that are still probably available through Ebay or Amazon. There’s also an old video called “Comedy, Classics, and Characters” that is a group of southern gospel artists sitting around telling funny stories about things that happened to them in their travels.

Please don’t take me the wrong way–this is meant to be constructive criticism to help you do your job more effectively.

If it was someone else’s, and it wasn’t clean, I’d leave the room. If it was mine, I might snap it in half. Problem is, even if it wasn’t mine, I might snap it in half anyhow and have to replace it!