Althouse: Think twice about that sex robot: "She’s 120 pounds of dead weight. Carrying her around is a living nightmare."

August 18, 2019

Think twice about that sex robot: "She’s 120 pounds of dead weight. Carrying her around is a living nightmare."

I got that quote from "Whitney Cummings Shares Photo of Her Nipple to Thwart Extortion Attempts" (Cummings is a comedian).

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32 comments:

rhhardin said...: It solves the never-heard-of-her problem for only a nipple in cost.; 8/18/19, 6:53 AM
rhhardin said...: Public interest usually goes the other way. Some already-famous actor whose character you like stokes an interest in a sex photo. Young actress comes of age is code for takes her shirt off.

Random person takes her shirt off doesn't cause a ripple.; 8/18/19, 6:56 AM
rhhardin said...: Woody Allen, commenting on his ex-wife being raped, "Knowing my ex-wife it probably wasn't a moving violation." I think he got sued for it.

There's the dead weight problem, though.; 8/18/19, 6:59 AM
rhhardin said...: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku8IBzDKxx8

Woody Allen commenting on the suit; 8/18/19, 7:10 AM
Darrell said...: Whitney Cummings has other pictures on the internet showing a lot more than a single nipple. That sounds like a poor business model for an extortionist.; 8/18/19, 7:11 AM
David Begley said...: This woman is not famous.

There is a street in Omaha named Cuming but people frequently refer to it as Cumings.; 8/18/19, 7:24 AM
Seeing Red said...: Is she related to the late Bob Cummings?; 8/18/19, 7:33 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "Whitney Cummings has other pictures on the internet showing a lot more than a single nipple. That sounds like a poor business model for an extortionist."

Yeah, but a great business model for getting her name out there and making you look.; 8/18/19, 7:34 AM
John henry said...: There was a Seinfeld episode about this. Kramer exposes Elaine's nipple in a Christmas card.

Re her sex robot, Seinfeld did this too withe Elaine and the maniquin

John Henry; 8/18/19, 7:36 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "This woman is not famous."

Wikipedia: "Whitney Cummings (born September 4, 1982)[1] is an American comedian, actress and producer. She created the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls (2011–2017) and the NBC sitcom Whitney (2011–2013), appearing in the lead role of the latter. Cummings was a producer and writer for the ABC revival of Roseanne."

I'd never heard of her, but I'm impressed by that record. She's 36, and she now has a comedy special on Netflix. She looks great and has a lot of comic facial expression. Reminds me of Sarah Silverman. I'd like to see more differentiation, but I'm impressed. And I feel bad about the people who got hurt from that Roseanne screwup.; 8/18/19, 7:38 AM
Darrell said...: Yeah, but a great business model for getting her name out there and making you look.

Until you learn the truth.

Stormy Daniels should try the same ruse.; 8/18/19, 7:53 AM
Wince said...: I’m not a fan of the shiny, chemical peel facial look that some people think is flattering.

And where’s the nipple? I can’t find a picture of a nipple.; 8/18/19, 7:56 AM
William said...: Phoebe Waller-Bridge is the great white hope of feminist comedy. Killing Eve and Fleabag are funny in unpredictable ways. Killing Eve is some kind of elaborate feminist sex fantasy. The male villains get castrated by the protagonist but, in a nod to the humane treatment of men, the protagonist only castrates them after they're dead. Good looking and/or sensitive men do not suffer horrible ends.....Phoebe Waller Bridge is far better looking than Lena Dunham but perhaps a shade less attractive than Whitney Cummings. In Fleabag, she has a lot of sex but there are no nude scenes. which is fine by me. I don't think comic actors should do nude scenes. It ruins the impact of the wisecrack.... Phoebe Waller-Bridge is writing the next James Bond movie. Our sensibilities are evolving.; 8/18/19, 8:24 AM
buwaya said...: She's quite good looking for a middle aged comedienne.

To me anyway, but I am almost three decades older.

She doesn't seem very funny though.; 8/18/19, 8:27 AM
gilbar said...: so, steps to fame
A) pretend that there are new photos of you out there?
B) 'preemptively' release your own nudes, to much fanfare !
C) PROFITS!; 8/18/19, 9:13 AM
Oso Negro said...: It’s an excellent move. All women should do it just to avoid possible extortion. But only on their 18th birthdays. We don’t want them to be inspiring inappropriate erections.; 8/18/19, 9:35 AM
Leland said...: We saw the advert for her coming on the show. My wife and I had no idea who she was. Alas, it was Kimmel; so we weren't interested in watching the hypocritical hack anyway.

I'm not sure how showing your nipple in advance prevents extortion. It seems that if you don't care if a picture of your nipple gets out, then you can't be extorted anyway. I suspect gilbar is on the right track.; 8/18/19, 9:44 AM
rcocean said...: Only 36 and she has that "plastic surgery" face that 45-50 y/o Hollywood actresses have. But she looks pretty good. Although being next to a greasy pig like Kimmel makes almost anyone look better.; 8/18/19, 9:49 AM
J. Farmer said...: @Ann Althouse:

And I feel bad about the people who got hurt from that Roseanne screwup.

I agree, although Cummings actually quit the show prior to the Valerie Jarrett tweet. The official reason was that she was "too busy" to return for the second season, but during an interview with Howard Stern she claimed it was because of Roseanne's past "problematic" tweets and that she felt like her tweets were leading to an "impending disaster." Of course, that could just be an ex post facto excuse in light of what came after Cummings had quit.; 8/18/19, 10:20 AM
J. Farmer said...: The first time I remember seeing Whitney Cummings was on the Comedy Central roast of Donald Trump. I don't recall her set being particularly good, and I believe it was cut from the Comedy Central broadcast. She was the target of a lot of barbs, though. Seth MacFarlane: "She’s got the body of a crackwhore…but the razor-sharp wit of a crackwhore. Some people think Whitney struggles with bulimia, but I actually think she’s pretty good at it. She wrote a new book "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Swallowing."; 8/18/19, 10:28 AM
daskol said...: She's always been a good interview on Stern, and her comedy specials have some good laughs. I did not enjoy any of her television shows, though. The one she starred in was painfully bad in the first few episodes, although from reviews appears that it improved afterwards. For someone who's only 36, she's been around for a while. Unlike Sarah Silverman, who's tiny and cute and pixie-like, Cummings is statuesque and beautiful, which strikes me as very unusual for a woman comedian.; 8/18/19, 11:46 AM
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Known Unknown said...: "who's tiny and cute and pixie-like"

Silverman's tits are not pixie-like.; 8/18/19, 12:53 PM
daskol said...: Mouths are very Jewish. And bosoms.; 8/18/19, 1:11 PM
rcocean said...: "Unlike Sarah Silverman, who's tiny and cute and pixie-like"

Used to be "cute". She's pushing 50.; 8/18/19, 1:14 PM
daskol said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 8/18/19, 1:17 PM
daskol said...: Legs--goyish.; 8/18/19, 1:18 PM
rehajm said...: She does bawdy without the assholiness of Silverman.; 8/18/19, 2:41 PM
daskol said...: Thats true: there’s a good-naturedness to her comedy and delivery. She’s tall and intimidatingly beautiful and does a kinder act, Silverman is small and cute with a mean act, incongruences part of the joke. Silverman looks like she could be Lenny Bruce’s sister and Cummings like the women he dated.; 8/18/19, 4:08 PM
rcocean said...: A hundred and one pounds of fun,
That's my little honey bun!
Get a load of honey bun tonight.

I'm speakin' of my Sweetie Pie,
Only sixty inches high,
Ev'ry inch is packed with dynamite!; 8/18/19, 7:04 PM
JamesB.BKK said...: If Whitney Cummings was better at science and math, she would anticipate that lightweight high tensile strength materials will assuredly comprise the structures and coverings of personal robots, but she'd have no joke.; 8/18/19, 9:43 PM
Lee Moore said...: Cummings is a comedian

I'm glad you mentioned that, as it was not apparent from the clip.; 8/19/19, 12:32 AM