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In [[radio]], [[shock jock]]s use this brand of humour. In conservative communities, such risque [[broadcasting]] can cause [[controversy]], such as [[Jim Quinn]] and [[Don Jefferson]]'s "Stupid Human Tricks" segment of their late-[[1980s]] WBZZ-FM show.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QFENAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5G0DAAAAIBAJ&dq=shock-humor&pg=1710%2C5510817|journal=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=20 Feb 1988|author=Ron Weiskind|title=Radio Humor: How Shocking Will It Get?}}</ref>
 
Proponents of shock humour include [[Andrew Dice Clay]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Comedy writing secrets|url=https://archive.org/details/comedywritingsec00heli_1|url-access=registration|author=Helitzer, Melvin|publisher=Writer's Digest Books|year=1992|page=[https://archive.org/details/comedywritingsec00heli_1/page/67 67]}}</ref>, [[Tom Green]], and [[Norm Macdonald]]. The television shows ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'', ''[[the Simpsons]], ''[[South Park]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[Superjail!]]'', ''[[Jackass (TV series)|Jackass]]'', ''[[Drawn Together]]'', ''[[Rick and Morty]]'', and ''[[Da Ali G Show]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/numero_bruno_LiQXfEoarRRhCbUnxQjMgP|title=Baron Cohen's 'Borat' Follow-Up is Wunderbar|work=New York Post|author=Lumenick, Lou|date=July 7, 2009}}</ref> have also been described as shock humour.
 
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