Comedian Joel Lindley has a problem with the Make-a-Wish Foundation. “They should call themselves the Make-Another-Wish Foundation,” he says. “I’m pretty sure I know what the first wish is: ‘Can you guys get rid of my tumor? No? Okay, I’ll go to Disney World.’” When he’s not offending charitable organizations, Linley sticks up for his black friends: “People assume, ‘Oh, a young black guy with a nice car. He’s probably a drug dealer.’ That’s so outrageous. I see a young black guy in a nice car, and I think, It’s probably his fat white girlfriend’s.”
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This article appears in Dec 20-26, 2006.