John Mulaney - The Worse Word lyrics

It's wrong to make fun of people, you know
But it’s so
Fun sometimes i've written for some
TV shows, and, you know, on
A major TV show you have to
Be careful about what you
Say about people 'cause a lot
Of people get offended
Or so it has been explained to me

I was once   I’ll tell you this, I
Was writing for an awards show once
And I got into some trouble i wrote a
Joke for this awards show that had
The word "midget" in it and someone from
The network came down to our offices
And he said to me, "Hey, you can't
Put the word midget on TV, " and I
Said, "I sure would like to" And he said
"No! 'Midget' is as bad as the
'n-word'" First off: no no, it's not! "Do
You know how I know it's not
" I said to him, "is because
We’re saying the word ’midget
' and we’re not
Even saying what the 'n-word' is! If you're
Comparing the badness of two words
And you won’t even say one of
Them? That's the worse word

Also, I don't mean to gloss over what, like
Little people have been through
In this country
But, you cannot compare the plight
Of midgets to African-Americans
That is outrageous! Midgets were
Never enslaved unless
You count the Wonka factory so
We get into this argument, we're going
Back and forth, he goes
"You can't put that word on TV"
And I said, "I want to, " and he
Said, "If you put that word on TV
There could be a protest of
Midgets on this building!" and I said
"Promise?" How tempting would that be?