Father of Parkland victim responds to Louis CK's jokes with a "standup set" of his own

Louis CK is in disgrace in so many ways, and while comedians have often found humor in shocking and sorrowful current events, the combination of CK's lack of credibility and the extraordinary tastelessness of his jokes about the activism of the survivors of the Parkland high school shooting are a bridge too far.

In December, CK tried out some Parkland-related material in a set that leaked onstage: "You’re not interesting because you went to a high school where kids got shot. Why does that mean I have to listen to you? Why does that make you interesting? You didn’t get shot, you pushed some fat kid in the way, and now I gotta listen to you talking?" Then, after a storm of public disapprobation, CK followed up in January with this joke: "If you ever need people to forget that you jerked off, what you do is you make a joke about kids that got shot."

Manuel Oliver is the father of one of the students who was murdered at Stoneman Douglas High School. His son, Joaquin, was 17 when he died.

In a promotion for Change the Ref, a nonprofit founding in Joaquin's memory to advocate for gun control, Manuel Oliver performs a set styled to look like the opening of CK's TV show "Louis," that responds with frankness and unflinching irony to CK's jokes.

Hey, everybody, how’s it going tonight? Recently, I heard this great line from a comedian. He said, “If you want people to forget that you were jerking off, just make a joke about kids getting shot.” And I thought, “Jokes about kids getting shot?