Ralphie May is a stand-up comedian from Arkansas, who was runner-up in the 2003 season of Last Comic Standing. He does a mean Sam Kinison impression; he’s had four Comedy Central specials and two Netflix specials. According to May, he is four-times platinum.
Yesterday, he also spent a great deal of time on Twitter. He seems to be going through a rough patch in his life. He’s losing his wife and kids over PTSD, stemming from an incident involving pneumonia and a pulmonary embolism.
My PTSD is from Bilateral double pneumonia and pulmonary embolism had to stay awake to breath for 9 days 5% chance to live drown for 9 days
— Ralphie May (@Ralphie_May) January 24, 2016
My Meds don't interact and I'm losing my wife, my children, and I'm southern with a death wish, Bourbon eases that. https://t.co/HRv9vPeDTh
— Ralphie May (@Ralphie_May) January 24, 2016
In addition to revealing that, and many other things about his life, such as his breakfast preferences (“pussy”), Ralphie May went off on Brooklyn Nine-Nine‘s star and stand-up comedian Chelsea Peretti. Why?
Because of the title of Peretti’s stand-up special.
my stand-up special on netflix is called ONE OF THE GREATS pic.twitter.com/A0uVa6PppI
— Chelsea Peretti (@chelseaperetti) January 24, 2016
I don’t think most people who are familiar with Peretti and her material would see the title of her special and believe she is putting herself in the same category as the all-time “greats” of stand-up comedians, but that’s apparently what Ralphie May thought she was doing. He didn’t take the suggestion well.
Jesus I love women comics but you're not even one of the greats from 2015, You are fucking funny but that's crazy. https://t.co/inXq716pLV
— Ralphie May (@Ralphie_May) January 24, 2016
You got the balls to call your special one of the greats? Richard, Joan, George. Who talked you into this? Fire them https://t.co/inXq716pLV
— Ralphie May (@Ralphie_May) January 24, 2016
so motherfucking ostentatious, disrespectful, thing I've ever seen in 26 yrs of comedy.Jesus and I had respected you https://t.co/inXq716pLV
— Ralphie May (@Ralphie_May) January 24, 2016
Glad you love her that title special negates respect ever again. Hologram. https://t.co/AYmUqdcuie
— Ralphie May (@Ralphie_May) January 24, 2016
Funny or not funny, that's subjective but "one of the greats" it's indignant @kathleenmadigan funniest woman comic. https://t.co/EXxgo8unqj
— Ralphie May (@Ralphie_May) January 24, 2016
Great but don't think you're opinion is more informed than mine, be a true believer, she's not even the best Chelsea https://t.co/2ShH9MgUyv
— Ralphie May (@Ralphie_May) January 24, 2016
I respected her too. That's the motherfucker. Jesus I feel disgust for the other women comics. https://t.co/ItlAYVWWOi
— Ralphie May (@Ralphie_May) January 24, 2016
May had a lot of choice words for Peretti and her defenders on Twitter yesterday, but I think that Peretti herself said it best.
— Chelsea Peretti (@chelseaperetti) January 24, 2016
Not on a @Netflix comedy special. "Character" comics can go fuck off too. Jokes nigger, jokes. https://t.co/xE2et2E0ja
— Ralphie May (@Ralphie_May) January 24, 2016
😱👀WHAT IS HAPPENING https://t.co/KvHmdJ7D5T
— Chelsea Peretti (@chelseaperetti) January 24, 2016
