Sadowitz's 1987
Edinburgh Fringe show
Total Abuse was filmed at the Assembly Rooms and also released in audio as the album
Gobshite.
[23] The album was quickly withdrawn from sale due to fears of being sued for libel by
Jimmy Savile as Sadowitz references rumours of the TV personality being a paedophile. Following Savile's death in 2011, a
police investigation into his alleged activities began.
[24]
In 1991, Sadowitz was knocked unconscious by an audience member during a performance at the
Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in
Montreal, where he mocked
French Canadians, starting with the greeting "Hello moosefuckers! I tell you why I hate
Canada, half of you speak French, and the other half let them."
[26] The rarely quoted follow up line, which Sadowitz claims is what actually led to him being attacked was "Why don't you speak Indian? You might as well speak the language of the people you stole the country off of in the first place."
[27]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Sadowitz