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Plus, she has a smokin' hot wife.



In my opinion. 
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Originally posted by JLocke JLocke wrote:

Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Bea Arthur had outstanding comedic delivery/timing on TV.  I don't know if she did stand-up, but if so, I' bet she would have been good. 

 






Thanks Micah.  She was awesomeHeart
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^ No problem, Finn.
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Lisa Fitz:

You may not understand it all because it is in German, but it is all about "lifting".
Monika Gruber:

Again in German; the issue is modern technology.
Maren Kroymann:

German again, in Saxonian dialect even. The issue is marriage and life in the German Democratic Republic..


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Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Originally posted by JLocke JLocke wrote:

Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Bea Arthur had outstanding comedic delivery/timing on TV.  I don't know if she did stand-up, but if so, I' bet she would have been good. 

 






Thanks Micah.  She was awesomeHeart


Oh my...when she hit that first punchline I nearly died.  LOL  Clap

Good night, funny lady.
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I do miss her.  I have so many memories of watching her with my Mom on Maude, All in family, and Golden Girls.  She gaves us so many laughs with that straight-faced, sarcastic, dead-pan wrath of whoever she was nailing.  
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 . . . so nobody concurs with me that Portia is a lovely-looking lady?

Interesting . . . Tongue
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Let's not forget the incomparable Evelyn Hamann:


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Originally posted by JLocke JLocke wrote:

 . . . so nobody concurs with me that Portia is a lovely-looking lady?

Interesting . . . Tongue


Would it matter at all if we did? 
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^ it would matter to ME, dammit! LOL

No, it wouldn't matter. Just making conversation. 
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What I've found is that women comedians tend to do comedy about being women, about their periods, pregnancy, the things they talk about with other women, etc. As a man, I find it hard to relate to these jokes. The most successful female comedians pick topics that everyone can relate to.

My favorite is Paula Poundstone.
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Points: 1882 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2010 at 21:54
Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Let's not forget the incomparable Evelyn Hamann:

every time you post a video I regret dropping out of german in highschool to take french!
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just what you need... female comedian making fun of female comedians
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDnLedkBjWg&feature=fvst
 
Heres another of hers
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^ Ehh . . . it was her stuff being posted in another thread that inspired me to start this one in the first place. Confused

But thanks, anyway. Smile
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Originally posted by JLocke JLocke wrote:

^ Ehh . . . it was her stuff being posted in another thread that inspired me to start this one in the first place. Confused

But thanks, anyway. Smile
oh sh** well okydokey then Embarrassed
 
inspired you as in "this was bad, wonder if some chicks are funny"
or as in "this was funny, wonder if there are other funny women"
 
 
just out of curiosity
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Ellen is not funny.

My English teacher made us watch her DVD in grade 11 and she's not even close to perhaps stimulating a giggle from a drunk person
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Originally posted by Proletariat Proletariat wrote:

Originally posted by JLocke JLocke wrote:

^ Ehh . . . it was her stuff being posted in another thread that inspired me to start this one in the first place. Confused

But thanks, anyway. Smile
oh sh** well okydokey then Embarrassed
 
inspired you as in "this was bad, wonder if some chicks are funny"
or as in "this was funny, wonder if there are other funny women"
 
 
just out of curiosity

The former, unfortunately. Embarrassed

But hey, just my opinion. I might even come 'round to 'getting' her brand of humor at some point. I never rule anything out.
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Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

Ellen is not funny.

My English teacher made us watch her DVD in grade 11 and she's not even close to perhaps stimulating a giggle from a drunk person


Then you don't know drunk people.  Stern Smile
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Points: 1882 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 11 2010 at 22:48
Originally posted by JLocke JLocke wrote:

Originally posted by Proletariat Proletariat wrote:

Originally posted by JLocke JLocke wrote:

^ Ehh . . . it was her stuff being posted in another thread that inspired me to start this one in the first place. Confused

But thanks, anyway. Smile
oh sh** well okydokey then Embarrassed
 
inspired you as in "this was bad, wonder if some chicks are funny"
or as in "this was funny, wonder if there are other funny women"
 
 
just out of curiosity

The former, unfortunately. Embarrassed

But hey, just my opinion. I might even come 'round to 'getting' her brand of humor at some point. I never rule anything out.
potato potato..... just realized how that phraze does not translate well into type LOL
 
i dunno I like comedians that dont go for the usual high energy "how are you doing tonight!" "any _____s out there!" "how many of you like _____?!" type of thing
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Points: 5964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 12 2010 at 06:09
My double-act partner is female, and we've had some very detailed discussions about the lack of decent female comedians in the UK. The main problem seems to be that a lot of female comedians are overly concerned with being female - most of their materials seems to hang on the fact that they are women. Now, the material we write together is utterly gender-neutral. Our comedy is generally surreal, metatextual and often quite profane - we'd sooner quit than write a sketch in which we explored the supposed differing attitudes of men and women.
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