Whether or not Sarah Silverman is funny is subjective at best. Why do you think women can't reach the big stage in comedy in general? This has often left me wondering..

could be some ingrained sexism on the part of audiences. But Tina Fey is a riot..

I think a big part of the problem is women trying to be funny in the same way as a man, and that comes across weird..

Ellen DeGeneres, Lisa Lampanelli, Joan Rivers, Margaret Cho, Whoopi Goldberg, Roseanne Barr, Tina Fey?

Hell, what about Lucille Ball?

Yea that's a good list. There are a lot of funny women and if you look at that list most of them do pretty good social commentary from a womans perspective...

(04-24-2014 12:40 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Ellen DeGeneres, Lisa Lampanelli, Joan Rivers, Margaret Cho, Whoopi Goldberg, Roseanne Barr, Tina Fey?

Hell, what about Lucille Ball?

Yeah, Roseanne back in the day of her show had to be one of the best comedians of either sex. I still watch the reruns.

I liked Ellen's show as well.

I'll give you Joan rivers but the rest are notibly terrible if not revered.

Lisa Lampinelli is great. She's even better in person.

(04-24-2014 12:45 PM)WPDAWG08 Wrote:  I'll give you Joan rivers but the rest are notibly terrible if not revered.

Back to your first post...

"funny is subjective at best."

Cho is funny(ish) and I know famous but very limited..

Comedians in general have become too liberal.

(04-24-2014 12:49 PM)mlb Wrote:  Lisa Lampinelli is great. She's even better in person.

She's horrible and made a fool of herself on the Apprentice. Really showed her true colors.

(04-24-2014 01:00 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  Comedians in general have become too liberal.

To you, everything is too liberal...including conservatives.

(04-24-2014 01:00 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  Comedians in general have become too liberal.

You're telling me. Two months ago my wife and I went to a comedy show in L.V. I thought I had taken a wrong turn and wound up in a Democratic rally with an Obama lover as emcee. That Alonzo Bolden is the poster child for the Obama administration. Sheesh, I didn't leave 'cause I'd already paid.

A young couple left but they looked like they could afford losing that money.

(04-24-2014 01:00 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(04-24-2014 12:49 PM)mlb Wrote:  Lisa Lampinelli is great. She's even better in person.

She's horrible and made a fool of herself on the Apprentice. Really showed her true colors.

To each their own. I think she is great.

(04-24-2014 01:05 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  

(04-24-2014 01:00 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  Comedians in general have become too liberal.

You're telling me. Two months ago my wife and I went to a comedy show in L.V. I thought I had taken a wrong turn and wound up in a Democratic rally with an Obama lover as emcee. That Alonzo Bolden is the poster child for the Obama administration. Sheesh, I didn't leave 'cause I'd already paid.

A young couple left but they looked like they could afford losing that money.

Bodden...It's too bad to hear Zo going down that road. He was great on Last Comic Standing and his first Comedy Central stand up was fantastic and full of the humor of a man who had a rough life and was just starting to make it. Shame that he went too far left politically...

(04-24-2014 01:05 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  

(04-24-2014 01:00 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  Comedians in general have become too liberal.

You're telling me. Two months ago my wife and I went to a comedy show in L.V. I thought I had taken a wrong turn and wound up in a Democratic rally with an Obama lover as emcee. That Alonzo Bolden is the poster child for the Obama administration. Sheesh, I didn't leave 'cause I'd already paid.

A young couple left but they looked like they could afford losing that money.

You would like Dennis Miller and Eric Golub...you should check em out.

Christopher Hitchens found himself in hot water for (among other things) expressing his opinion on this very topic.

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/featur...hens200701

Amy Schumer is pretty good as well.

Back to the main topic though; While there are a handful of legitimitely funny female comedians out there, I rarely find women funny in every day life.

My wife is verryyyy funny. I always tell her, "don't make me laugh."

(04-24-2014 12:24 PM)WPDAWG08 Wrote:  Whether or not Sarah Silverman is funny is subjective at best. Why do you think women can't reach the big stage in comedy in general? This has often left me wondering..

Why are women not funny?

What? Are you serious? Shirley you can't be serious. Really? You posted this? What are you, some sort of plant to make this place look stupid?