Female comedians Page 19

And I have laughed at women quite a lot, genuinely funny women who I rate as fine comedians, raconteurs or comedy actresses. Mae West, Joan Rivers, Lilly Tomlin, Madeline Khan, Roseanne Barr, Maureen Lipman, French and Saunders, Sarah Cox and several more. I simply do not buy in to this female 'love in' thing that so many of you seem to instinctively do, so my tastes have not been aired before.

But alas this has given some of you the opportunity to brand me as a woman or female comedy hater per se and this has endorsed your false and weak generalistion that I simply have an anti female agenda.

Completely wrong! My views are based on what I genuinely find funny and there is not a glimmer from what few current female stand up acts I've seen that comes anywhere near to matching the quality of performance or material from some of those I've listed above. So in short, I am having more of a go about the general current state of stand up comedy rather than a gender. What I've seen of it I just don't rate! Don't blame me for that, use better material in your acts, then I'm sure I will larf!

Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ January 4 2011, 9:53 AM GMT

But alas this has given some of you the opportunity to brand me as a woman or female comedy hater per se and this has endorsed your false and weak generalistion that I simply have an anti female agenda.

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Bloody liberal elitists, eh, Kipper? Always conspiring against some poor innocent soul.

Let's all just make an effigy of Jeremy Clarkson out of copies of the Daily Mail, and then burn it.

Actually, I quite like that idea...

Jo, I think we should stop talking to Kipper and just concentrate on our female love in. He's not listening anyway, and he makes a good enough job of sounding like a tool without us helping him along. I'll bring the baby oil, but we'll have to wait until after my period because I'm so hysterical right now. HYSTERICAL. You in, Zooo?

For the record I'm working on a routine about anti-racism, so not a tampon, vibrator, lazy husband in sight.

Yeah but leave your auntie alone - her generation fought in the war dontcha know.

My oldest auntie is 55. That would be impressive.

I didny say which war...

Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ January 4 2011, 8:20 AM GMT

The reality I would say is that many men have indeed tried female comedy and on the whole they do not really like it.

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This.

I assumed you meant the one the racists like to talk about. You know, that one.

I'm a fan on Sootyj.

Throughout my life I have made men and women of different ages and colours and class and religion laugh.... at me. I didn't want them to but people found me funny looking, funny acting and funny odd. When I played my cello my mum laughed, she desperatley tried not to. When I lost my front teeth, the nursery teachers burst into laughter and their tears matched my own. When I was entered into English Competitions to read poetry, the judges giggled behind their hands. I had to stop Bugle lessons because the teachers and class mates were hysterical as I played. At job interviews I get smirks walking into the room.

Hitting 30 I accepted I get that reaction and now I happily laugh with them - Ken Campbell celebrated my 'skill' and I now accept my gawkyness and perform on stage and co-host the successful podcast 'Naive London Girl'. I did try acting in a straight stage play and the Director stomped on my feet and muttured abuse after each performance because my serious and 'deep' lines always evoked a wave of laughter throughout the audience??? I am a serious person... Seriously! But my body is playing a trick on me!!

I'm a woman.

I'M LIVING PROOF!

Coming into a thread and telling everyone (again) how funny you are doesn't really help anything. No offence.

This whole thread questions the ability of women to make people laugh.

It's a daft question, it's a funny question and my comments simply demonstrate that humans find each other amusing and as you've hinted, we also can find each other annoying, fascinating, dull.... as well. Genitals aren't the deciding factor.

Surely any person asking "Are women funny?" demonstrates their own low IQ and woeful lack of life experience. At most they should be pitied or fed.

That's the wonderful thing about comedy - if the audience is laughing, then you're funny. Proof is in the performance!

I'm pretty sure Nat you want people to know you're a comic and this requires you tell people often... Hey lady, you have a blog and a link to it on every message you post!!

Remember - we're not competitors, I'm gunning for Oprah Winfrey's Job.

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Quote: Vroomboo @ January 5 2011, 9:20 AM GMT

Surely any person asking "Are women funny?" demonstrates their own low IQ and woeful lack of life experiance.

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See, now that's funny.

hee hee:0) I'm a natural!

Quote: amin @ July 18 2010, 9:24 PM GMT

Is it just me or does anyone else think female comedians and females in general are just not funny?

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Well, my sister laughs at me all the time...
(I'm female, by the way)