The morose Poundstone is about as funny as mass starvation.
Poundstone became popular because she had the right credentials: she was a single, left/liberal woman which tends to describe practically every female comedian. And she is a lesbian. In fact, Poundstone writes a regular column for The Nation or Mother Jones I forget which one. That’s pretty far left. I’ve watched some of her shows in the eighties or nineties trying to figure out why she was supposed to be funny. One thing I’ve noticed is that a lot of the improvisational-type comedians are just not very funny. Poundstone is one of those.