[GreenHornet]

Lucille Ball and Carol Burnett were the Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig of female comics

[BlueLancer]

"Lucille Ball and Carol Burnett were the Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig of female comics."

I completely agree. There are none better.

However, when we get to the second tier, in my mind, there's no one better than Gracie Allen, the Yogi Berra of female comedians.