The Big Questions: Are women funny?

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | 8/14/06 | Sam de Brito

[Froufrou]

Now I remember! "The Naked Truth" was the sitcom. She did a bit where a single man posed as a researcher and talked her into living in a space helmet. There was a part where she opened the 'hatch' on top and dropped in an apple, then had to swing her neck and shoulder like a hulahoop until she got a bite-hold as the apple went by, using centrifugal force. It was hysterical!

[Froufrou]

Yeah, I think she's a real cutie!

[HitmanLV]

Ellen is very funny, Whoopi much less so.

[HitmanLV]

Rita Rudner is a dud, but yes it really is her doing the split.

[Commander Salamander]

I thought Andrea Martin and Catherine O'Hara from SCTV were absolutely hilarious.

[coop71]

And the timing. Don't forget the timing.

In my lifetime, I've actually made two people vomit, yes, vomit, from laughing hard - and really, it was because of the timing of my comment that caused the laughter... and well, barfing. Disgusting, but funny in itself. The rest of the time, I'm a sarcastic crab.

[najida]

Oh my!
How could I have forgotten Carol Burnett and Vicki Lawrence!

All I have to do is see either one of them and I start giggling in anticipation.

[HungarianGypsy]

Hey! I was being serious. :P

An example of my in-laws is the annoying "How are you" question. I once spent Thanksgiving counting how many times they said it. Then I wrote about it and sent it to the Erma Bombeck writing contest. *sigh* Didn't even place. Ah, well. I have since posted the entry here:
http://thecompostheap.wordpress.com.

[Killborn]

I can't find what you wrote; too many links.

In any case, although there are a lot of funny women, the world of comedy is definitely male dominated. Asking an average person for a list of famous and well-recognized comedians of both genders, the result is that usually the person will rattle out a long list of men and a much briefer one of women.

This article may have a point, but I don't think the author's conclusions are entirely adequate to account for this discrepancy.

[HungarianGypsy]

That's odd. I went to the site and it was the only article on the page. Especially since it's just my blog. Oh well.

My assumption is the writer of this piece just knows boring people or is very hard to make laugh.

[A knight without armor]

My first reaction was to say Julia Louis-Dreyfus because she has some funny moments on Seinfeld. But she has never made me laugh outside that show.

I think Wanda Sykes is pretty funny. She has such a pithy delivery. She can make me laugh.

[Maximus of Texas]

She's never done anything for me. Features are too sharp. I've never seen them but I'm guessing her bewbies are like sharp cones.

[Clemenza]

Many women are funny. They just don't make good comedians.

[Maximus of Texas]

"Max is the funniest woman I know.

By "known" I assume you're speaking biblically, which in that case, maybe you shouldn't admit.

[Maximus of Texas]

Leno had some female comedian on last month who I thought was very good funny and very good looking. I wish I could recall her name. I think she was Italian.

[r-q-tek86]

I don't mean to be argumentative... but here...

[r-q-tek86]

and here...

[r-q-tek86]

It was late... I was drunk... and you're just so darned cute!

[Killborn]

HEh. Still is an interesting phenomenon.

That, or we need more reverse discrimination...ooops...I mean affirmative action. ;)

[Maximus of Texas]

You always post Red X's when you flirt with a guy?