Rita Rudner is really funny ("My husband tried to get in touch with his feminine side but it was always on the phone with its girlfriends.")
Roseanne was brilliantly funny, too, before her show jumped the shark and she got too caught up in being a celebrity. The first few seasons of her show were some of the funniest on TV, and her original stand-up routines were terrific.
Wendy Liebman was funny too, although she hasn't updated her act in years. So was Carol Liefer, who wrote for Seinfeld.
Ellen Degeneris used to be funny, before she came out.
Ellen used to be a professional comic who was very funny and happened to be a lesbian. Then she became a professional lesbian who happened to be a comic and isn't funny any more.
"I love band men... Why run your fingers through their hair, when you can sink your fingers into their skulls!"
Mark