Because they're are either female or gay. There are NO funny women comics and the last funny gay guy was Paul Lynde.
I had forgotten about Paul Lynde. Yes, he was funny. I had no idea he was homosexual.
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.
Paul Lynde...
That guy was a riot.
The sad thing about comics these days, is they think they have to get racey for laughs. Vulgarity spews and the laughter quotent plumets. It's the same problem with movies.
I've begun taping older movies off TMC and FMC. Those old classics are great. They cover adult subjects but you wouldn't be embarassed to watch them with your parents or kids.
I disagree... Paula Poundstone is both gay and a woman, and everyone I know agrees that she's a real hoot. For a hetero woman with terrific timing, and funny as all get out, there's Rita Rudner. And both Whoppie and Ellen can be extremely funny, if they stay away from politics and sex, and keep the material clean...
Didn't you ever think that Gracie Allen was funny? How about Rosanne (when she was first starting out?) I guess I'm really dating myself, but I love the older acts of many of the modern comics. For instance, I can't stand to listen to most of George Carlin's stuff today, but his stuff from years ago was (mostly) clean, and really funny. Yeah, I know, you're talking about women comics here, and I wandered off topic.
Mark