Funny Women

[stringvest]

There's plenty of funny women. There'd probably be a shitload more getting exposure if comedy clubs didn't feel like it was a themed night if they put more than one on the bill.

Where are you living Stu, the 70s?

[Bjornebye]

Did you smash it?

[Paulie Dangerously]

That Canadian one Kath someone. She's quite good

[Teflon Don]

That Canadian one Kath someone. She's quite good

 

Katherine Ryan:

 

[skend04]

Aisling Bea, was quite amusing on 8 out of 10 Cats a couple weeks back, plus she's quite tidy.

[Paulie Dangerously]

Katherine Ryan:

 

That's her. Also would

[VladimirIlyich]

Exactly. If they just did comedy about what they see rather than who they are, their gender wouldn't make any difference.

 

ETA : Just a thought. Do you think the reason why we never see any of the genuinely funny women that Stu mentioned is that the TV head honchos have a specific idea of what a female comedian should be, and thats why we only ever see the likes of Jo Brand, Ronni Ancona and that big Miranda beast? Discuss.

Or they are women?

[General Dryness]

Vlad mate, apart from answering a question with a question being poor form, that doesn't make any sense. If the ones who make the decisions were women, you would think that they'd put the good stuff on rather than the lame shit that I listed.

[Jairzinho]

I think he's perfectly entitled to ask whether Jo Brand and Miranda are women.

[General Dryness]

Ahh, that's what he meant. 2 out of 3 there are not.

 

Ronni Ancona would get it.

[Jairzinho]

Yes. Yes she would.

[VladimirIlyich]

Vlad mate, apart from answering a question with a question being poor form, that doesn't make any sense. If the ones who make the decisions were women, you would think that they'd put the good stuff on rather than the lame shit that I listed.

I meant that using positive gender discrimination by purposely filling these shows with women obviously means they have given up on making comedy.

 

[kopboy11]

That's her. Also would

Cant decide on her......which usually means I would.Strange looking though.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I've just stumbled across a load of Garfunkel & Oates videos on YouTube.  Fucking hell, these are funny.  The songs are dead clever and silly and smutty, delivered in that kind of sweet/sick style that Sarah Silverman does.

 

Here's a couple of examples.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8ZF_R_j0OY

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbAJp1YarfU

[AngryOfTuebrook]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXPcBI4CJc8

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMKyKS2LGyI

[Strontium]

Shame that one of the chicks looks like Pee Wee Herman.

 

Thank goodness they binned her off the Big Bang Theory.

[Boss]

There are no funny women, only women that make you laugh due to their stupidity.

[Moo]

Lucille Ball, one of the funniest people ever.

Julia Davis, brilliant comedy writer and performer.

[Stu Monty]

Where are you living Stu, the 70s?

 

2014 Manchester mate, home of a big comedy club that, despite my numerous visits, I've never seen more than one woman on the bill.

 

I've heard female comedians (ones that have made it, so not making excuses for failure) say the very same thing.

[stringvest]

2014 Manchester mate, home of a big comedy club that, despite my numerous visits, I've never seen more than one woman on the bill.

 

I've heard female comedians (ones that have made it, so not making excuses for failure) say the very same thing.

The north/south divide still as big as ever. It really isn't that bad down here.

[Stu Monty]

The north/south divide still as big as ever. It really isn't that bad down here.

 

If that's your experience then fair enough; I doubt the women comedians I've heard saying it aren't gigging down South though.

[manwiththestick]

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

[VladimirIlyich]

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

Disagree.

 

Poehler is a decent comedy actress but not comedian. Dont know much about the other one other than to say she was as funny as genital warts when I saw some bits of that 30 Rock thing.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Where are you living Stu, the 70s?

Reading this thread, I think he's not alone.  All women are either dismissed as being incapable of being funny or they are judged solely on how they look.

 

Some cocks on here need to have a word with themselves.

[stringvest]

Nah, I don't think you can accuse Stu of that. He is a modern man.   Though he'll be even more offended if you accuse him of living in a backward provincial backwater as opposed to a modern metropolitan hipster city as Manchester insists on regarding itself.  Comedy clubs, sushi, vodka bars, whatever next?  

* winks *