Comediennes.... Just Not Funny

Third_Echelon

Is it just me.. or does anyone else think that female comedians are just not funny??? I cannot think of a female comedian that is as funny as the worst male comedian!!!

Its a discussion that I've had with mates before and we couldn't really think of any... just after watching Ed Byrne's 'just for laughs' there this evening... the preview for next week was focused on comediennes.... sorry it just wasnt funny...

your views please....

oeNeo

YOU SPELLED COMEDIANS WRONG

Third_Echelon

who say what now?

i believe you were refering to the use of the word 'comediennes'....

this is the female plural version of 'comedian'

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=comedienne

Bicky

ppl who gets their kicks from pointing out spelling mistakes are idiots.
Those who get their kicks from using words like comediennes are worse

Your right though. Never seen a comedienne that i remember now.

loismustdie

never saw a comedienne! but stand-up isn't all that funny anyway, quite often any1 could write the material it's the wa it's delivered that makes the difference

loismustdie

just remembered i did see 1 and she was really **** but i've seen equally bad comediens

Auburn

Well... there's Jo Brand - she's quite funny...
Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders - not as funny as they used to be though
And those girls from Smack the Pony - dunno their names... can't think of any more right now

Ebonyks

eh....Whoopi Goldberg
Victoria Wood
I think Roseanne did standup before TV

I'm sure there's loads more around. Some i found quite good, but their names escape me. Certainly no one from Ireland...unfortunately

EDIT: Wait now.....Lily Savage?

seanybiker

deirdre o kane or whatever is funny.would woody harrelson count in anger managment because he played a lady who was funny. hhhmmmmmm.

SheroN

All they every talk about are periods. not funny, especially Jo Brand.

Mariana

What? Deirdre O'Kane is catagorically spectacularly unfunny.

I had the misfortune to be at the comedy club in Galway, (GPO-back in the day).
When Tommy Tiernan (who was a bit of a hero around Galway at the time) was compere one night and he brought her along.

Now Galway being Galway, nobody could really be arsed about heckling (only tourists did that), essentially the audience, if they didn't like someone would just ignore them, talk among themselves, go to the bar, shout orders from the seats, not laugh and basically pass the time until the stand-up died.

O'kane died because she was so useless. That what she gets for thinking she was funny enough to go on stage. Saw her a while later on television and she was still crap, Tommy gave out to us later for being a bunch of pricks, (but that was funny).

Women comedians.....avoid

nads

Originally posted by Mariana
What? Deirdre O'Kane is catagorically spectacularly unfunny.

Well said, lock thread since it's a well known axiom of the universe

I fairness all UK&Irish Male standups are ****e too, all they ever talk about is situations with their girlfriends, it's true.
American and Canadian ones are more abstract and imaginative...

herbie747

You idiots have it AAAALLLLLL wrong: deirdre o kane is the definition of unfunny, Rosanne, Jo Brand, Smack the Pony, Ab Fab - ALL SH*TE. Terrible, terrible attempt at comedy.
I can see why shallow people would fall for it and think it's funny; but on closer inspection - it's very crap.

And "Third_Echelon", did you get this idea from my post here?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&postid=1483400#post1483400

projectmayhem

Originally posted by seanybiker
deirdre o kane or whatever is funny.

you're joking right? (no pun intended)

dudara

Comediennes seem to think that by being loud and talking repreatedly about periods, they are funny. Not!

First against the wall when the revolution comes..

Johnny Versace

Originally posted by Third_Echelon
Is it just me.. or does anyone else think that female comedians are just not funny??? I cannot think of a female comedian that is as funny as the worst male comedian!!!

I agree. Jo Brand was mildly amusing, but other than that, I can't think of any funny female comediennes.

On the other hand, I don't know any men with nice breasts.

ferdi

most stand up comedians and Comediennes are crap, they are just full of worn out forced gags*

the main exceptions are the greats such as billy connolly and jasper carrot




*see most of the people preforming on ed byrnes 'just for laughs'

wiped

Originally posted by seanybiker
deirdre o kane or whatever is funny.

If she's funny ... I really really don't have a sense of humour .....

catsup

as a member of the fairer sex, i would normally feel obliged to support my fellow ladies but i must draw the line here.

i have seen a fair few comedy gigs in my time and have never seen a comedienne that made me laugh. no exception. reckon ive seen 10-15 so far. dont get me wrong, im not writing women off but ive yet to be impressed.

billy connolly is the king.

jason byrne is amazing too. not on tv tho, live. hes a few sandwiches short of a picnic but once he gets going...its beautiful...effortless. some people were born to do it, others werent so lucky.:dunno:


also...deirdre o kane is as crap as the mayor of crapville riding a crap bicycle, wearing a crap hat... on national crap day.

tman

Originally posted by SheroN
All they every talk about are periods. not funny, especially Jo Brand.

aye, thats what sprang to mind as soon as i saw this thread's title.
i'm all for observational humour... but wtf!

Big Ears

To go against what some people have said , Peter Kay , Jack Dee and Lee Evans(only sometimes funny , but when he is , he's realy funny ) are all funny comedians,but yeer right theres no funny comediennes , especially deirdre Okane

Raphael

Originally posted by nads
I fairness all UK&Irish Male standups are ****e too, all they ever talk about is situations with their girlfriends, it's true.

Billy Connoly

Best comedian in the world, and last time i checked, Scotland was in the UK

Catsmokinpot

Originally posted by oeNeo
YOU SPELLED COMEDIANS WRONG

rofl:D silly billy tis the female form which feminists have probably made politicaly incorrect by now.
give me a comedian any day, most comediennes suck, some of em crack me up though, i saw a black comedienne previewed on an episode of just for laughs last night, shes on the show next monday shes fúckin hilarious.

mike65

Victoria Wood is great but more of an actress, there arent many straightfoward stand-up comics who are wimmin. I cant remember her name but there's one good english comic whos is in her 30s and blond. She's been on Have I Got News For You and other satirical stuff.

Mike.

one-angry-dwarf

Originally posted by nads

I fairness all UK&Irish Male standups are ****e too, all they ever talk about is situations with their girlfriends, it's true.
American and Canadian ones are more abstract and imaginative...

WHAT!!???!!

thats just wrong.

irish comedians are some of the best in the world. ed byrne and tommy tiernan are two of the funniest people ive ever heard. and raphael is totally right billy connolly is a genius. Americans and canadians MAY be more abstract but more often than not they are completely unfunny.

but staying on topic, i've never seen a funny comedienne.

seanybiker

Billy connolly is class, and whoever said tommy tiernen is bad must be mad, i seen him twice, had to bring a nappy the second time , fairly embarassed after wetting meself the first time.

Third_Echelon

Originally posted by herbie747
You idiots have it AAAALLLLLL wrong: deirdre o kane is the definition of unfunny, Rosanne, Jo Brand, Smack the Pony, Ab Fab - ALL SH*TE. Terrible, terrible attempt at comedy.
I can see why shallow people would fall for it and think it's funny; but on closer inspection - it's very crap.

And "Third_Echelon", did you get this idea from my post here?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&postid=1483400#post1483400

no... never read that thread... t'was just something i was talking about one night with a few mates...

from all the names mentioned so far.. there is none that i would class as funny doing stand up... deirdre o kane is insanely terrible... even here voice... ahhh... have to say though that she did play here character well in intermission... maybe she should stick to that end of the entertainment industry.....

I have to see Billy Connolly before he stops touring.... I just have to... he is the funniest man.... its just so simple the stuff that he rants on about, but its also his delivery and style.... Billy da man....

Space Coyote

This thread got me thinkin for a second or three, and I can't honestly remember any female person ever making me laugh by being funny on purpose. I'm talking about real life and tv and whatever else there is out there. Women tend to laugh at anything even close to being half a mile from being funny, especially when the joke is told by a male person. Men on the other hand, unless intoxicated, usually need the joke or situation to be genuinely funny or stupid-funny before they laugh at said joke.

:dunno:

Oh, Comediennes....Just Not Funny = TRUE

Caesar_Bojangle

Female comedians just talk about shopping, being thirty and no sign of marriage and their periods. Come on, wtf is funny about that? Whereas men have a much more warped sense of humour and touch upon the taboo, like dead babies in clown suits.

damnyanks

My moms jokes are funny

Agent Orange

Ellen DeGeneres is a brilliant stand-up comic. But she's a lesbian so I suppose she doesn't count as a 'female comic'.

And stop slagging off Deirdre O'Kane. She's gorgeous.

catsup

Originally posted by Agent Orange
And stop slagging off Deirdre O'Kane. She's gorgeous.

is that what qualifies a good comedienne

i think not.:rolleyes:

seanybiker

i agree ellen is brilliant. and i'd give dierdre one

Big Chief

def comedy jam..

some of the black women were hilarious i thought

Sleepy

In general, there are few good comedians. There are much less comediennes than comedians ergo it seems like there's no such thing.

Granted I had to think for a minute before responding to this but Ellen Degenres is a decent stand up act, Whoopi Goldberg used to be fantastic (interesting fact: she introduced Billy Connolly in the states), Deirdre O' Kane has her moments but in general is just below par...

It must be said though: Jo Brand is NOT funny. Never was, never will be!

Zulu

Show me a funny comedienne...










...and I'll show you a man

Sleepy

I thought I just did? Avatar thief :P

seanybiker

Hi all i was watching Ed burns show earlier tonite. I was hoping it qould prove us all wrong but sadly there is no funny women stand ups. I'm sorry to see it, but they just cant be funny, even me missus agreed, ah well as long as we have des bishop and tommy tiernan why do we need women.

Dave

They were absolutely awful tonight. All of them.

Ebonyks

Dylan Moran @ Vicar St. end of may

just so ya know

tovalee

Wanda Sykes is pretty funny...no period humor or complaining about her mother.

you can watch little bits of her act here: comedy central

40crush41

what about the ladies on saturday night live? come on, tina fey?
but yea, in general, i'll have to agree.. guys do seem to be funnier.

mmm comedy cental is great... hmm, while we're on the subject of comedians, do any of u listen to Brian Reagan? he makes me laugh.

have a nice day
~beth

ps. just checked out Wanda Sykes, heh, that made me laugh~ the one about the personal trainer was quite funny... thanks for sharing

Zulu

Originally posted by Sleepy
I thought I just did? Avatar thief :P

I'm hearing a lot about this Avatar thieving lark. I didn't realize there was etiquette concerning this. My apologies! (by the by, an avatar is the little pic I take it?)

Macseamusa

Deirdre o' Kane was in intermission right....was she ment to be funny, cos everytime she was on i felt like smashing the dvd to bits.... Ed Burn used to be funny.. but when ever i see him on tv he just aint funny any more..

Space Coyote

I find that in general, most comedians these days are only funny in small doses.
Mr. William Connolly being the one exception.

Altheus

Smack the Pony's alright, although probably wrong category.

Comediennes tend to be cheaps laughs, show me the female Bill Hicks and I will eat my hat.

alleepally

After watching that episode of Just for Laughs with the wimmin I think I laughed only once or twice and that was the black women during the interview with Ed Byrne. She was funny but her stage act was ****e.

Agent Orange

Originally posted by Macseamusa
Deirdre o' Kane was in intermission right....was she ment to be funny, cos everytime she was on i felt like smashing the dvd to bits....

Her beautiful visage was the only thing that made that rubbish bearable. Deirdre, if you're reading - get in touch.

joseph brand

I would rather saw my own arm off than listen to a long drawn out tale from Victoria Wood, God I'm so annoyed right now even thinking about her, she is an imposter, just like Whoopi.

I hate them I hate them all, except blonde girl from Alan Partridge(behind desk in travel tavern) and Hippies. She is quite funny and a bit sexy, mmmm.

catsup

Originally posted by Agent Orange
Her beautiful visage was the only thing that made that rubbish bearable. Deirdre, if you're reading - get in touch.

Agent Orange and deirdre up a tree

K. I. S. S. I. N. G.

first comes love etc.

:rolleyes:

Sleepy

Originally posted by Ebonyks
Dylan Moran @ Vicar St. end of may

just so ya know

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