Is there such a thing as a funny female comedian?

xw2lj9uspm1eyh

I was watching mock the week last night and Jo Brand was on it a so called comedian.Her jokes involved been old,going through the menopause and been fat needless to say they needed to use the laughtrack for her.It got me thinking that i can't think of a funny female comedian i can name 5 some what funny male comedians.

1.Johnny Vegas
2.Peter Kay
3.Neil Delamere
4.Alan Carr
5.Michael Mcintyre

then the females i can think of
1.Jo Brand (explained already what I think of her)
2.Deirdre O'Kane(best thing she ever done was when she was in that rte drama and was riding ya man while beating the **** outta him
3.Katherine Lynch(Wonderwoman wonder how the **** she got a show)

So can anyone tell me of a funny female comedian please or do you think there's no such thing as one.

truecrippler

Yes, but she hasn't appeared on After Hours for a while now.

Kiera

I cant think of any funny ones off the top of my head. Same as female DJ's. Cant stand them.

Lollipops23

Victoria Wood:D

Gummy Panda

mendusa wrote: »

I was watching mock the week last night and Jo Brand was on it a so called comedian.Her jokes involved been old,going through the menopause and been fat needless to say they needed to use the laughtrack for her.It got me thinking that i can't think of a funny female comedian i can name 5 some what funny male comedians.

1.Johnny Vegas
2.Peter Kay
3.Neil Delamere
4.Alan Carr
5.Michael Mcintyre

then the females i can think of
1.Jo Brand (explained already what I think of her)
2.Deirdre O'Kane(best thing she ever done was when she was in that rte drama and was riding ya man while beating the **** outta him
3.Katherine Lynch(Wonderwoman wonder how the **** she got a show)

So can anyone tell me of a funny female comedian please or do you think there's no such thing as one.

The question should be "Did Deirdre o'kane in Intermission give you a raging horn?".

Iwasfrozen

mendusa wrote:

So can anyone tell me of a funny female comedian please or do you think there's no such thing as one.

Dame Edna Everage.

RobbieTheRobber

NO

Iwasfrozen

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

NO

So I take it you don't like Dame Edna ?

mikom

Female comedians.... don't make me laugh.

RobbieTheRobber

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

So I take it you don't like Dame Edna ?

Just googleded it!
She looks hot and all but I dont really know any of her comedy so Im going with NO

truecrippler

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

Just googleded it!
She looks hot and all but I dont really know any of her comedy so Im going with NO

Still worth a fap though, no?..

admiralofthefleet

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Dame Edna Everage.

has a mickey and clockweights

phasers

OP you have dreadful, dreadful taste in comedians.

But no, women can't be stand ups.

Iwasfrozen

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

Just googleded it!
She looks hot and all but I dont really know any of her comedy so Im going with NO

Well then you're never to late to learn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_N5TRk1Qt8

truecrippler wrote:

Still worth a fap though, no?..

Seems old Parky's taken a shine to her.

pebbles21

Johnny Vegas No.1 on your list for funny comedians ?:eek:

mike rolite

Maeve Higgins is hilarious. Completely wacky in a good way.

xw2lj9uspm1eyh

pebbles21 wrote: »

Johnny Vegas No.1 on your list for funny comedians ?:eek:

God no i was just naming random male comedians just some that were somewhat funny i forgot to give my honorable mention to fair city cast though .

monkeyfudge

Nina Conti is amazing!

kmick

mike rolite wrote: »

Maeve Higgins is hilarious. Completely wacky in a good way.

Agreed but a lot of people dont like here so prepare for abuse in 3..2...

brummytom

Lollipops23 wrote: »

Victoria Wood:D

Victoria Wood used to be hilarious.

Her special on BBC this Christmas was shit though. Sue Perkins has made me laugh a few times

questionmark?

Cant think of any off the top of my head! All there jokes seem to be the exact same, s*x, men, children and and been fat. Maybe its a confidence issue with female comedians that they dont think people will go to see them if they try jokes that break the norm of their female counterparts?!?!

thatsa spicy

johnny vegas is a comedian

syklops

brummytom wrote: »

Victoria Wood used to be hilarious.

Her special on BBC this Christmas was shit though. Sue Perkins has made me laugh a few times

Well to be fair she pretty much retired from doing comedy -Wanting to spend more time with her family etc.

Dinnerladies was one of the funniest british comedies ever in my opinion which she wrote.

Other than victoria wood er.. Whoopi Goldberg?

fitz0

mendusa wrote: »

Jo Brand was on it a so called comedian.Her jokes involved been old,going through the menopause and been fat

1.Johnny Vegas
2.Peter Kay
3.Neil Delamere
4.Alan Carr
5.Michael Mcintyre

Whereas Johnny Vegas's jokes all revolve around him being drunk and fat, Peter Kay's around his various family members being uncomfortable around new things, or acting in an embarrassing manner at a public event, while Alan Carrs all about being ridiculously camp or delivering stories in a really, really annoying camp way. They're just as funny as Jo Brand tbh.

xw2lj9uspm1eyh

thatsa spicy wrote: »

johnny vegas is a comedian

Apparently so seen his xmas dvd it was pretty dire stand up wise but he had some v funny interactions with the audience.

Hank_Jones

Shappi Khorsandi is quite funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I5KmlXCLIk

El Weirdo

mike rolite wrote: »

Maeve Higgins is hilarious. Completely wacky in a good way.

...1!

WTF?! You obviously have no taste when it comes to comedy.

Dj Stiggie

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Shappi Khorsandi is quite funny.

Definitely the best female around IMO

And I think Ellen DeGeneres is alright too

greyed

El Weirdo wrote: »

...1!

WTF?! You obviously have no taste when it comes to comedy.

Psshhft, she's a genius.

brummytom

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Shappi Khorsandi is quite funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I5KmlXCLIk

She's hit and miss, can be very funny or dire.
She played at a show here in Brum last week or the week before, "Rock With Laughter" - a family show. Used the word 'cunt' didn't go down too well.

Being shocking/rude for laughs is just lazy IMO.

I'm still trying to think of funny ones.

Jo Enright's very good

EDIT: And Ellen Degeneres, forgot about her. Though she was better before she came out, afterwards a lot of her stuff was purely about being a lesbian

phasers

Shappi Khorsandi bores me, I saw one of her shows and all she talked about is race/terrorism...

Pushtrak

mike rolite wrote: »

Maeve Higgins is hilarious. Completely wacky in a good way.

Thank you. I hadn't heard any of her stuff, or even of her till you mentioned her, and yeah, I just heard some of her stuff, and its good. I knew there had to be a female comedian out there that didn't make me think "fail."

Chinafoot

Not so much stand up but French and Saunders have done some amazing comedy over the years.

pebbles21

Cathreine Tate maybe ?

Gillington

Yeah OP I'm fairly baffled by your list of funny male comedians,be they in order or not!

Victoria Wood would be my favourite female comedian,never really got into Dinnerladies when it was on but been watchin all the repeats and they are quite good.

At a party once,my mate said aloud that theres no such thing as a funny woman which went down like a ton of bricks! We tried to get a girl and him to have a joke-off,alas to no avail!

Hunchback

Lisa lampanelli is pretty funny. She's an insult comic though, so she is definitely NOT everyones cup of tea. She often appeared on the 'Roast' series done by comedy central.

Jev/N

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Shappi Khorsandi is quite funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I5KmlXCLIk

Just about to post this

Nina Conti too with the Monkey but, then again, I haven't seen much else so could be just a one-trick pony....

Dudess

There aren't many funny comediennes, to be fair. That doesn't mean women can't be funny though - just look at how funny some female Boards posters are.

Kiera wrote: »

Same as female DJ's. Cant stand them.

I used to do some female DJ-ing.

TPD

I have never been entertained by a female comedian. Some women can be funny, but they must lose it when they go professional.

Also, terrible list. Peter Kay would be the only I'd actually like, and not for his stand up.

krudler

Sarah Palin is hilarious


wait,what do you mean shes not trying to be a comedian?

ToTheSea:

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Dame Edna Everage.

Still counts as a man. Not a funny man even.

Is there such a thing as a funny female comedian? no there isn't. Silly question, it's like asking someone "do you like drowning?" the answer will always be no.

Hunchback

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTfuS8JKDuk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh-TiM3O7CI&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gFsa7pCDjc&feature=PlayList&p=3FF8F9796A068F7E&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWRNP8gNVMM

Just to warn before you watch, her shows generally revolve around race, homosexuality and other tabboo subjects, and she doesn't hold her punches, so do not watch if you fear you may be offended.

Mods, is it sufficient to warn beforehand? If not then please remove, I didn't mean to offend, merely to offer my example of a funny female stand up who crosses the boundaries of what is expected from female stand ups.

blinding

Joan Rivers is the Queen of female comedy.

peepeep

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Sarah Silverman yet...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3RYrQSir7k

Also, people who are essentially saying 'women arent funny'... what do you think of other generalisations along these lines, such as 'black people arent funny' or 'Jews arent funny'? Are these also acceptable things to say, or is it just sexism that is allowed?

Dudess

To be fair, men - generally speaking - tend to have a lighter take on life.

Jewish comediennes can be funny (apart from Sarah Silverman - and she's not always bad) - that whole sarky Jewish humour thing tends to make me laugh.

ToTheSea:

peepeep wrote: »

Also, people who are essentially saying 'women arent funny'... what do you think of other generalisations along these lines, such as 'black people arent funny' or 'Jews arent funny'? Are these also acceptable things to say, or is it just sexism that is allowed?

The question is about women COMEDIANS. women can be funny, just not at stand up unfortunately.

Hunchback

Yes i agree, Joan Rivers is the queen of comedy

krudler

The main poblem with female comedians is that most if not all of them have routines that revolve around the following:

kids
men being crap
periods
men being crap
shopping
men being crap
how it sucks getting old

and very little else, unless you're Maeve Higgins, who can make the smallest of things seem utterly hilar....

nah i couldnt even finish that sentence, she sucks beyond belief

phasers

peepeep wrote: »

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Sarah Silverman yet...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3RYrQSir7k

Also, people who are essentially saying 'women arent funny'... what do you think of other generalisations along these lines, such as 'black people arent funny' or 'Jews arent funny'? Are these also acceptable things to say, or is it just sexism that is allowed?

Well they're both lies, black and Jewish comedians are some of the best around. Except Sarah Silverman, she's the worst comedian in the history of humanity

Women on the other hand suck. Although now somebody has mentioned it I do like some of Joan Rivers' earlier stuff.

Wreck

Nina Conti, funny stand-up, good comedy actress and unbelievably sexy also.

Dudess

krudler wrote: »

The main poblem with female comedians is that most if not all of them have routines that revolve around the following:

kids
men being crap
periods
men being crap
shopping
men being crap
how it sucks getting old

Yep. And don't forget getting fat (stretchmarks and cellulite are included under that umbrella) and lady bits and their associated ailments.

Yawn.