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In general, why are men funnier than women?

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  • #32
    Poor Craythur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭Poor Craythur


    pmcmahon wrote: »
    sometimes i feel like a woman :(

    Touché. :D


  • #33
    RolandIRL
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    Poor Craythur wrote: »
    Oh and Tina Fey, Tina Fey, Tina Fey!

    her and jo brand are the only female comedians i find funny...the others just seem to try too hard and don't come off as well. i think there is more funny male than female comedians.

    men tend to be more filthy than women with jokes. women comedians seem to be too reserved for my liking


  • #34
    nibtrix
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    I would ride myself cos im a sexy man wrote: »
    I think some women can be funny, but for some reason all women comedians are not just unfunny, but also annoying.

    I think it's because they try too hard. Mostly. Or else they're just not funny.


  • #35
    watna
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    I is a woman and I think all women comedians are ****e. I wish it wasn't that way but unfortunately it is.


  • #36
    RichieC
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    As much of an equal opportunist as I am, this fact is in general, undeniable.

    But, season one of Big Train. Julia Daves, Amelia Bulmore.

    Lynn from Alan Partridge. Sweet Dee from always sunny in Philadelphia. Lindsay Bluth Fünke (Portia de Rossi) from Arrested development...

    ect...


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  • #37
    Poor Craythur
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    whiteman19 wrote: »
    i think there is more funny male than female comedians.

    Next contestant, whiteman19 from the Final Frontier. Specialist subject - the bleeding obvious.


  • #38
    Saila
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    that welch one is funny and some other ones which have been on live at the apollo


  • #39
    I would ride myself cos im a sexy man
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 191 ✭✭I would ride myself cos im a sexy man


    I've seen one blonde female comic on mock the week that was good. Dunno her name though.

    Then again there was an asian woman and another black woman comedian on the bbc a few times lately, both I felt were terrible.


  • #40
    Poor Craythur
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    I would ride myself cos im a sexy man wrote: »
    and another black woman comedian on the bbc a few times lately, both I felt were terrible.

    Has to be Gina Yashere, she is dire.


  • #41
    nibtrix
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    RichieC wrote: »
    As much of an equal opportunist as I am, this fact is in general, undeniable.

    But, season one of Big Train. Julia Daves, Amelia Bulmore.

    Lynn from Alan Partridge. Sweet Dee from always sunny in Philadelphia. Portia de Rossi from Arrested development...

    ect...

    Yes, some side characters, generally ones who deliver dead-pan lines, can be absolutely brilliant. I don't think female comedians (ie stand up or trying to carry a show alone) are funny at all


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  • #42
    watna
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    I should clarify, I think a lot of women are very funny it's just that stand-up is not the place where most women's brand of funniness shines


  • #43
    I would ride myself cos im a sexy man
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    Dawn French can be really good, she was great in Vicar of Dibley although that was not stand up.

    Ive never seen her stand up.


  • #44
    Poor Craythur
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    I think Josie Long is very good.


  • #45
    RichieC
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    nibtrix wrote: »
    Yes, some side characters, generally ones who deliver dead-pan lines, can be absolutely brilliant. I don't think female comedians (ie stand up or trying to carry a show alone) are funny at all

    I HAD A ****ING PERIOD TODAY AND YOU WILL ****ING LAUGH YOU ****ING ****!!!!


  • #46
    Poor Craythur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭Poor Craythur


    I would ride myself cos im a sexy man wrote: »
    Dawn French can be really good, she was great in Vicar of Dibley although that was not stand up.

    Ive never seen her stand up.

    Jennifer Saunders - hilarious comic actress. Can't remember much about her stand-up which I guess is telling.


  • #47
    Celly Smunt
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    that black one on mock the week is a massive dope


  • #48
    RichieC
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    seriously sweet dee in always sunny is not one of them.


  • #49
    nibtrix
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    RichieC wrote: »
    I HAD A ****ING PERIOD TODAY AND YOU WILL ****ING LAUGH YOU ****ING ****!!!!

    Who let Jo Brand in here?!


  • #50
    RolandIRL
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    Poor Craythur wrote: »
    Next contestant, whiteman19 from the Final Frontier. Specialist subject - the bleeding obvious.

    it's fecking 2am and i'm sleep deprived....can you forgive me? :P


  • #51
    I would ride myself cos im a sexy man
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 191 ✭✭I would ride myself cos im a sexy man


    Poor Craythur wrote: »
    Has to be Gina Yashere, she is dire.

    Yep that's her.

    She is one of the worst I've seen. Loud mouthed but not in a good way.


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  • #52
    Celly Smunt
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    nibtrix wrote: »
    Who let Jo Brand in here?!
    there is never room for jo brand


  • #53
    RayM
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    nibtrix wrote: »
    Name one

    Victoria Wood
    Miranda Hart
    Josie Long
    Jo Brand
    Laura Solon
    Linda Smith
    Sandi Toksvig


  • #54
    hondasam
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    whiteman19 wrote: »
    it's fecking 2am and i'm sleep deprived....can you forgive me? :P

    Never :D


  • #55
    Poor Craythur
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    whiteman19 wrote: »
    it's fecking 2am and i'm sleep deprived....can you forgive me? :P

    Ah yeah, I'm in a good mood.

    HUGS FOR EVERYBODY!


  • #56
    I would ride myself cos im a sexy man
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    RayM wrote: »
    Victoria Wood
    Miranda Hart
    Josie Long
    Jo Brand
    Laura Solon
    Linda Smith
    Sandi Toksvig

    Name a good one was the question


  • #57
    Jesus Wept
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    Because they don't need to be.
    Saila wrote: »
    sarah silverman no?

    no.


  • #58
    Poor Craythur
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    RayM wrote: »
    Sandi Toksvig

    Amen! And I can just repeat: AMEN!!!

    I love Sandy Toksvig! So clever and funny.

    Her, Alan Coren and Rod Liddle - the Call My Bluff dreamteam.


  • #59
    nibtrix
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    RichieC wrote: »
    I HAD A ****ING PERIOD TODAY AND YOU WILL ****ING LAUGH YOU ****ING ****!!!!

    See this is the main problem. Women stand ups(in my experience) seem to think they can only play on periods/bad husbands/gender divides/self-degradation type humour, as opposed to purely observational humour which most male stand-ups use. Once the taboos about making jokes about those things were broken it wasn't funny (if it ever was).


  • #60
    RolandIRL
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    hondasam wrote: »
    Never :D
    sam, look at Poor Craythur...that's how you do it :P
    Poor Craythur wrote: »
    Ah yeah, I'm in a good mood.

    HUGS FOR EVERYBODY!


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  • #61
    Poor Craythur
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    I would ride myself cos im a sexy man wrote: »
    Name a good one was the question

    Sandy Toksvig is class, you philistine. :p


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