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Funny women?

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  • #272
    .anon.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭.anon.


    gormdubhgorm wrote: »
    Now I assumed she would be similar to another frumpy unfunny Victoria Wood.

    Victoria Wood was brilliant.

    Has anyone mentioned Fascinating Aida yet?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAg0lUYHHFc


  • #273
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,031 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Julia Louis-Dreyfus has already been mentioned, and she was in Veep with Anna Chlumsky, who was also brilliant considering that she was previously remembered as the little girl in My Girl.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmHWFmnioBM

    Death has this much to be said for it:
    You don’t have to get out of bed for it.
    Wherever you happen to be
    They bring it to you—free.

    — Kingsley Amis



  • #274
    smellyoldboot
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,075 ✭✭✭smellyoldboot


    I find Katherine Ryan hiliarious most of the time. Most female comedians are a big miss though. I think the view of it being a male endeavour doesn't help, it seems to attract a certain type of women in a lot of cases who aren't ever really going to be endearing beyond their own pretty narrow background.


  • #275
    moonage
    Registered Users Posts: 855 ✭✭✭moonage


    hatrickpatrick wrote: »
    Anyone who thinks women aren't funny has never seen Eleanor Tiernan (Tommy Tiernan's younger sister) and her absolutely ridiculous "district court transcript" news reports.

    For example :D:D:D:D:D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgY4-qzCO5o


    These are quite funny, but I don't think she wrote them, so she's just doing a good acting job here.

    (BTW I believe she's Tommy Tiernan's cousin rather than his sister.)


  • #276
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,900 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    Jen Brister

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



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  • #277
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,900 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    Shappi Khorsandi:

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



  • #278
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,662 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    gormdubhgorm wrote: »
    Jen Brister


    that would have to go in a thread about women not being funny

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



  • #279
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,900 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    silverharp wrote: »
    that would have to go in a thread about women not being funny

    50/50 on her after seeing it. Never heard of her before popped up on recomended - probably because of watching Sarah Millican

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



  • #280
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,662 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    gormdubhgorm wrote: »
    50/50 on her after seeing it. Never heard of her before popped up on recomended - probably because of watching Sarah Millican

    Shappi is much better, more elements of humour , Brister is more like someone giving a sit down interview on a late night show, mildly amusing but thats about it

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



  • #281
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    There a certainly examples of hilarious women; Jennifer Saundeds, Ab Fab was Ab Fab, Caroline Aherne, Joan Rivers, The Golden Girls, the ladies in Fraiser, Seinfeld and Cheers were all great.
    In terms of stand up, i've yet to see a female act i enjoyed but then i dislike most male stand ups too.
    On a one to one conversation or social setting basis, in my experience men are funnier 8 times out of 10. That's just my perception obviously but that's what "funny" is based on and i dont think many people would contradict me in that.


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  • #282
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,662 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    There a certainly examples of hilarious women; Jennifer Saundeds, Ab Fab was Ab Fab, Caroline Aherne, Joan Rivers, The Golden Girls, the ladies in Fraiser, Seinfeld and Cheers were all great.
    In terms of stand up, i've yet to see a female act i enjoyed but then i dislike most male stand ups too.
    On a one to one conversation or social setting basis, in my experience men are funnier 8 times out of 10. That's just my perception obviously but that's what "funny" is based on and i dont think many people would contradict me in that.

    or any scene in three and a half men with Berta in it , never a bad scene with her

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



  • #283
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,900 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    silverharp wrote: »
    Shappi is much better, more elements of humour , Brister is more like someone giving a sit down interview on a late night show, mildly amusing but thats about it

    I found it an interesting as both Shappi and Brister's main thrust of thier material was the same. Of 'ethnic' background and so on.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



  • #284
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,662 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    gormdubhgorm wrote: »
    I found it an interesting as both Shappi and Brister's main thrust of thier material was the same. Of 'ethnic' background and so on.

    probably being Iranian gives an opportunity from more edgy humour but also she has better comedic timing imo.

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



  • #285
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,900 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    More Sarah Millican (this time doing a skit with a real early morning news reader Bill Turnbull)

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



  • #286
    pappyodaniel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,761 ✭✭✭pappyodaniel


    Norm Macdonald in a conversation about female comedians.
    "Sarah Silverman is hysterical, who's funnier than her?"
    -Nobody
    "Well except dudes"


  • #287
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,900 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    pappyodaniel wrote: »
    Norm Macdonald in a conversation about female comedians.
    "Sarah Silverman is hysterical, who's funnier than her?"
    -Nobody
    "Well except dudes"

    Not a fan of Silverman at all. Awful, but what do I know? She is a multi-millionaire!

    (Bit of irony with the SilverMAN)

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



  • #288
    Errashareesh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 572 ✭✭✭Errashareesh


    She's try-hard. Gotta say she's cracked me up now and again though.


  • #289
    Deebles McBeebles
    Registered Users Posts: 5,863 ✭✭✭Deebles McBeebles


    Silverman has her moments alright, her and Nikki Glaser can be very funny.

    Not sure if shes been mentioned on here but Rose Matafeo's recently released stand up show is very funny in parts. Well worth a look.


  • #290
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,503 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    watching Mrs Maizel on amazon , shes quite funny


  • #291
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,900 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    I know she has been mentioned already (searched her name after I saw video on you tube - fecking all female comedians are popping up now on my recommend list . I blame this thread! )

    Fern Brady. Obviously very political and militant. I dunno if she is this funny normally, really cutting comments - one after another no holds barred.




    But she manages to make it funny on one side, and vicious on the other.
    Did cursory research on her a Scottish bisexual former stripper of Irish parentage. Some mix,

    Major black mark on her is the following:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern_Brady

    "In 2020, Brady and fellow comedian Alison Spittle started a podcast for the BBC called Wheel of Misfortune, which is based in the Wheel of Fortune." :eek:

    Now admittedly I have not listened to the podcast. Why would you torture yourself?

    But, if Alison Spittle gets notions about stripping from Brady. It would be the lesser of two evils in my view, as Spittle could give up 'comedy' :D

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



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  • #292
    magic_murph
    Registered Users Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭magic_murph


    gormdubhgorm wrote: »
    I know she has been mentioned already (searched her name after I saw video on you tube - fecking all female comedians are popping up now on my recommend list . I blame this thread! )

    Fern Brady. Obviously very political and militant. I dunno if she is this funny normally, really cutting comments - one after another no holds barred.




    But she manages to make it funny on one side, and vicious on the other.
    Did cursory research on her a Scottish bisexual former stripper of Irish parentage. Some mix,

    Major black mark on her is the following:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern_Brady

    "In 2020, Brady and fellow comedian Alison Spittle started a podcast for the BBC called Wheel of Misfortune, which is based in the Wheel of Fortune." :eek:

    Now admittedly I have not listened to the podcast. Why would you torture yourself?

    But, if Alison Spittle gets notions about stripping from Brady. It would be the lesser of two evils in my view, as Spittle could give up 'comedy' :D


    another prime example of an unfunny woman.
    Watched the majority of that clip and didn't find anything she said original or funny but good luck to her.


  • #293
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,031 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    Someone else whose work I've enjoyed recently is Iliza Shlesinger. Her guest monologue on the Jimmy Kimmel Show was a strong statement against "cancel culture" that kept it pretty funny too.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvE56CJAJJU

    Death has this much to be said for it:
    You don’t have to get out of bed for it.
    Wherever you happen to be
    They bring it to you—free.

    — Kingsley Amis



  • #294
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,900 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    I enjoyed this OK it was simple and uncomplicated, but Nina Conti not only had to do ventriloquism but think on her feet and ad lib.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



  • #295
    razorblunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    gormdubhgorm wrote: »
    I know she has been mentioned already (searched her name after I saw video on you tube - fecking all female comedians are popping up now on my recommend list . I blame this thread! )

    Fern Brady. Obviously very political and militant. I dunno if she is this funny normally, really cutting comments - one after another no holds barred.




    But she manages to make it funny on one side, and vicious on the other.
    Did cursory research on her a Scottish bisexual former stripper of Irish parentage. Some mix,

    Major black mark on her is the following:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern_Brady

    "In 2020, Brady and fellow comedian Alison Spittle started a podcast for the BBC called Wheel of Misfortune, which is based in the Wheel of Fortune." :eek:

    Now admittedly I have not listened to the podcast. Why would you torture yourself?

    But, if Alison Spittle gets notions about stripping from Brady. It would be the lesser of two evils in my view, as Spittle could give up 'comedy' :D
    Fern Brady is very good in fairness. That podcast is horrific.
    I gave it a go as I think spittle is awful and being in Scotland I was aware of Brady so out of interest I caught it.

    She’s wasting her time with it, she’s getting some attention so I reckon she’ll be “too busy” for it soon.


  • #296
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,900 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    I found another one that made me laugh. She was on Joe Rogan and I was wondering who she was.



    There were a few funny bits in this routine that made me laugh.
    I thought the timing was good in parts of it.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



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