Topic: Female Comedians... (Read 3053 times)

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My God. An absolutely atrocious character. Not funny in the slightest (then again, most female stand up comedians aren't), nor attractive in the slightest (refer to previous statement in brackets). She was an annoying, overly quirky, unlikeable character that added nothing to the film other then the sub-plot where Rogen/Schwartzman were arguing about who should have got with her first.

Okay we get it, you're a slut and you slept with Schwartzman. And WOW, how funny was that joke regarding how Rogen owed her $50 from the $100 profit he received for scalping the concert tickets, dumb bitch. They end her sub-plot with Rogen winning her over; I hated it all.

How she was given a role in the film (let alone a film directed by Judd Apatow of all people, being the comic genius that he is) I will never comprehend. She was a horrible actress and deserves no further work in the industry.

Otherwise, a nearly insignificant flaw in a unique and satisfying comedy that stands well as Apatow's third directorial effort, not to mention one of Sandler's most complex/mature characters (which, even being somewhat of a fan of his, isn't saying much).

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Female comedians...are they funny? Some scientestes believe that estrogen is a humour inhibitor. What are your thoughts? Chime in.

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Tig Notaro seems like she might be all right but I can't find much of her material online. I mean I know of Maria Bamford (is okay), Kirsten Schaal (is on daily show and stinks), Sarah Silverman (is stupid), and all the 90's alt-comedy idiots but who else. How about someone smart beyond being awkward and having to learn to deal with being awkward. I'm sick of these middle of the road idiots who are really gross as hell and stupid but pretend not to be because they know which American white liberal boxes to tick.

I'm tired of wading the the same 5 guys with different faces over and over again. I make stand-up comedy topics around here all the time and there are rarely any good suggestions which is because there probably aren't any good comedians around. All the men stink - I have seen all of the men.

So...how about the ladies...If there's any potential out there, I gotta tap that.


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You know my roommates always say this and I don't really get it.  It's like, we can watch a good female comedian and they won't say anything, then we'll watch a bad one and they'll say, "Ever notice how women aren't funny??? lol".  Come on nah.
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However I can't think right now of any funny female comedians.  Shoot me in the face.
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There aren't any funny male comedians, either.
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That's a good point.
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Tim and Eric, Brother Theodore and Neil Hamburger are the three who can really make me laugh. Even then, apart from Theodore, they can both be a bit dumb but heck at least they are trying. And Theodore is long dead.
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Ellen DeGeneres has funny standup so fuck all y'alls.


Besides her tbh there are only a handful of ANY standup comedians that are any good, most of them are terrible.
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Ellen is terrible. I'm not tolerating that in this topic. She stinks.
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Rosie is terrible.

Ellen is great.

Jamie is awful I hate him.

Don't get me wrong Ellen is pretty terrible on her show and everything but her standup is aces so effff youuuuu
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honestly though jamie I don't see how you can expect anyone to make a recommendation that will satisfy you because you will just say "no he/she stinks!!!  i hate everything."  just tellin' it like it is bro.
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I understand that stand-up comedy is one of the hardest things you can do, but in my experience, women are really bad at it.  I've seen a couple that had their moments, but that's it.  Many of them play these overly-quirky characters that come off as trying to hard.  This isn't just women, either, it seems there's this whole generation of shit comics on Comedy Central nowadays.  I especially hate that Mr. Baby or whoever he is, with his inner-voice observations.  

I also hate comics who try too hard to be edgy or offensive (OH NO HE DI'INT), like their entire routine relies on that.  It doesn't even make me flinch anymore.  I REALLY hate Comedy Central Roasts.  I want to throw a grenade in the middle of that whole crowd of comics.  It's bad enough that 90% are bad comics, but when it's bad comics making bad jokes about other bad comics, it's the most cringeworthy thing I can think of.  
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Well, yeah, I will. However, I would not have heard about Brother Theodore or Neil Hamburger if not for this place (or at least, this is where I heard about them). Hundley told me about them a long time ago and eventually I came to like them. Tim and Eric I probably found here, too. Alot of my favourite music, I was told about here.

Just because I hate or dislike or am indifferent to almost everything doesn't mean that every once in a while something really good won't come along or be casually mentioned in a post that I am lucky enough to investigate. Saying that though, I don't see why I should have to disguise the fact that I think most comedians are either awful, bad or just boring. They are! I love the stand up comedy, but almost all of the people who do it are dickheads.

Why do people always tell me I hate everything? I don't hate everything, I just hate horrible things and I don't care about things that aren't interesting.
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no, you just have some kind of weird opinions and it's hard to tell where it's coming from. that's what I think anyway. it's ok I don't mind.

 

I also hate comics who try too hard to be edgy or offensive (OH NO HE DI'INT)
louis ck. I think he can be funny but this really ruins his routine. if he didn't do this shit I bet he would be at least OK

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Why do people always tell me I hate everything? I don't hate everything, I just hate horrible things and I don't care about things that aren't interesting.

Well dude you look at things that really aren't horrible but might just be average to good at best but you call them HORRIBLE, and you do this more often than you say yeah that was great!! so you kind of give off that impression.
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I don't think there's a stand up comedian with or without a dick I would pay to see. The comedian's genitalia doesn't make or break the routine for me I think

have you checked out jo brand jamie... wot a funny comedienne. I'll give her 10 penis/husband jokes out of 10
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like if it doesn't meet this incredibly high standard then it's horrible instead of just ok.  I kind of get the feeling that there's no middle ground with you and I don't think that's a healthy way to live.  

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yeah lady comedians are usually awful.

however I thought this was pretty funny.

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