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I don't think my standards are crazy. I think when it comes to things I don't like I just draw a line between what is harmless and what isn't harmless. The stuff that isn't harmless I say I hate! The stuff that is harmless I just keep my trap shut about. I don't want to be one of those guys who loves to insult things, I've never thought of myself like that.

Although, sometimes I just get tired of letting things go, you know? Like I see one comment too many like this:
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yeah lady comedians are usually awful.

and I just decide ahhhh heck just say you hate that. Just say it, who cares. Maybe it's mean, but just do it, because it isn't something that deserves to be left alone, really, even if the person didn't know what they were actually saying. That's why I decided to say Ellen Degeneres stinks, because I think she encourages an irrelevant and lazy view to life which I realise is ridiculously vague but I wasn't prepared to defend it right now! Perhaps I will in my treatise. All I care about is if people are trying! That is even more vague!



Female comics!
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I think she'll get better. I'm not sure if I like her yet, though. I mean this clip made me laugh but I could also see disliking it in a different light. Still, does anyone have any of her other stuff? An album, or a clip of a full set? I'd check it out.
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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.

I have noticed this alot, too. Also, male comedians get away with alot more bad jokes from people than females do. A male makes a clunker and he's having an off-moment, a women does and she's showing us just how unfunny she really is.
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Female comedy writers are sometimes pretty awesome.
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Can't believe I didn't think of this the first time I read this topic but Maria Bamford is another female comedian I really like.  Her Comedy Central Presents special is the only video I've bought through my Xbox.
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I think the strangeness or double standard surrounding female comedians can be attributed to society.  When a man is out making conversation with a female, he's the one expected to crack the jokes, to make his partner laugh.  It's kind of the male's natural niche, to be a comedian if he can.
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Ellen is terrible. I'm not tolerating that in this topic. She stinks.


this reminds me of the part in family guy where they are watching ellen degenres on a high def tv and the quality is so good you can literally see the fishiness of her breath (geddit cause she loves vagina)
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this reminds me of the part in family guy

that's funny because THIS reminds me of the entirety of family guy (remembering things)
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Most female stand-up comedians that I've seen have failed to make me laugh. Though there are lots of female book writers that have a nack at writing comedy in novels.

Also, that "No Moleste" routine was pretty good actually. Better then most female stuff that I've seen. Got a tad repetitive at the end but in general a pretty strong performance.

Oh and I've only seen the entirety of one Ellen routine and about 5 minutes of her show. What I've seen I have not laughed once or even smiled.
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I don't think I've seen a female comic open her bit with something other than "So my period started today" EVER.
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Female comedy writers are sometimes pretty awesome.
seconded because tina fey is absolutely brilliant
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I don't think I've seen a female comic open her bit with something other than "So my period started today" EVER.
that is unfortunate and unlikely, i have never seen a female comic say that outside of commercials and cartoons where they are lampooning some type which i guess has to exist. airline food!

apart from the ladies already mentioned and some writers and people previously seen on: saturday night live i cannot really think of any comediennes, but there have to be some somewhere. i don't think maria bamford's that bad, she just always does the same jokes. which is why i do not often enjoy stand-up
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I think Lisa Lampanelli is funny but I really don't know anyone else that does!
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Female comedy writers are sometimes pretty awesome.

yeah i was going to say this, stand up comedy is a pretty narrow field of comedy. also there might be good female comedians but i wouldn't know i don't listen to those bitches nag. i wish there were more so i could see their taters.
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There aren't many funny male comedians, either.

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I tried jotting down a list of my favorite comedians and I realized that more than half where dead and only one (Maria Bamford) was a women. Although I have a few favorites from the UK my short list may be due to the fact that the comedians with the most exposure in the US are either sexist, racist, lolrandom, or geeks and they don't interest me in the slightest.
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Female comedians are underrated. :(

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i don't think maria bamford's that bad, she just always does the same jokes. which is why i do not often enjoy stand-up

yeah this is a huge problem with almost ALL of stand-up, that's why i really like keith malley's idea of just doing standup once a year and never repeating jokes
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I don't understand why people get so annoyed at that. It's like going to the theatre and complaining all the lines are the same. Just don't go see the same comic all the time.,
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Well its more annoying when comedians do it on different CDs or specials that are supposedly "all new material".
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yeah you know they can't have a different routine every time they get another gig.  writing jokes aint easy  

edit: yeah that's true but I blame the people producing the special not the comedians themselves

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