I've been to stand-up comedy auditions—these folks are a brave tribe of people! Imagine getting up in front of an audience that half expects you to suck, and killing them with hilarity instead. Although some of the funniest people I've ever known were women, it's still hard out there for a lady stand-up comic. Many say there's an unspoken rule about "one woman comic a night" at comedy clubs, and when they're there they have to face the preconception some people in the audience have that women just aren't funny—or shouldn't be funny. (You know—too aggressive.) Sigh. That's no laughing matter, but there is cause to celebrate the hilarious ladies who break through the glass ceiling and thrive. Who was your favorite female stand-up comic of 2007?
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I went with Wanda, because I love her on "New Adventures of Old Christine" and her solo shows. I have a soft spot for Sarah Silverman and Chelsea Handler though. Who doesn't love funny women?
1I'm going to see Chelsea perform this weekend!
Can't wait.
2Cho Cho Cho!
Funny coincidence: Yesterday at lunch, I was having a big discussion about who the funniest female comics are. Call me krazy, but I just don't get Sarah Silverman. She's just so cruel and unfunny to me. But I love Cho, and Wanda Sykes, and Paula Poundstone on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.
3I love Margaret Cho, but Paula Poundstone cracks me up repeated on NPR's "Wait, Wait! Don't Tell Me!" whenever she is on. So fast and funny and dry!
4None of the above.
5Team Anjelah Johnson / Alex Borstein, all the way!
sarah silverman.
6Caroline Rhea is perhaps the most annoying comic I've ever listened to, but that's just me. My vote is for Kathleen Madigan! I don't like Silverman either, but I can see why people love her (crazy people! =)
7i'm going to have to say Maria Bamford.
( http://www.mariabamford.com )
she should be on the list --- after all, she IS one of the Comedians of Comedy
8i don't get sarah silverman either. she's too crude and obnoxious. same with chelsea handler. being funny doesn't mean being gross/obnoxious!
9Kathy Griffin ALL THE WAY!!
10my other favorite is lisa lampanelli....
11she is rude and crude...
but so incredibly funny!!!!!!
I'm not familiar with half of the names here, unfortunately. I guess Wanda Sykes. NO to Sarah Silverman and Kathy Griffin.
12I LOVE wanda sykes, and i'm amused by Kathy Griffin but i don't necessarily laugh at her stand up. I guess i just want to hear the gossip.
I just can't get into Sarah Silverman.
Margaret Cho and Chelsea Handler are great too!
13Kathy Griffin. I like her mean streak.
14Eh. I'm not really a fan of female comics. Most of them are not really that funny IMO.
15I love Chelsea Handler. I saw her a few years ago, when she was just starting to gain popularity, on Carson Daly's show. And as soon as I saw her, I ran out and bought My Horizontal Life. It's so funny. So, we she got her own show, I was thrilled!
16I love Chelsea Handler! I'm glad she won. Amazes me how the people that get bashed the most end up on top of the polls. I love it!
17I love Chelsea Handler. She totally cracks me up!!!!!!!!!
18No one comes close to Madigan and Sykes! I would NEVER want to be in the company of people who find chelsea handler funny. Then again; I'd most likely fall asleep from boredom so maybe it'd be ok!
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