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The Results Are In: Your Pick for Funniest Female Standup Comedian of 2008
The results are in for GiggleSugar's poll Who Is Your Favorite Female Comedian of 2008? — and it was a tie between Chelsea Handler and Sarah Silverman! Looks like these funny ladies are going to have to share the spotlight this year.
GiggleSugar Interviews Margaret Cho!
When I think of Margaret Cho, I think of her hilarious standup act in flashes of representative scenes. There's Margaret telling everyone how weird it is to be an Asian American on an airplane with a flight attendant offering you Asian chicken salad. ("That is not the salad of my people!") There's Margaret imitating her mother's cute Korean accent and puzzling over gay men and their, uh, interest in "the ass."
George Carlin: 1937-2008
These days, most comedians swear like sailors and revel in shocking their audiences, but for standup comedy pioneers like George Carlin, who died yesterday of heart failure, swearing and shocking were not gratuitous. He wanted to shake up a hypocritical society and make people think about what "clean" language hides underneath it. (His famous "Seven Words You Can't Say on Television" routine got him arrested and went all the way to the Supreme Court, where they ruled that his language was "indecent" but not "obscene.") George Carlin will always be remembered as a comic genius.
Demetri Martin's Very Dry Standup Comedy
You know someone's funny when they don't make a big deal out of all their jokes by yelling, cursing or using some gimmick--and people are laughing anyway. Introducing, Demitri Martin.
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The Results Are in: Your Favorite Female Stand-Up Comic of 2007
To kick off our Best of 2007 coverage, I asked you guys to vote for your favorite female stand-up comic of the year. After all, it's still hard out there for a lady stand-up comic, but there is cause to celebrate the hilarious ladies who break through the glass ceiling and thrive. And the winner of the GiggleSugar readers' choice for best female stand-up comedian is .
Who Is Your Favorite Female Stand-Up Comic of 2007?
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.
Who Is Your Favorite Male Stand-Up Comic of 2007?
Stand-up comedy is tough—take it from John Mayer. This past May, the soulful crooner mustered up enough nerve to get on stage at the Comedy Cellar in NYC and pull off his best impression of the dudes below. That is, he tried to be live, funny, and the only one standing.
The Results Are in: Your Favorite Male Stand-Up Comic of 2007
You've coronated Chelsea Handler as your favorite female stand-up comic of 2007, but who will be her king as she reigns over this kingdom of funny? Well, according to our readers' poll, your pick for male stand-up comedian of the year is . .
How Mo' Nique Lost the Weight and Why Some Don't Like It
Everywhere I look lately I'm seeing comedienne Mo'Nique. She's got a new late-night talk show on BET, is making the talk show rounds, and is creating some serious Oscar buzz for her standout performance as an abusive mother in Precious. Oh, and also, she's about 50 lbs.
GiggleSugar Interviews: Victoria Jackson
Saturday Night Live alum Victoria Jackson is well-known for her send-up of the ditzy blonde. With a tiny voice and goofy antics, Victoria became famous on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show where she performed stand-up while variously on a balance beam, doing handstands, and playing the ukulele. She went on to perform on six seasons of Saturday Night Live, working with the likes of Mike Myers, Phil Hartman, and Chris Farley.
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