>> elaine boosler was a game changer because before her, there hadn't been a young, single, female comic who went out on stage with no apologies for who she was and just kind of told it like it is. >> i guess maybe breasts are the most important part of the body when you think about it. i mean, without them, employers just wouldn't know who to give the smaller paychecks to, so -- >> i came along in '73 and started to reflect the times i lived in. women were starting to work. the pill was here. single women were starting to have sex. you weren't labeled anymore. >> they think we're dumb, so they put too many directions on the products. like the home pregnancy test, it says, for use in the privacy of your own home. oh, good, i was going to drive to a crowded shopping center. >> that was a little threatening for some men in the audience and even some club owners. >> everyone in the business tried to talk me out of it. you can't be pretty and do comedy. and my best line was, i'm just a human being trapped in a woman's body. and i really believe that summed up my approach to comedy.