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Then. >> but youre so pretty, see? >> is that what it is? >> thats the way it was. now they know better and they want to stop it. >> now when you hear men say women arent funny, i think, you sad old man. get on your little glacier and just die. >> do you think most women sell themselves short? >> yes. most women have been told to sell themselves short. i think women are brighter than men, more sensitive than men and i think women are stronger than men. plus we have that extra little layer of fat...

And if you were a woman, that hostile environment was upped times ten. >> professional sports just dont do a thing for me -- [ inaudible ]. >> good point, my mistake. well, of course i enjoy you very, very much, but -- >> when i was coming up, i could always tell if i saw three or more young guys in a group, i could kind of set my watch to it. go, when i go on stage, those guys are going to give me a problem. >> if that man screams one more time, im going to whack his pee-pee. do you understand ...

A woman who gets up on stage is funny, but she sings and dances. >> wait a minute, the music stopped. >> well, i didnt hear it. >> she didnt hear it. >> shes more of an entertainer than just the straight comic. >> that is kind of what was allowed. it was not really accepted for a woman to stand on stage and tell jokes and give their opinion to a bunch of men. until jean carroll. >> most fellows have a tough day at the racetrack, they get nasty. but not my jack. hes so sweet nothing bothers him. ...

Comedy. >> to have a woman be not only a comedian, but a solid businessperson, she broke ground for generations of us. >> you dont see too many beautiful women be clowns like that. and she was, indeed, a beautiful woman. you know, she was a movie star at mgm before -- and nobody ever knew she could be funny. >> mugging and doing pratfalls and doing things that may be nice little girls werent supposed to do at one time. i had never thought of it as a hindrance, as something we shouldnt do. we jus...

>> thats the way it was. now they know better and they want to stop it. >> now when you hear men say women arent funny, i think, you sad old man. get on your little glacier and just die. >> do you think most women sell themselves short? >> yes. most women have been told to sell themselves short. i think women are brighter than men, more sensitive than men and i think women are stronger than men. plus we have that extra little layer of fat, so if we ever fall in the water, we live longer. >> shes...

>> it wasnt until the late 1800s and the early 20th century that women started becoming really famous as comedic performers. >> a lot of them were comediennes. a woman who gets up on stage is funny, but she sings and dances. >> wait a minute, the music stopped. >> well, i didnt hear it. >> she didnt hear it. >> shes more of an entertainer than just the straight comic. >> that is kind of what was allowed. it was not really accepted for a woman to stand on stage and tell jokes and give their opini...

Hostile environment was upped times ten. >> professional sports just dont do a thing for me -- [ inaudible ]. >> good point, my mistake. well, of course i enjoy you very, very much, but -- >> when i was coming up, i could always tell if i saw three or more young guys in a group, i could kind of set my watch to it. go, when i go on stage, those guys are going to give me a problem. >> if that man screams one more time, im going to whack his pee-pee. do you understand what im going to do? >> when g...

Nice little girls werent supposed to do at one time. i had never thought of it as a hindrance, as something we shouldnt do. we just go ahead and do them. we dont think how we look. >> is the easy, for instance, to be sexy and funny at the same time? >> oh, yes, very easy. >> it may be easy for you, carol. >> carol burnett is the single most talented women or performer ever. she could do everything. >> she started on "the gary moore show" and became a big star. people forget just how much she was...

>> stand-up in general is a hostile environment. and if if you were a woman, that hostile environment was upped times ten. >> professional sports just dont do a thing for me -- [ inaudible ]. >> good point, my mistake. well, of course i enjoy you very, very much, but -- >> when i was coming up, i could always tell if i saw three or more young guys in a group, i could kind of set my watch to it. go, when i go on stage, those guys are going to give me a problem. >> if that man screams one more tim...