Can you bump up the lights so i can see? ooh! a fellow of a tuxedo doing a monologue and will they take a woman doing this? i said i hope they will take me at least for 13 weeks. it worked for 11 years. i never thought it would go that long. i knew i wanted to do musical comedy and guest stars. i wanted to do sketches and the way the caesar had that. there were 10 variety shows on at the same time carol burnett was on. approximately 10 comedy writers on each show. i was the only woman out of all of them. the funny thing about female writers in television, in the beginning i would not say they
welcome. can i help you? i read your ad. i want to know about the $65 funeral. i see. was that for yourself? mike nichols and elaine met in chicago at the birth of improv. they didn t write jokes. they wrote situations. they were just hysterically funny that you can relate to. would you be interested in the extras for the loved ones? what kind of extras. how about a coffin? my life changed the day my parents took me to see nichols on brought way. before that, all i saw were comedians talking about how bad their wives were or how bad their mother-in-laws were.
Was popular in the comedy world. she just had her head tarred and feathered. miss phyllis diller. when it came to women doing comedy with stand up, you had to dress in a way that was crazy. work within the confines of what guys would accept you doing. is that all right? i tucked that in in the dressing room and it fell out. i m coming up on stage. don t look at me. look at me as like a funny person. look at the two outfits here. i would like to wear mom s. i would like to wear yours. she was a great comedienne who was known by white audiences until the 60s when there were more black faces on tv. i have been accused of liking
What? these fancy cats are seeing god and i m starting phase two which is me sitting on a stool while 40 gray aliens take turns gently batting my knockers. then it spread to movies. the biggest stars in the world are melissa mccarthy and kristin wigg. jesus megan! i won t apologize. i m not confident of what end that came out of. this will be the definitive answers to why women are funny. i have known it for years because i have a vagina. they hadn t meat it to the big screen in the way they did with brides maids. it s happening. it s happening. it s happening. it showed studios that you can make money with that and opened that genre of women behaving badly. officer donuts go back in
it s about time. i have mild extra mild, i have no idea what that one is. and i hear really good things about that english banger. actually, you know what? i think i m kind of done with sausages. late night is one of the last places where it still feels very much a men s club. he s good to have samantha bee. is that okay for you he s representing the country in an old-timey racist way. it s like a minor negative. i m confused by you. watching someone chirp down a piece of their soul just to be wrong broke my fact checker. samantha bee is the best political show on television. i don t think anybody cuts to the core like she does. but to see her shove it down their throats because they have to take it from a girl, she s brilliant. we doll stories on the show we feel passionately about in the moment. we see the world differently. anybody have questions? yes. is it hard breaking into the