the carson show and i called my agent and i said, i think it went really well and he said, oh, i'm sorry, honey, but they just called and they said they would not feel comfortable with a woman in the room being a comedy writer is not the most macho profession. so i think there is a certain defensiveness and overcompensation in. i like that inside track of getting to hear how men talk. and if women weren't around because it was almost like you weren't around, it was filthy. the language was disgusting. i loved it. you'll have such a time, such fun, such joy. oh, i have to warn you, though, there's a street down there in rome where it just isn't safe for a woman. where? where? where when you get to your show of shows, you know, that's a very famous writers room. and you had two women who worked at separate times. the first was lucille kallen and the second was selma diamond. it was always right to have the woman's