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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170312:03:46:00

there s five kids in our family. i m the oldest and my brother who is the fourth child, got lung cancer. hold for laughs. and you can just be talking about what happened that day. like somebody come reading their diary. i didn t study theater for 12 years so i could say, rambo, no! they kind of free formed and more of a stream of consciousness. and that really caught on with audiences and created a whole new wave of comedians and women comedians. this alternative comedy scene was happening alongside the rise of women at saturday night live . that s it. that s it. stop it. that s it. you had molly shannon. simmer down now. and you had had cheri oteri, ana gasteyer. i think we both assumed, wrongly, that a baker of your generation might tend towards a drier, more crusty muffin. and tina fey was brought on ....

Got Lung Cancer , Big Shot Bristles , Didnt Study Theater , Stream Of Consciousness , Stop It , Alternative Comedy Scene , Saturday Night Live , Women Comedians , New Wave , Tina Fey , Crusty Muffin , Molly Shannon , Cheri Oteri , Ana Gasteyer ,

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170312:03:45:00

I m going to move to california or new york. i m going to do three funny minutes and then get my own sitcom like jerry seinfeld. that was the downside of that era. they just didn t really have room for me or the likes of me. who can start off the sex category other than, yes, you know it, miss kathy griffin! i m going to tell a story, i told it only once before, it is not the time i [ bleep ] a midget. sorry, that s another party. these are people that didn t have as much success in mainstream clubs, because mainstream clubs had mainstream comedy. they didn t necessarily go for weird. so they started their own rooms with their own crowds. i m not telling stories for any kind of shock value or anything like that. i m just telling the story. the original stand-up from the late 70s was all setup punch line, setup punch line. that s all anybody was doing. and the alternative comedy scene was suddenly all of this personal storytelling. ....

New York , Sex Category , Jerry Seinfeld , Kathy Griffin , Mainstream Comedy , Mainstream Clubs , Didn T , Stand Up , Alternative Comedy Scene , Setup Punch Line , Punch Line , Shock Value ,

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170312:06:46:00

there s five kids in our family. i m the oldest and my brother who is the fourth child, got lung cancer. hold for laughs. and you can just be talking about what happened that day. it was like somebody coming up and reading their diary. i didn t study theater for 12 years so i could say, rambo, no! they kind of free formed and more of a stream of consciousness. and that really caught on with audiences and created a whole new wave of comedians and women comedians. this alternative comedy scene was happening alongside the rise of women at saturday night live. that s it. that s it. stop it, stop it! you had molly shannon. simmer down now. and you had had cheri oteri, ana gasteyer. i think we both assumed, and i think wrongfully, that a baker of your generation might tend towards a more drier, ....

Got Lung Cancer , Women Comedians , Didnt Study Theater , New Wave , Stream Of Consciousness , Alternative Comedy Scene , Saturday Night Live , Stop It , Molly Shannon , Ana Gasteyer , Cheri Oteri ,

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170312:06:45:00

Everyone in the world thought, i m going to move to california or new york. i m going to do three funny minutes and then get my own sitcom like jerry seinfeld. that was the downside of that era. they just didn t really have room for me or the likes of me. who can start off the sex category other than, yes, you know it, miss kathy griffin! i m going to tell a story, i told this only once before. it s not the time i pleep bleep it s not the time i [ bleep ] a midget. sorry, that s another party. these are people that didn t have as much success in mainstream clubs, because mainstream clubs had mainstream comedy. they didn t necessarily go for weird. so they started their own rooms with their own crowds. i m not telling stories for any kind of shock value or anything like that. i m just telling the story. the original stand-up from the late 70s was all setup punch line, setup punch line. that s all anybody was doing. and the alternative comedy scene was suddenly all of this p ....

New York , Sex Category , Jerry Seinfeld , Kathy Griffin , Didn T , Mainstream Comedy , Mainstream Clubs , Stand Up , Alternative Comedy Scene , Punch Line , Setup Punch Line , Shock Value ,

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170226:02:46:00

Family. i m the oldest and my brother who is the fourth child, got lung cancer. hold for laughs. and you can just be talking about what happened that day. like somebody come reading their diary. i didn t study theater for 12 years so i could say, rambo, no! they kind of free formed and more of a stream of consciousness. and that really caught on with audiences and created a whole new wave of comedians and women comedians. this alternative comedy scene was happening alongside the rise of women at saturday night live . that s it. that s it. you had molly shannon. simmer down now. and you had had cheri oteri, ana gasteyer. i think we both assumed, wrongly, that a baker of your generation might tend towards a drier, more crusty muffin. and tina fey was brought on as a writer. ....

Got Lung Cancer , Women Comedians , Didnt Study Theater , New Wave , Stream Of Consciousness , Alternative Comedy Scene , Saturday Night Live , Tina Fey , Crusty Muffin , Molly Shannon , Cheri Oteri , Ana Gasteyer ,