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the tables have turned. >> the idea that jokes aren't funny, it's still very much a thing. >> there are some people who can't get their heads around what they don't know. >> i said i wanted to be a comedian, she said, maybe it's better if you just died. >> i think they thought of women as a different species. >> for view ladies are capable of being a comedian, so everybody sticks by them. here's somebody that thinks they do it. >> this is a great argument that women are doing much better work than men. >> you're welcome. ♪ ♪ when was the hardest -- what's the hardest part about...

>> no. >> whoopi goldberg always thought of herself as an actress more so than a comedian. she was very much in the spirit of lily tomlin, more so than the stand-ups of her era. >> they said, you a valley girl? i said, no, i'm a surfer. before there was of the mall there was the ocean. >> so much more than standup. she was commenting on the world we're living in in an interesting way through the different characters. >> i passed this big dude walking around with a picket sign talking about stop abortion. i have the answer to abortion -- what is it? i said shoot your [ bleep ]. [ laughter ] >> ...

Not my jack. he drinks. plus -- he doesn't drink because he likes it. he drinks to steady his nerves. the other night he got so steady he couldn't move at all. >> jean carroll was in a comedy team with buddy howell who she ended up marrying, and he went to war. she rewrote the act so she could become a solo standup. >> this guy ate lake like he was going to the chair. i seen people eat with hands before, but not soup. [ laughter ] >> she got rave reviews. she was playing the same venues as the biggest comediennes of the late 1940s and getting bigger laughs than the guys. [ applause ] >> welcom...

It's a female comic. like it was some sort of estrogen freak show. >> i have definitely heard crazy intros over the years. sometimes i'll go to shows and there will be an apology, you guys, she's really funny, she's one of my good friends. we got a lady coming up next who tells jokes. how about that? i'd get up there like, i know -- what's with the jokes and the vagina? am i right, fellas? [ laughter ] stand. >> standup in general is a hostile environment. i think if you were a woman, that hostile environment was like up to times ten. >> professional sports don't do a thing for me -- good poin...

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