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 being a female comedian? what would you guess? well, it s the rape. [ laughter ] i have a deep camaraderie with tough, hard core, funny ass female comedian apps because it s been a long road for all of us. what would make a woman turn from a decent think like housewiving or cashiering in a five and dime store or dental hygiene? and turn her to comedy as a korea? it s definitely easier now. but back the
feathered, here is miss phyllis diller. [ applause ] [ laughter ] i think when it came to women doing comedy, certainly standup, you had to dress in a way that was crazy. you had to work within the confines of what guys would accept you doing. [ laughter ] what? is that all right? i got that in the dressing room and it fell out. [ laughter ] you re basically saying i m coming up on stage, don t look at me as a woman, look at me as a funny person. just looking at the two outfits here, moms and woody s i would like to wear mom s. eye like i d like to wear yours. a great kbleend of the comedienne of the 30s, 40s, 50s didn t get known until the 60s when there were more bloom people on tv. i m accused of liking young man, and i m guilty. she was very sexual and was
chris: tom day is talking about playing taps at the funeral of military veterans. and he should know. chris: he s the founder and president of an organization called bugles across america. how many funerals have you done since you started? 200,000 in 10 years. chris: it started back in 2000 when congress gave every vet the right to a funeral with military honors, including two uniformed officers to present a flag and play taps. the problem was, the military only had 500 buglers. so they sent someone to play it on a recorded device. tom day who played in the marines in the 50s didn t like it. i called it stolen dignity that these veterans can t get live taps when we are out
chris: tom day is talking about playing taps at the funeral of military veterans. and he should know. chris: he s the founder and president of an organization called bugles across america. how many funerals have you done since you started? 200,000 in 10 years. chris: it started back in 2000 when congress gave every vet the right to a funeral with military honors, including two uniformed officers to present a flag and play taps. the problem was, the military only had 500 buglers. so they sent someone to play it on a recorded device. tom day who played in the marines in the 50s didn t like it. i called it stolen dignity that these veterans can t get live taps when we are out there ready to perform live
never did a repeat date. [ applause ] the day i met marty, there was something amazingly wonderful about this man. he was the first boy i ever knew who cared that i had a brain. most guys in the 50s didn t. one of the sadnesses about the brilliant girls who attended cornell is that they kind of suppressed how smart they were. but marty was so confident of his own ability, so comfortable with himself, that he never regarded me as any kind of a threat. we all were struck by the tremendous difference between marty and ruth. marty was the most gregarious, outgoing, life of the party.