that chicks aren t funny. i hate to tell you it s still very much a thing. there are some people that 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 die. i think they thought of women as a different species. very few ladies are capable of being a comedian. and so everybody sits right up. here s somebody that thinks she can do it. great argument that women are doing much better work than that. you re welcome. what s the hardest part? about being a female comedian. what is it? what s the hardest part? like, what would you guess? well, it s the rape. i have a deep camaraderie with tough hardcore funny as comedians because it s been a long road for all of us. what would make a woman turn from some decent thing like housewife ingle cash shearing in a private school or dental hygiene and turned her to comedy as as a career. it s definitely easier for us now because we pushed our way in. but back then ther
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
. what kind of an excuse is that ? what do you mean? well, i mean, all the other scientists have mothers. i m sure. and i m sure that they all find time after breakfast or before their count off to pick up a phone call, their mother, elaine may, was always the writer of the two. i don t think she s given enough credit for being kind of one of these foundational people of improv. she was smart, she was witty, she was sexy. she was everything that female comedians up to that point weren t allowed to be. well, thank you very much, jazz. that s okay. and that s when i realized it s possible. you have to write to the point where you get respect because nobody s going to hand it to you as a female. oh, come on, lily. lily tomlin. what are you going to do? i m going to do a lady tonight who s an employee of one of america s most beloved institutions, an venetia feeney . she. this is ernestine. i want you to send out a service check on all the circuits at at 1600
weren t labeled anymore. they think we re dumb, so they put too many directions on the products like in the home pregnancy test, it says for use in the privacy of your own home. oh good. i was going to drive to a crowded shopping center. that was a little threatening to some men in the audience and even for some club owners. everyone in the business tried to talk me out of it can be pretty and do comedy. you can t do it. and my best line in those years was. i m just a human being trapped in a woman s body. and i really believe that summed up my approach to comedy. be back when . when i started doing county in 1979, there are only six female comedians working on the circuit . only six and it was really odd. we didn t know each other because the club owners would never book us together because it was such a rarity to have a female comment to begin with. in fact, i remember when i go to some clubs around the country. whenever i performed, the would go. you re not going to believe what we
writer of the two. i don t think she s given enough credit for being kind of one of these foundational people. improv was smart. she was witty. she was sexy. she was everything that female comedians up to that point weren t allowed to be q. very much. jan okay, and that s when i realized it s possible. you have to right to the point where you get respect, because nobody s going to hand it to you as a female. come on lily, lily tomlin. what are you gonna do? i m gonna do a lady tonight. who s an employee of one of america s most beloved institution. furniture. this is earnestine. i want you to stand out a service check on all the circuit, said 1600, pennsylvania avenue. well because, honey, it s almost impossible to get through to that man. in the