what mugging and doing pratfalls and doing things that maybe nice little girls weren t supposed to do. at one time i have never thought of it as a hindrance as something that we shouldn t do. we just go ahead and do them. we don t think how we look. is it easy, for instance, though, to be there were ten variety shows on at the same time that carol burnett was on at, and there were approximately ten comedy writers on each show. and i was the only woman out of all of them. the funny thing about female writers in television was that in the beginning i would not say they were very welcomed , although there were certainly exceptions. i interviewed for 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 overcompensat
don t ask me what to do. i said, you know what to do. maybe i should have killed 400, 500 people. then i would have felt better. than when i felt like i really offered society something . welcome to very scary people. i m donnie wahlberg tonight we unravel the twisted tale of one of america s most despicable criminal minds, charles manson garrett was going to call in early and not go out. suddenly garrettson hears loud the line is dead. i think garretson was probably scared to death as garretson is hearing those screams as absolute kaar carnage is happening on the lawn and inside people were slaughtered, including actor sharon tate. what unfolded that night was set in motion by just one man, charles manson. according to charlie, he was the son of an unwed teenage prostitute who cared so little about her son, she tried to sell him for a beer. i spent the best part of my life in boy schools, prisons and reform schools because i had nobody. nobody would come and sign
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
somebody binds you to them. comedians don t have a great mortality rate. we lose a lot of people comedian. i m feeling more personal because i know the farc. mm hmm. i don t drink anymore. i had to quit because i really drank man. i get pulled over by the cops. i d be so drunk i d be out dancing to their lights thinking i ve made it to another club. in a way laughter is a bizarrely intimate thing. there s such an uncontrolled physical response. it s very similar biologically to orgasm. stage someone made you laugh even once you have an affection for that person. comedian is like your friend. that s what the job of a comedian is to come on stage and in 60 seconds make friends with a room full of people. actors they re geniuses never quite telling us who they are. but comedians getting inside our heads. it s very personal. there s an intimacy to comedy, so that when they re gone, you miss it. you have your girlfriend or your wife called you from another room, and she s like swe
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