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
viewpoint. and who better than women to say women will laugh at that? and so when i put together the characters for the van dike show, i said, we need the woman s viewpoint. and when i told my agent, he immediately said, rosemary, it s a beautiful piece of writing. it really is. but you know, alan, if he doesn t get a laugh every 10s he calls the cops and has the audience arrested. rosemary on the dick van dike show was great for women who might aspire to being in the writers room because that was the first glimpse we got. maybe that that was possible. it s not like there were plenty of career women on tv. women were mainly housewives in the sitcoms or they were secretaries and teachers. they weren t writers. you mean to say that you d give up your job for us? yeah. compared to you, i m a runt. compared to a rat. you re a rat. my mother didn t want me to be funny because how was i going to get married and be funny at the same time? but here was rosemary. she was blond and pretty and fu
it s a beautiful piece the writing. it is. but you know alan, if he doesn t get a laugh every ten second, he calls the cops and has the audience arrested. rosemarie on the dick van dyke show was great to women because that was the first glimpse that maybe that was possible. not like there were plenty of career women on tv. tv were mainly housewives in sitcoms or were secretaries. they weren t writers. you would give up your job for uss? yeah. compared to you, i m a rat. compared to a rat you re a rat. my mother didn t want me to be funny because how was i going to get married and be funny at the same time? but here was rosemarie. she was blonde and pretty and funny. and i kind of liked that idea. no, don t bother to send it, mom. i don t think i m going to mexico after all. hang on there. newsroom. hello, mary? the mary tyler moore show