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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 the ....
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 ba ....
Curtain. there were 10 variety shows on at the same time they carol burnett was on and there were approximately 10 comedy writers on each show, and i was the only woman out of all of them. the funny thing about female writers and 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 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 professions, so i think there was a certain defensiveness. and overcompensation. i like that inside track of getting to hear how men talk if women weren t around, because it was almost ....
The most macho profession. so i think there was a certain defensiveness and overcompensation. like the inside track of getting to hear how men talk if women weren t around. it was almost like you weren t around. it was filthy. the language was disgusting. i loved it. you ll have such a time, such fun, oh you ll i have to warn you, though, there s a street down there in rome where it just isn t safe for a woman. where? where? where? [ laughter ] when you get to your show of shows, that s a very famous writer s room. and you had two women who worked at separate times. the first was lucille callen, the second was selma diamond. it was always right to have a woman s viewpoint, and who better than women to say women will laugh at that? so when i put together the characters for the band i show, i said we need the woman s viewpoint. when i talked to my agent he immediately said rosemarie. ....