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Transcripts For CNN The History of Comedy 20240706



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 ....

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Transcripts For CNN The History of Comedy 20240706



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 ....

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Transcripts for CNN The History of Comedy 20240604 02:16:00

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 ....

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Transcripts for CNN The History of Comedy 20240604 09:17:00

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. ....

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