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06/19/2012 11:15 PM
LuvBug wrote:I think most comedians (male and female) are terrible.
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TYCP Sha wrote:Adam Carolla is as funny as Carlos Mencia. He sucks ass. And I like how he says women aren't funny, yet he says Sarah Silverman is a funny woman.
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manties wrote:Honestly, I dislike about 98% 99.9 of female comedians.
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06/20/2012 3:12 AM
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joey is a teapot wrote:“They’re not funny enough for dudes. What if Roseanne Barr was a dude? Think we’d know who she was?” Barr had no comment, as she was presumably off somewhere in Hawaii counting her money.
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06/20/2012 4:55 AM
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manties wrote:Honestly, I dislike about 98% of female comedians. Conan only has one female writer on his staff and she's awful.
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06/20/2012 5:05 AM
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06/20/2012 5:12 AM
glowbug narking tony wrote:Dear Adam Carolla, Please go watch any single episode of I Love Lucy in the history of ever. In the span of 22 minutes, that woman was more charming, clever, and hilarious than you've been in your entire career. Xo, Glow
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06/20/2012 6:59 AM
Mistress Darcy wrote:This comment is making me angrier than it should, but it shows so much ignorance and inability to be self-aware. It is extremely difficult to make it as a female comedian, standards are almost always both higher and different (there are shitloads of unfunny men but you don't see people saying OMG Men just aren't funny! plus only certain types of female comedians are usually given attention and then people bitch and moan even though they created that situation). Not to mention the politics behind thinking of the female staff member as the awful unfunny one you are forced to hire. Like, yes, that seems like a genuine great work and hiring environment that would foster amazing results. It is just a fail from every angle especially since he is one of the least funny people out there.
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06/20/2012 11:17 AM
joey is a teapot wrote:Carolla did say he thinks Sarah Silverman (who once dated Carolla’s Man Show co-host, Jimmy Kimmel), Tina Fey, and Kathy Griffin—all of whom would probably look pretty good on trampolines—are “super funny chicks.”
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06/20/2012 12:30 PM
starlightperfume wrote:Adam Carolla isn't funny at all.
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06/20/2012 12:36 PM
joey is a teapot wrote: However, some women, he argues, wouldn’t be funny enough to be on TV if they were men. “If Joy Behar or Sherri Shepherd was a dude, they’d be off TV,” he told the Post. “They’re not funny enough for dudes.
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06/20/2012 4:22 PM
vivalavix wrote: Mistress Darcy wrote: This comment is making me angrier than it should, but it shows so much ignorance and inability to be self-aware. It is extremely difficult to make it as a female comedian, standards are almost always both higher and different (there are shitloads of unfunny men but you don't see people saying OMG Men just aren't funny! plus only certain types of female comedians are usually given attention and then people bitch and moan even though they created that situation). Not to mention the politics behind thinking of the female staff member as the awful unfunny one you are forced to hire. Like, yes, that seems like a genuine great work and hiring environment that would foster amazing results. It is just a fail from every angle especially since he is one of the least funny people out there.Right. There's a disproportionate number of female comedians. We could make compile a list a mile long of unfunny male comedians, I'll start:Larry the Cable GuyJeff FoxworthyThe other "Blue Collar" comedianAdam CarollaCarlos MenciaGeorge LopezDane CookJeff DunhamCarrot TopSinbad
Mistress Darcy wrote: This comment is making me angrier than it should, but it shows so much ignorance and inability to be self-aware. It is extremely difficult to make it as a female comedian, standards are almost always both higher and different (there are shitloads of unfunny men but you don't see people saying OMG Men just aren't funny! plus only certain types of female comedians are usually given attention and then people bitch and moan even though they created that situation). Not to mention the politics behind thinking of the female staff member as the awful unfunny one you are forced to hire. Like, yes, that seems like a genuine great work and hiring environment that would foster amazing results. It is just a fail from every angle especially since he is one of the least funny people out there.
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06/20/2012 7:02 PM
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