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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 3 of 269 (557883)
04-28-2010 12:25 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by dronestar
04-28-2010 9:29 AM


My friends and I OFTEN talk about women and humor (lack of). I never dated a VERY funny girl, but I think I would like to.
I agree it generally seems to be true that women don't at least display a sense of humour as much as men, which makes it interesting that they often say that the thing they find most attractive in men is a sense of humour.
However, from my own observation I think that it's often the other way around. I think that they tend to laugh along with men they find physically attractive, even if they're not genuinely funny. (i.e. a good looking guy can say the worst or most crass joke and get a laugh).
I want to make it absolutely clear I'm not spiteful or jealous or anything.

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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 50 of 269 (557974)
04-29-2010 5:26 AM
Reply to: Message 16 by dronestar
04-28-2010 1:59 PM


Re: Brit Dames?
Anyways, I am curious about non-American opinions too. Any female comedians you would like to list? C'mon, Brit comedy must have bowl-fuls!
(I've noticed nobody says "comedienne" any more - I assume that’s because it's not PC, although I never saw the announcement.)
To be honest, I can't think of many really great female stand-up comedians. Victoria Wood stands out by a mile for me as an original and really funny stand-up comedian. There are several other good ones, but I think it’s a shame that they often tend to rely too heavily on single issues, such as Jo Brand (feminism) or Shappi Khorsandi (her Iranian ethnicity). They’re very good at what they do but I think it's a shame they’re not a bit broader in their topics. Maybe it’s a confidence thing. Or maybe it reflects badly on the public’s attitude to female comedians — they have to justify why they’re on stage.
There are a lot of great female comic writers and performers. Julia Davies is probably my favourite for writing and staring in the fantastic dark comedy, Nighty Night.
This has just reminded me of something. There’s an excellent TV series here that you may not be aware of outside UK called QI (Quite Interesting). It’s a humorous quiz show hosted by Stephen Fry and contested each week by 4 different comedians. In one episode, 2 of the contestants were (unusually) female, and so they asked the question: "why are there so few female comedians on that show and on TV in general?" The 2 female contestants, Sandi Toksvig and Ronni Ancona, launched into a long discussion as to the reasons for this, and after a couple of minutes another of the contestants, Jack Dee, said, Is it because once they start talking you can’t shut them up?

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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 53 of 269 (557986)
04-29-2010 7:49 AM
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04-28-2010 1:02 PM


Fat comics get lots of women... lots. It's confidence they seek.
In my experience, good looking nerdy comics who play up that shy guy shit strike out much more than over weight, or not that attractive, comics who are confident on stage and are cocky. Women LOVE cockyness and arrogance (not overly done though).
Are you familiar with Michael McIntyre? He's been the popular comedy sensation over here for the past couple of years. He's not exactly edgy, but I think he has a very accessible and fresh style of observational comedy. Anyway, women really seem to love his humour. I went to see him last year and there were a lot of women in the audience. I've seen many of them literall crying with laughter at his performances.
I suppose he's a fairly average looking guy and a bit on the stocky side. So, I guess you know what you're talking about.

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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 58 of 269 (558003)
04-29-2010 9:58 AM
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04-29-2010 8:08 AM


People like Eddie Izzard and Bill Bailey aren't most people's idea of top totty to look at either, but both are very appealing to women. Being funny in their wildly imaginative but gentle way is worth a lot in its own right, but it also suggests that they're a) very clever and b) good-natured.
Important Note to Self:
Be intelligent and good-natured around women, and I might finally get lucky one of these days!

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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 136 of 269 (558867)
05-05-2010 10:20 AM
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05-05-2010 10:06 AM


And except for Silverman, the rest are NOT funny. Their stand up, not them specifically. Poundstone blows, Griffin should be shot, Sykes buys material...
Just for a second there I thought you were talking about Eric Sykes. Surely not...?

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Jumped Up Chimpanzee
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Message 148 of 269 (558891)
05-05-2010 12:22 PM
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05-05-2010 10:26 AM


Wanda Sykes
Is Wanda Sykes the one who occasionally appears in Curb Your Enthusiasm, always giving LD a hard time?

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