Comments on: Are Women Wanting To Become Comedians At A Disadvantage?

By: Doc Brobeck

Doc Brobeck — Mon, 06 May 2013 01:17:12 +0000

The Showtime special, Why We Laugh: Funny Women produced by Joan Rivers, should dispel any myths about funny women. My mother was a teacher/humorist who got each of her kids to think funny. As a father of four daughters, all of whom are hilarious, and as an advocate for every woman I have taught in a 38 year career, the sexist views are similar to the history of other professions that were male dominated like physicians, lawyers, dentists, and so on. The face of those professions is changing. (My daughter’s current dental school class has more women than men). Right on… gender is no excuse. Women can and do kill.

By: Larry Goodale

Larry Goodale — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:18:10 +0000

I am NOT sexist in any way shape or form. But I will say for the record, I have not found too many funny women comedians. Yet, my wife makes me laugh on a pretty frequent basis and she is a woman. My thoughts are related to the things Steve talks about on this blog and the Killer Stand-up Course. 1) They try to be funny rather than just be who they are in real life. 2) They joke about topics that men are clueless about like mammograms. 3) It’s more than just the topics, they joke about them in a manner that guys cannot relate to. I would love to find more women comedians that I like, but in order for me to like them, they need to make me laugh. Unfortunately, most don’t, but it doesn’t have to be that way!

By: Sandi Smith

Sandi Smith — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 07:33:27 +0000

I’ve heard people in the audience sound disappointed and say ‘oh, it’s a woman’ when a female comedian walks on stage – where did the belief that women can’t be funny come from?

I think you’re right that one of the reasons there aren’t more women in comedy is because there are less women who seem to want to do it. Perhaps due to the hours, travelling and types of venue as well as a certain kind of confidence/bravery required?

However, there was a guy on twitter the other week asking for comics for an open night. After half an hour he tweeted that he had enough women! (I think he had 1).

I’ll show ’em!