Why do female stand up comedians tend to be so lame

[Me. I Am Salman]

I'm sorry but it's true :idc: why?
watching one now and cringing so hard

[Josy]

They are all awful.

Sarah Millican is the worst..

In fact I'm sure we had a thread about this before.

[Chuck]

The only stand up comedians that are good are female.

Sarah Colonna, Loni Love, Kathy Griffin, Joan Rivers, Whitney Cummings >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everything

[MTVN]

They are all awful.

Sarah Millican is the worst..

In fact I'm sure we had a thread about this before.

The 'crap comedians' thread you mean http://vcoders.org/forum/images/smilies/sherlock.gif

[King Gizzard]

Joan Rivers

just no

[King Gizzard]

I guess it's because we can't really relate to female comedians in alot of ways. But then again I always hear women saying they don't like any female comedians as well. Don't know really

[MTVN]

I guess it's because we can't really relate to female comedians in alot of ways. But then again I always hear women saying they don't like any female comedians as well. Don't know really

Think this is why I never find them funny

[Kizzy]

They are not ALL awful, that's a bit unfair, thought someone else had started this thread :idc: .... Yeah, There I said it.
There has been a thread on this before I remember it too.

[swinearefine]

Because men and women are judged completely differently in society, and what is acceptable or funny for a man can be taken in a number of negative ways for women. It all comes down to sexism. My favorites comics are women (Kathy Griffin, Sarah Silverman) because I try to take people at face value, not for what's between their legs, and because I appreciate the adversaries female comics have to overcome to make it in an essentially male-dominated profession.

[King Gizzard]

(oh yeah, I like Silverman, but in movies and stuff, not standup)

haven't really ever liked stand up generally

[Lee.]

I agree.. They're all awful!

[Josy]

They are not ALL awful, that's a bit unfair, thought someone else had started this thread :idc: .... Yeah, There I said it.
There has been a thread on this before I remember it too.

What do you mean?

And I think they are all awful don't think that's unfair at all to think that tbh.

[King Gizzard]

this reminds me, Lee and Amy Poehler could be sisters

[Lee.]

this reminds me, Lee and Amy Poehler could be sisters

Who's she? ****s gonna go down if she's a fat masculine unwashed sort

[Natalie.]

I think some are funny, couldn't name one though at the moment.I dislike Sarah Milican

[GypsyGoth]

The main thing it comes down to is your sense of humour. Loads of female comedians make me laugh as do loads of male ones.

I thoroughly enjoy well crafted jokes regardless of what gender created them.

[King Gizzard]

Who's she? ****s gonna go down if she's a fat masculine unwashed sort

http://i.imgur.com/x79UpXg.jpg

[Lee.]

Hmm.. I don't really see it, apart from maybe the hair. :)

[Mystic Mock]

The only stand up comedians that are good are female.

Sarah Colonna, Loni Love, Kathy Griffin, Joan Rivers, Whitney Cummings >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everything

:joker: What a name.

[King Gizzard]

I said she could be related not that she actually properly looks like you lol

[Lee.]

Yeah she could be I suppose.. She actually looks more like my cousin!

[Me. I Am Salman]

Because men and women are judged completely differently in society, and what is acceptable or funny for a man can be taken in a number of negative ways for women. It all comes down to sexism. My favorites comics are women (Kathy Griffin, Sarah Silverman) because I try to take people at face value, not for what's between their legs, and because I appreciate the adversaries female comics have to overcome to make it in an essentially male-dominated profession.

It's nothin to do with sexism LMAO

I've never seen American women do stand up this is about British comedians

[Me. I Am Salman]

Actually no wait that American lady who comes on mock the week occasionally is just awful

[King Gizzard]

I quite like Katherine Ryan but that's only because I am attracted to her and she is cute

[Mystic Mock]

I quite like Katherine Ryan but that's only because I am attracted to her and she is cute

I'm definitely gonna have to check her out immediately.:devil:

[Mystic Mock]

I've just checked and I've got to be honest I don't really see much there.

[joe199998293]

Sarah Millican is my all time favourite.

[Lee.]

I've been trying to remember for ages who wrote this piece... I've just found it.
I think he explains it pretty well :)

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/01/hitchens200701

[MTVN]

With you there Mock

[King Gizzard]

pictures don't do her justice tbf

she's got the girl next door vibe fam

[Kizzy]

What do you mean?

And I think they are all awful don't think that's unfair at all to think that tbh.

I mean what I said, I thought this thread had been started by someone else.
They can't be all awful as that would mean Victoria Wood is awful and she isn't.

[Lee.]

I mean what I said, I thought this thread had been started by someone else.
They can't be all awful as that would mean Victoria Wood is awful and she isn't.

Oh god, to me she is.

She's about as funny as Sandy Toksfig

[Josy]

I mean what I said, I thought this thread had been started by someone else.
They can't be all awful as that would mean Victoria Wood is awful and she isn't.

And that's only your opinion, mines is they are all awful :idc:

[King Gizzard]

josy is a pretty awful comedian

[Lee.]

josy is a pretty awful comedian

I can honestly say josy has made me laugh on more occasions than all comediennes put together :idc:

[Kizzy]

Well then.. if josy is a comedian then you just proved women are funny.... I win :joker:

[MTVN]

I've been trying to remember for ages who wrote this piece... I've just found it.
I think he explains it pretty well :)

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/01/hitchens200701

This is very very true

you will certainly have heard the following from a female friend who is enumerating the charms of a new (male) squeeze: "He's really quite cute, and he's kind to my friends, and he knows all kinds of stuff, and he's so funny … " (If you yourself are a guy, and you know the man in question, you will often have said to yourself, "Funny? He wouldn't know a joke if it came served on a bed of lettuce with sauce béarnaise.") However, there is something that you absolutely never hear from a male friend who is hymning his latest (female) love interest: "She's a real honey, has a life of her own … [interlude for attributes that are none of your business] … and, man, does she ever make 'em laugh."

[GypsyGoth]

Whilst on the subject of Josies who are funny and make us laugh, this is Josie Long and she's one of my fave comedians.

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[King Gizzard]

in other words careers advice lady from skins

[GypsyGoth]

Oh, I've never actually watched Skins.

[King Gizzard]

I also saw an advert with her in it for that Set List program on Sky Atlantic

[GypsyGoth]

I also saw an advert with her in it for that Set List program on Sky Atlantic

:amazed:

I'll definitely check that out.

[Roy Mars III]

there are no funny female stand up comics, and females in general are not as funny as men

[MeMyselfAndI]

Miranda Hart is hilarious

[Ammi]

..I'm not sure they're any less funny than males in stand-up..there aren't many male stand-ups that are funny either..but females like Kristen Wiig are funny with well written lines in movies etc...stand-up in general is just awful/nothing original...

[Shaun]

ammi that's nonsense :nono: there're plenty of awesome stand-ups... Eddie Izzard, Richard Pryor, Billy Connolly, Tommy Cooper, Bill Hicks, Bill Bailey, Stewart Lee, Louis CK, Patrice O'Neal, Doug Stanhope, Woody Allen, Omid Djalili (although once you've seen one set, you've seen them all)

granted, not many today, but to say stand-up in general is awful is pretty silly.

i dunno if women are more suited to writing comedy than actually performing it in this format... there're plenty of good examples of great comic writers that're female (Wiig, Fey, Poehler, Brand, french + saunders, perkins + giedroyc, mccarthy...)

[Ammi]

..yeah, but a lot of those are 'old style'..and there isn't any really original ones anymore, I don't think..to me, it's almost a generic formula of stand up..I remember going to see Billy Connolly and I was literally crying, but there is no one who would make me do that anymore..of the 'current' ones...not in a stand up, anyway/movies can still do that...


..but with the female ones, some tend to base a lot of their stand up on typically female things rather than general human nature things so they immediately exclude some audience because males don't relate to that..and not all females do either..well, they do but it isn't necessarily something they find funny in stand up...same old, same old....

[Ammi]

..oh and also, with Richard Prior/Eddie Izzard..(who I adore...)..a lot of it is 'visual' and I can't think of any female comedians who are so good at that..

[Kyle]

It's cos whenever I see a woman on stage I expect her to take her clothes off.

[thesheriff443]

men only laugh at a woman's jokes if they are trying to get in their knickers or if they want their dinner cooked.

[armand.kay]

I don't really like standup comedy so I wouldn't of noticed.

[smeagol]

The only good one is joan rivers. she is better than most of the guys.

[Kizzy]

Judging by the success of stars such as Victoria Wood, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Tracey Ulman, Ruby Wax, Jo Brand, Helen Degeneres, Miranda Hart and Saran Millican it seems lots of people find some women very funny.

[Josy]

Judging by the success of stars such as Victoria Wood, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Tracey Ulman, Ruby Wax, Jo Brand, Helen Degeneres, Miranda Hart and Saran Millican it seems lots of people find some women very funny.

Finding those mentioned funny in general and then finding them funny during stand up routines are 2 completely different things though Kizzy a lot of the names you mentioned there have had a lot more going on than stand up.

[arista]

I'm sorry but it's true :idc: why?
watching one now and cringing so hard



There is a Good Funny Iranian Lady

[Samm]

Joan rivers :worship:

[Verbal]

Joan rivers :worship:

What a vile human being she is. Eugh. Not the best example to use for this argument.

[Kizzy]

Finding those mentioned funny in general and then finding them funny during stand up routines are 2 completely different things though Kizzy a lot of the names you mentioned there have had a lot more going on than stand up.

Yes josy I did/ do find them all funny many did stand up in the 90s on friday/sat night live, just for laughs and the secret policemens ball.
Some have gone on to do other things but began their careers doing stand up as many comedians do.
You may not find female stand up funny but it is my opinion it is.

[Verbal]

Shappi Khorsandi
Kathy Burke
Rachel Bloom
Sarah Silverman

All very funny women

[Josy]

Yes josy I did/ do find them all funny many did stand up in the 90s on friday/sat night live, just for laughs and the secret policemens ball.
Some have gone on to do other things but began their careers doing stand up as many comedians do.
You may not find female stand up funny but it is my opinion it is.

I know that but I quoted your post to point out that some (myself included) don't find some of those names funny at all during stand up but do in other things, that's all, I wouldn't say all of their success was down to stand up tbh.

[Alf]

This lady is a comedy genius, sadly i can't find much of her stand up stuff
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This is legendary, especially that great line "beat me on the bottom with a woman's weekly"
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[Verbal]

Hell no. Victoria Wood makes me want to vomit blood.

[Me. I Am Salman]

I'm not saying ALL female stand up comedians are awful, there are a few good ones I just mean in general

and like Josy said this isn't about female comedians it's purely stand up, I love French and Saunders

[Alf]

Hell no. Victoria Wood makes me want to vomit blood.
Victoria is generally touted as Britain's number one comedienne, so maybe the problem is you don't have a sense of humour, you ever thought about it that way?

[Verbal]

Victoria is generally touted as Britain's number one comedienne, so maybe the problem is you don't have a sense of humour, you ever thought about it that way?

No, I have a sense of humour. Why do you feel the need to answer a perfectly reasonable point by being so bitchy, you ever though about that?

[Alf]

No, I have a sense of humour.
Sounds like it

[Kizzy]

I know that but I quoted your post to point out that some (myself included) don't find some of those names funny at all during stand up but do in other things, that's all, I wouldn't say all of their success was down to stand up tbh.

Yes you already made that point josy, a lot of comedians make their name on the stand up comedy circuit before being approached to do other things or writing for other people.
I understand you don't like female stand up as much as I don't like snow.

[MeMyselfAndI]

It seems more like a mental thing, like seeing a female at stand up automatically wont be funny no matter what their material. Thankfully guys aren't as catty

[Vicky.]

I dont think I have ever found any standup comedian funny. Male or female :S

[Chuck]

Joan rivers :worship:

:lovedup:

[the truth]

Simply put , because women cannot laugh at themselves

take genius like laurel and hardy all the humour is at their own expense laughing at themselves and the absurd situations in which they find themselves
if women could learn to laugh at themselves more , one glorious day they may learn to be funny

[Ammi]

..I think males and females both laugh at themselves and certainly comedians of both genders use that material in stand-up...guys say...hey what about this/when this happens...and females do the same, oh, come in ladies etc...but the thing is for a female comedian in doing that, she kind of niches her audience, I think because lots of guys don't want to hear it and lots of females don't either/it's cringy/not funny..but when guys do the same and poke fun at their gender, lots of guys laugh and females do to, not because it's any more funny but just because females are polite and just lovely like that...as you know, I'm sure....

[Livia]

Simply put , because women cannot laugh at themselves
take genius like laurel and hardy all the humour is at their own expense laughing at themselves and the absurd situations in which they find themselves
if women could learn to laugh at themselves more , one glorious day they may learn to be funny

We could never be as funny as you. Unintentionally funny, I'll admit... but funny nonetheless.

[Kizzy]

Simply put , because women cannot laugh at themselves

take genius like laurel and hardy all the humour is at their own expense laughing at themselves and the absurd situations in which they find themselves
if women could' learn to laugh at themselves more , one glorious day they may learn to be funny

Lucille Ball?

[Mystic Mock]

Is that your tactic Sheriff?

[Mystic Mock]

Is that your tactic Sheriff?

This post was to do with Sheriff's laughing at women when they want their dinner cooked or get in their knickers post.

[Kazanne]

I think Kathy Burke is hilarious as is Catherine Tate

[the truth]

We could never be as funny as you. Unintentionally funny, I'll admit... but funny nonetheless.

thanks for proving my point 100% accurate:dance:

[Gstar]

I like female comedians :s

[the truth]

I like female comedians :s
comediennes......pls give us some of your favourite anecdotes

[Marsh.]

I don't think they like to be called comedienne's because of some PC reason.

The same way a lot of "female actors" don't like being called "actresses". They are actors. :laugh:

[MTVN]

I suppose it is weird that there are different names for them, 'comedian' and 'actor' both seem pretty gender neutral to me

Especially comedian, I would never say comedienne

[the truth]

I don't think they like to be called comedienne's because of some PC reason.

The same way a lot of "female actors" don't like being called "actresses". They are actors. :laugh:

the petty twats kiss my actorly ass

[Gstar]

comediennes......pls give us some of your favourite anecdotes

all the black female comedians are funny because I can relate to them, sarah, miranda, some other ones I'm not good with names

[the truth]

all the black female comedians are funny because I can relate to them, sarah, miranda, some other ones I'm not good with names

yet no anecdotes? strange?

[Gstar]

obviously there are anecdotes

[Niamh.]

Simply put , because women cannot laugh at themselves

take genius like laurel and hardy all the humour is at their own expense laughing at themselves and the absurd situations in which they find themselves
if women could learn to laugh at themselves more , one glorious day they may learn to be funny

God almighty I really really hope that this is some sort of a persona you've created on here to wind people up because I really despair if you actually think that way

[Jesus.]

God almighty I really really hope that this is some sort of a persona you've created on here to wind people up because I really despair if you actually think that way

Shut it wench. Let the man speak...

[Niamh.]

Shut it wench. Let the man speak...

:laugh: