Some comedy to brighten your morning...
I don't really write jokes. I wait for stuff to happen in life, and then I tell it on stage.
Kathleen Madigan goes on a cruise [8:31]
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Anjelah Johnson doesn’t speak Spanish [5:12]
For people who've never seen me before, some of my material is quite a surprise. I look like your sister or neighbour, and then I come out with something quite dark or shocking, and it's so unexpected.
Sarah Millican
Sarah Millican on The Joys of Retirement [5:20]
It might sound dramatic and a little grandiose, but as a Latina, I would like to be someone that gives a voice to my culture.
Cristela Alonzo
Cristela Alonzo on English vs. Caucasian [4:35]
I've got Asperger's. I come at things from sideways.
Hannah Gadsby
Hannah Gadsby is a High-Functioning Autistic [6:24]
[T]he first big laugh I got was probably on A Prairie Home Companion. When I started on that show, I was 10 and I played Garrison Keillor’s conscience. And I don’t remember trying to be funny. I was just saying the words and my voice is very high and already funny and I think I just played it very straight, it worked really well against his baritone booming voice. That was probably the first really big reaction I got from a huge audience.
Erica Rhodes
Erica Rhodes dated a narcissist [4:33]
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