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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I didn't particularly want these. 13
names, most of which I've never heard of and the one I definitely have
heard of (Griffin) isn't very funny at all. By the way, I watched the clip
of "your favorite." Wow! Thanks for helping out with my assertion. If that's the
cream of your female comedy crop, the feminine funny famine is in full flower.
Listing more of the same will just dig a dry well wider not deeper.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>g</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>----- Original Message ----- </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>From: "Tom Hansen" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>thansen@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT size=2
face=Arial>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>To: "g. crabtree" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>jampot@roadrunner.com</FONT></A><FONT size=2
face=Arial>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Cc: "Moscow Vision 2020" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>vision2020@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT size=2
face=Arial>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:42
PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say
What?</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT size=2
face=Arial>> Just to name a few, g . . .<BR>> <BR>> Maryellen
Hooper<BR>> </FONT><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TW4NSCxlLo"><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TW4NSCxlLo</FONT></A><BR><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>> <BR>> Kathy Griffin<BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9jHSp2mczI"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9jHSp2mczI</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=2
face=Arial>> <BR>> Rita Rudner<BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS1tJ6UF0Kw"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS1tJ6UF0Kw</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=2
face=Arial>> <BR>> Aisha Tyler<BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGsH1zKo0iY"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGsH1zKo0iY</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=2
face=Arial>> <BR>> Judy Tenuta<BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1ridwVQq4I"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1ridwVQq4I</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=2
face=Arial>> <BR>> Pam Stone<BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPZQ6K0DmaU"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPZQ6K0DmaU</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=2
face=Arial>> <BR>> Kathleen Madigan<BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w5FIPR818k"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w5FIPR818k</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=2
face=Arial>> <BR>> Caroline Rhea<BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E0jjPiueaI"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E0jjPiueaI</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=2
face=Arial>> <BR>> Wendy Liebman<BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yV3VLep9tA"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yV3VLep9tA</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=2
face=Arial>> <BR>> Elayne Boosler (my personal favorite)<BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVqemKhy8sE"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVqemKhy8sE</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=2
face=Arial>> <BR>> Kate Clinton<BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkkRYC781zk"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkkRYC781zk</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=2
face=Arial>> <BR>> Danielle Broussard<BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0cYZVrkfeU"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0cYZVrkfeU</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=2
face=Arial>> <BR>> Sherry Davey<BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYN-B3YJhlc"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYN-B3YJhlc</FONT></A><BR><FONT size=2
face=Arial>> <BR>> Let me know if you want more.<BR>> <BR>> Tom
Hansen<BR>> Moscow, Idaho<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>> This comes as no surprise. There is a
perfectly good reason that there are<BR>>> few female writers for most of
these shows and that is because, for the<BR>>> most part, women are not
particularly funny. A case in point would be one<BR>>> of the few shows in
the last decade that does use a preponderance of<BR>>> female writers,
Saturday Night Live. Hasn't been funny (read painfully<BR>>> unfunny) for
about 10 years or so. Name an amusing female stand up comic<BR>>> working
today. Lampinelli? Sykes? Silverman? Cho? Not a belly laugh<BR>>> amongst
the lot. As with math skills and upper body strength this is<BR>>> simply
an area in which the fairer sex is simply lacking. There are plenty<BR>>>
of traits that women possess in spades and I'm not saying that the
ladies<BR>>> can't occasionally understand and "get" a joke when they hear
one but, for<BR>>> the most part, the ability to "be funny" is as rare in
the human female as<BR>>> feathers on frogs.<BR>>><BR>>>
g<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> ----- Original Message -----<BR>>>
From: "Tom Hansen" <</FONT><A href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com"><FONT size=2
face=Arial>thansen@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT size=2 face=Arial>><BR>>>
To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <</FONT><A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>vision2020@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT size=2
face=Arial>><BR>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 5:36
AM<BR>>> Subject: [Vision2020] Say
What?<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>> "At this moment, there are more
females serving on the United States<BR>>>> Supreme Court than there
are writing for Late Show with David Letterman,<BR>>>> The Jay Leno
Show, and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien combined. Out<BR>>>> of
the 50 or so comedy writers working on these programs, exactly
zero<BR>>>> are<BR>>>> women. It would be funny if it weren't
true."<BR>>>><BR>>>> - Nell Scovell, former writer for David
Letterman<BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>> Seeya round town,
Moscow.<BR>>>><BR>>>> Tom Hansen<BR>>>> Moscow,
Idaho<BR>>>><BR>>>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind,
the Optimist expects it to<BR>>>> change<BR>>>> and the
Realist adjusts his sails."<BR>>>><BR>>>> -
Unknown<BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>>
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