That's awesome! She's always been one of my very favorite comics. 😊❤

I've met her a few times at appearances. She stays and signs whatever we have and takes pictures and is just so nice.

Then you must be so old and it toke you ages to write this comment so thank you for the effort

dunno; watching now, but, yeah, always enjoy (on npr.org) her p.o.v.

@FilmsFor SMARTpeople Ah you ventured over to the Weird Side of KZfaq, I see They have full autopsy videos on here - not kidding, the one I watched was filmed in a less developed country and the man performing the procedure was using what honestly appeared to be a steak knife on the body It was interesting but not something I would've suffered without seeing

I adore Kathleen Madigan!

Sarah Millican

Jonathan Adams Ertel. Rivers was just mean

Jonathan Adams Ertel Joan Rivers was foul mouthed and mean.

She keeps the laughter going for her entire time on stage.

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A mystery

i know, i'm dying to find the harvard special she did back then too!

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This is the June 27 felony complaint filed against Paula Poundstone by the Los Angeles District Attorney. Prosecutors charged the 41-year-old comedian with three counts of performing a lewd act upon the body of a girl under the age of 14. She was also hit with one count of child abuse (which allegedly involved two boys and two girls). Poundstone was released from the Santa Monica jail after posting $200,000 bail.

Lol yes that's why I had to look her up haha

Some male comedians, as well!

Late af, but Ellen didn’t have a big drinking and child abuse scandal. Paula did.

Kaecey the panda~It seems that having a closet full of skeletons is not necessarily a deal-breaker these days. She's definitely funnier than Ellen and I find her to be more genuine.

I'm super late with this too but I always hear people comparing her to Ellen and it makes me nutty. The difference is Ellen wanted the kind of career she has and made personal sacrifices to her privacy and image in the process, and Paula is perfectly happy doing what she does now. She still is famous in her own right and constantly works, and the benefits of her not having the kind of career Ellen has are that are she doesn't have a huge image of being an iconic philanthropist and role model to keep up every minute of every day. By the way, Paula did try to have a talk show at one point, but every single comedian does in their career whether it's their own idea or cooked up via agency to boost visibility and meet people in the hopes of getting other work. Ellen, however wanted to do a show and worked very hard to rebound after some dark years after her sitcom. Also became America's supportive funny friend and everywoman after 9/11 due to her hosting the Emmys that year which was probably the most memorable awards ceremony ever because it was the first big non-government event after 9/11, and with a bit of behind the scenes luck got picked up and her new talk show took off. The fact she was already a proven sitcom actor helped her in that as well. However, for every story like Ellen's there's at least 500 more of a notable person or actor or comedian who worked on a show idea that never made it to tv. Out of that many ideas, probably only 50 get developed and written in conjunction with a tv production company if they are interested, and out of those maybe only 10 will get the crew funding and studio space and time to record a test pilot episode for networks to preview. Out of those 10 maybe, just maybe, 1 of them will eventually make it to tv after getting a network production contract and a dedicated crew. Paula did get to do a pilot of a talk show some years ago, but it didn't get picked up, and such is life, and now she's happy doing her own thing. If that really was her thing, to be an Ellen so to speak, she could definitely do it, but it comes with lots of personal sacrifices you need to make in the process. These would be especially demanding considering she has children while Ellen currently doesn't. If the roles were reversed I'm sure people would say "Why isn't Ellen as famous as Paula"

Kaecy and COOL - You're comparing two woman's comedy by sexual orientation. Any idea how insulting that is? Do you ever compare which fat, heterosexual male comedians were better? 'Rodney Dangerfield! No, it was Chris Farley. No, it was Ralphie May. No, it was Sam Kinison." Judge them on their chops, or not at all.

Majoofi Thank you!