rockaction
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All things constant, do you date the funny lady? Not the one with the sense of humor, but the one who is outwardly and vociferously funny?
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Would You Date A Comedienne? (1 Viewer)
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Henry Ford
Footballguy
I guess as long as my wife were okay with it.
Baloney Sandwich
Footballguy
Funny women are very rare, if you can find one that is attractive you have got yourself an unicorn.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
AcerFC
Footballguy
Iliza Shslessinger is attractive. I don't know about funny.
In certain days, Chelsea Handler isnt bad
I kind of dig Jen Kirkman, but she may fall into women you oddly find attractive thread. Not sure
Whitney Cummings is better than average.
Maybe Natasha Leggero
Nicole Arbour
McGarnicle
Footballguy
No way. I don't want someone who's good at making fun of me when I inevitably screw up.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
For sure. Just a tiny step below musician on the hot scale.
rockaction
Footballguy
This is what I'm getting at. Not only do comedians have a special knack for observation, they might be neurotic enough to make our foibles incredibly sad, pathetic, and funny at the same time. No way I want that constant reminder in my life.
Child: Daddy, who is Mommy making fun of all the time?
Father: Daddy
Child: Why is everybody laughing at Daddy?
Father: Because Mommy is a Funny Lady
Child: I think it's mean, Daddy
Father: It's okay, Mikey, Mommy is a unicorn. They're special.
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Henry Ford
Footballguy
otb_lifer
Footballguy
i have ZERO interest in some broad who is gonna be running schtick, trying bits, using props, etc 
same for chix into sports - G'BYE!!1! 
i've always gravitated to the moody, mercurial ... passionate artistic bent, with a free and independent spirit - e.g. Rava from 'Seinfeld' (she's from Finland, for god's sake ... FINLAND!)
yeah, no desire to be bored stiff with a Henrietta Youngman.
ymmv, but irdgaf
same for chix into sports - G'BYE!!1! i've always gravitated to the moody, mercurial ... passionate artistic bent, with a free and independent spirit - e.g. Rava from 'Seinfeld' (she's from Finland, for god's sake ... FINLAND!)
yeah, no desire to be bored stiff with a Henrietta Youngman.
ymmv, but irdgaf
rockaction
Footballguy
i have ZERO interest in some broad who is gonna be running schtick, trying bits, using props, etc
i've always gravitated to the moody, mercurial ... passionate artistic bent, with a free and independent spirit - e.g. Rava from 'Seinfeld' (she's from Finland, for god's sake ... FINLAND!)
yeah, no desire to be bored stiff with a Henrietta Youngman.
ymmv, but irdgaf
Friend: Oh look, [X]'s girlfriend is being funny again.
2nd Friend: Who's the butt of her jokes this time?
Friend: One guess.
2nd Friend: Oh, he puts the [X] in ex-, doesn't he?
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
I don't know why someone wouldn't want to date someone who is funny. My wife and I definitely have a different sense of humor, but we still make each other laugh. Is it at each other's expense? Sometimes, but certainly not always. If you can't be the butt of a joke every now and then you need to stop taking yourself so seriously.
rockaction
Footballguy
I agree with all of this. I'm just not sure it's so easy to pick the one that isn't constantly putting your butt out in the ashtray.
All things constant and with her having a good sense of humor, do you pick the Funny Lady...
otb_lifer
Footballguy
Ditkaless Wonders
Footballguy
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
Well, I have a pretty biting sense of humor myself, so I can give as good as I get. I knew my wife for about 10 years before we got together. Giving each other a hard time was pretty much the way we flirted. I never once thought "ouch, that hurts." What I will say though is that she wasn't making those jokes in front of an audience. Maybe that changes it? I don't know.
rockaction
Footballguy
It definitely helps if you're on the same page with humor. Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman and Anthony Jeselnik and Amy Schumer were Exhibits A of that type of thing.Well, I have a pretty biting sense of humor myself, so I can give as good as I get. I knew my wife for about 10 years before we got together. Giving each other a hard time was pretty much the way we flirted. I never once thought "ouch, that hurts." What I will say though is that she wasn't making those jokes in front of an audience. Maybe that changes it? I don't know.
I don't mean to discount funny women. I was curious about other people's personality preferences. My preferences run more towards the really soft-spoken and kind women, but those with an ability to appreciate really good humor of all stripes.
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Homer J Simpson
I don't push
Dibs on Kate McKinnon. 
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
Thinking of Ali Wong's poor husband - Baby Cobra act from a few years ago. Although he is pretty lucky imo for the most part.
shifty
Footballguy
CletiusMaximus
Footballguy
My wife and I were watching a Sarah Silverman stand-up movie many years ago and I commented, she should call her act, "Check out my Boobs, They're Pretty Nice, Aren't They?"
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
I think there is a pretty wide range of personality types I would go for. I don't think I have a "type." It's pretty tough to answer a question like "all things being equal, which personality do you go for?" I don't think many of us have been in that situation before, because as you know, all things are never equal. But, bottom line, I don't think I could ever be with a woman long term who did not make me laugh.
rockaction
Footballguy
Cool. I've dated both funny women and women with a good sense of humor. I prefer the latter, but as you said, there is certainly a false constant I'm asking people to assume.
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shifty
Footballguy
Love me some Amy Schumer. I had front row seats to her show in Charlotte right before she hit it big (right after the roast show she was on). She used my glass to make a #### joke. Loved her ever since.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Raging weasel
Footballguy
otb_lifer
Footballguy
-OZ-
Footballguy
It's funny that most of us took the question to mean whether we would date a stand up comedian but that's not really what you're asking.
Your question seems more "would you date a woman who is the center of attention and funny".
Sure, though extreme extraversion can be exhausting.
rockaction
Footballguy
Well, I was thinking of stand-ups, but I actually think you've hit on the heart of it (not just saying that to be nice), only the stand-up makes it more manifest. Do you date the woman who can be the center of attention and funny and all that it brings?
I was really thinking of those personality traits that make it necessary or an outlet to be on stage, either literally or metaphorically.
I've been that guy who dates the presence. Sometimes...no fun. Better a well-timed word these days for me.
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wikkidpissah
Footballguy
My Mary was never a standup - mud wrestling (great) & punk bass (awful) were her performance media - but she was smart & savage & brash and we were often unfairly accused of preparing bits for social occasions because we were so uproarious together. Next to singing along during Lowell George's late-night jams on the road, the happiest i've ever been was when ScaryMary & I were first going out and we'd look up from our table to find that we'd become the floor show for the entire bar or restaurant. We were both wordly & worldly funny individuals, but together we had a thythm that made our public conversations almost porn. Nick & Nora, wikkid & ScaryMary, Hekyll & Jekyll is how i'd rank it, couplewise.
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-OZ-
Footballguy
I've dated the presence but it didn't last, she was a bit of a drama queen. My wife is funny but not the center of attention, and we're both non dramatic.
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
Now that's interesting. My wife fits this to a T, even if it is not for being funny. She loves attention, has no fear for being up in front of a crowd microphone in hand (even if it is not for being funny). She MC's our school auction, loves teaching spinning classes having a captive audience with a microphone in hand, will get up in front of a group for any reason with no fear. That kind of self confidence is impressive to me (and unknowingly a big part of what drew me to her most likely). But, myself being at the opposite end of that personality spectrum, it can be exhausting when I'm brought into it as her partner.
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
NO idea why she hasnt just zzzzzzzzoomed. When i saw her in Stepbrothers, i said, "there we go - next comedy bombshell" and..................................
Baloney Sandwich
Footballguy
I remember back in my single days that I had a date with this broad that I'd met online. We was some type of artist although I can't remember exactly what. Anyways, our first date is going well and I had been talking up the fact that I was a wanna-be stand up comedian. I had done an open mic night or two. Anyways, I really was talking that up because she was artistic and it seemed to turn her on. We are having a few drinks, I'm pretty sure she is going home with me but she keeps pressing me to provide her with a joke or two from "my act". I'm resisting but she keeps persisting when I finally relent. This was back in the days when the Catholic Church alter boy scandal had first broke in Boston so I give her a snippet of my alter boy jokes where I said I had relations with my priest but I was the one that ####ed him in the butt. People said I should still pursue it and I said "What? I'm going to sue Father Barrett because he didn't swallow?".
Date was over pretty quickly after that. F her.
Date was over pretty quickly after that. F her.
Chemical X
Footballguy
depends on the chick's shtick.
Galileo
Footballguy
I always thought Maria Bamford was pretty good looking. Haven't seen her in while though. Probably showing showing effects of aging now.
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
There were some sexy ladies during the New Wave comedy boom, when i was hanging out in clubs. They weren't all Boozlers & Poundstones. Sue Kolinsky, a friend of Susie Essman & Carol Leifer and, like most female New Wavers, who has been a comedy writer for like ever, was cute as lace pants. The late Judy Toll (who was in the 1st Curb) had a balcony you could do Shakespeare from and showed her material off so well that made it hard to concentrate on her material. There was one, though, Jann Karam, who was hot (she was one of Seinfeld's menage a trois) had a baby voice and actually did some pretty intimate material. In fact, one of the reasons she didn't go farther was the difficulty she created for men giving her a standing ovation.
