I was thinking about this subject the other day when I heard that Ellen Degeneres is going to host the Oscars this year. (Someone told me once that I look like Ellen...what the...? but that's another story). So here are some women who I think are funny:
Actors/movie stars:
Parker Posey
Catherine O'Hara
-> both Christopher Guest regulars
Toni Collette
Elaine Benes (yes, the character, not the actress in her other roles I've seen)
I think Ellen is sorta funny
OK, so that list is rather short. I'm not including women in romantic comedies who have funny roles (i.e Meg Ryan or Julia Roberts); I'm talking about truly comedic women here.
So here are women I know personally who have a witty way about them:
Grandma Belz and her sisters (especially the late Aunt Billie)
My mom and her two sisters, Sara and Julie
Sisters-in-law Kim and Andrea
There are several other women who are not related to me who I know will make me laugh whenever I'm around them, but for the sake of brevity I won't name them all here. My point is this: it seems that funny men are a dime a dozen, but when I come across a truly comedic woman, she is usually much more funny to me than a room full of funny men. Case in point: my grandmother could outwit a roomful of my uncles any day of the week.
