This is so awesome! So proud I could put this event together and so grateful that BAM invited me to do so. Four of my favorite comics in the entire world. Total heroes.

whocaresaboutactresses:

Last Friday, Bullseye Comedy Night at BAM featured and celebrated female comedians, such as Aisha Tyler, Maria Bamford, Aparna Nancherla, and Ali Wong (see clips below). It began with a video by Jesse Thorn that inverted the all-too-typical “women can’t be funny” claim and turned it on men. It was framed as a serious public apology, like one a politician would make after cheating on his wife or misallocating campaign funds.

The night featured Ali Wong:

(Watch ABC’s Fresh Off The Boat to see more comedy by one of their writers, Ali Wong)

Aisha Tyler:



(Watch her voice Lana on FX’s Archer)

Aparna Nancherla:

(Follow Aparna Nancherla on Twitter @aparnapkin)

and Maria Bamford:

(Check out Maria Bamford’s Youtube Series, The Maria Bamford Show)

After watching these four brilliant women talk about being a woman, dating, race, age, and mental illness, and manage to make even the darkest subject matter hilarious, it’s amazing anyone would have ever said “women aren’t funny.”

Contributed by comedy writer Hannah Murphy for WhoCaresAboutActresses

