A Day in the Life of a Female Comedian

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James Burns

 

All credit to the folks at Funny or Die for this great 'exclusive' about life as a female comedian! Yes, we've been there… life imitating reality or vice versa?

Yes, we've heard numerous versions of 'the period joke', seen the tampons worn as earrings and heard many attempts at the female version of the 'bloke joke'.  

Funny Or Die is a comedy video website that combines user-generated content with original, exclusive content. The site is a place where celebrities, established and up-and-coming comedians and regular users can all put up stuff they think is funny. 

Funny Or Die was created by the guys at Gary Sanchez Productions (Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy) and a bunch of Silicon Valley ‘dudes and ladies’. Michael Kvamme, an aspiring young comedian, came up with a concept for a new kind of comedy site and told his dad, Mark Kvamme of Sequoia Capital to write a cheque. Randy Adams, a Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur, also signed on to handle design and implementation. Now, Funny Or Die has offices in Japan, Madagascar and Bahn, nine full time lobbyists in Washington and an elite private security force consisting of four hundred soldiers and six attack helicopters. True or false?
 
Comments and suggestions are welcomed: atsuggestions@funnyordie.com 24 hours a day, 8 days a week which is great for comedy insomniacs!
 

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