The 50 Funniest Women of All Time (#40 – 31)
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40. Miranda Hart
Highest individual rank: #16 (Sarah Beattie)
“Manicures: Which are basically just holding hands with a stranger for forty-five minutes whilst listening to Enya.”
39. Carol Leifer
Highest individual rank: #22 (Corey Chapman)
“When you’re single again, at the beginning you’re very optimistic and you say, ‘I want to meet someone who’s really smart, really sweet, really sensitive.’ And six months later you’re like, ‘Lord, any mammal with a day job.”
38. Madeline Kahn
Highest individual rank: #13 (Chris Tanski)
“I hated her so.. much.. it it.. the fl.. flames, flames on the side of my face-“
37. Jo Brand
Highest individual rank: #6 (Sarah Beattie)
“All these programs on telly about women being domestic goddesses are just not true are they? I’d like to have a program that truly represented how women approach the housework. And if I did, it would be called ‘Fuck It, That’ll Do’.”
36. Paula Poundstone
Highest individual rank: #21 (Will West)
“Inside [the Pop-Tarts Box] there are three pouches of two. This is what happens to me: I open the first pouch, and I eat one tart, and I enjoy it very much, as naturally I would. And then I feel, ‘Well, I have to eat the second one or it will go stale.’ Well, now I’ve eaten two, and it’s no longer just a snack, it’s a meal. I figure I may as well eat two more. And then finally I’m just like, ‘Well hell, I don’t just want two pop tarts hangin’ out in a box.’ I eat the last two just to tidy up, really.”
35. Rosie O’Donnell
Highest individual rank: #23 (Corey Chapman)
“Ever have a four year old tell you a joke? It takes about 2 hours, has no semblance of order, wanders aimlessly. YOU have to know when it’s over.”
34. Amy Schumer
Highest individual rank: #8 (Sarah Beattie)
Schumer dated WWE wrestler Dolph Ziggler, but they broke up because “the sex was too athletic”.
“Nothing good ever happens in a blackout. I’ve never woken up and been like, ‘What is this Pilates mat doing out?'”
33. Nicole Sullivan
Highest individual rank: #12 (Will West)
“Once you’re able to look like an idiot and be okay with it, it opens up your potential.”
32. Lily Tomlin
Highest individual rank: #8 (eclectik)
“We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.”
31. Whoopi Goldberg
Highest individual rank: #11 (Sarah Beattie)
“I don’t have pet peeves, I have whole kennels of irritation.”
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