Which of These Ladies is Your Favorite Stand-up Comedian?

by ABC News U.S. Posted 2012/08/21 06:59:56

Related Topics: Phyllis Diller, Joan Rivers, Kathy Griffin

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	Joan Rivers	920 votes	11%
	Phyllis Diller	2,816 votes	32%
	Roseanne	375 votes	4%
	Ellen DeGeneres	3,910 votes	45%
	Kathy Griffin	724 votes	8%

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Brad # 2486547 2012/08/22 12:39:57 (edited)

Ellen DeGeneres

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I would say that Carol Burnett was the best.

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Bahja's girl 2012/09/13 20:52:04

Ellen DeGeneres

She da only one I know lol

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RaRaKitteh 2012/08/26 17:19:58

Ellen DeGeneres

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GaolBlaze 2012/08/25 01:28:39

Joan Rivers

Don't know the others, except Ellen, and I cannot stand that woman.

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Sheery 2012/08/23 22:54:15

Phyllis Diller

+1
I liked the older comedians Phyllis Diller was a true American classic as Carol Burnette .

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Lulu's Mom 2012/08/23 22:11:24

Ellen DeGeneres

I really like all of them. But Ellen is the least abrasive of this bunch.

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happyman 2012/08/23 21:38:16

Phyllis Diller

+1
Phyllis

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wpsark_BN_0 2012/08/23 21:37:04

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen by far, I liked Lisa Lampanelli until I saw her whiney ass on The Apprentice...comedienne's should be funny all of the time, like Ellen.

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EastIndianFemme 2012/08/23 21:17:09

Ellen DeGeneres

and Kathy Griffin; a lot of womyn comics make me laugh!! It's too bad that boys don't think that womyn comics are funnier than their male comic counterparts; sexist male pigs!!

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MOMMA THOMAS 2012/08/23 21:05:43

Ellen DeGeneres

+1
ELLEN NOW, ....LUCY IN THE PAST.

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Tamara McMillan 2012/08/23 21:04:56

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen from those choices. . . Where's Som'more and many others??

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Of Thee I Sing... 2012/08/23 20:58:08

Phyllis Diller

None of these...........I choose

Amy Shumer!...she beats them all.....hands down!

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lolo 2012/08/23 19:41:44

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen and Phyllis Diller are the only ones out of that group that I can actually stomach.

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Lerro DeHazel 2012/08/23 16:58:59

Kathy Griffin

I really don't know most of these people. However, I remember Diller when she used to do those stupid Laundry Detergent Commercials, back in the 60s. She was anything but a "Stand up" anything. She sucked. Her Original Fog-Horn-Type of Cackle was extremely gross. No matter where she wound-up, she was always out-of-place. She couldn't even pronounce the word; "Protein" . . . Diller was just a waste that ABC invested in . . . . Then she really screwed-up when she started having those Zsa Zsa Gabor type Face-Lifts. It's kind of sad; but still, she's the one that sucked; not the innocent viewers. She got paid for it.

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Sofahead 2012/08/23 15:40:41

Phyllis Diller

Also Ellen DeGeneres. Joan Rivers too but she used to be better,

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JJ 2012/08/23 15:25:02

Phyllis Diller

+1
I always liked her.

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♥Gabs1697♥ 2012/08/23 15:22:30

Ellen DeGeneres

I freaking love her!!! ♥ My favorite episode!

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Jane 2012/08/23 15:07:16 (edited)

Kathy Griffin

+1
Phyllis Diller was more of a clown, she mostly made fun of herself. Awesome lady.
But Sarah Silverman is the funniest.

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autumn brodle 2012/08/23 14:13:03

Joan Rivers

i meant to pick ellen but i thought that no one would pick her i didn't mean to pick joan

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Tiah 2012/08/23 11:16:36

Ellen DeGeneres

For the win!

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Man_Bear_Pig 2012/08/23 10:14:15

Ellen DeGeneres

+1
Omg Kathy Griffin? Are you kidding me?! Just not funny.

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AskZilla 2012/08/23 08:57:34

Kathy Griffin

I was going to pick Phylilis, but she's dead. The question read 'is' not was. Kathy's cool though.

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TheTruth1313 2012/08/23 07:52:48

Joan Rivers

+2
Ellen, Diller and Rivers are all hilarious!!

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Stryder 2012/08/23 05:12:54

Joan Rivers

+2
I voted for Joan, but Phyllis started it all. She broke all the barriers for female comediennes.

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★Calliope★ 2012/08/23 05:08:10

Phyllis Diller

+2
Always a lady despite her shtick.

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MandaLynne 2012/08/23 04:42:14

Phyllis Diller

+2
Funny without being crass or crude.

I like Ellen, too.

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Klaudia c: 2012/08/23 02:41:12

Ellen DeGeneres

+1
Of course it's Ellen she's funny smart amazing kind who wouldn't love her :3 She's perfect and she's very pretty and respectful :) And her marriage with Portia is fascinating the way they look at each other is damn beautiful :3

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Mae 2012/08/23 02:03:38

Phyllis Diller

+2
Phyllis was a category all to herself, she was so outrageous! She'd make you laugh just by her walking out onto the stage, her get-ups and her hair! I loved Phyllis because her humor was self-depreciating, but never mean or nasty.

Carol Burnett was the greatest sketch comedienne ever, but of the modern comediennes, Ellen DeGeneres is the best, because she can actually make you laugh without being nasty, dirty or gross, like so many of the modern comedians are, male or female.

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Tim Upham to Mae 2012/08/23 18:38:09

+1
What made Phyllis Diller and Carol Burnett so funny, was their lack of dignity. Phyllis Diller with her stand-up monologues, and Carol Burnett in her sketch comedy doing parodies of classic motion pictures. Phyllis Diller was verbally klutzy, and Carol Burnett was performing on stage klutzy.

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Mae to Tim Upham 2012/08/25 13:12:21

Yeah, that's what made them so fun to watch! They didn't mind doing jokes on the most everyday things, for Phyllis, it was in her stand-up, for Carol, her skits were endlessly entertaining. I can't think of a single modern female comedienne who does funny physical comedy. Modern comedians' idea of comedy lacking dignity means bathroom humor and x-rated jokes. Pretty sad, really.

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Tim Upham to Mae 2012/08/30 18:28:16

That is the unique talent that both Phyllis Diller and Carol Burnett have. Comedy does require talent.

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TasselLady 2012/08/23 01:11:52

Phyllis Diller

+4
Can't beat the old fashioned humor!

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Linda 2012/08/23 00:55:18

Ellen DeGeneres

+3
And Phyllis Diller next. Both are great. The others, they grate on you.

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Inquisitve Kat 2012/08/23 00:48:40

Ellen DeGeneres

+2
That was an easy choice!

Roseanne can be hard to take, but I'm surprised she's scoring lower than Joan Rivers and, especially, Kathy Griffin.

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Grandpa 2012/08/22 22:24:00

Joan Rivers

+3
DeGeneres is not a comedian >. Shes a talk show host >> And not funney at all

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Inquisi... to Grandpa 2012/08/23 00:50:31

+3

She is a comedian... she's had a career outside of her talk show. And, many people think she's hilarious (just look at the results for this question).

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Grandpa to Inquisi... 2012/08/23 14:12:17

No thanks >> To me she is a talk show host and not funny

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EastInd... to Inquisi... 2012/08/23 21:23:31

+1
A-Womon!!

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★Calliope★ to Grandpa 2012/08/23 05:10:00

+1
She's a comedian. I just don't find her very funny.

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Stryder to Grandpa 2012/08/23 05:15:59

Actually, she did standup for years before becoming a talk show host. Just like Leno, Letterman, and Conan.

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dandieselonian 2012/08/22 21:51:39

Joan Rivers

I want a lying down ladie comedian , nothing like have a good laugh after sex.

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