Adam Carolla, unfunny comedian, thinks women aren’t funny
Irony alert! The "comic" thinks "dudes are funnier than chicks." Oh yeah? Explain Dane Cook
Topics: Comedy, Dr. Drew, Jimmy Kimmel, Entertainment News
Adam Carolla giving his opinions about comedy is like Mitt Romney offering his thoughts on the BET awards. Of course nobody’s going to take it seriously. Adam Carolla knows this. He also happens to have a brand-new book out, so he has an investment in doing whatever provocative thing he can to get publicity. Which means, Hey, why not throw an entire gender under the bus for the sake of attention?
In an interview with the New York Post, the former co-host of “The Man Show” had plenty to say about the comedic limitations of the fairer sex. Describing the world of entertainment, he explained:
They make you hire a certain number of chicks, and they’re always the least funny on the writing staff. The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks. If my daughter has a mediocre sense of humor, I’m just gonna tell her, ‘Be a staff writer for a sitcom. Because they’ll have to hire you, they can’t really fire you, and you don’t have to produce that much. It’ll be awesome.’
And then, just to make sure he offended a few more people, he added:
When you’re picking a basketball team, you’ll take the brother over the guy with the yarmulke. Why? Because you’re playing the odds. When it comes to comedy, of course there’s Sarah Silverman, Tina Fey, Kathy Griffin — super-funny chicks. But if you’re playing the odds? No. If Joy Behar or Sherri Shepherd was a dude, they’d be off TV. They’re not funny enough for dudes. What if Roseanne Barr was a dude? Think we’d know who she was? Honestly.
Roseanne? She’s the one with five more Emmys and six more Golden Globes than your zero, right? Yeah, she’s no Drew Pinsky.
Thank you for your all-knowing wisdom, person who also says that “I just believe a mom and dad is better than two dads or two moms. I don’t believe this, I just know this.” Also, “I’m not into the welfare state, I’m not into all those freebie lunch programs.” Because you totally know what time it is! Also, as long we’re making sweeping generalizations about large groups of people here, let’s just point out that Carolla is a Republican. And if you’re “playing the odds,” you know how side-splitting they are.
Mary Elizabeth Williams is a staff writer for Salon and the author of "Gimme Shelter: My Three Years Searching for the American Dream." Follow her on Twitter: @embeedub. More Mary Elizabeth Williams.




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