You know, I'm gonna give you a history lesson.

We got some dumb-ass motherfuckers floating around this country.

Stop laughing.

And when I do, start fucking.

Also, y'all did some nasty-ass jokes on my ass, too.

Funny jokes and unfunny jokes come out of the same birth.

You fucking guys are unbelievable.

Why are you laughing?

Evening, everybody.

Welcome to another episode of Why You Laughing, a history of comedy podcast.

And today, I am pleased introduced to you, Paula Poundstone, one of the true first

oddball ladies of comedy.

There is really, like, doesn't fit any mold she is an absolute

weirdo um and not necessarily for me but i wanted to talk about paul poundstone for a few reasons

a she is definitely a name and comedy and unlike uh we talked about richard jenny last week

and some people think i was too hard on poor old Richard Jenny, which that may be true.

And to be fair, and I should have said this during the episode.

What I did that was unfair to Richard Jenny.

And it's unfair.

This entire show is unfair in this way.

You can't really dissect comedy that's supposed to be of the time in that room and,

you know, 20, 30 years later, be like, I don't get it. It's not entirely fair for me to do that.

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