Get the girl

Christopher Hitchens wrote an article in Vanity Fair about why men are funnier than women.

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/01/hitchens200701

He says that ordinary guys have to be funny to get the girl. Looking at the hit movies and shows staring regular guys such as Will Farrell, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Jon Stewart, Donal Logue, Seth Rogan to name a few and let's not forget the whip smart but not a looker Christopher Hitchens proves the point. But what of women comedians? With current roaring exceptions like Tina Fey, Kathy Griffin and Samantha Bee, you don't find many women even on the list. And there is a list. Wikipedia's "List of Comedians" page has hundreds of men and dozens of women. And come to think of it, there aren't a ton of hilarious gay male comics. But there are a lot of funny lesbians trying to get the girl along with straight Jews and Catholics.

For the 20 year anniversary of Fresh Air, they replayed Terry's interview with Jerry Seinfeld that happened before the show that sent him into the stratosphere of success. He said that comedy is aggressive because you "force people to see things your way." You control people and make them laugh.

Let's get back to Kathy Griffin. Her comedy is aggressive. Pow! Pow! Pow! But I think she's aggressive in a feminine way. Like when a mother gives birth. There's no stronger aggressive impulse than to push a being out of your body. Or when flowers bloom. It takes an incredible amount of energy to burst that bud. Aggressive energy. It's what made Griffin's last interview on Larry King a knee slapper. Her quick wit and high energy threw Larry off to the point that he was getting pissed off. She wouldn't stick to the script or help him out at all. Pow! Pow! Pow!