Funny Ladies : The Best Humor from America's Funniest Women

by Bill Adler

• ISBN13: 9780740706127
• ISBN10: 0740706128
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-23
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Summary

Spanning more than 100 yearsworth of funny women in American, Funny Ladies offers witty words from the likes of Jane Fonda, Dorothy Parker, Phyllis Diller, and Bella Abzug. Readers will treasure the nearly 1,000 quotable quips in this delightful new book. Funny Ladies is like a hilarious gabfest with some of the wittiest women on the planet. This clever book offers amusing insights from a whole host of female humorists, writers, and comedians-from Erma Bombeck to Dolly Parton, from Roseanne to Marilyn Monroe-all of whom have a most entertaining attitude.Author Bill Adler divides these wild, wacky and often wise sayings into categories, that including advice, fame, life lessons, and sex. Together, they make for a comprehensive and unrivaled book of humor. As Goldie Hawn says: "Comedy breaks down walls. It opens up people. If you're good, you can fill up those openings with something positive. Maybe you can combat some of the ugliness in the world."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	viii
Introduction	ix
Achievement and Ambition	1	(3)
Acting and Actors	4	(6)
Advice	10	(8)
Age and Aging	18	(11)
Appearance and Beauty	29	(14)
Art and Artists, Music and Musicians	43	(4)
Birth Control and Abortion	47	(2)
Books and Reading	49	(4)
Challenges	53	(4)
Childhood and Growing Up	57	(7)
Children	64	(6)
Conversation and Communication	70	(6)
Creativity and Imagination	76	(2)
Death	78	(3)
Domestic Life	81	(8)
Entertainment: Film, Television, and Stage	89	(8)
Faith and Religion	97	(4)
Fame	101	(7)
Families and Parents	108	(7)
Fashion and Makeup	115	(11)
Feminism and Women's Liberation	126	(4)
Food, Dieting, and Exercise	130	(11)
Friends and Enemies	141	(2)
Gender Gap	143	(9)
Happiness	152	(3)
Human Nature	155	(3)
Humor and Laughter	158	(6)
Inadvertently Amusing	164	(4)
Life Lessons	168	(16)
Love	184	(7)
Marriage and Divorce	191	(12)
Media	203	(2)
Mistakes and Regrets	205	(3)
Motherhood and Pregnancy	208	(10)
Parties and Other Social Gatherings	218	(4)
Pets and Animals	222	(6)
Politics and Politicians	228	(5)
Relationships, Dating, and Singlehood	233	(12)
Sex	245	(14)
Sexual Attraction and Sexuality	259	(6)
Shopping	265	(2)
Sports and Athletes	267	(4)
Success and Failure	271	(4)
Technology and Progress	275	(5)
Vices	280	(10)
Wealth and Poverty	290	(6)
Wisecracks and Witticisms	296	(3)
Women on Men	299	(10)
Women on Women	309	(5)
Women on Themselves	314	(15)
Work and Careers	329	(3)
Writing and Writers	332	(3)
References	335