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Greatest comediennes of all time-TV

Posted on 9/26/14 at 4:54 pm
Posted by nes2010
Member since Jun 2014
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Posted on 9/26/14 at 4:54 pm
1)Lucile Ball
2)Carrol Burnett
3)Vicky Lawrence
I'm sure Vicky Lawrence wouldn't make many top 3 lists, but I loved Mama's Family. I could replace her with Betty White and not be too upset. The chick that played Elaine in Seinfeld has been pretty good in some other stuff too. Who ya got?
Posted by Simpkjo
West Monroe
Member since Jun 2007
2914 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 5:01 pm to
Joan rivers was funny in her younger days. Betty White is still killin it at 100.
Posted by Tiger1242
Member since Jul 2011
32025 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 5:48 pm to
Gotta be Joan Rivers
Posted by Overbrook
Member since May 2013
6106 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 6:40 pm to
Irene Ryan
Posted by Byron Bojangles III
Member since Nov 2012
51875 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 6:58 pm to
Lucille Ball is #1 for me
Posted by UL-SabanRival
Member since May 2013
4651 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 7:20 pm to
Burnett. Lucy was good at being Lucy. Betty White wasn't funny until she because a dirty old lady and Joan Rivers wasn't funny at all. Burnett was 10,000 characters rolled into one.
Posted by Zamoro10
Member since Jul 2008
14743 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 8:14 pm to
Lucille Ball still kills it.

Those old shows...one of the first on TV - god damn, still hold up because of her.

She was a genius of comedy.
Posted by Snatchy
Member since Nov 2009
3281 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 8:46 pm to
Lucille Ball/ thread
Posted by Zamoro10
Member since Jul 2008
14743 posts
Posted on 9/26/14 at 8:55 pm to
Busted a gut as a kid staying home from school...

Still nothing is better...to this day.

It's pure comedy. Which we really don't get anymore...with everyone trying to be ironic or avant garde or self-aware (that's the new form of comedy.) No effort.

LINK

Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 9/27/14 at 3:04 pm to
I'm mentioning Jean Stapleton just because of how great the chemistry was with Archie and Edith.
Posted by BigAppleTiger
New York City
Member since Dec 2008
10399 posts
Posted on 9/27/14 at 4:43 pm to
Joan Rivers in undoubtedly the greatest comedianne of all time.

I would put Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, and Madeline Kahn in contention for the greatest female comedic actor of all time.

Joan Rivers is the only one of the names mentioned who was a comedianne or stand-up comic, who dabbled in comedic acting.
Posted by alajones
Huntsvegas
Member since Oct 2005
34531 posts
Posted on 9/27/14 at 6:36 pm to
Lucille Ball and Carol Burnett would be on the top of my list.

I for one have the utmost respect for Joan Rivers and her body of work.

Mary Tyler Moore would be just outside of a top 5 list for me. She really peaked a long time ago and didn't keep going well into old age like Rivers, White, Ball and Burnett. Although Carol has really pulled a disapperaing act in the last 15 years or so.
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