Doesn't Craig's sister write for him? On Monday, August 20, 2012 5:57:50 PM UTC-4, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > It's probably a reference to Tosh's rape jokes in his act more than an > actual guess as to the population of his writer's room. > > > On Monday, August 20, 2012 4:16:40 PM UTC-5, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > >> Leno has had female writers in the past, as has Craig. I wasn't aware >> Tosh had writers -- thought he just played YouTube clips and took >> credit for the ones people laughed at. >> >> I'm also tired of the "women are discriminated against in the writer's >> room" stories. If someone wanted to write about how the recent trend >> is to take a woman who looks (note I simply said looks) like the bimbo >> stereotype and have her stand on a stage and tell jokes because guys >> and gals pay attention to attractive women, that's a story I'd welcome >> (because it belittles women who want to be recognized for their >> writing skills). But that story involves layers of depth and >> entertainment journalism isn't known for that. Easier to grossly >> stereotype that Hollywood hates women. >> >> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 2:02 PM, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Mark Jeffries <spotl...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Tweets from former Letterman writer and Vanity Fair blogger Nell >> Scovell, >> >> all very recent as of this writing and posted over a three-minute >> period, in >> >> order of posting: >> >> >> >> There are now more women in Augusta Country Club than in the writers' >> room >> >> at Late Show w/David Letterman. #SexistBastions >> >> >> >> There are now more women in Augusta Country Club than in the writers' >> room >> >> at the Late Late Show w/Craig Ferguson. #SexistBastions >> >> >> >> There are now more women in Augusta Country Club than in the writers' >> room >> >> at The Tonight Show w/Jay Leno. #SexistBastions >> >> >> >> There are now more women in Augusta Country Club than in the writers' >> room >> >> at Tosh 2.0. #SexistBastions >> >> >> >> No links, no further comments. >> > >> > >> > This kind of thing obscures so much more than it illuminates, that I am >> not >> > sure what the point is. Augusta has long had a ban on women joining >> their >> > club; the late night tv programs have not. Augusta has been run by men; >> Late >> > Show has long been practically dominated by women in positions of >> power, and >> > of course Leno's initial late night career was micro-managed by a >> woman. >> > >> > Yes, we know women are underrepresented in writers rooms of television >> > comedy programs; there are probably several reasons for this, none of >> which >> > are that women are not funny, but also none of which are that women >> have >> > been prohibited from working in those rooms (I am pretty sure Leno has >> had >> > women in the room in the past, we know Dave has, I don't know about the >> > other two). The parallel between the situation in late night comedy and >> > Augusta National is similar to the parallel between blacks being banned >> from >> > MLB before Jackie Robinson and there only being one black guy on the US >> > Olympic Swimming Team. >> > >> > -- >> > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to tvor...@googlegroups.com >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > tvornottv-...@googlegroups.com >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> >> >> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >
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