Well, I Think I'm Funny

Though I long to write long loving posts to The Devil's Rejects, I will spare you and instead focus on Morgan and Jerry Lewis. Morgan says:

Look, I'm not trying to be a chauvinist or anything, but there just aren't very many hilarious girls out there. Face it, comedy might not be your niche. Try being thoughtful instead. There's a real fine line, though, because the girls that are "too cool" never say anything funny. So, I guess, make a few funnies, but just don't push it.

Jerry Lewis says:

A woman doing comedy doesn't offend me, but sets me back a bit. I, as a viewer, have trouble with it. I think of her as a producing machine that brings babies in the world.

Now, frankly, I think Morgan is taking the bigger comedic risk here, because he's trying to insult women at the same time that he, himself, is trying to be funny. He runs a great risk, if his humor falls flat, of being seen as a fool. Jerry, on the other hand, is taking little risk for himself at all. He's got nothing to lose by revealing himself to be a jackass. Those of us who love Dean Martin have long suspected it. It is unfortunate, though, because he also speaks for the MDA and his comments could have hurt them. But none of this analysis brings us any closer to understanding whether or not women are actually funny. I think I'm funny and many people who know me in real life spend a great deal of time laughing around me (or maybe at me, hard to say). Can one's sense of humor, her comedic timing, her ability to move audiences be linked to her gender? Or might one's ability to perceive different funny things be linked to one's gender? I'm almost certain it's the latter, not the former, as my observations suggest that only men with very small penises don't find me delightfully humerous.