Paula Poundstone
Paula Poundstone
Paula Poundstoneis an American stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer and commentator. Beginning in the late 1980s, she performed a series of one-hour HBO comedy specials. She provided backstage commentary during the 1992 presidential election on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She is a frequent panelist on National Public Radio's weekly news quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth29 December 1959
CityHuntsville, AL
CountryUnited States of America
I happen to be a devout atheist. I don't believe in God. I still go to church -- I'm not a heathen. I go to an atheist church. We have crippled guys who stand up and testify that they were crippled, and they still are.
I have short-term memory loss, though I'd like to think of it as Persidential eligibility.
My act is sort of improvisational. I have a skeleton in my head, but no fat or skin on it.
President Obama could keep a big map with push pins on it to keep track of how many countries hate us, and when we get down to only half, let's have a ball. I'll blow up the balloons myself.
I did auditions at a club called the Comedy Connection. They wanted nothing to do with me. But one night they were doing a night of all women comics, and they invited me to do that.
I have jokes I've told before and will tell again, but my favorite part of the night is talking to the crowd.
I love key lime pie, although it's never made the proper way.
I mean, I do love clever and witty, but I think that the 'Three Stooges' were geniuses. They'd have to be for their appeal to have lasted this long.
I only do two things in my life, and that's take care of my kids and work. Fortunately, these are my favorite things to do, so it works out.
I used to watch 'The Waltons' and sob because my family was nothing like that. We had a cruel sense of humor in my family.
Once I was gone for a month and I was just miserable, so I flew back from Florida for two hours just to be home and see my cats.
I was born in Alabama, but I only lived there for a month before I'd done everything there was to do.
When every high school graduate can spell the word, 'inauguration,' let's put lampshades on our heads and listen to his speeches until Obama's voice gives out.
I have a horrible memory and I used to consider that a liability, but I've learned along the way that talking to people is really a beautiful thing.