Wendy Liebman
Wendy Liebman
Wendy Liebmanis an American stand-up comedian. Her standup style involves the use of gently paced, subtle wordplay, for which she has been compared with Rita Rudner, Jake Johannsen and Steven Wright...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth27 February 1961
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
funny harvard house lived students until
I don't think I was funny until college. I lived with some Harvard MD/PhD students - they were so smart, and what I contributed to the house was, I was the funny one.
people
People always come up to me and say that my smoking is bothering them... Well, it's killing me!
appealing brand broad easy edge lose maintain roots start stay true
If you've got a brand like this, any brand in fact, you need to stay true to your roots if you want to maintain your distinctiveness, it's very easy to start to lose that edge by appealing to a very broad audience,
parent sense-of-humor
I get my sense of humor from my parents. That's why they don't have one anymore.
mom mother dog
My mom was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice. For ten years I thought the dog was telling me to kill my father.
mother cat water
I found out why cats drink out of the toilet. My mother told me it's because the water is cold in there. And I'm like: How did my mother know that?
funny-marriage kitchen stuff
I'm going to get married again because I'm more mature now, and I need some kitchen stuff.
doctors parent house
Is there a doctor in the house? My parents want me to marry you.
funny guy television
I don't like to channel surf. You guys like it, don't you. You guys like to change the channel. We like to change you.
smart college thinking
I don't think I was funny until college. I lived with some Harvard MD/PhD students - they were so smart, and what I contributed to the house was, I was the funny one.
comedian generations asking
I've been pitching a show of five female stand-up comedians through the generations, from Phyllis Diller to Amy Schumer, so when I got an e-mail asking me if I would participate in the Women in Comedy Festival, I was thrilled.
writing comedy checks
In addition to comedy, I'm a writer. I write checks. They're not very good.
clothes pieces firsts
I just got my first bikini. It's a three-piece: a top, a botton, and a blindfold for you.
thinking rivers leader
I think there have always been funny women, from Carol Burnett to Joan Rivers. When the audience sees a woman, they innately know she's worked twice as hard to get there, she's had to prove that she can be the leader, first, and then be funny on top of it. She has to emit a confidence that she's in control.