Hey @TheLaughFactory , @TheComedyStore & @HollywoodImprov ! How’re you guys doin’? I’m gonna be dropping by a lot starting next month doing sets, getting ready for my fall tour!

Before the pandemic the shows in your rooms were FANTASTIC. You guys have always been and continue to be incredible places to work out!

Buuuuut…..

…and I wouldn’t be posting this well-meaning thread if this had been pointed out to me by just a couple of people.

…and I know that we’re all lurching back to normalcy since the pandemic quieted down, and maaaaaybe it feels like a “safer” bet to book mostly dudes?

I can’t even imagine what it must have been like, holding on by your fingernails through this last year of horribleness. I would not wish that on anyone.

But we came out of the pandemic smack dab in the middle of 2021, not 1988, and there are audiences out there who would PACK a room with a more diverse lineup.

I’m not saying this to cost ANYONE their “spots.”

It just feels like better (and more profitable) business sense to make sure this new generation of female, gay, lesbian, trans, POC , neuro-diverse & disabled voices gets their time onstage…

…especially for how much more lively, surprising, and fun it makes the evening for the whole audience — and the other comedians.

One of the reasons I love your clubs is for the “hangs” before and after the show. Meeting people from experiences different than mine always gets my brain firing on cylinders I didn’t know I had. It does the same for your audiences.

Let’s go roaring into 2021 and the decades beyond with comedy that hits from angles that no one’s heard yet. It makes stand-up stronger, makes the evenings more memorable, brings audiences (and their friends) coming back. Novelty is addictive.

Thank you guys for reading this thread. I can’t wait to see you guys again!

Also, my plea for more diversity onstage does NOT include Belgians. They burned down my grandmother’s summer cabin in 1983 and can’t be trusted. Thank you.

@pattonoswalt My mom was turned down on SNL in the 80s for “being too dominant onstage”. 🙄

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@pattonoswalt Why not ask all the women comedians in your comedy circle their opinion and then tell us what they say, instead of going to social media to make blanket statements about white men so you can pander to the woke sjws to sell more tickets.

@pattonoswalt Comedy is the ultimate merit based occupation. If you’re funny, you get booked. If you’re not, you don’t. Why anyone would want to get preferential treatment based on sex/skin color is beyond me. I would not want to get something solely based on me being female.