Early on in our relationship – I say four months, she says two – I asked my girlfriend who the funniest person she knows is. I am woman enough to admit that I was sort of expecting her to say that the answer was me, her new professional comedy writer girlfriend. That did not happen, and instead she thought for approximately two seconds and said “Hmm … probably Isabelle”. Isabelle is her dear friend, and a very smart and funny woman. It was a great choice, and I completely agreed happily and was not a baby about it in the slightest. I’m certainly not bringing it up again years later in a global publication!
Anyway, not to sound like Carrie Bradshaw in And Just Like That … (yes I’m a 40-year-old white woman), but it got me wondering about different kinds of funny. I’ve worked in various forms of comedy and writing for a while now, and have a lot of friends who are in the arts. My life is filled with comedians and comedy writers and funny actors and even … improv performers (I believe in diversity). They are at my work, they are in my life, they are on stage, they are on my TV. I love and adore them, and they have brought colour and joy to my life, as I am bringing joy and colour into your life right now.
