She did but hasn't been in the credits lately.
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From: M-D November
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Doesn't Craig's sister write for him?
On Monday, August 20, 2012 5:57:50 PM UTC-4, Mark Jeffries wrote:
It's probably a reference to Tosh's rape jokes in his act more than an
actual guess as to the population of his writer's room.
On Monday, August 20, 2012 4:16:40 PM UTC-5, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote:
Leno has had female writers in the past, as has Craig. I wasn't aware
Tosh had writers -- thought he just played YouTube clips and took
credit for the ones people laughed at.
I'm also tired of the "women are discriminated against in the writer's
room" stories. If someone wanted to write about how the recent trend
is to take a woman who looks (note I simply said looks) like the bimbo
stereotype and have her stand on a stage and tell jokes because guys
and gals pay attention to attractive women, that's a story I'd welcome
(because it belittles women who want to be recognized for their
writing skills). But that story involves layers of depth and
entertainment journalism isn't known for that. Easier to grossly
stereotype that Hollywood hates women.
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 2:02 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> Tweets from former Letterman writer and Vanity Fair blogger Nell
Scovell,
>> all very recent as of this writing and posted over a three-minute
period, in
>> order of posting:
>>
>> There are now more women in Augusta Country Club than in the writers'
room
>> at Late Show w/David Letterman. #SexistBastions
>>
>> There are now more women in Augusta Country Club than in the writers'
room
>> at the Late Late Show w/Craig Ferguson. #SexistBastions
>>
>> There are now more women in Augusta Country Club than in the writers'
room
>> at The Tonight Show w/Jay Leno. #SexistBastions
>>
>> There are now more women in Augusta Country Club than in the writers'
room
>> at Tosh 2.0. #SexistBastions
>>
>> No links, no further comments.
>
>
> This kind of thing obscures so much more than it illuminates, that I am
not
> sure what the point is. Augusta has long had a ban on women joining
their
> club; the late night tv programs have not. Augusta has been run by men;
Late
> Show has long been practically dominated by women in positions of
power, and
> of course Leno's initial late night career was micro-managed by a
woman.
>
> Yes, we know women are underrepresented in writers rooms of television
> comedy programs; there are probably several reasons for this, none of
which
> are that women are not funny, but also none of which are that women
have
> been prohibited from working in those rooms (I am pretty sure Leno has
had
> women in the room in the past, we know Dave has, I don't know about the
> other two). The parallel between the situation in late night comedy and
> Augusta National is similar to the parallel between blacks being banned
from
> MLB before Jackie Robinson and there only being one black guy on the US
> Olympic Swimming Team.
>
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