Brain Sediment
I’m about to tell ‘em in Natick, MA.
Add to your book of chairs
I love a good hasack.
Oh my God I'm right next door in Framingham I wish I knew 😔
Natick?! So close!
Very official chair, but unlikely to be comfortable enough for the Queen of comedy!
YOU TELL ‘EM PAULA!
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LOOK WHAT'S WASHING UP ON THE SHORE!
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA—Bilheimer Capitol Theatre
Sat., Jan. 11
BAY CITY, MICHIGAN—State Theatre of Bay City
Sat., Jan. 18.
Tickets at
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Chicago Concert Reviews received a wonderfully witty call from the multi-faceted entertainer and best-selling author on her way to pouring the City Winery a double cocktail of comedy on New Year’s Eve, which is Tuesday, December 31 to be exact, for an early show at 7:00 p.m., followed by 10:30 p.m. to officially ring in 2025.
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In the 45 years of combining observational humor and spontaneity as a stand-up comedian, Paula Poundstone became a master of the stage, while also branching out into numerous other artistic avenues. S...Get your tickets for New Year’s Eve at paulapoundstone.com/tour
Dear GLENDALE, CA + LOS ANGELES area people who need some laughs:
Join me for a night of laughter at The Alex Theatre on Sat., Feb. 8. Ticket link in the comments below!
I finally got a front row seat in Bay City in January! Delighted to say the least.
Dear Rich People Who Are Buying Our Demise,
I repeat to you that the Howells were just as stranded on the island as Gilligan.
And they did very little to make life better for the castaways. The scientist did everything good that was accomplished.
“Buying our demise”. I love it.
Let's see....someone had to build them a house. Someone had to raise and cook the food. Someone did the laundry, someone built the fire to heat the water. Someone had to fish. A scientist kept it all figured out cause, you know, he Knew Stuff. The Howell's already knew they'd be in tough shape without help. Let's see what happens to a particular orange billionaire and friends when he deports the crew.
Apparently they think they can buy ranches in New Zealand and islands in Hawaii, build extravagant bunkers, and wait out the apocalypse they are contributing to. Yes, I know I ended a sentence with a preposition!
And far less resourceful.
Yes well said We are on this earth ship together
Great analogy.
Speaking of The Howell's.....did ya ever wonder why Mrs. Howell brought SO many outfits for a 3 hour tour (🎶 a 3 hour tour 🎶.....) ?? Poor Gilligan, Skipper & The Professor, all had just ONE outfit......🤔
Arr, that’s right, matey, but they wafted along, completely insulated in their self-snug arrogance. Did that make anyone else less happy? And why, 🌲🦊🍶, am I wasting my life writing about a 60 year old fiction? Help me!
Come to Bluesky!!
Love it! Great perspective. Put the Howl in Thurston the Turd.
Oh! I LOVE this!!
This is where you lost me.. Professor and MaryAnn
Who will make the Cheeto in Chief his Big Macs if he departs them all????
Thank you Paula for trying to remind those stupid millionaires and billionaires that we are still all on the same very small planet—most of us have no desire to try to live on mars!
This is spot on.
The 1% DGAF, they are as short sighted as their bank accounts!
hmm, the Howells paid the others to do all the work, with cheques that the others would never even be able to cash unless they got off the island.
I am most wanting to go to Gilligans myself right now.
Remember that episode when they figured out a way to get off the island but Gilligan messed it up?
Good comment, Ms. Poundstone. I thoroughly agree. Nothing lasts forever, and the end comes to us all.
Yep spot on
Money doesn’t buy humanity.In fact it appears to decrease it, based on history.
Yeah, but they had better stuff! lol.
Yes indeed
I am still puzzled. It used to be that if you bought a politician, you could influence him. Now they give him money but he owns them. I don't get it.
They never tracked down the $ from his last inauguration. Melania’s friend set up an LLC and got something like 4 million - who knows for what.
does no good to tell the truth about him regardless. He just moves forward and gets more and more attention which he loves.
The guy's a force of nature. Too bad some choose to be miserable. The Hating sure gets old.
Asking for a friend?
Nope…. Kathy Griffin proved that.
Very probably not.
No but you can buy an ambassadorship to the country of your choice! 😃
Truth about Biden’s health would have been nice too.
He is a fraud, rapist, felon, and cop killer that also wears lifts in his shoes, slides into a girdle, and spends hours in hair and makeup. Do any of your cats have a law degree and can they take on a client?
I thought Republicans hated frivolous law suits? They made it harder for regular people to get justice. I think President Joe Biden should sue Trump for saying he won the 2020 election and not Biden. They could bring out all of the January 6th committee's evidence and Jack Smith's. Let Denver Riggleman, Adam Kingzinger, Bennie Thompson, Liz Cheney and the rest sue him too! IM CONFIDENT THEY WILL WIN! I've read their books. They had enough evidence to convict him. The FBI should have sued Trump. Trump is a pathological liar. People should start suing him for all the lies he's told! He's suing people for telling the truth. They should sue him for lying. Then the evidence will prove in court that he's a liar and then they sue him for legal fees. CBS was stupid for settling. The judge himself called what Trump did " rape" CBS could have used the judge's own words to defend George Stephanopoulos. I hope The Rachel Maddow Show countersues him for defamation.
Are you asking for a friend?
George Stephanopolis came up short of the truth. Now $16,000,000 for his library.
Good question.
I don’t see how.
Interesting question…
HOT NIGHT IN COLUMBUS, OHIO!
Join me for a night of extreme laughter at Davidson Theatre, Riffe Center. THIS Sat., Dec. 21. Tickets at: my.cbusarts.com/7868
The year is ending, but is our NATION ending? Constitutional expert Ben Sheehan is back to offer some wisdom and comfort. And if that’s not enough - do you want to build a snowman? Come to Toni’s Craft Corner! Listen wherever you get your pods!
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Hey, Portland! I made it to the haberdashery.
We LOVE that place! Bought a killer hat from there.
That hat looks great on you! My family had a blast at the show in Portland. Down with moldy mildew! Long live lichen! 😆♥️
Is that a Quince sweater?
Looks nice! Now you need a horse!
Great look, Paula!
You look great in a cowboy hat!
Next time you're in new orleans, check out Meyer the hatter. You'll love it
Adorable! Thanks for coming to Portland! I was sitting next to the drunk rowdy people who kept yelling during your set and you were very professional! So sorry you had to put up with that!
Our favorite hat store! I’m still wondering why you are in Portland while we are in Los Angeles! 🤔 Sorry we missed you up there!
Wow, Paula, that is a great look on you!
That looks great on you! I hope you bought it!
Yay! One of my favorite places! That one looks good on you!
I’m so sorry I missed you. Nice hat!
Great hat for you!
Looking good, Paula!
Looks great on you!
If you don't wear this exact hat in every future post, I'll be so sad. Maybe a tiny matching scarf for Lar for reaching his weight loss goals?
Works well with the jacket! Nice look for you.
All that’s missing is a little sign that says “In this style 10/6.”
Lookin slick there Paula
Awesome store!
Tacoma loves you!🧡
You are looking very youthful today. Portland must agree with you!
I hope you bought that hat! It becomes you.
looks good on you
Last night before I told ‘em in Portland, Oregon.
I first saw you perform in 1994 at the University of Arizona in Tucson....which is admittedly not known for its food as far as I know. My boss took me to see you perform shortly after my dad died. And you know what? I laughed my ass off. It was great therapy and I've gone to see you in person as often as possible ever since
I told em "I want to go back to the early 70's!"
From all the moldy moss people, I thank you for a night of great laughs 💜
Come back to the mold! Great show!
Get that saddle off that cat!!! So good as always
This is my favorite chair so far.
I think I heard "brown chicken, brown cow" playing in the background.
Green room chairs are the best…the stories they could tell if they could talk
Oh dear, yes upon a moment of thought...yes, Please tell them.
Wearing your comfy shirt right now.
I wish I could have been there💙
That chair is so ugly it’s almost cool…
I really wish you would come tell us in Plymouth, MA.
Oh, that's very warm and - flowery! Nice.
You go! Xox
Thanks for returning to our mossy-moldy Portland again. Great show!
Yuk!!!!
Please come back to Portland soon!
What did it look like after ya told em? 😉
That's quite the chair. Hope they febreezed it!
If I pay you $1000 to get a divorce I will pay you back $5000 to be my girlfriend?
Ewwwww.
Kinda creepy…
WE'D BETTER LAUGH IN JANUARY:
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
Bilheimer Capitol Theatre— Sat., Jan. 11
BAY CITY, MICHIGAN
State Theatre of Bay City—Sat., Jan. 18.
SANTA BARBARA
Lobero Theatre—Fri., Jan. 24.
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ORLANDO PLEASE. PLAZA THEATER PLEASE
You're going to Florida in January??? Seems like us blue states could use you more. 😉
Laughing through our tears.
I see you have the 20th off. I guess you’re going to DC that day
There will be no laughing after Jan 20, the end of america.
Nancy and David Bilheimer Capitol Theatre 🎫
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lol. But it’s NOT an update. 😜
What’s truly funny is watching liberal democrats cry about getting destroyed by Donald J Trump
What goes down… must come up. And what comes up this week is the venerable yo-yo. Yes, that’s going down. And with world-record yo-yo collector and expert Doc Lucky! And then, if you don’t know who HE is, guess who WE are. It’s a new round of Who Am I! Listen wherever you get your pods!
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Can’t wait to listen to it when I get home from work.
It’s so funny because a lot of people listen to Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone Podcast “Fan Club”
Since my cat Larry has lost weight he has been fighting with the other cats more. It's like when Marcia Brady helped the unpoular girl by getting her a crocheted vest, and the girl started to take over Marcia's territory.
Do they make crocheted vests for cats?
There is a Brady parable for every occasion.
*Que Eye of the Tiger... Rocky scene*
He eats because he has had no social life. Your environment will change that, maybe. BTW, I am with Rowan. I work in a.n area surrounded by freezers 4, Refrigerators, a platelet rotator, and three plasma thawers that move the product up and down, shake, shake, shake. I have to do monotonous chores, removing blood segments for testing, it takes hours so I like to listen to your podcast with earphones, but even so, I have to turn the volume up, when you play the glock bing, Bing, bung, bing…..painful. My question is, are you slightly sociopathic with the childish insistence on the glock? I think about seeing you in person, which I have done twice, and coming up behind you with an amplified Glock.
He's just getting them back for looking down on him, calling him fat and dancing around him cat shaming.
You always brighten our day with your posts.
Have you considered using a laser pointer with Larry? I bet he'd chase it...ergo exercise and lose weight 😉
I am Larry and I also need to loose weight, so I have been doing whatever you do with your Larry......the friskies could use some spicing up though.
What’s sad is I got your reference instantaneously.
Remember that chick? “The fact is, I’ve arrived.” 🙄🤨
you are so f**&^ing funny
Crocheted vests will do that. Larry should have one!
Yeah, Larry’s probably hangry. He needs his comfort kibble.
This is Larry's cat Quincy who wants no part of loosing weight.....but could use a few less pounds.
Honestly though, Could Larry have CKD? When I see posts like this, I worry. Sorry...;-)
You can throw a football at his nose to get him to stop.
Marcia Marcia Marcia
Larry, Larrry, Larry
MeOW!
Ms. Poundstone, you are one of many public figures I am asking to support or raise money for the Camarillo, CA nonprofit Advancing Parenting. Advancing Parenting does one thing and one thing only. It gives away sets of parenting tips bumper stickers. Don’t laugh. Advancing Parenting has requests for thousands of the sets and no money to print and ship them. The requests come from all over the U.S., Canada, and Australia…from schools, child abuse prevention councils, family resource centers, children’s advocacy groups, United Ways, CASAs and GALs, and pediatricians. They would like to put them in holders and place them on counters so staff and visitors can choose one for their cars. They would also like to give them away at meetings and events and put them on organization/district vehicles. Bumper stickers are a powerful public health messaging tool as each one will be read thousands of times and the parenting tips come from community members, not a government entity that some people might not trust. Traditional funders won’t support Advancing Parenting because the impact of bumper stickers can’t be measured. Local groups won't support Advancing Parenting because their money won’t stay in Ventura County. Last, Advancing Parenting is just a one man operation…no office and no employees. Please give Advancing Parenting your consideration. It needs at least two hundred thousand dollars to print and ship all the stickers that have been requested. Not being able to print and ship these stickers would be a colossal and tragic lost opportunity to promote positive childhood experiences and prevent adverse childhood experiences. Advancing Parenting’s website is www.advancingparenting.org. Thank you.
PORTLAND, OREGON!
See you on Saturday 12/14! Get your tickets at the link in the comments below.
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If it's a toss up between Portland or Aladdin, I think I'd go with Portland.
My husband surprised me with tickets! So excited!
Paula....you do know that the Aladdin was home to the movie "Deep Throat" for many many years. It was the only movie they showed. Just a little history for you.
It just figures. You’re in Portland, where I live, while I am visiting Los Angeles. Break a leg at the Aladdin, one of my favorite venues!
Decades ago I caught a somewhat frazzled Patti Smith in Portland…She FINALLY appeared on stage and apologized for being 100 minutes late “ It’s so nice to be back in, back in…back in ?” A cue from aside prompted her “ You’re in Portland Patti !”……”I am ?…I’m back in New England already ?? “ ((laughter from crowd)) All the traveling you do Paula, must get a bit like that, practically meet yourself going through the door…Love you Paula ❤️
Come to El Paso!
I'm just outside palm springs and I wish I could be there in Vancouver Washington!?
My wife and I will be there
Why not both? 😀
I fuckin luv ya
Have a Voodoo Doughnut for me!
Nice. Welcome to Oregon. Try the food.
Boogers! Link to buy Portland tickets not working
I’ll be at Carnegie Hall on Thursday 12/12 for Wait Wait Don't Tell Me! Ticket link in the comments below…
Tell Peter Sagal how to get there. I heard him say he didn’t know
Wow! Carnegie Hall!
Hope you have a great time. I will hear it on Saturday.
Finally made it big, huh?😄
The Holiday Inn in Duluth, Minnesota left me a gift under their lobby Christmas tree. It didn’t have my name on it, but I’m sure it was for me.
Looks like you dressed for the weather, although just over the road a piece there is a Steger mukluks store that have some boots you would love.
That's where I was born---city - state...not that hotel 😂
That was sooooo nice of them
Looks a bit chilly! 🧡🧥🥶
Why is Ozzy Osbourne in the picture?
could you be any funnier. I don't think so 🙂
Your eyes look about as happy as mine.
Stay warm
It's a work out video for Larry.
Minnesota nice baby!!!
Pink slippers?
Minnesota nice.
It’s all the little shampoos they’ve been hoarding from you.
Minnesota Nice!
I got some things in my Christmas tree if you want to come over and meet me sometime?
It's all the lost and found items . Be careful
Love the hat!
What do Santa and 🐕 have in common? They both leave something under the tree
Yeah! I'm sure! ...what was in it?
yes it is for you
Another CAT??!!! what a surprise!!
😊👌💖
Is it a piece of Thomas Coyne?
Did ya see any for me? 👀
COLUMBUS, OHIO,
My dog wants me to stay home and let her in and out and in and out, but I'm going to tell my little jokes at The Davidson Theatre, Riffe Center—Sat., Dec. 21. It'll be a lot more fun!
Your dog is not going to approve of this decision, you know.
It's December 6. How are you doing with the build up to the Holiday? I was just at the Holiday Inn in Duluth, Minnesota. They had 2 Chritmas trees in the lobby, with a bunch of presents under them. I felt awful. I didn't get them #dontletchristmasbumyououtsBumYouOut
Doing well! And I LIKE THE GLOCK! Stay warm Paula!
When the offspring left home and got married, Christmas got a lot more subdued. I do send a LOT of cards. We make them ourselves. (Paula - If you want one, DM me an address.)
Hi Paula. A fellow Massachusettite here. PLEASE KEEP THE GLOCKENSPIEL!!!!!!!! It wouldn't be Mail Bag without it. I don't understand what all the fuss is about it or all of the HATE. I for one, LOVE IT!!!!!!! Love your podcasts, it's never long enough, and am looking forward to your upcoming Televised show😉😆🥰. Happy Holidays
Just really jealous you were in Duluth! Hope you made it to Bentleyville or stared at the life bridge…staring at the lift bridge and commenting about seeing it lift is all the conversation a Minnesotan needs to make it through forced social engagements like Christmas.
Not a big fan of December anyway……Too many expectations from too many people…..bad mom…. But wake me up in March
Loved you in Red Wing,MN. Come to St Paul next year.
I’m in Minneapolis! Wish I had seen you. Do you love Minnesota???
It’s always overwhelming for me.
Trying to find some Christmas spirit— it’s elusive this year for me so far. Any number of external stressors. The only way out is through… and might as well enjoy what we can in the meantime. Getting our tree today. Making cookies tomorrow…
Christmas is irrelevant to me. If anything, it exposes our annual ignorance and discrimination against non-Christians.
I'm waiting for it to be over, like I do every year. Hurry, Jan. 2.
