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SUMMARY:Paula Poundstone
DESCRIPTION:Time magazine\, in the March 2020 "Best of" issue\, listed Paula's HBO special\, Cats\, Cops and Stuff as one of The 5 Funniest Stand-Up Specials Ever. Paula can be heard weekly as the host of the comedy podcast\, Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone and as a regular panelist on NPR's comedy news quiz\, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!\n\nAlso an author\, Poundstone's second book\, The Totally Unscientific Study Of The Search For Human Happiness (Algonquin 2017) was one of eight semi-finalists for The Thurber Prize for American Humor\, the highest recognition of the art of humor writing in the United States. The audiobook was one of five finalists for the Audio Book of the Year AUDIE award.\n\nPaula was the first female comic\, in its then 73rd year\, to perform at the White House Correspondents dinner.  She was the first female standup\, in its then 5th year\, to win the ACE award for Best Comedy Special on Cable television. She is recognized in innumerable lists\, documentaries and literary compendiums noting influential standup comedians of our time.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; margin: 0px 0px 21px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 18px\; line-height: 21px\; font-family: Overpass\, sans-serif\; vertical-align: baseline\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; font-family: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;">Time</em>&nbsp\;magazine\, in the March 2020 &ldquo\;Best of&rdquo\; issue\, listed Paula&rsquo\;s HBO special\,&nbsp\;<em style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; font-family: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;">Cats\, Cops and Stuff</em>&nbsp\;as one of The 5 Funniest Stand-Up Specials Ever. Paula can be heard weekly as the host of the comedy podcast\,&nbsp\;<em style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; font-family: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;">Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone</em>&nbsp\;and as a regular panelist on NPR&rsquo\;s comedy news quiz\,&nbsp\;<em style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; font-family: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;">Wait Wait&hellip\;Don&rsquo\;t Tell Me!</em></span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; margin: 0px 0px 21px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 18px\; line-height: 21px\; font-family: Overpass\, sans-serif\; vertical-align: baseline\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">Also an author\, Poundstone&rsquo\;s second book\,&nbsp\;<em style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; font-family: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\;">The Totally Unscientific Study Of The Search For Human Happiness</em>&nbsp\;(Algonquin 2017) was one of eight semi-finalists for The Thurber Prize for American Humor\, the highest recognition of the art of humor writing in the United States. The audiobook was one of five finalists for the Audio Book of the Year AUDIE award.</span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; margin: 0px 0px 21px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 18px\; line-height: 21px\; font-family: Overpass\, sans-serif\; vertical-align: baseline\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">Paula was the first female comic\, in its then 73<sup style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 14.4px\; line-height: inherit\; font-family: inherit\;">rd</sup>&nbsp\;year\, to perform at the White House Correspondents dinner.&nbsp\; She was the first female standup\, in its then 5<sup style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 14.4px\; line-height: inherit\; font-family: inherit\;">th&nbsp\;</sup>year\, to win the ACE award for Best Comedy Special on Cable television. She is recognized in innumerable lists\, documentaries and literary compendiums noting influential standup comedians of our time.</span></p>\n
LOCATION:Jeanne Rimsky Theater\, 232 Main Street
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URL:https://www.pwcoc.org/events/details/paula-poundstone-6436
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