Let me get this straight.

  

9/16/13

  “You have to have funny faces and words, you can’t just have words. It is a powerful thing, and I think that’s why it’s hard for people to imagine that women can do that, be that powerful.” I going to explain this quote. So what I mean by this is basically there is not a point in not trying to have fun and not to want and your express emotion. When I die I would rather people remember me for the time I fell down the steps in public ( never happened I would never have something like that happen to me....) than the time I got my star on Hollywood boulevard just because I know it would make people laugh. Making people laugh is always a great thing just for one simple reason, it makes people happy and that's it. what is wrong with making people happy absolutely nothing. And the last part of my quote about the women i'm just pointing out the fact that I am one of the first majorly famous female comedians and when I started preforming it was sometimes hard because many people would say "oh well you cant be funny your a girl" then 10 minutes later they would be dying laughing on the floor. So I just hope when I die people remember me for making people laugh and to be someone women they can look up to for inspiration when they feel like they are being told they are not something. 

Coming out.

9/12/13
  I remember in high school when I first knew that I was gay. Through high school I had dated boys but I was just never really happy in those relationships. But even though I knew I was gay I was still afraid to tell my mom just because she had already been though so much like battling breast cancer and going through a divorce. But when I finally decided to tell her we were walking on the beach together and I just felt like it was the right time. I started to let the words come out of my mouth and realized that I couldn't take them back. But once I said it I immediately felt a huge wait lifted off of my shoulder even before my mom could give her response. But what she said next would make me appreciate her that much more. She told me " You are my child and I will love you unconditionally no matter what". But I wish some people could have had the same reaction that my mom did. The show that I was on called "ellen" would be canceled and vetoed by religious groups. When I came out in public I came out on the cover of time magazine and in an interview with Oprah. Through that time I had gained many fans and lost many fans. But shortly after that I was offered a comedy special that I would play myself and be able to be gay.

For me?

 9/8/13

  When I got my first invitation to the  Emmy Awards in 1997 I actually thought they sent it to the wrong address. I could hardly believe that I had made it to that point in my life. Then when I was told that I was a nomination for the outstanding actress for my performance on my show called "ellen" I think I just kinda died. But  wait it doesn't stop there I actually won the award. When I stood up to go receive the award all I was thinking to myself was "keep breathing please don't faint, don't look into the light". Then a couple years later when I was offered the job of hosting the Emmy Awards I just knew that it was an offer I could not pass up. I knew going in to it I just wanted to have fun with it and make people laugh like I usually did. I also was informed about the 9/11 attacks. This would make it harder for me to try and make a happy medium where I wasn't offending people but wasn't ignoring it as well. But I just wanted to make light out of the situation. I quickly made a line that I would say was genius "What would bug the Taliban more than seeing a gay woman in a suit surrounded by Jews?". That evening I had received several standing ovations and it was an honer to be asked to do a job like that

Tragedy to Triumph

  

9/5/13

   Kathy Perkoff was the first love of my life and I have never had been that happy in a relationship before. When she got into her accident witch then lead to her death I couldn't imagine life without her. I was depressed for months. When I could finally get on with my life I was inspired to write my first monologue. I titled it "A Phone Call to God". I first preformed it at Clydes. After preforming that piece things really started to go my way. It had won me the 1984 showtimes funniest person award. I always look back at that time and know that it was a gift from Kathy and she would always be looking down on me. Then after that I was offered to go in a national tour visiting other clubs and bars. That was such great experience for me just because it would get me in front of different audiences and I would get lots of feed back. Then in 1989 I was offered a job of a lifetime. I had been offered a role on a sitcom called "open house". I Loved being on the set and gaining all the great fans that I still have today.

Who new?

9/3/12

  I was always told I was funny but I never even dreamed that I could make a carrier out of it. I have been employed in every job you could possibly think of. From house painter to bar tender. But I first started to preform comedy at a small comedy club called Clydes in New Orleans. And little did I know I would be discovered in that small room sitting on that wooden stool.   

  

  
   

Unforgotten past

  9/1/13
 Growing up in my home town of Marietta Louisiana I was exposed to many inspiring people. But the person who really inspires me the most would be my mother. I was only thirteen when my mom and dad got a divorce. My brother and I didn't take it as hard as my mom did. I could always tell she was extremely unhappy. I would always try to make little spontaneous jokes just to get a laugh or a smile out of her. And to this day my mom tells me how much she appreciated that. She tells me how it helped her get through that difficult time in her life.                                                                                              I remember when my mom first married my stepfather. He had always seemed like a good guy to me and my brother but the real reason I think I I liked him was because he was making my mother happy. I can think back when I first started to feel uncomfortable about him. He would try to touch me in inappropriate places witch then escalated to other things. I away's say that it is important for all girls to know they can always say no. I also want girls to know that it is important for them to report what is happening right away.