How To Book RITA RUDNER For Your Event!
Rita Rudner may be available for your next special event!
Best Female Stand-up Comedian -- 1990
Rita
Rudner is a witty stand-up comedian with a pillow-soft voice that
just wasn't built for profanity. ("I don't swear. When I do, my
husband gets out the tape recorder. Once, when I was first doing comedy,
there were only five people in the audience, so I did my whole act
swearing every other word. All the waitresses and people at the bar ran
in yelling, 'Rita's swearing! Rita's swearing! Everyone come!'")
She
and her husband, former BBC comedy writer Martin Bergman, co-wrote
Kenneth Branagh's film "Peter's Friends." Their second collaboration, the
Bergman-directed "A Weekend in the Country," stars Jack
Lemmon, Christine Lahti, Dudley Moore, and Richard
Lewis, along with Rudner. She and her hubby have their co-writing
system down pat.
"We make each other feel really guilty, and the
person who makes the other feel the guiltiest doesn't write. The guilty
person sits down and writes until the other person feels really guilty,
and then they take over."
She's proud of her off-camera success, but is
frustrated by the lack of worthwhile opportunities in front of the lens.
"Hollywood is a town run by men. A young,
beautiful woman has a much better chance than an older, smart, funny
woman. I'm trying to do things I'm proud of, which is really what's
holding me back. If I would just do any old thing, it would be a lot
better for my career."
Rita Rudner has no idea why she leapt from
chorus lines to punch lines at age 25, but the former hoofer is glad she
did. Today she's the author of two books, "Naked
Beneath My Clothes"
and "Rita Rudner's Guide to Men," star of numerous HBO
specials, including "HBO:
One Night Stand," "Born to Be
Mild" and "Married Without Children" and the feature
films "Peter's
Friends" and "A Weekend in the Country."
Just what is it about Rita Rudner? Her quick
wit? "Men would like monogamy better if it sounded less like
monotony." Her keen insights into the opposite sex? "Men don't
feel the urge to get married as quickly as women do, because their
clothes all button and zip in the front." Her killer instinct?
"Not one man in a beer commercial has a beer belly."
Rita speaks softly and carries a big shtick. Onstage,
her act combines shrewd observations about life and the world with a
demeanor that makes you want to help her across the street. When she performs
live, the mistress of well-heeled understatement puts her unique spin on
such topics as marriage, babies, dieting and, of course, men.
Rita made Friars Club history by being the first
female comic ever invited to be a "roaster."
David Letterman,
Jay
Leno, Johnny Carson, Bill Maher, Bob Hope, George Burns, Tom Snyder,
Conan O'Brien, Dennis Miller,
Martin Short,
Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee
Gifford have all found Rita amusing. She has appeared on all of their shows.
Sample quotes from Rita Rudner --
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I think men who have a pierced ear are better
prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry.
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I want to have children, but my friends scare me.
One of my friends told me she was in labor for 36 hours. I don't
even want to do anything that feels good for 36 hours.
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Marrying a divorced man is ecologically responsible.
In a world where there are more women than men, it pays to recycle.
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Men have an easier time buying bathing suits. Women
have two types: depressing and more depressing. Men have two types:
nerdy and not nerdy.
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Men are self-confident because they grow up
identifying with super-heroes. Women have bad self-images because
they grow up identifying with Barbie.
Rita Rudner may be available for your next special event!
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