# Ellen is funny. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 26, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-is-funny/461366 "2008-08-26T23:58:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-is-funny/461366/21 "2008-08-27T20:44:03Z")
[QUOTE=Enright3] Me too. I like Ellen. She seems pleasant and sincere for the most part. Now my brother… ~sigh~ he won’t let his daughter watch the Ellen show [whispering]because she’s a lesbian[/whispering]! :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Me too, too. I’m 63 Her daytime show? Some lesbians are a little put-off because Ellen’s “not gay” on her show. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-is-funny/461366/22 "2008-08-27T20:52:44Z")
[QUOTE=shiftless] Is she consistently funny without being crude or needing to resort to meanness? Yes. [/QUOTE] This. This is why I like her. We were watching her show one day when I turned to my husband, giggling: “Ellen is silly.” He likes her, too, and he agreed with me. And I think that’s just it: she’s _silly_. Lighthearted, kinda goofy. She’s just fun. Nope, I don’t howl with laughter when she’s on, either, but she does make me smile. And mean it. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-is-funny/461366/23 "2008-08-27T21:34:46Z")
Yep. She has a good show. I can go brew a cup of coffee while I’m watching her, but I do hurry back. I sometimes think of something she said (or did) later on and get a bonus chuckle\* out of it. Women giggle. Men chuckle. 😉 All I have to do is say “toaster” to my lesbian buddy and she’ll get a good laugh. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-is-funny/461366/24 "2008-08-28T02:34:03Z")
I love it when Neil Patrick Harris is on her show, because she always makes him do [a magic trick](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reDkgbtgSwM&NR=1) of some sort. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-is-funny/461366/25 "2008-08-28T03:03:03Z")
[QUOTE=Headrush042] I love it when Neil Patrick Harris is on her show, because she always makes him do [a magic trick](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reDkgbtgSwM&NR=1) of some sort. [/QUOTE] Uh huh. Takes a _lot_ of comvincing, right. They go together good, don’t they? Separated at birth? Nah. Anyway, isn’t he Malcom’s brother? ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-is-funny/461366/26 "2008-08-28T03:06:20Z")
[QUOTE=shiftless] Is she consistently funny without being crude or needing to resort to meanness? Yes. [/QUOTE] Right. And she’s pretty damned good off the cuff with her interviews. She does the written stuff great, but where she really shines is off the cuff where there is no way it was written. I definitely rank her as one of the funniest people around. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-is-funny/461366/27 "2008-08-28T14:50:43Z")
[QUOTE=WarmNPrickly] Right. And she’s pretty damned good off the cuff with her interviews. She does the written stuff great, but where she really shines is off the cuff where there is no way it was written. I definitely rank her as one of the funniest people around. [/QUOTE] Yes, like this clip that someone just sent to my yesterday – absolutely hilarious, although Ellen is mainly just playing the straight man. Err… you know what I mean. [Calling Gladys](http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2007/ellen-gladys-hardy-p1.php) ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-is-funny/461366/28 "2008-08-28T15:05:02Z")
That was great. And real. Ellen really cracked up. And so did I. Gladys is, indeed, a hoot. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ellen-is-funny/461366/29 "2008-08-28T15:11:33Z")
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