# What the Hell happened to Ellens career?!?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened-to-ellens-career/138979>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 26, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened-to-ellens-career/138979 "2002-11-26T22:18:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened-to-ellens-career/138979/21 "2002-11-27T22:13:07Z")

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What I remember from seeing her do stand up on tv was her airline rants. About airline service. The size of bathrooms on planes, food, etc.

It was just…lame.

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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened-to-ellens-career/138979/22 "2002-11-27T22:21:08Z")

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I saw her years ago, (don’t ask, it was free), and I she couldn’t buy a laugh.

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**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened-to-ellens-career/138979/23 "2002-11-28T03:37:31Z")

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Your mileage may vary, I guess. I’ve always thought she was funny. Funny on her stand-up specials, funny on talk shows, funny on SNL, and funny at Epcot center.

I agree with some of the _other_ assessments, though: for a long time everything was focused on her being a lesbian instead of just being funny. (To be fair, her bit about not really being gay on SNL was pretty damn cool). As for her “comeback,” you have to consider that it was the supporting/ensemble cast on “Ellen” that really made it popular, IMO. That’s a lot harder to duplicate on a new show than if she had carried the whole thing herself.

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**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened-to-ellens-career/138979/24 "2010-03-28T00:36:51Z")

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I have a feeling her career will be OK.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-happened-to-ellens-career/138979/25 "2010-03-28T00:50:54Z")

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> [@DaveRaver](#):
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> I have a feeling her career will be OK.

And on that prophetic note, I’m locking this thread. Please open a new one if you’d like to discuss her career.

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