Who Is This Comedienne I'm Thinking Of?

I am not a big fan of stand-up, and find most of the prominent female stand-up comics even more irritating then the men (Paula Poundstone, anyone). But back in the '90s on Comedy Central I remember seeing one lady who was pretty funny. Here is about all I remember: She was kind of thin and blonde and pixie-ish. I think her first name was Laurie or Lori, and her last name sounded Jewish. She had a real deadpan delivery and would sort of slip her punchlines under the radar. One I remember was “I saw a BMW with a bumper sticker that said ‘Just Do It.’ So I jammed the accelerator and ran into him.”

Who am I thinking of?

Sounds like Wendy Liebman , though I’ve always seen her with brown hair. I like her stealth punchlines, too.

Your description makes me think of either Maria Bamford or Margaret Smith although the names obviously don’t fit that part of it.

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I agree with UC, but just in case that is not the one, two other Jewish female comics from that era are Cathy Ladman and Susie Essman- don’t recall how tall, but both have black hair.

I’m thinking Wendy Liebman, too. That delivery is hers, perfectly, and aside from the hair colour (like UC, I don’t think I’ve ever seen her not brunette), the physical description works for me.

Right you are, despite my unintentional red herrings.

The “Lori” part makes me think of Laura Kightlinger but then the rest of the description doesn’t seem to fit. She’s got that off-kilter humor, though.

It’s definitely, without a doubt Wendy Liebman. I really like her too. She only has that one schtick (the deadpan, afterthought, whispered punchlines), but she makes it work.

It sounds just like Diane Ford (although I don’t think thats jewish)

MMMV. Wendy Liebman is so irritating I wanna feed her headfirst into a wood chipper.

Based on the OP’s description of “slipping a punchline in under the radar” my guess is Rita Rudner. The first time I saw her, the joke that got me was “I was jealous because other girls had hickeys. So I gave myself a hickey. (laughter from audience ) And then people kept saying, ‘what is that on Rita’s forehead?’”

Edit: Ooops. I totally missed the OPs confirmation of someone else’s guess. Sorry!

Phil Hartman as Ed McMahon “One trick pony, yes sir”