“Gleefully wacky and irreverent.”

–The New York Times

“Line by line, Mr. Rudnick may be the funniest writer for the stage in the United States today.”

–The New York Times

“Deeply funny musings and adventures elevate Paul Rudnick to the highest level of American comedy writing.”

–Steve Martin

“One of the funniest quip-meisters on the planet.”

–The New York Times

“Paul Rudnick is a champion of truth (and love and great wicked humor) whom we ignore at our peril.”

–David Sedaris

“Quips fall with the regularity of the autumn leaves.”

–Associated Press

October 10, 2014

Jan Hooks

Like everyone else, I adored Jan Hooks, whose death was announced yesterday at 57. As  many others have said, the world has been losing far too many wildly talented, hilarious women over the past few weeks. Jan Hooks certainly gave the lie to that ridiculous argument about how women aren’t funny. Here she is as Kathie Lee Gifford on SNL:

 

 

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