Phil's calling us from Longmont in Colorado. Simpson's book and TV deal, which as we mentioned just a moment ago, have now been canceled. There was a time when they were taken away from you, and that can't have been a happy experience for anybody. I said, "Mom, they werent trying to teach you to swim.". Pretty Good Jokes is for A Prairie Home Companion fans and all fans unaffected good humor. I read in a dog-training book that during his "chewing phase" I should put anything I dont want chewed out of his reach. Ms. Poundstone, 44, earned more than $1 million a year in the 1990's. She was on ''The Tonight Show With Jay Leno'' and HBO comedy specials. POUNDSTONE: Well, you know, part of the reason I think she probably was quite a gifted kindergarten teacher is that anybody who can get enough order to teach when their last is Bump as kindergarten teacher already has a gift. Poundstone said she could not comment on the case until after her sentencing, scheduled for Oct. 10. Poundstone, who was released after posting a $200,000 bond, spoke briefly to reporters as she left the jail. He was on top of the sport for a long name and was massively po. Quick Facts She was born on December 29, 1959. [10], Poundstone is No. When we come back from a short break, the media circus surrounding O.J. Paula Poundstone's three adopted children have been staying with her for the last few days at her Santa Monica home. I didn't want to do that, and certainly there are parts of my act in this book for sure. Paula Vera s Jack Poundstone lnya. POUNDSTONE: No, I'm talking about "Mary Poppins," yeah, yeah. She is one of the best people that I know, Brogan said. And I actually said into the microphone - I go, you mean there's a script for this? Anyways, Im sorry. In court documents, prosecutors alleged that she committed a lewd act. Yeah, actually, you know, about five percent of my book is about my legal debacle. When Jeanne got her instructions from God, France was in the midst of the Hundred Years War with England. Paula Poundstone is quite the enigma. And I want to tell Paula that I just love listening to her on a weekend radio show on NPR, and I have a question for her. Details, 'OutDaughtered' Star Danielle Busby's Transformation From Wife to Mom, Meet Return to Amishs Sabrinas Newborn: Cutest Photos of Baby No. Paula este fiica lui Vera i a lui Jack Poundstone. Yes, most of what I say I make up on the spot. Other than that, everything is kind of like being a baseball player in a batting cage. POUNDSTONE: It was kept kind of hush-hush, wasn't it? The way it came about is I used to do a show with the same company called "Science Court." Once, at the appointed day and time, the district attorney wasnt there and the judge had to go to a doctors appointment. CONAN: But did you have to wear that clip on your nose like they wear in the Olympics? I realize that, as a criminal, my thoughts on the legal process dont carry much weight; still, for whatever help it may have been to my lawyer in his own personal relations, I explained to him that people are supposed to plan things for the times they are available to do them, and that one does not score points for scheduling a court hearing for a time when they can be in court -- especially when they are the judge. Update Celebrity Profile. They have been. Staying with the makers of Science Court, Tom Snyder Productions, she was the voice of the mom, Paula Small, in the cartoon series Home Movies for the show's first five episodes, which aired on UPN. David with us from Charlotte, North Carolina. PAULA POUNDSTONE: I had a little drinking problem, but I guess you heard already. Its one of those tigers we hold by the tail, like the A-bomb. More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Resume Born December 29, 1959 Add to list Awards 3 wins Photos 8 Known for Home Movies 8.2 TV Series Paula Small (voice) 1999 5 eps Much of historys record of Jeannes extraordinary life comes from her own testimony during her heresy trial, although I cant imagine that they got it all written down accurately. Allison Poundstone Thomas Poundstone Toshia Poundstone View Free Details. Then he suddenly reached across and grabbed my crotch, crushing my poster. CONAN: Your humor has always been observational and always, at least in part, about your own life and, you know, obviously self-deferential in a lot of those references. Six months later, when I couldnt possibly share in a circle one more time and my dog had ingested all of her furniture, this woman dropped off in my front yard, in what I liken to a drive-by shooting, one of the biggest, dumbest animals Ive ever seen. Ill have to give birth to my own highway. Latest: Podcast: Comic legend Paula Poundstone bringing hysterical, finely tuned act to Salt Lake City Friday night Myhemmin vuonna 1990 Paula esiintyi HBO-erikoisnyttelijss nimelt Cats, Cops ja Stuff, ja esiintymisens vuoksi hnet kruunattiin CableACE-palkinnolla. It's - they only diagnosis it based on the degree to which it interrupts your life. Poundstone buvo uaugintas Sudburyje, Masausetse, kartu su eima. Too risky. but you don't care about that. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. In one of the kindest gestures ever bestowed upon me, a woman I had never even met took my puppy the whole time I was away. My face is folding in on itself. I assume the neon IM STUPID sign went on over my head; I heard a click. I have videotapes of it that I take around the country with me and watch over and over again. There were many Charleses back then, and they were all kings. LEE: I was going to ask Paula, when she was getting her start which were the comics out there on the scene that she really was impressed by? Jeanne claimed to have heard voices and seen accompanying apparitions several times each day for five years. I guess Grandpa let him go. You cant just do that. But each time I time I try to say something about Abraham Lincoln I find myself diverting to something that - it reminds me of something that happened to me or it reminds me of something else entirely. I have no comments to make. Beginning in the late 1980s, she performed a series of one-hour HBO comedy specials. No. Join Facebook to connect with Allison Poundstone and others you may know. Yeah, I talk about my life. Paula Poundstone trenutno skupaj z otroki ivi v ZDA. I dont see what function it serves in nature, but its amazing. For a while I thought I had an ice cream problem. In a statement released Wednesday after the hearing, Poundstone said that the lewd conduct charges were not true but that she did take an unnecessary risk with the children. She voiced Judge Stone on Science Court (also known as Squigglevision), an edutainment cartoon series done in the Squigglevision style that aired on Saturday mornings, on ABC Kids in 1997. But were it not for the Wright Brothers and what I believe the fact that they had obsessive-compulsive disorder, we would still probably be about 20 years away from the Cinnabon right now. The military must have bunkers full of carefully separated corduroy and black chiffon secreted away somewhere in Nevada. Paula lives at 1016 Chelsea Avenu, Santa Monica, CA 90403-4612. She looked at me wide-eyed and said, "But, Mom, you dont even believe in stuff like that." And therefore, you know, it's not worth the risk ever, ever again. It is an entertaining mix of knock-knocks, one-liners, North Dakota, religious, animal, bar, and light bulb jokes, those famous "yo mama" insults and much more. And so I would always vent for several minutes before I would begin to read my part of the script into the microphone. Her career as a performer is back on track, but her well-known problems are the subject of much of her humor these days and of her new book, "There's Nothing in This Book I Meant to Say." View the profiles of professionals named "Allison Poundstone" on LinkedIn. Alison will perform on on Saturday 9 July alongside Natalie Imbruglia and Tears For Fears. But my book is a series of biographies of towering historic figures; and in the telling of their story, I tell my own. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SPECIAL "PAULA POUNDSTONE: LOOK WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN"). I dont understand French names. Because I think it would be very important for me to understand that to help myself. Salam Kane is a . And our e-mail address is talk@npr.org. POUNDSTONE: Well, always when there's someone in an apartment building that sticks their head out and says something, it is always them. Jim Brogan, a comic and friend of Poundstones, said he was relieved that she was receiving help for her drinking problem. She also voiced Forgetter Paula in the 2015 Disney / Pixar film, Inside Out . Allison Poundstone Female, Person 1991 - 147 Views. Apparently Joan of Arc was never called "Joan" in France; she was Jeanne dArc. 2502 56 Paula Huntsville Alabama Paula Vera Jack Poundstone . And down the back of the tights, they shoved Styrofoam POUNDSTONE: so your body was quite buoyant but your head kind of flopped back. Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street. POUNDSTONE: Of course I didn't do that. But, you know, I consider myself the luckiest person in the world for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that I am - a sense of humor is a valuable tool in getting through anything, and so that's what I do. You know, somebody would have gotten it eventually. 90 Day Fiances Molly, Cynthia Friendship Timeline. Paula has three children, Toshia, Allison, and Thomas E. Poundstone. We won't post to any of your accounts without asking first. My comment is I'm kind of the same way, and I find that women that are quick on their feet and outspoken and witty are sometimes overly misunderstood, especially in my line of work, which is a stay-at-home housewife. And one day he said, you know, do you mind if I tape some of this, and from that he used that as the character for the show. You're great. My criminal court case in Santa Monica was rescheduled three times in a row, weeks apart, in part because the court clerk wrote the wrong time down on my lawyers official document. CONAN: Are you trying to tell me that your jokes did not include references to her last name? At nineteen she was captured by the British, tried by the Church, and burned at the stake as a heretic. POUNDSTONE: Well, the other thing is, you know, after they kick the stuffing out of each other during the primary, it is always kind of a sad time. She said, "The bow." by. When she was twelve, Ms. dArc heard voices that she believed were sent by God. I'm pretty certain - I've not read anything that said this, but I think it's a safe bet that the Wright Brothers had obsessive-compulsive disorder, as do I. Beginning in the late 1980s, she performed a series of one-hour HBO comedy specials. At one point he said it's very different. CONAN: Well, it's so hard for the passengers to decide between the lobster and the filet, you know. STEVE: And I'll take the answer off the air here. POUNDSTONE: Yeah, it might. CONAN: Let's get Steve on the line, Steve with us from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Elizabeth is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Haygood Paterson Poundstone of Montgomery, Alabama. Really.". I got to tell you, though, I wanted to be lawyer when I was young because I was such a fan of Perry Mason. And I find that the elastic goes out at about seven years but you can still cut it and tie it and get another couple of good years out of it. I sobered up by the next day and bought another bunny to prove I would have gotten the first bunny even if I wasnt drunk. Paula Huntsville-ben szletett, Alabama, Egyeslt llamok. [5] Poundstone went on to another first with her second HBO stand-up special, Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard, taped on campus in Sanders Theatre. Paula Podcast Quote Sweatshirt. I'll take your comments offline, in fact, on that. Maybe on Thanksgiving. I, of course, didn't do that. For a year I had to have a monitor with me while I picked them up from their foster home at 6:00 a.m. every day. Two different authors I read said they were calling her "Joan" because that was how Americans knew her. And by the way, how much does she cram for each WAIT, WAIT? . Poundstone tours the country extensively, performing stand-up comedy in theaters and performing arts centers. She was also charged with three counts of lewd acts upon a girl younger than 14. We have lots of information about Allison: religious views are listed as Christian, ethnicity is Caucasian, and political affiliation is unknown. And let's see if we can get Ken on the line. So there was the fodder of the individual characters and I just sort of wove in and out, you know, my own life and my own observations throughout. But in terms of what they're going to bring up or what the questions are, we don't know ahead of time. MONICA: Yes, yes. In fairness to me, I think I talked mostly about Betty White. Im going to be honest with you. Get up to speed with our Essential California newsletter, sent six days a week. My mother told me that she learned to swim when someone took her out in a boat to the middle of a lake and threw her overboard. By the mid-90's, Poundstone had shifted her performances from comedy clubs to performing arts centers and theatres where her interactions with the crowd became the stuff of legend. Her fame grew in the 1990s when she became a regular on national TV talk shows, including The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.. I recently bought wrinkle cream. Not when I subscribed to cable, but when I did a show on their network. As someone who listens to NPR's WAIT, WAIT, DON'T TELL ME almost weekly I'd be glad to know if Paula makes her interesting political jokes on the spot? Poundstone's first book, There Is Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say, was published by Crown in 2006. In 1984, Robin Williams saw her act and encouraged her to move to Los Angeles. They are Toshia, Thomas, and Allison Poundstone. And I'll take my answer off the air. In 1989, she won the American Comedy Award for "Best Female Stand-Up Comic". Allison has 1 job listed on their profile. And, you know, the best thing I can do is not do it again and make sure that - you know, hopefully what my kids will see is someone who - and they were pretty young; I mean, they don't know all that much about what took place - but, you know, hopefully what they'll see is someone who made mistakes and, you know, kind of picked themselves up and kept going and hopefully got, you know, better than before. It depends who you ask whether or not I was witty, but I can tell you this. CONAN: I pushed the wrong button. A lot of comics write their act in a book and do it successfully and well. It aired on ABC, it was an animated show. CONAN: Our guest today is Paula Poundstone. Thank you. The most diabolical plan of the maddest mad scientists couldnt have come up with this combination. Disney Role Forgetter Paula (left) Ken calling from Cleveland, Ohio. In fact, my daughter Toshia was in a kids production of the play and I saw that a few times. I have no one to blame but myself -- which, Ive always said, takes the joy right out of blaming. In an effort to cheer me up, my lawyer told me, after he rescheduled with the clerk, "Itll be next month on the nineteenth and the clerk says thisll be good because the judge can be there that day." Poundstone was born in Huntsville, Alabama, the daughter of Vera, a housewife, and Jack Poundstone, an engineer. Cat Nip Toy. He said he was trying to make sure I was a woman. POUNDSTONE: And as it turns out, I really just wanted to kind of be a fat guy with dark circles under my eyes POUNDSTONE: which I have been working towards. . Poundstone, 41, changed her earlier plea of not guilty before Superior Court Judge Bernard Kamins at the Santa Monica courthouse. It's Over! One of my favorite lines of yours - people on the left, we don't like the people on the right. She later adopts a boy, Thomas (11 Months) 1998: Poundstone ends columnist/author relationship with Mother Jones Magazine. POUNDSTONE: I don't want to get overwhelmed, Monica. Writes Nick Zaino III of the Boston Globe, "Her crowd work has always been unusualher natural disposition, curious and ever-perplexed, allows Poundstone to aggressively question audience members without ever seeming threatening. CONAN: Part of Paula Poundstone's new book is about the experience of going through all of this and the dozen therapists, counselors, psychiatrists who evaluated her for the court who diagnosed her as bipolar, depressed mildly, depressed severely, borderline personality disorder, drug and alcohol dependent, alcoholic, obsessive-compulsive, manic-depressive, compliant, noncompliant, defensive, paranoid, prompt, late, city mouse and country mouse, which makes her the perfect guest for TALK OF THE NATION. Why not save ink and call her "d"? Poundstone has also worked as a voice actress. TOM: Well, I loved Perry Mason, too, but I'm glad that you don't hate all lawyers. DAVID: I just had a quick question. The only thing we know ahead of time is the bluff stories so that we can write our own. I didnt want to hurt the guys feelings and I was too shy to say "no thank you," so, stupidly, I accepted the drink and the guy moved to the barstool beside me. I couldnt believe it. You know, obviously there are questions and so - especially if it's a multiple choice, you know, they've had to make up the other multiple choice options and he does - not all of it but a lot of it. She will also have to stay clean and sober, complete community service and receive psychological counseling, prosecutors said. She stayed in San Francisco, where she became known for improvisational sets at Holy City Zoo on Clement Street and The Other Caf comedy club in Cole Valley. They have to use a complicated numeric system as well. Sandi Gibbons, a spokeswoman for the district attorneys office, said prosecutors were satisfied that the plea agreement was a proper way to resolve the case. We need you! CONAN: Hi, Phil, you're on the air. Once, in Washington, D.C., I bought a timeline of world history in a three-poster set that equaled twelve feet across. CONAN: It'll be the last time. "There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say," what does that mean? [1] Her family moved to Sudbury, Massachusetts, about a month after her birth.[2]. Tags: Paula Poundstone. Get help at Wikipedia. I guess France had been bothering Scotland, and England had taken issue with that. DAVID: Hey Neal and Paula. Id have been pretty water-safe back then. Accuracy and availability may vary. Paula Poundstone elab praegu koos lastega Ameerika hendriikides. Yeah. Im not sure which high shelf to put the house up on. We'll wait for the comment till she answers that question. 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