When life has us shaking our fists at the sky — misogyny! bad texters! the tariffs! — comedy is just a stream away. Sometimes, escaping into a world where people love their coworkers and eat breakfast with friends every morning is the only thing stopping us from rage-quitting our jobs or firing off an unhinged email to city hall.
Now you can take the daydream one step further: fantasy-cast your life into a sitcom, starring Hollywood’s funniest women — coming soon to HBO Go Max Now (or whatever they’re calling it this week).
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Lisa Kudrow
Which lady plays your kooky co-worker?
Parker Posey
America Ferrera
Jessica Williams
Tracee Ellis Ross
Who co-stars as your loyal best friend?
Regina Hall
Amy Poehler
Natasha Rothwell
Jenny Slate
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Make life
a sitcom
FUNNY. FEARLESS.
FIRED UP.
She never meant to be famous. Now, the 29-year-old creator is one of the internet’s most celebrated voices, blending advocacy and humor to redefine comedy as we know it.
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Pick from a dream cast of hilarious actresses
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Pick an actress to stir things up as your melodramatic MIL:
Maya Rudolph
Jean Smart
Jenifer Lewis
Megan Mullally
Catherine O'Hara
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Which lady fills the spot of your little sis?
Sarah Hyland
Quinta Brunson
Annie Murphy
Keke Palmer
Nicola Coughlan
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Cast the role of your spicy grandma:
Holland Taylor
Whoopi Goldberg
Carol Kane
Courteney Cox
Jane Fonda
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Who plays your nemesis neighbor?
Aubrey Plaza
Raven-Symoné
Alison Brie
Krysten Ritter
Ali Wong
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Pick a baddie to play to your overbearing boss:
Retta
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Tina Fey
Sheryl Lee Ralph
REtta
Jennifer Coolidge
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Finish your fantasy cast by choosing who would star as you!
Issa Rae
Kat Dennings
Ayo Edebiri
Stephanie Hsu
Kristen Wiig
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Meet your leading ladies!
Can you match the unfunny joke to the lady comedian?
Your feminism card is riding on this.
Obviously, women have no sense of humor and should really leave the professional joke-telling to men. We thought these struggling women comedians could really use a boost, so we're making you play a fun little game that highlights their work.
We rounded up some of the funniest one-liners and zingers from iconic women in comedy like Ziwe and Nikki Glaser, and we're challenging you to figure out who said what. If you fail this test, you're a fake feminist. (JK.)
Ilana Glazer
Jenny
Slate
Sarah Silverman
"I like having sex. I think it's really good. Yeah, it gives you that feeling that you're working together to achieve a common goal: his orgasm.”
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"You all are so powerful. You could really do anything… except tell the country who to vote for. We’ll get ‘em next time if there is a next time. I’m scared. Ariana, hold my finger!”
Ellen DeGeneres
Chelsea Handler
Nikki Glaser
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"Lucy, STOP IT! Denial is a river in Egypt. Your husband is GAY!"
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Whitney Cummings
Wendy Williams
Ziwe
"If you wanna be my boyfriend, just to start, you gotta be a divorced dad because I want a man that's been pre-yelled at."
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Ali
wong
Samantha Bee
Amy Schumer
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Amy Poehler
Amber Ruffin
Tina
Fey
"Learn from my mistakes. Learn from Ayo. Podcasts are forever. Authenticity is dangerous and expensive. I don't think so, honey."
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Ayo Edebiri
Jacqueline Novak
Sarah Cooper
"She didn't dream of nights like this. She sort of dreamed of just like, dental insurance. So, I would say, we got dental, we got eye, we got ear, we can go to the dermatologist."
(When asked,"What would you say to your younger self?" at the 2023 Emmys)
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Sarah Silverman
Chelsea Handler
Wanda Sykes
"Nothing serves as a better reminder to not having children as setting your alarm for 10 a.m. on a Monday morning to remind yourself to do mushrooms."
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Taylor Tomlinson
Kathy Griffin
Ziwe
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Tiffany Haddish
Nicole Byer
Kate Berlant
"My grandma told me as a woman, I gotta think of myself as house ... Every man wants to come inside your house, but you can't be having all kinda men going in and out your house all the time because you'll be known as a crack house and you don't wanna be that bitch."
"When you do decide to have a child, would you rather have a gay son, thot daughter, or pathological liar?"
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Margaret Cho
Iliza Shlesinger
Tig
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"George Bush is not Hitler. He would be if he applied himself."
Well that was fun! Thanks for playing.
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Just look at the humorless Nikki Glaser, who ushered in rave reviews and millions of viewers at the first female-hosted Golden Globes in 82 years. Or the absolutely tedious Ali Wong, who scored historic Emmy and Globe wins for two different comedy projects in the same year. It’s 2025, people, and we all know that women are too busy color-coding our planners and faking orgasms to score the highest ratings on ABC in three years or sign $125M exclusive rights to their comedy podcasts, right?
If women aren't funny, then explain that to all the women involved in our inaugural ‘Women Aren’t Funny’ franchise. Whitney Cummings. Robby Hoffman. Yamaneika Saunders. Legendary 'SNL' photographer Mary Ellen Matthews. And especially our cover star and comedy show headliner Drew Afualo — a roast master, podcaster, author, and TikTok comedian who routinely takes the patriarchy out behind the barn and breaks out the electric cattle prod. Haters beware: here, we celebrate the women who are sharp, fearless, and redefining power with the perfect punchline.
Hate to break it to you,
BUT WOMEN AREN'T FUNNY
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Join Drew and an all-star lineup of comedy powerhouses at our
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Sarah Silverman
Nikki Glaser
Wendy Williams
Ali
wong
Tina
Fey
Ayo Edebiri
Chelsea Handler
Wanda Sykes
Ziwe
Tiffany Haddish
Margaret Cho
Ilana Glazer
A curated list of the perfect female-led comedy for every life situation
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Mary Ellen Matthews
'SNL's lauded resident celebrity photographer brings her signature whimsy to Betches’ first ‘Women Aren’t Funny’ photoshoot and shares how she always gets the shot.
Tell That To Drew Afualo.
We Dare You.
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DREW AFUALO
Sure, women may not be funny, but Drew is laughing all the way to the bank.
Drew Afualo IS
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Pick from a dream cast of hilarious actresses
guess who (?) Said it
FUNNY.
FEARLESS.
FIRED UP.
Queen of (capturing) Comedy:
Mary Ellen Matthews
DREW AFUALO PREPARES A PROPER ROAST
In this step-by-step roast tutorial, our cover star teaches you how to prep a chicken — and by chicken, we mean one fragile, unseasoned Reddit troll. She’s dicing egos and peeling back delusion. It’s less of a cooking show, and more public service, tbh.
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