We're joined by comedienne Paula Poundstone, probably best known by public radio listeners as one of the most beloved recurring guests on the NPR News Quiz, Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me! We’ll pick her brain in advance of her show on on March 3rd at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers.
Paula is also an Author, Host/Emcee, Actor and Commentator. She just released her second book, The Totally Unscientific Study Of The Search For Human Happiness. She voiced the character “Forgetter Paula” in Inside Out, and her recent guest appearances include Late Night with Stephen Colbert, CBS Sunday Morning, Major Crimes, Carson Daly, Nerdist with Chris Hardwick, Weekend Edition and ‘Puzzle Master’ with Will Shortz!
Over the years Paula has amassed a list of awards and accolades. A star of several HBO specials and her own series, “The Paula Poundstone Show” on HBO and ABC, she was the first woman, in its then 73rd year, to perform standup comedy at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. In addition Paula was a special correspondent for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, for the Democratic and Republican conventions, the Inauguration and the Emmy Awards.
Paula is recognized on Comedy Central’s list of ‘The 100 Best Standup Comics of All Time,’ she won an American Comedy Award for Best Female Standup Comic, and she is included in innumerable lists, documentaries and literary compendiums noting influential standup comedians of our time.
