Fri, 06/03/2011

Recap: The TV Academy Celebrates Women in Comedy

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Recently, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences hosted "Ladies Who Make Us Laugh", an event devoted to women in comedy hosted at the Academy's Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre. Guests included comedians Bonnie Hunt, Margaret Cho, Caroline Rhea, Carole Leifer, Elayne Boosler, Lily Tomlin and Mary Lynn Rajskub.

The Pop Culture Passionistas were on the red carpet for the Archive of American Television to find out more about these extraordinary performers. Here's a playlist featuring those interviews:

Watch the entire An Evening with the Ladies Who Make Us Laugh panel discussion here: