I heart Sarah

There has been a lot of press coverage for Sarah Silverman lately due to her new TV show on Comedy Central. Although I haven't seen the show yet, I am quite sure that I will love it. I hate to act like I've known about Sarah for years, but...I'm going to do it anyways. I've been a HUGE fan of hers for quite some time now. I was lucky enough to see her do some stand-up when I lived in Houston and have been in love with her (comedically-speaking) ever since. Her movie, Jesus is Magic, (besides having one of the greatest titles ever) is an all-time favorite and should be required viewing for those who take themselves too seriously.

When I was doing stand-up myself (What...Tara, we didn't know you were funny that funny!), I liked to think of myself as a Catholic version of Sarah Silverman. Not that I even come close to approaching her talent, but there are some similarities. She's a non-practicing Jew dating a Catholic. I'm a non-practicing Catholic dating a Jew. We are both tall, thin, beautiful and funny in an offensive way. Yep...practically separated at birth. I will always be a Sarahphile and in the world of comedy, where there are so few ladies representing, she tops my list of people to steal material from emulate.

Comments

[howard Lindzon]

Wierd but was hearing about this movie from someone else today. Lijit sounds way cool. congrats

[Tara Anderson]

Howard, thanks for checking out my blog and for writing about the Lijit search on yours. You should watch Sarah's movie because it's a nice reminder that women can be as funny and offensive as men. In case you'd forgotten...

[Kato]

I haven't seen the show yet, but I plan on TiVo-ing it. I used to enjoy her appearances on Conan, etc.

Jesus is, in fact, magic.