It will be a 45-minute electronic set visiting songs from Yazoo through to her most recent albums. I beat out Larry King and Charlie Rose, and Larry King became bitter and had me on his show and didnt show up to do the interview. POUNDSTONE: You know, I dealt with some people that were in the field of kicking people when they were down, and that wasn't really a pleasant part. Oh, you had comment. Canonized as a saint 508 years after her death, Joan of Arc led the armies of France when she was seventeen years old. 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. In the early 1980s, she traveled across the United States by Greyhound bus, stopping in at open-mic nights at comedy clubs en route. I knew to breathe out. It depends who you ask whether or not I was witty, but I can tell you this. Comedian Paula Poundstone joins us to discuss her career and preview her new show. Nm 2001, c b bt v gy nguy him cho tr em v c hnh vi dm i vi mt c b v thnh nin. I'm a big fan of hers. In 1997, she adopted two girls, Toshia and Allison. Also, is Poundstone your real name, and if so, is that why you're so funny? POUNDSTONE: Oh, I'm so glad. Actually I had one really great lawyer, so I do make rare exceptions to the rule. . POUNDSTONE: We actually couldn't float very well for synchronized swimmers, so our coach made us wear tights underneath our bathing suits. This is TALK OF THE NATION. I love your stuff. CONAN: Endangering your children was getting arrested for driving drunk with them in the car. Id been drunk in that pet store before, and I dont want to play the victim here, but I believe they knew and I believe they took advantage. Comedian Paula Poundstone has been lending her commentary to NPR's news quiz show for . CONAN: Hi, Phil, you're on the air. They're fairly well researched and it's a brief biography but comprehensive. She provided backstage commentary during the 1992 presidential election on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. PAULA POUNDSTONE: I had a little drinking problem, but I guess you heard already. Dana Carvey was a big influence on me in lots of ways, actually. There is a bit of controversy in the record as to whether Joan Jeanne Joan regularly took her turn driving the livestock to pasture, but if she did it drunk wed have something in common. In three strokes of luck, which I could never deserve, I was able to adopt my foster children Toshia, Allison, and Thomas E Poundstone. As part of a plea agreement with Los Angeles County prosecutors, Poundstone is expected to be placed on probation for five years but will not go to jail, attorneys said. 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. Paula Poundstone (@paulapoundstone) Instagram photos and videos paulapoundstone Follow 550 posts 11.3K followers 193 following Paula Poundstone Comedian Comedian, author and host of @nobodylistenstopaulapoundstone on @starburnsaudio. However, about three weeks later, having had no success at quitting drinking on my own, I went into a rehab for 30 days and got stuck there for 180 days. She is known for never doing the same act twice and spontaneously interacting with the crowd. Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street. Paula Poundstone s-a nscut pe 29 decembrie 1959, ceea ce i face 56 de ani. I shouldnt have even put in a rinse. Poundstone is an Atheist and a self described Asexual. I was just wondering, I really love that character, and although you only played the voice for part of the first season, how much do you think that that character really kind of reflected on you at all? Yeah, the pilots don't really talk to us so much anymore. She did not want to put her family through this.. I said, "Mom, they werent trying to teach you to swim.". Are 1000-Lb Sisters Amy Slaton and Michael Halterman Still Together? Poundstone was arrested in June for alleged lewd acts and child abuse involving her three adoptive and two foster children. . As it turns out, my dog Cal is part black Lab, part German shepherd, part pit bull, and part chow. Beginning in the late 1980s, she performed a series of one-hour HBO comedy specials. Salam Kane is a . David with us from Charlotte, North Carolina. He got fired a couple of years later. You're great. Paula yra Vera ir Jacko Poundstone'o dukra. Allison has 1 job listed on their profile. I was a foster parent for eight years and I fostered eight children, in various combinations within that time. Nakonec adoptovala dv dcery, Toshia a Allison, a syna, Thomase. I had always hoped that Id be willing to age gracefully, but sometimes you panic. Paula lives at 1016 Chelsea Avenu, Santa Monica, CA 90403-4612. In Touch Weekly is part of the a360media Entertainment Group.Copyright a360media 2023. Judge Kamins said Friday that Poundstone, 42, had established an exemplary record during her probation for child endangerment and deserved to have her children returned to her. My face is folding in on itself. 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. He was on top of the sport for a long name and was massively po. Toshia, Allison, and Thomas E went back into foster care. Except for now what they're going to talk about is the fact that they're not talking about the book. I'll take your comments offline, in fact, on that. Paula s-a nscut n Huntsville, Alabama, Statele Unite. CONAN: I missed that part where you were burned at the stake. Paula I wondered, with your book coming out, do you think you'll sell more copies or O.J.? I bought a black chiffon spaghetti-strap shirt and jacket once. Poundstone will not be allowed to serve as a foster parent anymore, but she is working on regaining custody of her three adoptive children, Cron said. So I was on topic. Whats that noise? But God did speak to me once I'm pretty sure. I answered. Viroqua, WI @ Historic Temple Theatre. DAVID: I just had a quick question. I should have known. Paula este fiica lui Vera i a lui Jack Poundstone. [16][17] Poundstone also pleaded no contest to one count of felony child endangerment. And let's see if we can get Ken on the line. POUNDSTONE: First of all, thank you very much. Poundstone had a recurring role in Cybill Shepherd's TV series Cybill (1997). I tried to slip it surreptitiously into the basket at the Rite-Aid, but my daughter Alley saw me and kept asking, "Whats that?" Well, who started calling her "Joan" in America? That should have been a huge red flag. And finally it occurred to me that because of the kind of human being I am, when I'm in conversation with people invariably I somehow route the conversation back to me. Poundstone's first book, There Is Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say, was published by Crown in 2006. Disney Role Forgetter Paula (left) 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. Thank you for taking my call. 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. Mama ei era gospodin i tatl ei inginer. And when I would come into the studio to tape my part of it, invariably I had just come from some sort of, you know, some sort of personal drama somewhere or whatever. Now, thanks to a court ruling on Wednesday, they get to stay home for good . Because I watched him stammer through a thing the other day, I guess a press conference, where he was trying to tell people that there was no similarity between Vietnam and Iraq, and he was coming up with some great reasons. Un Paula biei tiek novrota kop ar brniem ar ekskursijas un vairku programmu laik. Anyways, I broke up with him. I have no comments to make. She now appears regularly on National Public Radio's Wait Wait . At nineteen she was captured by the British, tried by the Church, and burned at the stake as a heretic. I didn't realize when I first was doing the show - I remember one time hearing the director say we're on page 12. He said I had gone too long, but that meant there would be lots to choose from in editing. But, you know, the different between the Wright Brothers and other people that were working on what they referred to as the flight problem back them - and that's before they knew how big a problem it was going to become - they just did what they did over and over and over again in such a meticulous way that they had success before other people had success. Cron said his client was disappointed that she will no longer be allowed to be a foster parent. POUNDSTONE: I was thinking actually - I don't know who does Bush's travel plans, but whoever sent him to Vietnam should be in big, big trouble. Not that I didnt perhaps suck. The voices eventually told her that she had been chosen by God to restore the kingdom of France. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. 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. Right now, Allison Poundstone lives in Santa Monica, CA. I had it with me on my way home at the D.C. airport. Not too many sentences later he told me, "Were like a family here." She also voiced the POUNDSTONE: Yeah, but I think, you know, when, you know - not if I have one drink or two drinks. And so I would always vent for several minutes before I would begin to read my part of the script into the microphone. Believe me, the cats started hiding the alcohol after that. Betty White was great. She also wrote the column Hey, Paula! You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Poundstone lives in Santa Monica, California with her three children, Toshia, Allison and Thomas E. For More Info & Appearance Schedule: paulapoundstone.com LISTEN: Listen to more LGBT Leaders, Allies & Celebrity Interviews: OUTTAKE VOICES Download Interviews on iTunes Go To Homepage Before You Go Charlotte Robinson, Contributor CONAN: Here's an e-mail we got from Ken from Cleveland. She was troubled by an uncanny sense that I owned a lot of corduroy. Yeah, I talk about my life. 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." What I do know about the history of the world is that it is twelve feet long and the United States doesnt even begin until the last four inches. There's no movies about Iraq, which I thought was brilliant. And I'll take my answer off the air. I did have a drinking problem. But was there a moment after your arrest when you said, look, I just can't talk about this stuff? I'm so flattered that somebody in Iran listens to me. The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services began investigating Poundstone after receiving a report of an incident May 19. There was a time when they were taken away from you, and that can't have been a happy experience for anybody. Sharks eat everything, are they teething? You know, I went to work after my - you know, I was in the 30-day program for 180 days. We taped them in two nights, and they decided not to make any more midway through my "we love it" hug from the executive on the second night. [11], Poundstone began serving as a foster parent in the 1990s. Paula Poundstone (born December 29, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, author, actor, interviewer, and commentator. Currently, Allison is single. paulapoundstone.com Posts Reels Videos Tagged Show More Posts from paulapoundstone The current relationship status of Paula Poundstone is not known. She repeated the warning as she bagged the garment. The phone number for her is (310) 828-6737 (Verizon California, Inc). But when I was a kid my mother used to put one pigtail coming out the side of my head and I had to spend hours waiting at the bus stop looking like that, so the similarities are hard to avoid. I don't think it's much of a drawback, quite honestly. Who is Allison Poundstone? 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. Details, 'OutDaughtered' Star Danielle Busby's Transformation From Wife to Mom, Meet Return to Amishs Sabrinas Newborn: Cutest Photos of Baby No. Because she was kind of like the single mom, you know, comedic type. POUNDSTONE: Out of deference to me and my family, I was actually court- ordered to Alcoholics Anonymous on television. 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. You know, sometimes people ask me about being a woman comic, if that - if the fact that I'm a woman - well, you really couldn't be a woman comic without being a woman. She is the host of the Starburns Audio podcast (previously a member of the Maximum Fun network) Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone, which is the successor to the National Public Radio program Live from the Poundstone Institute. Excellent. And, you know, it's hard to speak to tomorrow, but from where I'm sitting today that's not what I would like to do. CONAN: Bye-bye. Allison Poundstone Thomas Poundstone Toshia Poundstone View Free Details. Poundstone identifies as asexual. He eats the side of the house. That's (unintelligible). When we come back from a short break, the media circus surrounding O.J. She said they were Saint Michael, Saint Catherine, and Saint Margaret, and were often flanked by hundreds of unidentified angels. Paula je imala neto vrijednost od 1,5 milijuna dolara. CONAN: OK, go ahead. Go ahead, please. 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. Born. And our e-mail address is talk@npr.org. It wasnt an honest blooper, it was a conspiracy. It would have been no big deal, but we had nine cats. I recently bought wrinkle cream. I myself am also a recovering alcoholic, and I would like you to just take a moment to comment on what role your children played and your role as an adult played in your recovery. 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 2502 56 Paula Huntsville Alabama Paula Vera Jack Poundstone . 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 had her own Bravo special in 2006 as part of their three-part Funny Girls series, along with Caroline Rhea and Joan Rivers, titled Paula Poundstone: Look What the Cat Dragged In. Jeanne was a farm girl who labored in the sun, and she came from thick, short, muscley farm people, so its not likely either that she was tall and thin, with soft pale skin, as shes often depicted. Unfortunately, my problem is I - you know, more than that seems like a great idea after one or two, so that's really where the problem lies. When she was twelve, Ms. dArc heard voices that she believed were sent by God. POUNDSTONE: Well, I often picture Sitting Bull, you know, riding across the plains on his horse into battle with his satiny black hair streaming in a ponytail behind him. I buy impulsively sometimes, totally forgetting what I look like and how I spend my time. CONAN: I pushed the wrong button. 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? All the Celebrity Couples Who Broke Up in 2023, Are Teen Mom' Alum Ryan Edwards and Mackenzie Still Together? CONAN: Let's see if we can get - excuse me, that's the wrong phone there - let's get Monica on the POUNDSTONE: Did you push the wrong phone? POUNDSTONE: I have a lot - I found - Sitting Bull I knew nothing about until I began to research for the purposes of writing my book, and it turns out, you know, it's almost Kennedy-Lincoln, the similarities between me and Sitting Bull. 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. For a better experience, we recommend that you . And also CONAN: Why don't we try one at a time, Monica. I got to tell you, though, I wanted to be lawyer when I was young because I was such a fan of Perry Mason. Poundstone ima troje djece, dvije keri i sina, naime Thomas Poundstone, Toshia Poundstone i Allison Poundstone. See all dates. Paula Poundstone pole veel abielus, ehkki alates 1990. aastatest on ta hooldusvanem. When Jeanne got her instructions from God, France was in the midst of the Hundred Years War with England. Paula Poundstone (born December 29, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer and commentator, known for her distinctive brand of spontaneous observational comedy. In June 2001 I was arrested on a felony child-endangerment charge, for driving drunk with my children in the car, a misdemeanor child-abuse charge, the details of which I am not permitted to discuss because they are sealed by the court, and four charges of lewd acts with a minor, which were later dropped. sort by. I was nervous and I could not stop talking. POUNDSTONE: A lot of swimmers haven't worked that out yet that that's what you do: You breathe out. Paula is asexual and finds it difficult to make out with men. Ja Paulat nhakse koos lastega sageli ka tema tuuri ja mitme programmi ajal. In exchange, prosecutors dropped three counts of committing lewd acts against a child and added the misdemeanor count. Prosecutors said the terms of probation will require Poundstone, who is being treated in Malibu, to complete six months at a rehabilitation center. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. It was one of the worst show-business experiences Ive ever had, and Ive hosted a pie-eating contest brought to you by Zims family restaurants. She spent time in rehab for alcoholism and temporarily lost custody of her three children. Paula, my wife and I have always enjoyed your comments from the floor of political conventions. She also appeared on Hollywood Squares and was a regular panelist for the remake of To Tell the Truth. 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? Buy Tickets. It seems unusual to me. I'm Neal Conan. "Yeah, but what if Im wrong?" I'd have to isolate the variables and relieve my life. 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