Paula Poundstone

Paula Poundstone

Paula Poundstone is an American stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer and commentator. Beginning in the late 1980s, she performed a series of one-hour HBO comedy specials. She provided backstage commentary during the 1992 presidential election on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She is a frequent panelist on National Public Radio's weekly news quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me.

  • Title: Paula Poundstone
  • Popularity: 3.034
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1959-12-29
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Paula Poundstone Movies

  • 1984
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    Hyperspace
    Hyperspace

    6.1 1984 HD

    Because of a small navigation mistake Lord Buckethead lands on Earth instead of "in a galaxy far, far away". But he is still looking for the princess...

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  • 2013
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    Why We Laugh: Funny Women
    Why We Laugh: Funny Women

    7.2 2013 HD

    An uncensored look into the lives of the female stand-up comedian. Featuring interviews and live performance footage from some of today's most...

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  • 1983
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    The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show
    The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show

    1 1983 HD

    John Candy presents the 1983 Young Comedians Show.

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  • 2006
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    Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In
    Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In

    5.5 2006 HD

    Paula Poundstone makes a triumphant return to primetime television in her first new comedy special in over ten years, "Paula Poundstone: Look What...

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  • 2014
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    3 Still Standing
    3 Still Standing

    6 2014 HD

    Three stand-up comedians seek fame and fortune in the hottest comedy scene in the world: San Francisco in the 1980s.

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  • 1987
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    On Location: Women of the Night
    On Location: Women of the Night

    1 1987 HD

    HBO stand-up comedy special starring Ellen DeGeneres, Paula Poundstone, Rita Rudner, Judy Tenuta and Lizz Winstead.

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  • 1990
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    Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff
    Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff

    6.5 1990 HD

    Optreden van Paula Poundstone in San Francisco, november 1990.

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  • 2015
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    Inside Out
    Inside Out

    7.912 2015 HD

    When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work...

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  • 2024
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    Inside Out 2
    Inside Out 2

    7.609 2024 HD

    Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness,...

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  • 1992
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    Kellogg's Pop Tarts Comedy Video
    Kellogg's Pop Tarts Comedy Video

    1 1992 HD

    Featuring Paula Poundstone. With Anthony Griffith, Doug Kehoe, Marty Putz, Jeff Stilson

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  • 2016
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    The Comedy Club
    The Comedy Club

    1 2016 HD

    When a fire destroys Cobb's Comedy Club in San Francisco, defiant owner Tom Sawyer and his crew of comedians rebuild it, hoping to revive the...

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  • 1996
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    Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard
    Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard

    1 1996 HD

    Stand-up comic Paula Poundstone gives a comedy concert at Harvard University in Cambridge.

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  • 1992
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    Wisecracks
    Wisecracks

    8 1992 HD

    Women of standup comedy

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  • 2021
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    Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
    Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated

    1 2021 HD

    Monty Python’s influence on comedy has been compared to the Beatles’ influence on music, a pivotal moment in the evolution of television...

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  • 2006
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    Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In
    Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In

    5.5 2006 HD

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  • 1990
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    Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff
    Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff

    6.5 1990 HD

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  • 1996
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    Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard
    Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard

    1 1996 HD

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  • 1997
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    The View
    The View

    4.5 1997 HD

    ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...

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  • 1989
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    One Night Stand
    One Night Stand

    8 1989 HD

    A series of stand-up comedy specials.

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  • 1997
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    Science Court
    Science Court

    7 1997 HD

    Science Court is an edutainment, animation/nontraditional court show from Tom Snyder Productions, which was aired on ABC's One Saturday Morning block...

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  • 2005
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    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    6.7 2005 HD

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third...

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  • 1998
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    Hollywood Squares
    Hollywood Squares

    6.5 1998 HD

    On September 14, 1998, a Hollywood Squares revival debuted with Tom Bergeron as its host. In addition to her production duties, Whoopi Goldberg...

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  • 1998
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    Hercules
    Hercules

    6.8 1998 HD

    Follow Herc's many labors during the years he spent training on how to be a hero under the tutelage of satyr Phil. Many of the Olympian Gods and...

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  • 2012
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    Gotham Comedy Live
    Gotham Comedy Live

    5.5 2012 HD

    Gotham Comedy Club, a popular comedy venue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, is the setting of an hourlong series that is shot in front of an...

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  • 2011
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    Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
    Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

    5 2011 HD

    The long running NPR news quiz hosted by Peter Sagal since 1998, replacing Dan Coffey. Carl Kasell served as announcer & scorekeeper until 2014 and...

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  • 1962
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.4 1962 HD

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

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  • 2018
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    Summer Camp Island
    Summer Camp Island

    7.5 2018 HD

    Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging from magical camp counselors to sticky notes that are...

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  • 1982
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    Late Night with David Letterman
    Late Night with David Letterman

    5.878 1982 HD

    Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982...

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  • 1993
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    Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
    Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

    6.98 1993 HD

    A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man...

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  • 1999
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    Home Movies
    Home Movies

    7.225 1999 HD

    TV series about the life of Brendon Small, an eight-year-old visionary who, using his friends Jason and Melissa as actors, have managed to direct...

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  • 2003
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    Real Time with Bill Maher
    Real Time with Bill Maher

    6 2003 HD

    Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's...

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