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| Cast of Characters | |
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| Author's Note | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Mothers of Invention | |
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| Headlining: Phyllis Diller, Anne Meara, Barbara Harris, Joan Rivers, Elaine May, Louise Lasser, and More | |
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| Lily of the Underground | |
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| Headlining: Lily Tomlin, Bette Midler, Richard Pryor, and More | |
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| Prime Time | |
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| Headlining, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Burnett, Marlo Thomas, Bea Arthur, Valerie Harper, and More | |
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| In The Spot, Carol Burnett | |
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| Saturday Night Live: The Boys Club | |
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| Headlining, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, and More | |
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| I Am Woman | |
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| Headlining: Whoopi Goldberg, Elayne Boosler, Robin Williams, Carol Leifer, Sandra Bernhard, Suzanne Somers, and More | |
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| In The Spot, Merrill Markoe | |
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| The Boom Years | |
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| Headlining, Roseanne, Joy Behar, Ellen DeGeneres, Paula Poundstone, Rita Rudner, and More | |
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| In the Spot, Ellen DeGeneres | |
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| Janeane Garofalo and Friends | |
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| Headlining, Janeane Garofalo, Kathy Griffin, Margaret Cho, David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Laura Kightlinger, and More | |
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| Saturday Night Live: The Girls Club | |
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| Headlining, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, And More | |
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| Comic Rising | |
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| Headlining, Sarah Silverman, Chelsea Handler, Kristen Schaal, Ellie Kemper, Aubrey Plaza, and More | |
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| Acknowledgments | |