Comedy Central Presents: Lynne Koplitz

A displaced Southerner living in New York, Lynne Koplitz uses her 2005 half-hour to complain about the exhausting realities of dating and diets. The strongest material focuses on the practicalities of being a single woman in her 30s. Koplitz advocates for multitasking during sex so she can watch television, noting that the laundry is not going to fold itself. She also mines a five-year relationship for bits, recalling a moment when she suggested her boyfriend just end his life rather than ask her for a temporary break. Her closer on asking ‘What would Jesus do?’ is firmly rooted in Manhattan, where unhoused men critique her outfits and grace is hard to come by.

Filmed in New York City, the 21-minute set captures Koplitz during a busy television era. Throughout the early 2000s, she was a regular presence on cable, hosting and co-hosting daytime programming like Change of Heart, How to Boil Water, and Life and Style. Here, she drops the cheerful TV host persona to perform a straightforward club set built on genuine frustration.