[Hephaestion]

For some time I´ve been a big fan of Maria Bamford.
I´ve heard her on some of the US based net radio stations and she is amazing. She does characters and her voices are fantastic. She´s getting a lot of international press now from all her touring.

You can check out this clip from Jay Leno
(Tonight show).

Some of you who have done a lot of temp work will understand where she is coming from.

http://www.omnipop.com/ramfiles/Maria_Bamford.ram

FIVE STARS (*****) [Bamford’s act is] intelligent comedy, brilliantly written gags and a blend of quiet indignation and almost-visionary insight that characterise all the best US comics. When you have gags this smart and a style that original, you [are] in a league of your own.

— Scotland Herald

[She has] sly viciousness, tart perspectives. [She is ] a comic gem. This is satisfyingly idiosyncratic stand-up.
— The Guardian (UK)