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    Saturday, November 02, 2024

    Quick wit: Paula Poundstone brings her comedy to the Garde

    Paula Poundstone speaks at the 15th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

    Need a good laugh? Paula Poundstone is here to provide.

    She’ll bring her comedy to the Garde Arts Center on Friday, and I can tell you from experience that her shows are a hoot and a howl.

    Her particular area of expertise is audience-inspired improv. She’ll ask someone in the crowd what they do for a living and, sparked by answers to that, she’ll come up with hilarious comments, asides and follow-up questions.

    Fans know all about Poundstone’s quick wit from her podcast “Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone” and from her appearances as a panelist on the NPR news quiz show “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!”

    And if a voice in “Inside Out 2” sounded familiar, yes, that was Poundstone voicing the character of Forgetter Paula.

    Paula Poundstone, 8 p.m. Friday, Garde Arts Center, 325 State St., New London; $35-$65; (860) 444-7373, gardearts.org.

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