LMAO...well not off, but LOL anyway

We saw Aisha tape her comedy central special. Hilarious!

The matriarch of the 1980s Golden Girls TV show, Estelle Getty, is dead at 84.

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 84.

Getty, who had advanced dementia, died about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at her Hollywood Boulevard home, said her son, Carl Gettleman of Santa Monica.

"Estelle always wanted to be an actress, and she achieved that goal beyond her dreams," former "Golden Girls" co-star Rue McClanahan said. "Don't feel sad about her passing. She will always be with us in her crowning achievement, Sophia."

"The Golden Girls," featuring four female retirees sharing a house in Miami, grew out of NBC programming chief Brandon Tartikoff's belief that television was ignoring its older viewers.

Watching her work with Bea Arthur was a joy. Their timing was impeccable. If you never caught re-runs or the original shows, catch an episode on cable and enjoy. I guarantee you will laugh, even all these years later.

the Wit (65% dark, 26% spontaneous, 22% vulgar)

your humor style: CLEAN | COMPLEX | DARK You like things edgy, subtle, and smart. I guess that means you're probably an intellectual, but don't take that to mean you're pretentious. You realize 'dumb' can be witty--after all isn't that the Simpsons' philosophy?--but rudeness for its own sake, 'gross-out' humor and most other things found in a fraternity leave you totally flat. I guess you just have a more cerebral approach than most. You have the perfect mindset for a joke writer or staff writer. Your sense of humor takes the most effort to appreciate, but it's also the best, in my opinion. Also, you probably loved the Office. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check it out here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/. PEOPLE LIKE YOU: Jon Stewart - Woody Allen - Ricky Gervais

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 75% on dark You scored higher than 25% on spontaneous You scored higher than 75% on vulgar

Link: The 3 Variable Funny Test written by jason_bateman on Ok Cupid

I am amused about the vulgar percentage because frankly, the vulgar options in this test rather disturbed me and I simply tried to choose the least vulgar option--it's so high school. I would have loved a "none of the above" option at times.

That's not to say I can't tolerate that in my humor--but the vulgarity itself can't be the whole point.

My favorite comedians are Bill Maher, Jon Stewart, Chris Rock, Margaret Cho, Whoopi Goldberg, Roseanne, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, and Bill Cosby (off the top of my head, I am sure there's more) and I prefer standup to just about any other form. Overboard with Goldie Hawn is one of my favorite comedy movies because of the emphasis on class differences--something that often gets overlooked in the rush to explore other forms of prejudice. I also die laughing at Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum mysteries. I guess I tolerate literary slapstick better than on film, and I love the one liners and self deprecating humor.

I really think we undervalue comedy in our culture and after 9/11 when the late night talk show hosts were downplaying what they do I wanted to shake them and say, "No, we NEED you right now, don't you understand how imporant your contribution to the world is?" Comedians keep us going through dark times. Hug a comedian today.