The Comedy Wire -- Pat Reeder & Laura Ainsworth's daily syndicated radio humor service.  Click here to see samples of their Comedy Wire material, to buy autographed copies of their book, "Nine Hallmarks of Highly Incompetent Losers," or to book Pat for a really funny speaking engagement about the Hallmarks of Losers.

Companion Parrot Quarterly -- Sally Blanchard's terrific magazine for pet bird owners and the longtime home of Laura's column, "Welcome to the Bird House"

North Texas Skeptics/Laura's "Up A Tree" Comic Strip --Laura and Pat are longtime members of this group that promotes rational thought and good science.  Laura contributed her parrot-centric comic strip "Up A Tree" to their newsletter for several years while Pat was the editor.  You'll find a collection of her strips here, featuring some deceptively cute parrots based on their real pets.  For more laughs, poke around the site for Pat's old "Third Eye" columns.  It earned him a reputation in Skeptic circles as the P.J. O'Rourke of the paranormal.

Hollywood Hi-Fi  -- Read excerpts from Pat Reeder and George Gimarc's hilarious book about outrageous records by such woeful celebrity "singers" as Leonard Nimoy, Jack Webb and the Brady Bunch.  Hear clips and see Pat & George's video record reviews.  Hailed by the Phoenix Sun as "the best weird book of the year!"

Amy Rigby -- Home page of our friend, Amy Rigby, a wonderful singer/songwriter and the comic poet laureate of overworked, middle-aged single moms.  Laura performs her anthem for the over-35 set, "Invisible," in "My Ship Has Sailed."  Amy has four albums out, all superb, and if they aren't in your CD collection, get cracking and buy them now!

The Column  --  Dallas actor/critic  John Garcia's chatty, informative, hilarious and free e-mail newsletter that keeps you incredibly informed on theater happenings in both Dallas and New York.  Plus John's outrageously impassioned movie reviews and critiques of cheesy TV shows like "The Amazing Race" and "American Idol."

Michael Gott -- Laura's partner in the hit revue, "Cole Porter: Elegance & Decadence," Michael is a terrific singer/pianist who can be heard many nights at the Mansion Bar in Dallas, playing classic songs in a gorgeous Manhattan cabaret style.  Lean back and pretend you're sharing a martini with Alex Woollcott and Dorothy Parker at the Algonquin.  

Lu Mitchell -- The queen of hilarious, satirical folk songs, who honored "My Ship Has Sailed" with her blessings from a ringside table.  She is also an inspiration to all late-bloomers, having worked as a secretary for 30 years before embarking on her now-illustrious musical career.  Don't get "lost in the mall," click this link and buy her CDs online!

Jack E. Jett  -- Website for the kaleidoscopically alteernative TV variety show, hosted by a very nice boy Laura actually performed with in high school plays back in 19&%($)#*)...oops, sorry!  Technical glitch!

Tom Grounds -- A wonderful cabaret performer who often works with the astoundingly talented Linda Leonard, and who is helping to spearhead a movement to bring more live cabaret entertainment and venues to the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex via the new Cabaret Artists Association of Texas.

Denise Lee -- The "Dallas Diva," one of our finest singer/actresses.  Not only plays cabarets and clubs, but if you've seen a musical in Dallas in recent years, chances are Denise was in it and won some sort of award for it.

Wingspan Theatre Co. -- Theater company run by our friend Susan Sargeant, an outstanding actress and director, whom Laura met when she was portraying Emily Dickinson in Wingspan's acclaimed production of "Alice in Bed."  Many thanks to Susan for advice on shaping "My Ship Has Sailed."

Echo Theater -- The important Dallas theater company co-founded by our friend Pam Myers-Morgan.  Echo Theater is dedicated to promoting the voice of women in the theater, and they offered invaluable help in publicizing "My Ship Has Sailed" and helping Laura's voice be heard.

Theatre Three -- Home of the terrific Dallas theater company that has also generously helped in promoting "My Ship Has Sailed."

Dallas Theater Center -- The birthplace of great theater in Dallas, and still leading the way with outstanding productions at their beautiful Turtle Creek space designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Women's Chorus of Dallas -- Like the sound of great female singers?  Now, imagine a whole lot of them singing together in perfect harmony.  Well, you don't have to imagine it: just check out the Women's Chorus of Dallas.  Click here for performance schedules and to buy their CDs.

Four Day Weekend -- Outstanding improv comedy troupe and home of our friend, Frank Ford, who with his wife Laura helped in the launch of "My Ship Has Sailed."

Four Out of Five Doctors  -- One of Dallas' very first and best improv groups, now offering corporate entertainment.  Also appear regularly at Pocket Sandwich Theater, where Laura and Brian sometimes perform.

Stu Hamstra's Cabaret Hotline -- An excellent source of news, reviews and info about performers in the cabaret scene, complete with links to their websites nationwide.

Cabaret Scenes --  An excellent magazine on the Cabaret music scene, with online articles and reviews.

The Cotillion -- A hub of blogs by women.  The general bent here is politically conservative, but it's not all politics and not all from the same viewpoint.  You might find funny or trenchant observations on all sorts of subjects.  A place to discover lots of fine female bloggers on the Net who often get overlooked because of all the noise from the boys.

SNOWBALL, the Dancing Cockatoo -- The cockatoo who scientifically provedd that birds have a sense of musical rhythm, although we already knew that from our dancing parrots and cockatoos.  Our whole house is like this every day.  Or LIKE FROSTIE, the Dancing Cockatoo, who may be even funnier. 

RADIO DISMUKE -- The music our parrots dance to all day long.  The greatest radio station on the Internet, all pop and jazz songs of about 1925-1935. 

Blue Thong Society  -- A group of women who are really on ourr wavelength!  They are dedicated to "fighting frump" and refusing to "act their age" or even let it be a factor in their lives.  They are cool, sexy and ageless, and you need to join them!

BUST Magazine --  A cool magazine for creative women with attitude. 

All About Women -- An online magazine for women, with lots of articles on health, beauty, and more.  To quote from the site:  "Learn how to change your life for the better, escape from stress, find harmony with your loved one, and stay a beautiful woman in any age."  How could we resist that? 

-- All the latest news and reviews about comedians and comedy shows, both local and nationwide.

Oprah -- Laura wants to rid thee world of the idea that age should inhibit people from pursuing their dreams.  And how do you change the entire culture?  You get Oprah to say so.  As Laura says, "People used to pray to God, now they ask Oprah."  If you loved "My Ship Has Sailed" and agree with its message, go here and tell them, "Get this gal on 'Oprah!'"

Dr. Perricone -- Home of the "Wrinkle Cure" diet doctor of PBS fame.  Laura follows his anti-aging skin treatments and heavy-on-salmon, healthy diet and loves the results.  But even soldiers who are willing to lay down their lives for their leaders reserve the right to gripe about the food.  As Laura sings, to the strains of Puccini, "O worship Dr. Perricone..."

Dr. Phil  -- The web home of the Dallas-based tough love doc.  Lots of good info and links from previous shows, many of which deal with diet, weight, plastic surgery and other topics Laura handles a bit more melodically.  If you're not watching Dr. Phil, then what is wrong with you?!  You might as well just be out behin' the barn, tryin' to dig a septic tank with a Q-tip!

Ellen DeGeneres Show  -- Because she's hilarious, we watch every day, and we saw her giving away Perricone gift baskets to her studio audience, so she might be a fellow cult member.

Red Hat Society -- Some very cool ladies who live by the credo that life should be fun and age shouldn't matter.  Unfortunately make you wear hats that announce your age to the world, which they really should rethink. 

HumorLinks.com -- Links to thousands of humorous websites (like this one) divided into many categories, searchable and ranked by visitors.  Drop by and rate our site.  Please be kind!

Joke Of The Day -- Funnyjoke.net has a huge collection of fresh funny jokes, joke of the day, practical jokes and other such funny stuff.

Tom Lehrer --  Some critics have called Laura a sexier version of Tom Lehrer.  She won't argue since Tom Lehrer is a satirical genius, plus he can do math in his head.  Laura's tongue-twisting list of cosmetic brands, "These Are The Very Promise of a Youth That is Ephemeral," has been compared to Lehrer's "The Elements," which can be found here in a very clever Flash animation version.

Weird Al Yankovic -- Laura likes to say that if Julie Andrews and Weird Al Yankovic had a child, it would be her.  So visit her spiritual daddy and one of her all-time idols on the web and see his classics, his latest song parodies and much more!

Allan Sherman -- Like Laura's song parodies?  Another big influence on her was the great Allan Sherman, who did far more than "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah."  This site has a brief bio and tons of lyrics to songs from his out-of-print albums, most of which Laura's husband Pat owns (so that's why she married him!)

Funny Business -- Standup comedians, corporate comedy accts, comedy writing and everything in between, contact Canada's largest talent agency.

Handbags!  -- A site that points you to all kinds of great handbags and accessories.   

The Wig Mall -- Exactly what you think it is.

LookDirectory.com  -- Human-Edited Web Directory - over 2,000,000 sites. 

DirectoryB2B.com -- Comprehensive Human-Edited Directory of busineses

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