ARE YOU THERE VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA

If you've read my blog in the past, you know I have issues with gender inequality in stand-up comedy... especially when it comes to online and prime-time content on Comedy Central. It isn't often that I get to highlight female comedians — not for lack of women doing stand-up, but because men seem to get all the exposure, and thus, all the good jobs. Look at at poor ol' Wanda Sykes: funny as hell, but still playing second fiddle to white male comedians. (But that won't stop me from seeing Evan Almighty.)

But today is one of those lucky days when I have some great news about a great female comedian: Chelsea Handler. (The title of this post is also the title of her new book, out next Spring. Her first book is called My Horizontal Life.) She's a regular on the E! Network, and last year, they even gave her a sketch show, The Chelsea Handler Show. The show did pretty well (without the dumb antics of newer E! shows like Sunset Tan), but has yet to return. Until now.

It's been announced that Chelsea will return to TV next month, with a daily, late-night show. It's going to be part sketch comedy, part stand-up and all Chelsea. A warning to the faint-of-heart: her comedy is rough and tumble, no-holds fighting dirty. A recent sketch she taped for her new show had her following around a paparazzi all day, heckling stars. The "star" she ended up with? Paris Hilton's fatty, greasy friend, the one who called Lindsay Lohan a "fire crotch." (It's not important to know his name, he's a nobody.) Chelsea followed him to the Ivy, a Hollywood hot-spot, chanting, "fire crotch!"

It's funnier than it sounds... just wait 'til next month when it airs.