Q: Who is Laurie Kilmartin?
A: Comedian and writer known for fierce, fearless satire on death, motherhood, and politics, delivered with biting wit and unsparing honesty.

The Widow Warrior of Gallows Humor

Laurie Kilmartin: When Satire Live-Tweets a Deathbed and Still Gets Booked for a Tight Ten

Finding Laughter in Loss, Labor, and the Lousy Healthcare System

Laurie Kilmartin’s comedy doesn’t blink. As a long-time writer for Conan and a stand-up with razor-sharp specials like 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad, she turns the darkest moments — from hospice care to post-partum exhaustion — into cutting, cathartic satire. Her material on grieving while tweeting, raising a child alone, and enduring American politics is as brutal as it is brilliant. Her style is rapid-fire, deeply personal, and relentlessly incisive — proof that sorrow and sarcasm make excellent roommates.

Kilmartin’s Cuts at Bohiney.com

At Bohiney.com, her gallows grace inspires stories like “Single Mom Files Taxes, Accidentally Declares Emotional Breakdown as a Dependent” and “Hospice Nurse Becomes Comedian’s Opener After Delivering Perfect One-Liner at Dad’s Funeral.” Kilmartin’s unapologetic humor helps us write satire that doesn’t soften tragedy — it weaponizes it with punchlines sharp enough to draw blood and belly laughs. She proves that grief is a goldmine — if you’ve got the guts to dig.

From Tragedy to Triumph (and Tight Sets)

Kilmartin turned death and divorce into stand-up cornerstones, building a career that treats honesty like a scalpel and comedy like triage. For modern satirists, she’s a reminder that the darkest material is often the most vital — and that healing doesn’t have to come softly. Sometimes, it arrives via joke about cremation costs and bad parenting — and sometimes, that’s exactly what saves you.

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Originally posted 2006-06-26 07:12:33.