"Funniest Comedian RUTH BUZZI vs NICOLE BYER"

Ruth Ann Buzzi (/ˈbʌzi/) (born July 24, 1936) is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She has appeared on stage, in films, and on television. She is best known for her performances on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968–73, for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received five Emmy nominations. Buzzi was born at Westerly Hospital, Westerly, Rhode Island, the daughter of Rena Pauline (1909–1988) and Angelo Peter Buzzi (1900–1964), a nationally recognized stone sculptor. She was raised in the village of Wequetequock in the town of Stonington, Connecticut in a rock house overlooking the ocean at Wequetequock Cove, where her father owned Buzzi Memorials, a business that her older brother Harold (1930–2019) operated until his retirement in 2013. Buzzi attended Stonington High School, where she was head cheerleader. At 17, she enrolled at the Pasadena Playhouse for the Performing Arts and graduated with honors. She studied voice, dance, and acting, and took courses in cosmetology.

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Nicole Byer (born August 29, 1986) is an American comedian, actress, television host, podcaster, and author. She is known as the host of the Netflix comedic reality bake-off series Nailed It! (2018–present), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Byer gained recognition for her work in the commentary series Girl Code (2013). Byer later starred in the MTV/Facebook Watch comedy series Loosely Exactly Nicole (2016–2018), which was based on her real life experiences. She made several guest appearances in such comedy series as 30 Rock (2012), Family Guy (2016), Transparent (2016–2017), The Good Place (2019), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2019–2020), and The Simpsons (2019). She also appeared in films, including Other People (2016), All About Nina (2018), Bad Hair (2020), and Valley Girl (2020). As of 2017, Byer is the host of the HeadGum podcast Why Won't You Date Me?. In 2019, she began co-hosting the Earwolf podcast Best Friends. In 2013, Byer and Sasheer Zamata created and starred in a web series called Pursuit of Sexiness which was produced by Upright Citizens Brigade. In 2014, she hosted the first season of MTV's Are You the One? The Aftermatch Live, an after-show for Are You the One?.

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