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"  Photo: Carter Smith What do Zooey Deschanel, Allison Williams, Amy Poehler, and Mindy Kaling have in common? Aside from being on the cover of ELLE&amp;#039;s annual February Women in TV issue, on newsstands now, these four accomplished women are all side-splittingly funny\u2014not to mention, total originals. Related: Meet the Faces of ELLE&amp;#039;s Women in TV In this exclusive video by Marcel Wepper, the four primetime standouts get real on topics such as harnessing comedic talent, the most inspiring women on the small screen, and the long legacy of status-quo defying comediennes before them. Remember when Christopher Hitchens said ladies couldn&amp;#039;t be funny? He clearly never heard Allison Williams&amp;#039; pitch perfect Kim Catrall impersonation. Related: The Year in ELLE Covers To find out which Woman in TV came from a &amp;quot;long line of ball busting Bostonians,&amp;quot; who was inspired by The Golden Girls, and who thinks &amp;quot;delusional confidence&amp;quot; is the genesis of funny television, watch now. Just don&amp;#039;t take any big sips while watching\u2014we&amp;#039;re so not responsible for your waterlogged software.      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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