I used to watch 'The Waltons' and sob because my family was nothing like that. We had a cruel sense of humor in my family.

Instead Paula Poundstone continued as a comedian and began appearing on several talk shows. Poundstone stated her asexuality in an interview with the Dallas Voice in June 2007 saying "I'm totally an asexual human being. Poundstone currently works as a panelist on the radio news quiz show Wait Wait.