She's funny and charming and can whoop it up like the best of them.

CNN: Review: 'Lucky Ones' deserves good fortune

In real life, she's pretty funny.

NPR: Chertoff Brings Reality Check to '24' Crew

But when I tell my wife about these remarks, she wonders what's so funny.

NPR: Moussaoui Courts Death, and the Media, at Trial

Streisand began her film career with 1968's Funny Girl, for which she won an Oscar.

BBC: Barbra Streisand film career honoured by Lincoln Center

"It's funny how Universal records put out music now, " she continued.

BBC: Singles chart in flux over release dates

"I don't think it's very abstract at all, which is very funny, " she says.

NPR: School Of Seven Bells: Blurring Life And Art

"I think he's funny, but not all the time, " says Megan, who admits she likes when her dad comments that she looks pretty in pictures.

WSJ: Parents and children meet and clash on social-networking sites

And though it's not a Cole Porter tune, Barber wraps up with "My Funny Valentine, " which she dedicates to her 89-year-old mother.

NPR: Patricia Barber Plays A Special 'Funny Valentine'