Sunda Croonquist

Well, a comedian who just happens to be her daughter-in-law! It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but comedian Sunda Croonquist’s mother-in-law Ruth Zafrin was not kidding when she filed a lawsuit against Sunda for telling so many jokes about her. Croonquist capitalizes on their ethnic differences in her envelope-pushing jokes - she is half-black and half-Swedish, was raised Catholic, and married into a Jewish family. A typical joke goes something like this. On a first visit to her mother-in-law Ruthie’s house, Croonquist says, “I walk in, I say, ‘Thank you so much for having me here, Ruthie.’ ‘The pleasure’s all mine,’ ... Read Full Story

One year ago on this very day, August 26, comedian Sunda Croonquist was a guest on the Radio Happy Hour . Now, according to multiple news sources, she is being sued by her mother-in-law for making mother-in-law jokes! According to the Associated Press , Ruth Zafrin , the Jewish mother-in-law of the half black, half-Swedish, Jewish converted stand up comedian is “accusing Croonquist of spreading false, defamatory and racist lies with in-law jokes that have become a staple of her routine in nightclubs and on television channels like Comedy Central.” Croonquist, who oddly did not mention her mother-in-law once during her 2008 Blogstein interview, ... Read Full Story

The in-laws of comedian Sunda Croonquist are suing her for making fun of them in her act.The lawsuit was filed by mother-in-law Ruth Zafrin, her daughter, Shelley Edelman, and Shelley's husband, Neil, and claims Sunda is spreading false, defamatory and racist lies, reports the AP.Sunda, pictured above with husband and mother-in-law, is half-black, half-Swedish, and converted to Judaism before she Read Full Story

“Take my mother-in-law ? please,” isn’t a joke you’re likely to hear often these days from Sunda Croonquist. The veteran comic is being sued by her mother-in-law after making her the punchline of too many jokes. Read Full Story

Sunda Croonquist (abcnews.com) Jokes about mother-in-laws have probably been around about as long as mother-in-laws have been. But for Sunda Croonquist , they may have gone a bit too far. The stand-up is now getting slapped with a lawsuit, after her peeved-off in-laws say she went a bit too far. Croonquist has made them a staple of her set for years, but a recent post on MySpace seems to have given away their real identity. Luckily, her husband is a lawyer, and his firm is representing her in the lawsuit. It helps to have family by your side when your family is suing you. Read Full Story