| Who's the funniest person of all time?
Posted: 9/2/2007 9:07:42 PM | I love larry david...his demeanor just cracks me up. I love the show curb your enthusiasm..and the other day-the guy who plays his manager (jeff garlin) came into my work and I nearly pissed my pants--was so starstruck.
I loooooooooove Kevin James also..I think he's so funny and really cute. | |
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| Who's the funniest person of all time?
Posted: 9/4/2007 7:05:17 PM | | Don't forget Louis Black. Jerry Seinfeld's stand-up act is much funnier than the show was. One of my all-time favorites is Wandy Sykes. She's great! | |
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| Who's the funniest person of all time?
Posted: 9/4/2007 8:25:25 PM | There are so many.....when I was a child, I loved Jonathan Winters, Red Skelton, Paul Lynde and Jerry Lewis. And now to add to the list: Chris Farley, Tim Conway, Gene Wilder, Lou Costello, 3 Stooges, Kevin James, Dan Akroyd, Phil Hartman, Kevin Nealon, Chris Rock, Chris Tucker, Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Will Farrell ......this is tough... I know I'm forgetting so many. Oh yeah, of course Lucille Ball and Carol Burnett.  | |
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| Who's the funniest person of all time?
Posted: 9/18/2007 8:45:14 PM | | I'm surprised that only one may have mentioned him so far. But if you consider consistency, heart, and bringing laughs to those who need and deserve it most, no contest.... Bob Hope. | |
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| Who's the funniest person of all time?
Posted: 9/19/2007 8:15:25 AM | "Deep Thoughts" – Jack Handey
To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography and the dancers hit each other.
If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.
If I ever get real rich, I hope I'm not real mean to poor people, like I am now.
If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mister Brave Man, I guess I am a coward.
It's easy to sit there and say you'd like to have more money. And I guess that's what I like about it. It's easy. Just sitting there, rocking back and forth, wanting that money.
Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis.
It makes me mad when people say I turned and ran like a scared rabbit. Maybe it was like an angry rabbit, who was going to fight in another fight, away from the first fight.
One day one of my little nephews came up to me and asked me if the equator was a real line that went around the Earth, or just an imaginary one. I had to laugh. Laugh and laugh. Because I didn't know, and I thought that maybe by laughing he would forget what he asked me.
Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.
Why do the caterpillar and the ant have to be enemies? One eats leaves, and the other eats caterpillars. Oh, I see now.
Whenever someone asks me to define love, I usually think for a minute, then I spin around and pin the guy's arm behind his back. NOW who's asking the questions?
I remember when I was in the army, we had the toughest drill sergeant in the world. He'd get reet up next to your face and yell, and if you didn't have the reet answers, mister, you'd be peeling potatoes or changing the latrine. Hey, wait. I wasn't in the army. Then who WAS that guy?!
One thing about my Aunt Nadie: She was gruff on the outside, but if you ever needed something, like a spanking or a scolding, she'd give it to you.
If you saw two guys named Hambone and Flippy, which one would you think liked dolphins the most? I'd say Flippy, wouldn't you? You'd be wrong though. It's Hambone.
We used to laugh at Grandpa when he'd head off to go fishing. But we wouldn't be laughing that evening, when he'd come back with some whore he picked up in town.
What am I afraid of? I'll tell you: a feather. that's right, a feather. How could anyone be afraid of a feather, you say. That's an honest question, and I'll try to give it an honest answer. First of all, did I say it was a poison feather?
When Rick told me he was having trouble with his wife, I had to laugh. Not because of what he said, but because of a joke I thought of. I told him the joke, but he didn't laugh very much. Some friend HE is.
Love can sweep you off your feet and carry you along in a way you've never known before. But the ride always ends, and you end up feeling lonely and bitter. Wait. It's not love I'm describing. I'm thinking of a monorail.
If there was a terrible storm outside, but somehow this dog lived through the storm, and he showed up at your door when the storm was finally over, I think a good name for him would be Carl.
I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times." It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach. He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on. | |
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| Who's the funniest person of all time?
Posted: 9/20/2007 6:29:50 AM | For stand up ? Richard Pryor , hand's down. I've introduced a lot of my younger friends to him , and they are still in awe of his talent - years later. He was like the Hendrix of stand up , to me. Even after watching his best stand up routines dozens of times, I still crack up. 
For pure wit and surrealism, I'd have to nominate Groucho Marx. That's the only place I am a die hard Marxist. George Carlin always struck me as a "60's " version of Groucho, with that same quick wit and surrealistic look at the world.
In the modern era, Chappelle probably comes the closest to that title - in a close race with Chris Rock. | |
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| Who's the funniest person of all time?
Posted: 9/20/2007 10:58:10 PM | | Thank you Montreal Guy. As you and I have been the only ones to nominate Groucho, I can only assume that nobody else has heard or seen him or they did not understand what they heard. The latter is a strong possibility. | |
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| Who's the funniest person of all time?
Posted: 9/25/2007 6:53:54 PM |
Robin Williams
Rick Mercer - quick and sarcastic
Mr. Bean
Howie Mandel
you do realise, of course, that mr bean is only a character and that the actor's name is rowan atkinson. | |
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| Who's the funniest person of all time?
Posted: 9/26/2007 1:59:44 AM | All the old timers that Barb E Doll listed and....
two of my current are Jimmy Kimmel and Dave Grohl, i'd marry either one of them on the spot.... | |
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