# \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, Are You Ever Funny? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863 "2005-07-10T18:36:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/61 "2005-07-11T19:41:46Z")
Crank Callers. Why do low brow morning DJs insist on this stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/62 "2005-07-11T19:48:53Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > \*\*Michael McDonald \*\* from MAD TV–talk about creepy! Does _anybody_ think “Stuart” is actually humorous in any way, shape or form? Ugh. When he and Mo Collins basically took over the show (once Sasso and Borstien left) it went totally to hell. Was Stuart ever funny? No. McDonald can do a great evil creep. Gary Condit, John Ramsey and the like. But funny? Never. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/63 "2005-07-11T20:06:32Z")
Wasn’t Chris Parnell fired from SNL about 3 or 4 years ago but Will Farrell got him rehired? With Dave Chappelle - On the surface his schtick is all “White people is CRAZAAAY” but really it is “I’m black in America… white America makes no fing sense to me. Let me describe it to you.” The best example is that old HBO special where Billy Crystal went to Moscow and did jokes about how he didn’t understand the way things were done in Russia. He’s not making fun of the russians, he’s describing their world from an ousider’s perspective. MAD is never funny UNLESS Stephanie Weir is doing something. She’s bone-ass hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/64 "2005-07-11T20:11:10Z")
Gilbert Gottfried. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/65 "2005-07-11T20:16:48Z")
Chris Kattan Jay Leno Rosie O’Donnell Pauly Shore Sam Kinison Carrot Top Gallagher Eddie Griffin Kathy Griffin Paul Mooney Larry the Cable Guy Jeff Foxworthy Wanda Sykes Jimmy Kimmel Adam Carolla Emo Phillips Cheri Oteri Molly Shannon Mike Myers ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/66 "2005-07-11T21:20:54Z")
Mike Myers isn’t funny? He is a genius . ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/67 "2005-07-11T21:24:14Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Mike Myers isn’t funny? He is a genius . On SNL, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/68 "2005-07-11T21:32:04Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Chris Tucker is funny. > > His stand up, impersonations, physicality and timing are terrific. > > Now that he’s a multi-millionaire who’s not motivated to work anymore and whose schtick is (incorrectly) seen as old hat, there’s a backlash against his appeal. Tucker’s heaps funnier than Martin Lawrence, Jim Breuer and Tom Green. Well, I’ve only seen him in \*The Fifth Element \* and _Rush Hour_. In both of those he was so annoying I wanted to hit him with the stupid stick and yell, “Not Funny!”. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/69 "2005-07-11T22:02:49Z")
> [@Linty Fresh](#): > > Fucking Carrot Top will never be funny . . . ever. No, but in the movie _Pauly Shore Is Dead_, it was priceless how Shore has to move out of his house because he can no longer afford it, and the new owner is Carrot Top. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/70 "2005-07-11T22:05:47Z")
> [@Dr. Rieux](#): > > Well, I’ve only seen him in \*The Fifth Element \* and _Rush Hour_. In both of those he was so annoying I wanted to hit him with the stupid stick and yell, “Not Funny!”. > :rolleyes: “Not Funny!” is what he’s all about. His standup sucked, too. The screechy voice is way more than I can handle. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/71 "2005-07-11T22:23:49Z")
> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#): > > No, but in the movie _Pauly Shore Is Dead_, it was priceless how Shore has to move out of his house because he can no longer afford it, and the new owner is Carrot Top. I also loved in “Strip Mall” when he got killed in the chinese restaurant and was served up as Carrot Top Kung Pao ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/72 "2005-07-11T22:24:17Z")
How how this thread gotten this far without mentioning Kevin Nealon? ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/73 "2005-07-11T22:54:04Z")
Kevin Nealon is great. I will not be privy to such blasphemy. I would also like to add that Kathy, the cartoon strip, deserves a spot on here. It angers me. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/74 "2005-07-11T23:00:09Z")
> [@Birdmonster](#): > > Kevin Nealon is great. I will not be privy to such blasphemy. Cite? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/75 "2005-07-11T23:02:15Z")
Well played, Mr. Blue Sky, well played. I cite a stand-up routine I saw some flu-ridden evening on Comedy Central. He’s got his own style, his own delivery, and I find it fairly amusing. I’m not gonna pitch a tent on the sidewalk to go to his next show or anything, but he doesn’t deserve to be lumped in with the other jackanapes on this list. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/76 "2005-07-11T23:03:07Z")
> [@Birdmonster](#): > > Someone eluded to Larry the Cable Guy & Jeff Foxworthy, but I think it’s time they are named outright. They are atrocious. Gahhh, _seconded_ on Larry the Cable Guy. Creepy isn’t funny, OK, Larry? I didn’t laugh when I watched **Deliverance** , I’m not going to laugh watching you. > [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > (the director was someone else) Liam Neeson, to be exact. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/77 "2005-07-11T23:09:27Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Eddie Izzard. His act reminds me of the old-time comics, from back when comedy wasn’t funny - Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Henny Youngman, etc. I’ll give you Bob Hope, but have you ever actually _seen_ Jack Benny or Henny Youngman? They were geniuses! As far as old-timers, I’ll throw out (literally!) Stepin Fetchit, Jerry Lewis, The Ritz Brothers, Wheeler & Woolsey, Cass Daley, as comics I Just. Don’t Get. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/78 "2005-07-11T23:11:06Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Mike Myers isn’t funny? He is a genius . I don’t like Mike Myers because I hate mugging, acting cute all the time, being the annoying drama queen kid everyone went to high school with who was always dying for attention in any form possible. I think Shrek is way overrated, I hate Austin Powers and the insipid catch-phrases those movies inspired, I hate Wayne’s World, Simon drawing in his bathtub, Dieter from Sprockets, stupid Scottish voice, and the fact that everyone thinks he is some damn genius. Being “on” all the time, whether you have anything funny or witty to say or not, is not funny or witty. Just ask Robin Williams, who I have similar problems with. ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/79 "2005-07-11T23:13:01Z")
BBVL: Thank you for reminding me of Robin Williams, who, if he doesn’t start abusing drugs again soon, should remain in some dank pit somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863/80 "2005-07-11T23:16:53Z")
> [@Birdmonster](#): > > Well played, Mr. Blue Sky, well played. > > I cite a stand-up routine I saw some flu-ridden evening on Comedy Central. I, too saw that and it didn’t change my opinion. I have a slight grudge against him because he was tapped to replace Norm MacDonald on Weekend Update. Yes, I know that a lot of people don’t think Norm’s funny, either, but I like him. Back to the OP: Colin Quinn is probably one of the most not funniest people to ever appear on TV. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_________-are-you-ever-funny/311863.md?page=5)