# Best Comedy Routine **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comedian-jokes\ **Created:** [July 14, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-comedy-routine/967975 "2022-07-14T23:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-comedy-routine/967975/61 "2022-07-17T01:18:31Z")
The crowd in Philadelphia was salty and Bill wasn’t having it. He threw out whatever routine he was going to do, and instead just talked shit about Philadelphia for 12 minutes. I give you, The (in)famous Philly rant: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bWuXfIZiSqY/maxresdefault.jpg "(FULL) Bill Burr Philadelphia Incident") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWuXfIZiSqY) ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-comedy-routine/967975/62 "2022-07-17T02:24:28Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I saw that live. Remembered, to this day, Carson saying “you’re funny as hell!” I always loved Drew’s response: “Thanks. You, too!” This isn’t quite a routine, but here’s Buddy Hackett telling three animal jokes on the Carson show. The first two are amusing enough, but the third, the “Duck Joke,” is hilarious. Mostly for the way Hackett performs it: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aww4HT5g7ig/maxresdefault.jpg "Buddy Hackett's Duck Joke | Carson Tonight Show") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aww4HT5g7ig) ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-comedy-routine/967975/63 "2022-07-17T02:36:56Z")
Christopher Titus [fell into a bonfire](https://youtu.be/Y7tf0QlGL-E) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-comedy-routine/967975/64 "2022-07-18T15:01:41Z")
Wonderful delivery. The genius, of course, is how he builds tension with the whole physical part of the gag. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-comedy-routine/967975/65 "2022-07-18T20:04:27Z")
Other then not dropping the N-word, I don’t see a lot of difference between that and Michael Richards rant. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-comedy-routine/967975/66 "2022-07-19T01:47:54Z")
Back in 2019 Weird Al had a small concert series that came to our town, and Emo was the opening act. Unfortunately too many people had no idea who he was, but by the end of his set everyone was rolling in the aisles. I was really disappointed that this routine wasn’t in his set. I first heard it on the Letterman show. One time when he was with Letterman, Dave asked him “Emo? That’s kind of a strange name.” Emo said, “Have you ever been to Finland?” Dave said, “Are you Finnish?” Emo deadpans, “No, I have lots of more jokes to tell.” Dave just about loses it. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-comedy-routine/967975/67 "2022-07-20T04:38:09Z")
Trigger’s magic trick cracks me up every time I see it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qiq8U76Y_1o/maxresdefault.jpg "Trigger's Magic Trick | Only Fools And Horses | BBC Comedy Greats") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiq8U76Y_1o) ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-comedy-routine/967975/68 "2022-07-20T05:35:17Z")
Does it count if one comedian completely hijacks a skit? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3qqE_WmagjY/hqdefault.jpg "Carol Burnett Show outtakes - Tim Conway's Elephant Story") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qqE_WmagjY) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-comedy-routine/967975/69 "2022-07-20T10:58:47Z")
Oh god this is one of my favorite comic digressions ever. _Hnorky!_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-comedy-routine/967975.md?page=3)