# Funniest Musicians? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 3, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146 "2019-01-03T13:55:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/81 "2019-01-04T22:38:01Z")
Spinal Tap ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/82 "2019-01-04T23:11:15Z")
Noel “Paul” Stookey of Peter, Paul, and Mary was funny enough for the record company to give his patter[an entire side of a live album](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nouKD_qC6qI). ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/83 "2019-01-05T00:33:37Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Noel “Paul” Stookey of Peter, Paul, and Mary was funny enough for the record company to give his patter[an entire side of a live album](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nouKD_qC6qI). “…and four six-packs.” “We’ll take it!” ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/84 "2019-01-05T02:21:40Z")
Kevin Griffin from Better than Ezra is hilarious in his acoustic solo act. Also, Jim Kerr from Simple Minds. Usually old age jokes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/85 "2019-01-05T02:29:00Z")
Also AC/DC, perhaps not surprisingly, have always been funny in their Howard Stern interviews as well as Ringo Starr. Henry Rollins does a standup act (I know he prefers “spoken word”) that’s very funny too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/86 "2019-01-05T04:15:38Z")
I was not a fan of Mac Miller’s music, but he was a very funny guy. RIP ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/87 "2019-01-05T06:59:04Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > (paraphrasing) > > Reporter: How many protest singers like you are there? > > A media-weary Bob Dylan: 136. Or maybe 143. I think it’s 136 or 143. > mmm He’s quite funny on the 1964 Town Hall Concert official bootleg. People were shouting out requests. One shouted “Mary had a Little Lamb.” Dylan: Is that a protest song? Plus quite a few of his songs were funny, like Talkin’ John Birch Society Blues, I Shall be Free (original and # 10) and Talkin’ World War III Blues. By 1966, not so funny. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/88 "2019-01-05T07:23:12Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Bill Bailey. Him. ---
**Author:** ![Flare4roach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7cd45c/32.png) [@Flare4roach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flare4roach)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/89 "2019-01-05T18:41:20Z")
Keith Moon. Without question. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/90 "2019-01-05T20:01:17Z")
Which brings to mind Tom Paxton. How could a man whose biggest hit was Thank You Republic Airlines and whose first song ever written was The Marvelous Toy not be considered Funny? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/91 "2019-01-05T20:02:08Z")
Weird Al? Tenacious D? Flight of the Conchords? ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/92 "2019-01-07T16:02:52Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) Yep. They are my favorite. My wife and I often break out singing one of their songs. It’s business It’s business time When I’m down to my socks it’s time for business That’s why they’re called business socks, oh ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/93 "2019-01-07T17:39:56Z")
> [@MortSahlFan](#): > > Define it any way you want, variety is good. I really love funny in an interview setting. Leo Kottke - Long funny rambling anecdotes between songs to fill time spent retuning guitar to different setups. Ian Anderson - Very witty and quippy in interviews. David Lee Roth - Infectiously manic and happy. Cab Calloway - Hepcat-slang infused love for his art. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/94 "2019-01-07T17:42:54Z")
Jimmy pop from the bloodhound gang. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/95 "2019-01-07T17:55:55Z")
We’ve gotten this far down and no one has mentioned Tim Minchin? ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/96 "2019-01-07T21:56:54Z")
No love for Carrie Brownstein? I mean, I get that Portlandia isn’t a universal taste, but she starred in a well-known comedy series that ran for eight seasons. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/97 "2019-01-07T22:04:38Z")
Jazz singer and guitarist John Pizzarelli is very funny, both on stage and on his radio show. ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/98 "2019-01-08T17:59:04Z")
It surprised the heck out of me, but punk icon and actor Henry Rollins is a very funny speaker. He is more of a story teller than a stand-up comedian and most of his youtube stuff can be found by searching his name and “spoken word.” (Having trouble linking on my phone.) ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/99 "2019-01-08T18:59:07Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > There’s also **Spike Jones** , and a few other older musical comedians whose names escape me right now. Louis Jordan. Not a comedian as such, but for example, “There Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens.” ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146/100 "2019-01-15T21:33:49Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > Leo Kottke - Long funny rambling anecdotes between songs to fill time spent retuning guitar to different setups. > > Ian Anderson - Very witty and quippy in interviews. > > David Lee Roth - Infectiously manic and happy. > > Cab Calloway - Hepcat-slang infused love for his art. David Lee Roth is an interesting guy, even if many of his answers are the same and pre-planned, he was very creative and just an interesting guy to see in an interview. I checked out his radio show, but not much, didn’t grab me like I expected it to, but I’m sure I can find something, maybe the right topic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-musicians/827146.md?page=6)