# Funniest non-comedians **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-non-comedians/639949 "2012-11-05T13:31:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-non-comedians/639949/21 "2012-11-06T17:01:45Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Every time Brian Williams is on the Daily Show I’m struck by how funny that guy is, and it seems to counter his stuffed shirt news persona. Brian Williams seems pretty close to just having a second career as a comedian. Aside from being on Stewart/Colbert frequently, he’s on 30 Rock at least once a season, has a regular bit on the Jimmy Fallon show, and is a pretty frequent guest on the other Late Night comedy shows. I think he’s done Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me more then once as well. Agree he’s pretty good at it though. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-non-comedians/639949/22 "2012-11-06T20:39:20Z")
Jesse Ventura, from his days of a WWF commentator to his political run, he is damn funny. Richard Feynman, anyone that hasn’t read his “Surely you’re Joking Mr Feynman” needs to now. David Lee Roth, treads the line of incomprehensible insanity very well. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-non-comedians/639949/23 "2012-11-07T01:48:42Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Who are people who are funny who are not paid to be funny, i.e. they are not professional comedians or comedic actors? > > Example: > > John McKay, first coach of the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers (who lost their first 26 games), was famous for humorous quips during interviews, with such gems as: > > “Well, we didn’t block, but we made up for it by not tackling.” > > “Can’t stop a pass, or a run …otherwise we’re in great shape.” > > “Three or four plane crashes and we’re in the playoffs.” > > And perhaps most famously, asked what he thought of his team’s “execution,” he replied, “I’m all for it.” These are very funny. The plane crash one’s a bit dark, but I like it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-non-comedians/639949/24 "2012-11-07T21:30:20Z")
Ian Holloway, an English soccer manager, is renowned for his words of wisdom: > **[Ian Holloway comedy genius: His top 20 quotes of all time](https://www.footballfancast.com/opinion-2/football-blogs/ian-holloway-comedy-genius-his-top-20-quotes-of-all-time/)** Look him up on YouTube too - the Bristol accent makes him all the funnier. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-non-comedians/639949/25 "2012-11-07T21:48:59Z")
Where do y’all put [Karl Pilkington](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw39rf9yXr4&feature=related)? If he is a comedian, he’s a kind of anti-comedian. NSFW for swears and a yogi showing his junk ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-non-comedians/639949/26 "2012-11-08T07:30:03Z")
Jim Bouton, former Yankee pitcher, wrote the funniest book I’ve ever read, “Ball Four (Five).” The two funniest people ever who were not paid to be funny are Dorothy Parker, a writer, poet, critic and member of the Algonquin Round Table and Oscar Levant, a classical pianist who also wrote two (?) hilarious memoirs. David Niven wrote some very funny memoirs as did Charles Grodin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-non-comedians/639949.md?page=1)