# Help me out, please....who IS funny? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 1, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305 "2010-09-01T20:22:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/21 "2010-09-01T21:37:12Z")
“We had a funny guy with us in Korea. A tailgunner. They blew his brains out all over the Pacific. There’s nothing funny about that!” There’s an Indian comedian who is very funny, but I can’t remember his name. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/22 "2010-09-01T21:43:57Z")
Another vote for Eddie Izzard. The thing is, after something like “Dress To Kill”, it’s impossible to maintain that level/quality of material over a long period of time. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/23 "2010-09-01T22:04:46Z")
Louis CK, Zach Galifianakis, Patton Oswalt, Paul F. Tompkins, Dave Attell, Greg Giraldo, David Cross (in his better moments). ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/24 "2010-09-01T22:14:06Z")
Brian Posehn > [@Chefguy](#): > > “We had a funny guy with us in Korea. A tailgunner. They blew his brains out all over the Pacific. There’s nothing funny about that!” > > There’s an Indian comedian who is very funny, but I can’t remember his name. Aziz Ansari? ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/25 "2010-09-01T22:19:54Z")
Jerry Seinfeld is funny, and yes living in a constant state of 1994 is lovely, thankyou. ---
**Author:** ![limegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@limegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/limegreen)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/26 "2010-09-01T22:23:19Z")
Brian Regan And yes, Jeff Foxworthy and Bill Engvall, because they’ve been at my family reunions, apparently ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/27 "2010-09-01T22:37:00Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Louis CK, Zach Galifianakis, Patton Oswalt, Paul F. Tompkins, Dave Attell, Greg Giraldo, David Cross (in his better moments). Our lists are almost identical. Maybe I should enlist you as a writing partner, since the samples I posted here were met with near-universal scorn. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/28 "2010-09-01T22:43:16Z")
> [@Windwalker](#): > > The only comedians I’ve found consistently funny and/or just really interesting to listen to are **George Carlin** and **Mitch Hedberg**. Unfortunately, they’re both fairly recently deceased. But their back catalog should keep you laughing and/or thinking for a while. Wow, I came in to mention these two exact comics. ---
**Author:** ![Rain\_Soaked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rain\_Soaked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rain_Soaked)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/29 "2010-09-01T22:43:33Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > “We had a funny guy with us in Korea. A tailgunner. They blew his brains out all over the Pacific. There’s nothing funny about that!” > > There’s an Indian comedian who is very funny, but I can’t remember his name. [Russell Peters?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Peters) ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/30 "2010-09-01T22:45:24Z")
In addition to what others have said: Katt Williams and Aziz Ansari are piss my pants funny. I will stop whatever I’m doing to watch anything those two are on. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/31 "2010-09-01T22:59:00Z")
I no longer think Carlin is funny. His edginess is too normal these days, and his pace is…off (at least to someone used to the current crop of comedians). In addition to a bunch above, I’m going to go with Mike Birbiglia as the best comedy show I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/32 "2010-09-01T23:02:16Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I no longer think Carlin is funny. His edginess is too normal these days, and his pace is…off (at least to someone used to the current crop of comedians). That tends to happen after you die. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/33 "2010-09-01T23:07:00Z")
The guys from MST3K/Rifftrax are hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/34 "2010-09-01T23:26:26Z")
> [@Rain\_Soaked](#): > > > [@Chefguy](#): > > > > “We had a funny guy with us in Korea. A tailgunner. They blew his brains out all over the Pacific. There’s nothing funny about that!” > > > > There’s an Indian comedian who is very funny, but I can’t remember his name. > > [Russell Peters?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Peters) That’s the guy! Does hilarious riffs on Indians and Asians. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/35 "2010-09-02T00:00:38Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Felicia Day’s “The Guild” is consistently funny. Don’t forget their music [videos](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU)! ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/36 "2010-09-02T00:06:32Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Eddie Izzard. Good call. Best suggestion so far, at least. ---
**Author:** ![pope\_hentai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/37 "2010-09-02T00:21:11Z")
ive generally liked older carlin, but Mitch Hedburg annoys the crap out of me. he’ll spit out a funny one-liner, then awkward pause where he sucks in his lip, then elaborate on the one liner until he’s explained it to the point where even the stupidest person in the audience could get it, and it ceases to be funny. Am i just seeing the wrong appearances? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/38 "2010-09-02T00:22:38Z")
Actually funny (and still active): Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Zach Galifianakis, [The Amazing Johnathan](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqvenoKDP_Q), Ricky Gervais. Funny, though either dead or well past their prime: Groucho Marx, George Carlin, Woody Allen, Chaplin, Keaton, Fields, Jacques Tati. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/39 "2010-09-02T00:25:00Z")
Personally, I dig: Ricky Gervais Louis CK Patton Oswalt Zack Galifanakis Kathleen Madigan Lewis Black Dave Chapelle Daniel Tosh Jon Stewart ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/40 "2010-09-02T00:58:40Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > > [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > > > Felicia Day’s “The Guild” is consistently funny. > > Don’t forget their music [videos](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU)! She makes me feel funny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305.md?page=3)