# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/61 "2010-09-02T18:27:40Z")
Bob and Ray. ---
**Author:** ![newcomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/62 "2010-09-02T18:45:36Z")
Larry David is funny. Also, Jimini Glick would be on top of the list: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrWAMZWN6uU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrWAMZWN6uU) ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/63 "2010-09-02T20:49:38Z")
For stand-up, I currently enjoy: Paul F. Tompkins (if he comes to a town near you, GO!) Mike Birbiglia Louis C.K. Patton Oswalt Doug Benson Tig Notaro Brian Posehn Aziz Ansari Maria Bamford Seth Morris (aka Bob Ducca) Demetri Martin And I’ll go ahead and add: Dan Telfer (local Chicago guy, has a killer bit about “[the best dinosaur](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vSY_rB928c).” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/64 "2010-09-02T20:57:18Z")
I have to admit, I find several choices here extremely unfunny. I can’t stand **Bob and Ray** or **Larry David** or **Glick**. I would cut off my head rather than watch **Andy Kaufman**. I was extremely happy when he was voted off SNL. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/65 "2010-09-02T21:48:43Z")
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/66 "2010-09-02T21:56:15Z")
> [@Corner\_Case](#): > > Peter Cook and Dudley Moore Yes! And the troup _Beyond The Fringe_ which gave us [Dudley Moore documentary 4/6](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D16lAyiX80) ---
**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:** [September 3, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/67 "2010-09-03T04:27:18Z")
> [@deadindays](#): > > \ > > Bob Newhart. I recently borrowed an ancient Bob Newhart collection from the library, and I couldn’t believe how funny he was. To just describe that he’s pretending to have these phone conversations…you just can’t do them justice. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/68 "2010-09-04T19:00:48Z")
[Robert Klein,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dGCQcTcPLc) anyone? This has one of my favorite short bits of all time – on starting your car on a cold winter morning. (If you’re old enough to remember how bad cars used to be in this respect, you’re gonna love this… at 3:37 into it.) ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/69 "2010-09-04T20:17:00Z")
I thought everyone knew that the only comedians that are cool to claim you like are George Carlin, Jonathan Winters, Andy Kaufman, Richard Pryor, and Lenny Bruce. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/70 "2010-09-04T20:23:33Z")
> [@Jet\_Jaguar](#): > > I thought everyone knew that the only comedians that are cool to claim you like are George Carlin, Jonathan Winters, Andy Kaufman, Richard Pryor, and Lenny Bruce. You forgot Bill Hicks (who I can’t stand.) ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/71 "2010-09-04T20:25:18Z")
> [@Jet\_Jaguar](#): > > I thought everyone knew that the only comedians that are cool to claim you like are George Carlin, Jonathan Winters, Andy Kaufman, Richard Pryor, and Lenny Bruce. Louis CK is rapidly working his way into that list, though. Quite a few people have mentioned him in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/72 "2010-09-04T20:44:36Z")
> [@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. Aren’t they all “Tom” on the phone? ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/73 "2010-09-04T20:46:03Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > > [@deadindays](#): > > > > \ > > > > Bob Newhart. > > I recently borrowed an ancient Bob Newhart collection from the library, and I couldn’t believe how funny he was. To just describe that he’s pretending to have these phone conversations…you just can’t do them justice. I’d love to see Newhart and Ellen Degeneres together sometime as father daughter. Do you remmember her “Hello, God? This is Ellen” schtick. ---
**Author:** ![Valerieblaise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Valerieblaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valerieblaise)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/74 "2010-09-04T20:48:27Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > > [@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. Apparently we have very similar taste. I have tickets to see Louis CK Oct 2, and I can’t wait. It’s kinda cool that he’s becoming so popular - for a long time people only seemed to know his stuff because Dane Cook had ripped him off so much. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/75 "2010-09-04T22:08:24Z")
Frankie Boyle, [Rhod](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEl0AF9Zh1E) [Gilbert](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwpwMS4dGxk) and [Peter Kay](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH5vSHiAOAE&feature=fvw). ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-please-who-is-funny/552305/76 "2010-09-05T00:06:36Z")
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