# One Hit Wonder comedians **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 28, 2010, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746 "2010-01-28T07:26:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/41 "2010-01-28T22:14:42Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I’d say Sam Kinnison. All he did was scream. If he actually said anything I could never be sure because I couldn’t understand him and he gave me a headache. Good one! Also Bobcat Goldthwait. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/42 "2010-01-28T22:37:51Z")
[Art Metrano](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-SNrvHdZJE) ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/43 "2010-01-28T22:41:40Z")
Bobcat Goldthwait did more than just scream. He had good material. One of his I remember: “I took my mother to the gay freedom day parade, but I didn’t tell her it was a parade. ‘Gee, sure is crowded around here today, Ma!’”. ---
**Author:** ![Lethal\_Babydoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@Lethal\_Babydoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lethal_Babydoll)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/44 "2010-01-28T22:44:54Z")
Back in the early 80s I was watching the Jerry Lewis telethon and for hours Jerry kept saying, “Coming up soon is the world’s funniest comedian.” So I watched and waited for … I wasn’t sure. Steve Martin? Richard Pryor? Nope. Turned out to be Charlie Callas, who did that “I Remember It Well” bit where he wears different hats and acts out both parts. Every time I’ve ever seen him he’s done that bit. And he ain’t the funniest comedian in the world, Jer. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/45 "2010-01-28T22:46:51Z")
Abbott and Costello, one-hit wonders? Are you kidding me? A lot of the names in this thread might have routines that they’re _best_ known for, but don’t suffer from a lack of material. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/46 "2010-01-28T22:51:43Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > Gallagher, smashing watermelons with a sledgehammer. I think by definition he can’t be a one hit wonder. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/47 "2010-01-28T23:21:34Z")
The Three Stooges – the eye poking, head slapping thing. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/48 "2010-01-28T23:27:55Z")
There was one guy whose standup I remember, it must be 10 or 15 years ago now. He was youngish with bushy Tony Orlando hair, and he did the same routine over and over, and never seemed to come up with another one. He soon faded from view. “I love my dawg!” “I was feeding my dawg salsa sauce” with some bad effects I don’t remember, but I remember he always used the redundant “salsa sauce”. And he always closed with the bit about getting up in the night to pee, and blotting his dick on the back of the guest towel so it wouldn’t be wet when he wanted to cuddle back up to his woman in bed. Anyone remember that guy? Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/49 "2010-01-28T23:31:15Z")
The team of Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner for the _2000 Year Old Man_. Separately, of course, they have tons of other material, but together… ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/50 "2010-01-29T00:53:30Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > There was one guy whose standup I remember, it must be 10 or 15 years ago now. He was youngish with bushy Tony Orlando hair, and he did the same routine over and over, and never seemed to come up with another one. He soon faded from view. > > “I love my dawg!” > > “I was feeding my dawg salsa sauce” with some bad effects I don’t remember, but I remember he always used the redundant “salsa sauce”. > > And he always closed with the bit about getting up in the night to pee, and blotting his dick on the back of the guest towel so it wouldn’t be wet when he wanted to cuddle back up to his woman in bed. > > Anyone remember that guy? > Roddy [You are describing Bobby Collins](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qslc-WdZ2U). I’ve never heard that guest towel part. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/51 "2010-01-29T01:06:02Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Bobcat Goldthwait did more than just scream. He had good material. One of his I remember: > > “I took my mother to the gay freedom day parade, but I didn’t tell her it was a parade. ‘Gee, sure is crowded around here today, Ma!’”. I never thought much of Goldthwait. He had only ONE line I remember cracking me up. “My life sucks. I just lost my job. I mean, I didn’t really LOSE my job. I still know where it is. Just whenever I go there, there’s this new guy doing it.” ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/52 "2010-01-29T01:45:48Z")
Adolf Hitler and his ranting bit. Sure, he rants about different things, but they all sound the same. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/53 "2010-01-29T02:18:45Z")
We need a tangent thread that’s “(Comedian name)'s most famous routine is (routine x)” ---
**Author:** ![Rockwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@Rockwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rockwell)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/54 "2010-01-29T02:19:31Z")
Kip Addotta and his [Wet Dream routine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l1GvDWtccI) ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/55 "2010-01-29T09:21:26Z")
Katt Williams. It was something about “Nigger.” Anyone heard that one? Joe ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/56 "2010-01-29T14:42:01Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > [That’s not riiiiggghttt!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Meaney) I have to admit, I was a little disappointed that Kevin Meaney was just a one hit wonder. I had high hopes for him! I thought he was hilarious. > [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Andrew Dice Clay - Dirty Nursery Rhymes. Andrew ‘Dice’ Clay tried to reinvent himself, but it just didn’t take. Another one that I was a little disappointed with. He was The Adventures of Ford Fairlane and also a failed sitcom if I remember correctly. He’s using the name Andrew Silverstein now. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/57 "2010-01-29T14:43:58Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > George Carlin–Seven words you cannot say in television. Yes, this was a hit, but I’d hardly call George Carlin a one hit wonder. He had several albums that sold well, plus movies. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/58 "2010-01-29T15:01:45Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > Those who remember him should also remember… > > “Here come the judge!” > > … and … > > “It’s the Church of What’s Happening NOW!!!” > . Actually, “Here come the judge” was [David “Pigmeat” Markham’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigmeat_Markham)creation. Markham generally played the “chitlin circuit” and was largely unknown to white audiences before his appearances on _Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-in._ ---
**Author:** ![HorseloverFat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@HorseloverFat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorseloverFat)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/59 "2010-01-29T16:50:30Z")
Wow, there’s a lot of wrong in this thread. George Carlin? Abbot and Costello? The problem with this question is that comedy isnt sold like music singles. You dont turn on the radio and listen to a 3 minute bit a million times over like you do a song. There really arent comedy ‘hits.’ That said, there are a lot of comedians with limited success. You can see them on specials on Comedy Central or HBO and never come back to TV or any national spotlight. Im not sure if that makes them one-hit comedians. Most comedians have a signature act/character/reoccuring theme just like any artist. That doesnt mean they’re one hit. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746/60 "2010-01-29T17:02:35Z")
Bobby Collins still does standup, he was at a local club last month. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-hit-wonder-comedians/526746.md?page=4)