# Someone you look at and start laughing **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2007, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-look-at-and-start-laughing/426518 "2007-11-15T11:02:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-look-at-and-start-laughing/426518/1 "2007-11-15T11:02:06Z")
This can be professional Comedians, or just Actors you recognize from TV, commercials, Movies or whatever, for whom you start cracking up the minute you see them. My candidate: Stephen Merchant. I hadn’t seen the British version of The Office before I’d ever laid eyes on him. I first saw him in \*\*Extras[/]b. Now I can’t keep from laughing the minute I see him. Your suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-look-at-and-start-laughing/426518/2 "2007-11-15T13:24:02Z")
John Clarke (NZ comedian long resident in Australia) Ardal O’Hanlon (Father Dougal from _Father Ted_) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-look-at-and-start-laughing/426518/3 "2007-11-15T13:47:59Z")
Rodney Dangerfield ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-look-at-and-start-laughing/426518/4 "2007-11-15T13:57:21Z")
John Cleese. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-look-at-and-start-laughing/426518/5 "2007-11-15T13:57:25Z")
Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin. Also, John Candy. I love his face. Probably Chris Farley, too. Fuck it, I guess I find fat people funny. ---
**Author:** ![Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-look-at-and-start-laughing/426518/6 "2007-11-15T15:14:28Z")
Patton Oswalt and Ricky Gervaise, the two most hilarious stand-up comedians evar. Don’t believe me? Have a go at (http:// [youtube.com](http://youtube.com) /watch?v=YRyOHvTH0RE) Ricky’s Favorite Leaflet or (http:// [youtube.com](http://youtube.com) /watch?v=\_-oxsMl3iCA) Patton on Stella Dora Breakfast Treats (while neither are pornographic, neither are exactly safe for work, ergo the “better safe than sorry” broken links). There’s also a video of Patton Oswalt on Conan O’Brien talking about an old lady giving birth which nearly made me wet myself, but I can’t find it at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-look-at-and-start-laughing/426518/7 "2007-11-15T15:15:28Z")
Bill Cosby ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-look-at-and-start-laughing/426518/8 "2007-11-15T15:22:20Z")
Will Ferrell. Every time I see him, I think of some ridiculous movie line. _jumps into a pit of bears_ ‘‘Ohhhh. I _immediately_ regret this decision!’’ ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-look-at-and-start-laughing/426518/9 "2007-11-15T15:32:19Z")
Don Knotts just cracks me up, he doesn’t have to say a word. Three’s Company is one of the only shows that can make me laugh on mute between his and John Ritters body language. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-look-at-and-start-laughing/426518/10 "2007-11-15T15:34:44Z")
Peter Sellers, movie after movie. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-look-at-and-start-laughing/426518/11 "2007-11-15T15:41:11Z")
Brian Regan, standup comedian. Just a goofy looking bastard whom I love. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-look-at-and-start-laughing/426518/12 "2007-11-15T16:47:03Z")
[Brian Posehn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Posehn) has a great face for comedy. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-look-at-and-start-laughing/426518/13 "2007-11-15T17:21:20Z")
Lyle Lovett? No, he’s not funny, but he \*is \* funny-looking. He looks like he was put together from spare parts. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-look-at-and-start-laughing/426518/14 "2007-11-15T17:54:51Z")
I was just listening to a comedian’s routine about how a co-worker of his came into work laughing her ass off because she had just seen Fabio in the street. The comedian told his co-worker that that wasn’t funny. Then, some time later, Fabio walked into the store-- and he started laughing. Of course, his routine is much better than the discription I just gave. But I think that if Fabio walked into this accounting office with his flowy hair and romance cover muscles, I’d laugh too. ---
**Author:** ![Malvert\_P.Redd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Malvert\_P.Redd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malvert_P.Redd)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-look-at-and-start-laughing/426518/15 "2007-11-15T18:26:01Z")
Eddie Deezen Phil Hartman when he was in his Sinatra make-up. You just knew gold would be coming. [And Rachel Dratch, whenever she played that creepy kid who was the result of incestuous sex between Angelina Jolie and her brother.](http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/tomb_raider/nbc_2.jpg) ---
**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:** [November 15, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-look-at-and-start-laughing/426518/16 "2007-11-15T18:51:37Z")
[QUOTE=Eleanor of Aquitaine] John Cleese. [/QUOTE] ’ in a similar vein John Lithgow. Seeing the two of them together on 3rd Rock was a laugh riot. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-look-at-and-start-laughing/426518/17 "2007-11-15T19:17:50Z")
Ricky Gervaise, Brian Regan, Rowan Atkinson. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-you-look-at-and-start-laughing/426518/18 "2007-11-15T19:25:11Z")
How about good old [Michael Brandow](http://www.bcm-law.com/Bio/MichaelBrandow.asp)? Not a comedian or actor, but a celebrity nonetheless.