Starting May 24, several of us have posted threads dealing with various aspects of stand-up comedy and/or funny people in general.
Here is a chronological list of threads and polls I am aware of. Using a poll example, here are the meanings of the lines in each entry:
Who's Funnier, Gervais or Izzard? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board << URL >>
Poll: Who’s Funnier, Gervais or Izzard? << Title >>
05-24-2011, 01:18 PM << date and time started >>
Zeldar << OP >>
Yesterday 07:42 PM << latest post date and time >>
by Ceejaytee << latest poster>>
105 2,503 Cafe Society << replies views forum >>
Voters: 244 << number of unique voters >>
Eddie Izzard 186 76.23% << leading vote-getter >>
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Poll: Who’s Funnier, Gervais or Izzard?
05-24-2011, 01:18 PM
Zeldar
Yesterday 07:42 PM
by Ceejaytee
105 2,503 Cafe Society
Voters: 244
Eddie Izzard 186 76.23%
Poll: Who’s Funnier? Maria Bamford or Sarah Silverman?
05-25-2011, 08:22 AM
Zeldar
05-27-2011 10:52 AM
by beartato
35 827 Cafe Society
Voters: 56
Maria Bamford 36 64.29%
Poll: Who was/is Funniest?
05-26-2011, 08:34 AM
Zeldar
05-27-2011 02:58 PM
by longhair75
30 951 Cafe Society
Voters: 130
Richard Pryor 51 39.23%
Convince us your favorite comedian is funny, in three YouTube clips or less.
05-26-2011, 01:48 PM
NAF1138
Yesterday 03:26 PM
by Left Hand of Dorkness
26 1,041 Cafe Society
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...d.php?t=610078
The Funniest Comic/Comedian – a search for names for a poll
05-26-2011, 02:30 PM
Zeldar
05-29-2011 09:02 AM
by Zeldar
46 743 Cafe Society
Poll: Who is the most annoying/unfunny stand-up comic? (multiple choice) <<< closed >>>
05-27-2011, 10:34 AM
Mean Mr. Mustard
05-27-2011 01:49 PM
by twickster
29 668 Cafe Society
Poll: Who is the most annoying/unfunny stand-up comic? (Now with multiple choice!)
05-27-2011, 01:11 PM
Mean Mr. Mustard
Yesterday 06:27 AM
by Gyrate
80 2,317 Cafe Society
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 176
Carrot Top 76 43.18%
Everyone voting in the Unfunny Stand-up Comic poll is wrong.
05-28-2011, 01:41 AM
Haunted Pasta
05-29-2011 02:33 PM
by Zeldar
3 325 Cafe Society
Poll: The Funniest Stand-up Comic (Your Top Five)
05-28-2011, 03:09 PM
Zeldar
Yesterday 07:49 PM
by Max the Immortal
36 854 Cafe Society
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 105
George Carlin 50 47.62%
Really Funny Women?
05-28-2011, 05:33 PM
Zeldar
Today 12:33 PM
by Zeldar
54 1,119 Cafe Society
Poll: Who is the SECOND most annoying/unfunny stand up comic?
05-29-2011, 09:44 PM
Mean Mr. Mustard
05-30-2011 06:24 PM
by gonzomax
15 477 Cafe Society
Voters: 42
Dane Cook 13 30.95%
Poll: Funny Women Preliminary “A-L”
Yesterday, 01:38 PM
Zeldar
Today 10:35 AM
by Zeldar
11 245 Cafe Society
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 39
Tina Fey 28 71.79%
Poll: Funny Women Preliminary “L-T”
Yesterday, 01:46 PM
Zeldar
Today 11:06 AM
by Zeldar
9 247 Cafe Society
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 31
Gilda Radner 17 54.84%
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These statistics were gathered just before I started this thread, so odds are they will have changed some by the time your read this.
I’d like some discussion about these threads and polls and what (if anything) you make of the whole topic and its SDMB results.
