Damnit, I thought for sure there’d be more hate for Gilbert Gottfried. That VOICE!
That’s actually the opener for my favorite joke (". . . and the bartender says, “Say, fella, why the long face?”), but I went with the obvious one too.
- Guy
- Squirting flower
- Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?
- Bill Maher
- Hat with bells
- Curly
- Harpo
- Pull a coin from behind the ear
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Steve Martin
- Priest
- Seltzer bottle*
- “Orange you glad I didn’t say ‘banana’?”
- Gilbert Gottfried
- The hat with points and bells
- Curly
- Harpo
- “Pull my finger”
- All’s Well That Ends Well
- Robin Williams**
- “A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants.”
**Not sure I’d quite say “respected,” but he’s the only one I could think of. I’m sure I’ll go “d’oh!” as soon as I see the other responses.
- Pirate
- Big shoes
- Sam and Janet evening
- Carrot Top
- Belled cap
- Curly
- Harpo
- Stealing your nose
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Robin Williams
ETA: Dammit! I had squirting flower for #2 and changed it!
- Horse
- Squirting flower
- Moooooo
- Dane Cook
- The hat with the jangly balls
- Curly
- Harpo
- Pull my finger
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Robin Williams
- priest
- seltzer bottle
- Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?
- Carlos Mencia
- Hat with bells
- Curly
- Harpo
- Pull my finger
- Taming of the Shrew
- Bill Murray
- Horse
- Large shoes
- “Don’t cry!”
- Carrot Top
- Cap
- Curly
- Harpo
- Making a pencil “turn into” rubber
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Robin Williams
- … and is asked, “Why the long face?”
- To the question “Boo who?”
- Far from the worst out there, but he gets a lot of hate
- Sometimes spelled “Curley”
- I’ll kick myself if Gummo is the most popular answer
- My dad, anyway
- guy
- Horn
- Why is the cow crying?
- Don Rickles
- His hat
- Larry
- Harpo
- Armpit noises
- Twelfth Night
- Robin Williams
#3
Moo
Moo hoo?
- rabbi
- pie
3 Orange you glad I didn’t say banana? - Carlos Mencia
- Hat with bells
- Curly
- Harpo
- Pull my finger
- Much Ado about nothing
- Steve Martin
- man
- squirt bottle
- Orange you glad I didn’t say banana
- The Unknown Comic
- Goofy three pointed hat
- Curly
- Harpo
- Under arm farts
- Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Tom Hanks
- Priest
- Pie
- Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?
- Sarah Silverman
- Hat
- Larry
- Chico
- Lighting your farts
- Taming of the Shrew
- Jim Carrey
Surely an Oscar counts as “respect” of a sort?
Oh, don’t get me wrong–I like him just fine. It’s just that I was sure there had to be somebody else out there that everybody else would pick. I see now that I might not have been as correct as I thought I was.
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Fill in the blank: A _______ walks into a bar . . .
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Name a prop used by a clown.
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Give the punchline to a knock-knock joke.
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Name a bad stand-up comic.
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Name something associated with a jester.
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Other than Moe, name one of the Three Stooges.
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Other than Groucho, name one of the Marx Brothers.
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Name a goofy physical trick you might learn from your dad.
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Name a Shakespeare comedy.
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Name someone who started out as a comic but is now a respected actor.
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man
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neverending scarf in pocket
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Moo
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Sarah Silverman
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king’s/queen’s court
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Larry
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Harpo
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pinch nose/thumb
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Much Ado About Nothing
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Chris Rock
Oops…never mind. Nothing to see here.
- Priest
- Seltzer Bottle
- Orange you glad I didn’t say banana?
- Dane Cook
- Curled shoes
- Curly
- Harpo
- Wiggling your ears
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Robin Williams
What are we at now? I counted 44 submitted. Is that right?
yup, exactly the one I was thinking of. Not may favorite joke,* but maybe my favorite, “a ___ walks into a bar” joke.
*The honor goes to “What’s brown and sticky?”
A stick!
I’m surprised at the lack of love for Jim Carrey. The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind are two great, well-respected movies, and he helped carry them.