# Who is "funny looking"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 4, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056 "2012-06-04T17:33:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/1 "2012-06-04T17:33:22Z")
Using your own standards for what “funny looking” connotes or denotes, give a good example. [Lee Evans](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Evans_(comedian)) does it for me. Google images of him for better examples than [this one.](http://www.viagogo.co.uk/News/Lee-Evans-London-show-rescheduled-for-October-10th/_A-2059) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/2 "2012-06-04T17:39:39Z")
[Marty Feldman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_feldman) ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/3 "2012-06-04T17:47:12Z")
[Steve Buchemi](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000114/) is funny lookin’. More than most people even. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/4 "2012-06-04T17:57:02Z")
[The late Phil Leeds](http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1024&bih=680&q=phil+leeds&gbv=2&oq=phil+leeds&aq=f&aqi=g3g-S7&aql=&gs_l=img.3..0l3j0i24l7.1248.2558.0.2667.10.10.0.0.0.0.140.810.2j5.7.0...0.0.XHmG-B1V-yE&safe=active). You never know his name, but, boy howdy. . . you can’t forget that face! ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/5 "2012-06-04T18:00:01Z")
[Lyle Lovett](http://www.peoplequiz.com/biographies-33949-Lyle_Lovett.html) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/6 "2012-06-04T18:01:43Z")
Damn! You folks are good! I can’t argue with any of them. Each is better than the one before. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/7 "2012-06-04T18:02:53Z")
> [@GreasyJack](#): > > [Steve Buchemi](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000114/) is funny lookin’. Uh-huh. In what way? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/8 "2012-06-04T18:07:22Z")
[Fyvush Finkel](http://www.superiorpics.com/fyvush_finkel/) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/9 "2012-06-04T18:07:45Z")
The Creeper - [Rondo Hatton](http://www.teddwebb.com/legends/rondo_hatton.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/10 "2012-06-04T18:10:32Z")
[Vincent Schiavelli](http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1277&bih=696&q=vincent+schiavelli&gbv=2&oq=vince+schiave&aq=0sS&aqi=g-sS1&aql=&gs_l=img.3.0.0i10i24.10901.21894.0.23757.23.19.4.0.0.0.206.2365.0j14j1.15.0...0.0.LnjRGpWKIvU) [Wallace Shawn](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ds=i&pq=vincent+schiavelli&cp=4&gs_id=y&xhr=t&q=vizzini&safe=off&gbv=2&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1277&bih=696&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=yfnMT8DgENP46QHDisjyDA#um=1&hl=en&safe=off&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Wallace+Shawn&oq=Wallace+Shawn&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1062.7297.0.10144.15.14.0.1.1.0.471.3027.0j10j2j1j1.14.0...0.0.DYTvH01BM0I&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=31343fffaf398e57&biw=1277&bih=696) [Sandra Bernhard](http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1277&bih=696&q=sandra+bernhard&gbv=2&oq=sandra+bernhard&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1245.1245.0.2639.1.1.0.0.0.0.239.239.2-1.1.0...0.0.YeSrQoycJ1k) ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/11 "2012-06-04T18:10:55Z")
[Jonathan Hoenig](http://www.thestreet.com/story/11171783/4/the-best-market-moves-6-experts-weigh-in.html) the self proclaimed Capitalist Pig. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/12 "2012-06-04T18:18:36Z")
> [@Peanuthead](#): > > [Jonathan Hoenig](http://www.thestreet.com/story/11171783/4/the-best-market-moves-6-experts-weigh-in.html) the self proclaimed Capitalist Pig. Holy Cow! If they ever need to cast Lee Evans’s brother, they could use this guy. Spooky close! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/13 "2012-06-04T18:20:19Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Uh-huh. In what way? In a general sorta way. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/14 "2012-06-04T18:24:30Z")
> [@GreasyJack](#): > > [Steve Buchemi](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000114/) is funny lookin’. More than most people even. > [@tdn](#): > > Uh-huh. In what way? > [@RickJay](#): > > In a general sorta way. Didn’t the girls in that bar in _Fargo_ describing Steve to Frances use those exact words? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/15 "2012-06-04T18:25:55Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Didn’t the girls in that bar in _Fargo_ describing Steve to Frances use those exact words? Yah, you betcha. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/16 "2012-06-04T18:27:43Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Yah, you betcha. That reminds me: they ought to have cast Sarah Palin in Frances McDormand’s role! ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/17 "2012-06-04T18:33:19Z")
I always thought [Michael Phelps](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Phelps) looked kinda goofy. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/18 "2012-06-04T18:33:52Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > [Sandra Bernhard](http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1277&bih=696&q=sandra+bernhard&gbv=2&oq=sandra+bernhard&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_l=img.3..0l10.1245.1245.0.2639.1.1.0.0.0.0.239.239.2-1.1.0...0.0.YeSrQoycJ1k) The OP said “funny” not “scary”.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/19 "2012-06-04T18:38:59Z")
[Kate Micucci](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/blogs/2010/08/kate-micucci-hair.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056/20 "2012-06-04T18:40:59Z")
That actor who plays Theon Greyjoy on Game of Thrones. I never saw someone so wierdly put together, who didn’t have any obvious deformity. it’s his eyes… no wait, it’s his cheeckbones… no it’s his sad little chin hairs… no it’s that wart on his cheek… Oh I can’t decide, it’s [everything](http://www.moviedeskback.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Theon-Greyjoy-Game-Of-Thrones.jpg). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-funny-looking/624056.md?page=2)