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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 04:17 PM
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Name someone who's supposed to funny, but just isn't funny
For example, you might write "Andy Samberg" or "Robin Williams".
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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 04:22 PM
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1. Howie Mandel
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-25-09 01:47 AM
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173. Howie Mandel is a massive tool for those buy.com commercials.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 04:22 PM
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2. I would write "Ron White"
...which might lose me points with *some* people ;-) but it must be said.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 04:24 PM
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4. Not as offensive as pointing out that....
Bill Hicks was shocking, but really not that clever.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 04:31 PM
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8. I don't find Bill Hicks all that funny either.
Edited on Tue Aug-18-09 04:32 PM by Richardo
I've heard people say 'fuck' before, and make rather mundane observations.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 04:37 PM
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11. +1
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:24 PM
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26. That's my opinion, as well.
Anger and agreement with many of my basic political points may be gratifying, but it is not funny by itself.
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 10:53 PM
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57. +1
And scream. Don't forget screaming.
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-23-09 03:07 AM
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148. Oh go fuck yourself.
;)
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fNord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 08:54 PM
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167. +1
hell, +2 and +3
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:09 PM
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19. For me, it was mostly that Hicks' technique just wasn't very good
Some great lines, but just a clumsy journey to them
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:29 PM
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28. He put his message before his comedy.
Even George Carlin was weakest when he did that. There is an art to comedy beyond the basic message. A singer can sing perfectly meaningful lyrics and still suck at singing them. A comedian can make smart observations and still suck at comedy.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:36 PM
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31. You are correct; even The Greatest AKA Lenny Bruce succumbed...
to that in his last days
when his performances became all about his legal travails.
And he REALLY was hounded.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 07:04 AM
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89. I think he's great, but I can see where he would not be for everyone...
Now Adam Sandler....that Funny People movie is the least funny thing I have ever seen.


mark
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Brigid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 06:59 AM
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120. Larry the Cable Guy.
Can't stand him. x(
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 04:23 PM
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3. Adam Sandler.
Jack Black, Dane Cook, Seth Rogan just to name a few.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:04 PM
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13. I second Adam Sandler. nt
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leeroysphitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 09:09 PM
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41. I agree with you on Sandler one thousand percent!!!
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 09:30 PM
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44. Adam Sandler.
Not as funny as he is "supposed to" be.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 10:16 PM
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49. Adam Sandler is funny, the way sand in your swim shorts is funny
The way a poke in the eye with a sharp stick is funny...
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Q3JR4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 06:53 AM
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84. Definitely adam sandler.
Edited on Wed Aug-19-09 06:54 AM by Q3JR4
Whomever decided that man was funny needs to be hit in the head with something.

Q3JR4.
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arcadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 12:56 PM
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145. Same guy who decided Adam Sandler was funny decided Jimmy Fallon was funny.
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 09:01 AM
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122. Agree
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Rambis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 09:48 AM
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137. Don't get that guy at all
Edited on Fri Aug-21-09 09:49 AM by Rambis
If I was in gitmo and the stuck me in front of Adam Sandler movies I would give up any information they wanted.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 04:25 PM
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5. I dunno. I forget their names.
Easier to remember those that I do find funny... like Katt Williams.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 04:25 PM
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6. Bucky!
I keed
I keed
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 04:27 PM
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7. It wouldn't bother me, but don't you dare imply Triumph is less than a comic genius!
You can't fake greatness.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 04:37 PM
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12. That was an homage, not an insult
I would never insult Triumph
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 04:35 PM
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9. Dennis Miller....
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 04:37 PM
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10. Seinfeld. (nt)
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 04:15 AM
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119. Thank the diety I am not the only DUer who hated Seinfeld...
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:06 PM
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14. Dane Cook.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:48 PM
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32. I second that.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 06:44 AM
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83. +1
Comedians can be funny without jokes, but his stories just aren't funny, either. I don't get him at all.
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stewartcolbert08 Donating Member (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 01:25 AM
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128. Amen
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:08 PM
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15. oops
Edited on Tue Aug-18-09 05:09 PM by Danger Mouse
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:08 PM
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16. Dane Cook, Carlos Mencia.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 12:32 PM
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101. Right on the money.
:toast:
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 08:17 AM
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131. The ultimate "low-hanging fruit" for this thread!
:toast:
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:09 PM
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17. Sarah Silverman
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:24 PM
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25. Oh god, talk about unfunny...
..amazingly untalented.
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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 02:01 AM
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76. I love her
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titoresque Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 08:38 PM
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164. Me too!!
I love these.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLG3S5WzHig
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8odmaMxa_U&feature=related

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 08:30 PM
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162. +1!
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Hell Hath No Fury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:09 PM
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18. Dane Cook.
Edited on Tue Aug-18-09 05:11 PM by Hell Hath No Fury
Oh yeah, and Dane Cook. Did I mention Dane Cook?

The obvious is Carrot Top. Sarah Silverman isn't nearly as funny as she thinks she is. The Michael and Michael guys who have their own show are pretty damned unfunny.
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Curtland1015 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:12 PM
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20. Dane Cook, of course. Also, any "blue collar" comic.
:puke:
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:14 PM
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21. You mean besides Dane Cook and Andy Kaufman?
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:23 PM
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24. The 19th Circle of Hell is reserved for people who mention those names in the same sentence without
some form of negation between them, as in "Dane Cook is not worthy to breath air that Andy Kaufman may have once breathed."
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 09:11 PM
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42. How about "Dane Cook is not quite as unfunny as Andy Kaufman," instead?
Though I grant that Cook is rather more annoying.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 10:24 PM
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51. Isn't that not unlike a double negative?
Kaufman was genius. Dane Cook is indescribably unfunny.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 10:38 PM
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53. Calling Kaufman genius is like calling Cook funny
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 10:47 PM
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55. Kaufman is widely acclaimed and cited by many comedians as one of their influences.
The only people who didn't like him just couldn't understand him. Dane Cook has nowhere near that kind of respect.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 10:49 PM
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56. The only people who like him are people who claim that everyone else doesn't understand him
To keep that from being a circular argument, you need to present someone who does get Kaufman and still doesn't find him funny.

Incidentally, I "get" Kaufman, but since I am the person with whom you are currently discussing the matter, then of course I can't be offered up as an example!



However, I'm glad to see that we agree re: Cook.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 03:24 PM
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110. Makes it no less true.
And everyone agrees on Cook. He's the Thomas Kincaide of comedy.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 07:13 PM
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125. Wow. That's harsh even for you.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 11:22 AM
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140. "Kinkade received an award from NALED as the Most Award Winning Artist in the Past 25 yrs"
How lame is that award? He gets an award for being the most award winning artist? Isn't that kinda cheating?

Honestly, I've never even heard of Thomas Kincaide before now. But I hate him.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:16 PM
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22. Carrot Top, Jimmy Fallon, Carlos Mencia, Larry the Cable Guy, Dane Cook
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 10:28 PM
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52. Yep x 5 + Dennis Miller
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Q3JR4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 06:55 AM
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85. Yep, Yep, Yep, Yep, Yep.
Batting 1000.

Q3JR4.
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:21 PM
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23. Oh just a whole list of folks.
Edited on Tue Aug-18-09 05:22 PM by hippywife
Bill Hicks, Ron White and the whole Blue Collar Comedy Tour, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, the entire current cast of SNL, just for starters.

:hi:
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ivanincali Donating Member (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:28 PM
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27. Dane Cook and Carlos Mencia!
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:33 PM
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29. Jack Black, Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen....
maybe funny at one time, but over exposure ruined them.
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 06:03 PM
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35. I agree completely.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:36 PM
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30. Sam Kinnison is one of the names I'm wanting to write.
Sexist and loud. Comedians like Andrew Dice Clay or Larry the Cable Guy pretend to be a caricature to make people laugh at the caricature more than the jokes. The angry, sexist, bigotry of the jokes is meant to mock the character they are assuming, to mock people who hold those views, even sometimes to mock the audience by making them aware of their own preconceptions. But I never got the impression Kinnison was doing that. He just seemed to think his comments were funny instead of sexist. Never liked him

Still a tragic end. :(
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 12:16 AM
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69. Gravelbot
His material is just tired. He needs some new schtick.
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astral Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 01:14 AM
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126. TIM! His name was TIM!
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 05:54 PM
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34. Jay Leno. nt
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omega minimo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 12:23 AM
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72. + 25,000,000
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Pool Hall Ace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 06:04 PM
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36. Andy Kaufman
And yes, I've seen the Mighty Mouse routine. Not funny.


I'll go hide now. :hide:
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astral Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 01:23 AM
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127. That is too funny
I was just scrolling down this thread with "Heeere I come to save the DAAAAAAAAAAY!" stuck in my head.

btw -- I love Andy Kaufman.

Did you andy-haters even appreciate his Elvis routine? : )P
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travelingtypist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 06:06 PM
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37. Will Farrell.
Ditto on Carrot Top and Adam Sandler.
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Q3JR4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 06:56 AM
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86. Seriously, will farrell
needs to crawl back into the dirt hole he came out of.

Q3JR4.
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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 06:16 PM
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38. Dennis Miller and Dane Cook
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 06:29 PM
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39. Jerry Seinfeld
I can't see why people adore the guy. I look at his shit and think, "okay, so your life sucks. Tell me something more."
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 09:04 PM
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40. Jerry Seinfeld
Sarah Silverman, though I have occasionally gotten a solid bellylaugh out of something she's said, whereas I have never, ever found Seinfeld funny. The damn theme music makes me want to throw the TV out the window.
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Monk06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 09:27 PM
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43. Sam Kinison and Andy Kaufmann
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 10:19 PM
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50. Kaufmann was just disturbed...
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Monk06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 11:42 PM
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58. Well Kinison was a former child preacher so we can cut him some slack for that
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 11:51 PM
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62. He was pretty funny in person....
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Monk06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 11:53 PM
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63. I just didn't like his screaming schtick. Loud ain't funny and that goes for Craig Ferguson too.
Edited on Tue Aug-18-09 11:55 PM by Monk06


and Jon Stuart you're on notice too.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 12:48 AM
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73. He didn't scream as much in person
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EastTennesseeDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 11:46 PM
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61. +1 on Kinison
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 11:55 PM
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64. Awww
You mean you didn't like him in "Back to School" ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6JLHZ3eJZs

:rofl:
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Monk06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 12:01 AM
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66. He sucked the funny right out of Rodney in that straight-to-video masterpiece


Rodney was definitely asleep when they wrote that
script.
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 12:10 AM
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68. I don't think "Back to School" was straight to video.
I did see it in the theater a couple of times :D

Early Robert Downey Jr.
Oingo Boingo
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 08:29 AM
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95. "Back to School" was actually a pretty big hit in theatres, IIRC
The cameo by Kurt Vonnegut was pretty priceless, I thought.
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 09:35 PM
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45. Rebo and Zooty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7mBC9nZtiw

Several hundred years in the future comedy is a lost art.

:P
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 12:31 PM
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99. You just don't understand the subtleties of Minbari language. Visigoth.
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 09:42 PM
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46. Dennis Miller, Adam Sandler, Jim Carey, Jack Black,
Andy Kaufman.
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Rob H. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 10:07 PM
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47. Jimmy Fallon
Edited on Tue Aug-18-09 10:20 PM by Rob H.
has to be one of the most unfunny people in America. He was this close to disappearing forever, and then some dumbass NBC executive said, "Hey, you know what this network needs? A cringe-inducingly-bad late night talk show, and I mean a show hosted by somebody who sucks so hard that he actually makes Jay Leno look like a goddamned comic genius! Hey, I hear Jimmy Fallon still isn't doing anything worthwhile with his life and we could probably get him cheap--he's perfect!" and gave him a late night talk show gig.

:wtf:
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 12:00 AM
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65. Jimmy Fallon is godawfully bad.
I'd also second or third Dane Cook, Sarah Silverman, Carlos Mencia and the entire current cast of SNL.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 08:50 AM
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132. I think the NBC suits just remembered Conan O'Brien's first show...
...I remember it clearly, and his first guest, John Goodman. It was cringe-inducing, embarrassing, what can I say. But "executives" can never let go of that "lightning can strike twice" mentality, and will always back a long shot if they have won with that strategy in the past. Fallon sucks...so did Conan on day one (and some people think Conan STILL sucks)...

...it's a viable alternative to actually giving someone with talent their own late night show.
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newcriminal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 10:12 PM
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48. That nasty old man you all like that I can't stand,
George Carlin
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 12:09 AM
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67. Seriously?
:wow:
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newcriminal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 12:09 AM
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115. Yep, never found him funny at all.
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 10:45 PM
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54. Bob Hope.
Jay Leno.

David Letterman much of the time.

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Monk06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 11:44 PM
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59. Can you imagine having to listen to Hope in Viet Nam?
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Lowell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 12:48 PM
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180. I did
It was the only good thing I brought back with me. Thanks for the memories.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 08:32 PM
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163. I'm not going to push *too* hard, but try some of his really early movies
Yes it's stuff from an older, different generation, but some of those early (sexist, racist) movies have some genuine laughs in them still.
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proteus_lives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-18-09 11:45 PM
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60. Sarah Silverman.
Ugh.
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 12:19 AM
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70. Sacha Baron Cohen
He's just Andy Kaufmann with a bigger budget.
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 12:22 AM
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71. Ditto, and ditto the Sarah Silverman above your post. nt
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 06:04 AM
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79. +1 (n/t)
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Q3JR4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 06:57 AM
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87. I agree, him too.
Q3JR4.
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T_i_B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 01:48 AM
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74. Frankie Boyle of "mock the week" fame
UK DUers will know who he is.

Also, Russell Brand.
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WildEyedLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 12:28 PM
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98. Oh God, Russell Brand
Completely agreed. What an obnoxious douchecake he is.
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nadine_mn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 06:53 AM
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130. aww I love Frankie Boyle
shun ye
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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 01:59 AM
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75. Andy Samberg is hot
I don't think Adam Sandler is funny
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Kickin_Donkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 04:19 AM
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77. Leno, Conan nt
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ellisonz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 05:11 AM
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78. Kathy Griffin.
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 08:30 AM
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97. My choice also. n/t
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 06:05 AM
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80. Jerry Seinfeld, Andy Kaufman, Dane Cook, Carlos Mencia
All very overrated.
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mockmonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 06:39 AM
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81. Dane Cook
and for good measure Martin Short.
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Ohio Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 06:41 AM
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82. Joe Piscopo
Not funny, never was, never will be.
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Q3JR4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 07:00 AM
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88. I also can't stand
Edited on Wed Aug-19-09 07:13 AM by Q3JR4
jim carey or that puppet comedian guy who's name I never catch because I can't stand to watch more than three microseconds of whatever special he's part of when the TV's on (who gets special mention because if there is a hell he will undoubtedly be part of it).

Q3JR4.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 07:05 AM
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90. Conan. We watched his special when he changed jobs, and
could not stand to watch the whole thing. He is just not funny to me at all.

mark
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 08:30 AM
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96. Conan is hilarious in skits and when he goes off script. He just sucks at monologue one-liners.
It's like they were too afraid to lay-off Leno's tired joke-writers and Conan is stuck there for 10 minutes delivering these lame, stale jokes. You can tell he's not a fan of that--at Late Night he only told 4 or 5 monologue jokes before going into his skit portion. For whatever reason, when he moved to the Tonight Show they saddled him with doing the extended monologue, and that just isn't what he's good at.

But I love his little ad libs between jokes, and when it comes to skits, nobody at late night is funnier. Especially when he goes on little assignments for himself. I will say, however, my least favorite skit of his is Triumph the Insult Comic Dog--just overrated in my opinion.

But despite his lackluster monologues, I will say him moving to 11:30 has gotten me back watching late night comedy.
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EastTennesseeDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 12:05 AM
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113. Agree totally.
For example, his birdwatching and boy band ad-lib sketches on Late Night were drool-rolling-down-your-chin, heartburn-inducing funny. But when it came to the jokes, half the time they fell flat, after which time he would joke for about a minute about how lame the previous joke was.
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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 04:05 AM
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117. I think he's terrible at everything...
:puke:
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 12:56 PM
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181. Ha Ha -- one of my best friends writes for Leno...
believe me, they laid off the tired joke writers at the Tonight Show!

You will be happy to hear that most of them are back on Leno's new show.
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Xithras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 01:43 PM
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183. I quit watching the Tonight Show after he took it over.
I don't know what they were thinking. I didn't like him when he did standup, I couldn't stand his old show, and his crap humor has turned me off to the Tonight Show.
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Mad_Dem_X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 08:11 AM
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91. Dennis MIller, definitely.
I'd say Dane Cook, as well, but I have laughed a time or two at his stuff. Dennis Miller has gone straight downhill since he became a conservative.
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 08:15 AM
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92. Sacha Baron Cohen, Howard Stern, Dennis Leary
Edited on Wed Aug-19-09 08:17 AM by Tommy_Carcetti
Shock comedy just isn't my thing. I know I'm in the minority here, but Iwas never a big fan of George Carlin, although I nonetheless do have an appreciation for him as a founding father of modern comedy.

And a few others that will inevitable come to mind.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 08:25 AM
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93. Jay Leno (nt)
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 08:26 AM
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94. George Lopez, Louis C.K., and Jeff Dunham
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WildEyedLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 12:31 PM
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100. Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill
Seriously, go away please.

Someone also mentioned Jimmy Fallon. Christ, a million times yes. Painfully lame and unfunny.
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AllenVanAllen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 12:40 PM
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102. Political satirist P. J. O'Rourke





He's supposed to be witty , but I don't think so.
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-23-09 07:56 AM
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149. He's really pathetic when he's on Real Time
His best work was for the National Lampoon but he was probably being carried back then by people like Michael O'Donohue.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 09:16 PM
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170. No reason to go further...
...you nailed it.
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cloudbase Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 01:22 PM
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103. Kevin James
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 01:36 PM
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104. Jerry Lewis. nt
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 01:42 PM
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105. Sarah Palin
Worst joke ever.
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 01:47 PM
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106. Glenn Beck honestly thinks he is funny. I'm serious.
The guy even has "comedy" tours.

Of course, the man is batshit insane, so in a way he is funny. So maybe not.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 01:26 AM
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116. The voices in his head tell him he's funny, so that's all that matters
Ditto Dennis Miller.
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 01:50 PM
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107. Billy Crystal
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 01:51 PM
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108. Definitely, Will Farrell
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woofless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 02:23 PM
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109. Jim Carrey
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astral Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 01:34 AM
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129. Jim Carrey's out of this world
He amazes me. Someimes funny, sometimes not but his energy level at what he puts into it is just amazing.
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 03:26 PM
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111. ben stiller
his parents are funny, he isn't
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-23-09 08:12 AM
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150. Ben Stiller is funny on, like, 1 out of 50 attempts....

But the other 49 just make me nervous when watching him.
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Minimus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-19-09 03:33 PM
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112. Artie Lange
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 12:07 AM
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114. Lisa Lamparelli, Gilbert Gottfried
I just don't get it
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muffin1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 01:11 PM
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154. Thank you for saying Gilbert Gottfried.
I couldn't remember his name to save my life. I was going to post "Who's that little guy who screams everything and squints?".
Yuk.
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bermudat Donating Member (985 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-25-09 10:15 PM
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176. I was going to post them.
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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 04:06 AM
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118. Will Ferrell, Conan O'Brien...
The former was only good as Dubya, while the latter is bad at everything. :thumbsdown:
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Corey_Baker08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 07:21 AM
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121. Really...Im Gonna Have to be the One To Say It?.....Seth Rogen
I liked the theme of Pineapple Express but I just dont think he is funny at all. Also Zach & Miri Make a Porno is really not funny and shows to much of him...
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 11:32 AM
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123. Any of the Blue Collar guys - especially Bill Engvall
:puke:

Ron White is the only one of them who is listenable.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 09:25 AM
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134. I loved Engvall until he hooked up with these guys and started laughing at his own material.
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mochajava666 Donating Member (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 02:25 PM
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124. Molly Shannon
Horrible on SNL and in movies.

Honorable mention:

Dennis Miller, Kathy Griffin, Andrew Dice Clay, or any Blue Collar comedian.

Don't forget Victoria Jackson, for being funnier in real life as a psycho political commentator than she ever was on SNL.
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Rob H. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 12:38 PM
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144. I'd forgotten all about Molly Shannon--good choice!
I've never understood why people find her funny.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 09:23 AM
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133. Conan. Cook. Lampanelli. Miller.
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 09:33 AM
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135. Eddie Izzard
way overblown...

I'll go hide now :hide:
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 11:24 AM
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141. Hah... I'm surprised, but there's no reason to hide...
everyone has their own taste right?

I think he's hilarious though. :)
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 12:04 PM
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143. well, my wife loves him
but for some reason after 10 minutes or so I'm just like---

he's no George Carlin :)

he's better than most of the people mentioned in this thread...
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eyepaddle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 01:02 PM
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152. Might I add Denis Leary and Jim Breuer.
Of course, other thatn the fact that they don't even come close to making me laugh they really have no connection.
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astral Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-23-09 02:52 AM
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146. I love Izzy Izzard!
I just found out about him in the last 30 days -- he is too much!

Is it the 'drag' that bugs you? He's gone both with and without that, I dont' know if he goes back and forth or .

or . . .

just evolved, or something. . . .
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 09:45 AM
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136. Craig Fergueson
Edited on Fri Aug-21-09 09:57 AM by Tommy_Carcetti
I wouldn't necessarily call him unfunny, but after hearing some people rave about him, I thought he would be a lot funnier than he was.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 11:28 AM
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142. He cracks me up!
I loved this bit, in which he talks about getting old. :)


I don't know why I insist on only talking about comics I like in this thread. The first name that popped into my head when I first saw the OP was of course Dane Cook... but I knew dozens of people would post that, so I just didn't feel all that motivated to bother participating in the spirit of the thread. :P
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arbusto_baboso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:32 AM
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138. Charles Manson
I'm just not a fan of his work. Too "high concept" for me.
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:54 AM
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139. Roseanne Barr
Tried watching her show a couple of time. Turned on the set after only ten minutes or so. She just wasn't funny...
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-23-09 02:57 AM
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147. I'm surprised no one has mentioned Richard Lewis.
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eyepaddle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 01:00 PM
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151. + infinity
Dear dog strike me down if I have ever laughed at anything he has ever done.
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MindPilot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 01:09 PM
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153. Margaret Cho
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madeline_con Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 07:33 PM
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161. Motion seconded n/t
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timtom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 01:36 PM
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155. Myron Cohen.
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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 01:43 PM
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156. That cable guy, what's his name? Larry, that's it.
He does not make me laugh.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 02:34 PM
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157. I'm surprised that noone has mentioned Chevy Chase.
I think he was funny for about five minutes in the 80's.
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titoresque Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 08:41 PM
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166. what??!!
Christmas Vacation is a classic, and Chevy Chase was brilliant!
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 10:18 AM
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177. He used to do a decent stand-up.....
Now it's embarassing watching him try to muddle through one.
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 02:56 PM
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158. Stephen Hawking
He's got some good material, but completely ruins it with his monotone delivery and lack of comedic timing.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 10:46 AM
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179. And it's called "stand-up"!
I mean, come on!
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GCP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 03:47 PM
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159. Don Rickles
Hate the guy
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 05:38 PM
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160. Bill Maher
"Smug Asshole" does not equal "funny"
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R. P. McMurphy Donating Member (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-25-09 09:54 PM
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175. +1
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 08:39 PM
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165. Dennis Miller
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fNord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 09:06 PM
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168. Dane Cook
what is his appeal?
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Gidney N Cloyd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 09:11 PM
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169. I can't believe it's taken 6 days for someone to say JOAN RIVERS!!!!!
Jeebus Cripes she has never been funny but she just won't GO AWAY!
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mix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-24-09 09:22 PM
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171. Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrel etc.
I'll take the Rad Girls any day.
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lutefisk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-25-09 01:06 AM
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172. George Bush
Asshole, yes- funny, no. This applies to many names posted on this thread. But obviously there are people who find assholes funny...




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Hangingon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-25-09 11:24 AM
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174. Letterman
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JonLP24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 10:35 AM
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178. I hate this thread
Lots of people that I personally find funny are mentioned in this thread. x(
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-26-09 01:40 PM
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182. I'm surprised no one has said Carrot Top.
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