The Funniest People of the Year, from 1975 to Now

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Urban Boogie? Shoogie?

Jubilation T. Cornball on July 28, 2010 at 1:27 PM

Yeah but both season finale were bullshit.

YvesPaul on July 28, 2010 at 1:38 PM

Young Eddie Murphy will forever be my favorite comedian <3

kersy on July 28, 2010 at 1:39 PM

Mmm, some Chewties would go down real smooth right now.

gloomy gus on July 28, 2010 at 1:44 PM

Wonder Showzen's craptastic second season cancels out the first. Steve Carell wins by default.

keshmeshi on July 28, 2010 at 1:48 PM

Jim Carrey: LEAST funny person IN THE HISTORY OF ENTERTAINMENT!

Timmytee on July 28, 2010 at 1:58 PM

Not a bad list - but its more of a "most successful" comedian of the year list. I mean just because Austin Powers 2 was a big hit doesn't make Mike Myers any funnier in 1999 than he was in 1998. And certainly not funnier than Chris Rock in 99 (or any year for that matter).

Nothing in the world makes Robin Williams funny, no matter how big a year Mork & Mindy had. Steve Martin is definitely funnier - even if he spent the year kayaking instead of performing.

Schmapdi on July 28, 2010 at 1:58 PM

Best comedian alive Richard Pryor? I think he's pretty dead.

I'm 85 Years Old on July 28, 2010 at 2:01 PM

Simmons is pretty pop-culture savvy. That said I take issue with Billy Crystal for no other reason than he just annoys me. Funniest person 2010? Gotta go with Louis CK.

McGee on July 28, 2010 at 2:03 PM

Rob Brydon is the funniest person who has ever lived. You wouldn't know it from "Gavin and Stacy" which is funny but not THAT funny (though Brydon's the best thing in it), but his series with the great Julia Davis, "Human Remains" is the funniest thing that has ever happened in the universe, followed closely on by "Marion and Geoff" (which takes place entirely in his car, filming himself as he stalks his ex-wife).

Fnarf on July 28, 2010 at 2:18 PM

It's hard to see Jim Carry on there, but he was Hollywood comedy for that short run. It was a very bad time for Hollywood comedies.

I would've waited to give it to Chappelle for Season 2, and wish Cobert had started 2 years earlier, just so the list filled out correctly since Tina Fey and Larry David deserved it more for those years.

Dougsf on July 28, 2010 at 2:21 PM

That's sadly because Wonder Showzen ended up broker than a two-cent nickel up a hobo's dumper.

Telsa on July 28, 2010 at 2:27 PM

@9 I came here to say Louis CK for 2010 before anyone else could. I haven't laughed so hard at standup in ages.

ObeyTheFist on July 28, 2010 at 2:48 PM

Ditto #13.

(And I really like Bill Simmons, but I think he's wrong about Daniel Tosh being the Evolutionary Joel McHale. I get why he'd say that, but I think Tosh established himself nationally better as a comic first and then a clip show host, while McHale, despite his Almost Live tours of duty, didn't get national exposure until his clip show hosting, which has since lead to other good things for him.)

pg13 on July 28, 2010 at 2:53 PM

2006 can suck Wonder Showzen's left nut. WS is one of the best shows to suffer a premature death.

joemomma on July 28, 2010 at 3:01 PM

Where are the women?

Will in Seattle on July 28, 2010 at 3:02 PM

YES! Wonder Showzen does not get nearly the respect it deserves. By far the funniest thing to come out of 2006. Kuddos, Constant.

d-squared on July 28, 2010 at 3:17 PM

I've tried Stripes...multiple times...despite my love for the Murray I just can't do it. I must be defective.

bpia on July 28, 2010 at 3:37 PM

Real actors are often funnier than comedians. Take Jim Carey and Adam Sandler, two professional comics, and I recognize that they're wildly successful, and that's great, but I don't believe I've ever laughed, watching them. Then compare with Robert De Niro, not a comedian as such. In Jackie Brown, which was not even a comedy, really, De Niro was hilarious.

Eric from Boulder on July 28, 2010 at 3:39 PM

@7, you're right--it's more of a funny-plus-wild-commercial-success list. Otherwise Bill Hicks would've made an appearance. And possibly Mitch Hedberg.

California on July 28, 2010 at 5:24 PM

yeah, that list was "meh, ok" at best, just because it's comprised mostly of snl stars and notably unfunny commercial successes. bill murray and richard prior being obvious exceptions. i mean, adam sandler in 1998? mr. show came out in 1998, are you going to tell me that adam sandler is funnier than david cross? because if you are you're a fucking moron.

douglas on July 29, 2010 at 1:10 AM

This list needs more women for me to buy any of it. Gilda Radner? Lily Tomlin?

And excluding Ricky Gervais just because he "hates British people" is bollocks.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on July 29, 2010 at 7:41 AM

Looked up the Sam Kinison spot out of curiosity and just... wow. That is some ridiculously unfunny shit right there. I made it through about four and a half minutes before I turned the thing off with a sigh. Maybe it's a generational thing, but I just don't get it.

callipsofacto on August 13, 2010 at 1:03 PM

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