The Top 25 Funniest People in America
 

Anyone have the full list?

1. Chris Rock
2. Jon Stewart and the Daily Show Team
3. Will Ferrell
4. Larry David
5. Dave Chapelle
6. Ellen DeGeneres
7. Bill Murray
8. Amy and David Sedaris
9. Robert Smigel
10. Jim Carrery
11. David Letterman
12. Aaron McGruder
13. Jack Black
14. Wanda Sykes
15. Augesten Burroughs
16. Scot Armstrong
17. Conan O'Brien
18. Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson
19. Bernie Mac
20. Maya Rudolph
21. Demitri Martin
22. Catherine O'Hara
23. ego trip
24. Sarah Silverman
25. Dave Attell

25 1/2 Kelly Ripa

Pretty solid collection of people, and I'm very happy to see Robert Smigel listed so highly.

Ellen? Please...

Ick. I haven't heard of half of those people and of the ones I have heard of, about 5 of them are actually funny.

SI

Not a bad list, actually. Ellen DeGeneres is actually very funny when she's not trying to play the poor lesbian media-victim, which she hasn't done in years.

I'm surprised to see Rudolph on there, the Silverman pick is a little too trendy for me and the absence of George Carlin essentially voids the list. But overall, they did a pretty good job.

(Now of course, the fact that a handful of those listed are actually Canadian is another thing. I guess it did say "in America", not "from America".)

Edit: Adam Corolla really needs to be on the list too.

I like Dave Attell...he's a funny guy and I agree Corolla could be included...

Interesting that there's not a lot of real politcal humor represented on the list. Rock can certainly go into that territory, but I'm thinking of people like Bill Maher and Dennis Miller who are defined by their politics. You could make a case that neither really belongs there on merit, but I found it interesting that there really aren't any of those type of guys on the list.

(And I don't count Jon Stewart... his show is certainly liberal, but I suspect that has more to do with having Republicans in the white house. If Kerry wins, liberals will probably hate Stewart this time next year.)

I was 3,154th

Jon Stewart & #2 ???
Wanda Sykes?
Ugh

Either my tastes don't match the rest of the nation (highly likely), or this list really blows (very likely)

I think that Hornsmaniac should have been on the list. After all, he's cocky & funny.

I find Wanda Sykes very funny. Not her show so much, because she's better in supporting roles (lots of Chris Rock stuff) and doing stand up.

Daily Show with Jon Stewart is one of the only shows I watch on TV regularly... I find it really funny.

No love for Bill Simmons - these guys that made the list must not be sports fans.

Dave Atell :).

And Ellen is pretty funny in her standup routine.

Sykes is one that I can't say I've enjoyed much, but my exposure to her has been mostly though her show. I've heard other people says she's very good in various things, so I can live with the pick.

One other point on Stewart -- anyone else think it was a bit of a copout to list "the Daily Show team"? I think guys like Frank Black could have made the list on their own, but instead they lump them all together. It would be like having "the Saturday Night Live cast" as one entry.

CHAPPELES SHOW and his comedy special earn him at #5, finally the man getting some recognition.

Hell yea Larry David too.

WE'RE GOING STREAKING!

Not a very good list.

SANNNNNNNNNNNNTA! I know him, I know him

Conan should be #1. Howard Dean should be #2.

Not really... because you don't know if they are individually funny or whether it is because of the context of the show. I wouldn't have listed any Daily Show correspondant individually.

Ever seen Black do standup? He's really quite good.

But they didn't put Black on the list for his standup... they did for his work on the Daily Show, along with everyone else.

I thought it was nice seeing Aaron Mac Gruder getting recognition.

also, if you are saying "25 funniest people" and list "daily show crew" as one person then you may be misunderstanding how to count.

little education here:

Frank Black - recording artist
Jack Black - Actor
Lewis Black - Comedian

and Lewis Black's stand up blows the entire Daily Show out of the water.

Bud Black - pitcher

I guess that makes me 3,153rd. :)

Shirley Temple Black - Former child star.

Men in Black - movie

Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson


THIS one I find the most ridiculous. They might as well have put an * with "paid for by the committee to get people to buy movie tickets to see Starsky & Hutch" after it.

Besides, as Fritz pointed out, if it's the 25 funniest people, there are no "teams" allowed. Either Jon Stewart makes it, or he doesn't. Or, everyone named - including the teams - can only add up to 25.

And who in the hell are the Sedaris's, anyway?

They obviously need two separate lists - one for individuals, one for team/troupe/pair, etc.

Back In Black - song

If you add Stiller and Wilson together you come close to the humor of one person. I can see where they are coming from...

Back in Black - Song

Edit: Damn you Ksyrup!

No Wayans, no care.

Paint It Black - Rolling Stones song :D

More seriously, I think it's nearly impossible to come up with a list like this - even more so than "best player", "most powerful", or even "most beautiful". There's a serious lack of objective criteria here, other than making people laugh. And what's funny varies quite widely from person to person.

Writers. David Sedaris is best-known for the books "Naked" and "Me Talk Pretty One Day".

Isn't Amy Sedaris the chick from Strangers with Candy? Don't know who David Sedaris is, I would assume it's her husband. I seem to remember she was in some kind of comedy troupe and perhaps he is as well.

Black Magic - Woman

Never hoid of them or anything they've done/written.

Man in Black - Johnny Cash (rip)

My neither but apparantly they are f-ing funny...

As long as Dave Attell made it, and Jay Leno did not, the list is valid. Aside from the "team" issue, that is.

What/who is egotrip?

Black hole - space thingy

Blackadar - FOFC poster

Catherine O'Hara? She's funnier than anyone in the Guffman/Mighty Wind/Best In Show crowd? If ever someone deserved the "Jon Stewart and everyone he works with" treatment, it was these folks. It should have been, Christopher Guest and the casts of those movies.

Fade to Black - Metallica song

Beard, Black - Pirate filed alphabetically by last name

Black Sabbath