The Funniest Person Dead?

[ohiosmith]

[Blue_Tires]

1. what about Richard Pryor?

[rucky]

2. The one in here:

[HopeHoops]

3. Recent: George Carlin. Earlier: Charlie Chaplain

[Ptah]

4. Abe Vigoda n/t

[Deep13]

8. um...

http://www.abevigoda.com/

[blogslut]

5. ...

[Deep13]

10. Are you some kind of Marxist? nt

[blogslut]

13. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know!

:)

[abq e streeter]

6. Each in their own way; Bill Hicks, Richard Pryor, Charlie Chaplin, and Curly Howard

[redwitch]

7. I thought this was a Ted Stevens thread.

I am a very wicked person.

[Deep13]

9. Now THAT's funny. nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. heh.

sly.

[rurallib]

12. quick wits I would say Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, Groucho Marx

naturally witty

[Tom_Foolery]

14. Too many to mention.

[El Supremo]

15. This person has something to say about all your choices >>

[jobycom]

18. Who is that?

I'm apparently not as old as I thought. :)

[El Supremo]

19. "Now, cut that out! "

[jobycom]

20. Oh!!! hahahaha!

Seriously. Who is that?

[El Supremo]

22. He died at age 39.

[jobycom]

24. Well, it's not Janis Joplin, then. She was part of the 27 club. nt

[jobycom]

25. Okay, what are you trying to pull?

I googled "Now cut that out" and came up with Jack Benny, whom I've heard of, but he lived to be 80, but the picture on Wikipedia could still be him. So where did you come up with 39? I smell a fraud!

[El Supremo]

26. Keep reading Wiki under "running gags".

I'm rather bummed that my favorite comedian of all time isn't known by everyone.

[jobycom]

27. I've heard of him.

I remember something about Rochester, and I've seen Rich Little do imitations of him.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

16. Ray Goulding

Bob and Ray were...and are...the gold standard of radio comedy. That's Ray on the right.

[jobycom]

17. Add me to the Richard Pryor club. nt

[MrScorpio]

21. Rodney, baby. Rodney!

[Forkboy]

23. My wife's cooking was so bad, the flies chipped in to fix the screen door.

Rodney is a legend among legends. :rofl:

[Oceansaway]

28. Lucy...nt

[pokerfan]

29. Bill Hicks, George Carlin, Richard Pryor

[WinkyDink]

30. Ernie Kovacs is right up there.

[Skittles]

31. Mitch Hedberg

[Initech]

32. Once again Rodney Dangerfield gets no respect.

[rug]

33. Soupy Sales

[applegrove]

34. Johnny Carson had a lovely sense of humour.

[Rabrrrrrr]

35. Reagan or Jerry Falwell.

Assuming you mean "Whose death is the funniest?"