13 More Jokes For The Comedy Hall Of Fame
These comedians are comedians’ comedians, so if you (for some insane reason) were looking for the painfully unfunny, look elsewhere.
Today we induct another set of classic jokes into The Hall of Fame.
John Mulaney
Ooh, you know stuff. Good job.
“Get out of here with your facts. You’re like the kid at the sleepover who, after midnight, is like, ‘It’s tomorrow now.’ Get out of here with your technicalities. Just because you’re accurate doesn’t mean you’re interesting.”
Maria Bamford
Comedy Central
What? You still think he’s some bearded white man in the clouds?
"I hope nobody here is deeply religious. If so, rest in the glory that I'm wrong. I believe in God, i just think he's a 13-foot-tall wizard living a dark mountain who won't let me win.”
Don Rickles
I wonder what he had stored up in that head of his.
“I think if I took therapy, the doctor would quit. He'd just pick up the couch and walk out of the room.”
Wanda Sykes
Comedy Central
Like a public service. Not some rich dude’s ego stroking.
“To me, political office should be like jury duty. You should just get a notice in mail one day and be like, ‘I’m Secretary of State next month!’”
Margaret Cho
Some significant others just don’t hold up their end of the bargain.
“The last guy I went out with, he was just so -- I don't know -- hopeless. He said if I broke up with him that he would kill himself. And I broke up with him, but he's not dead yet. I want to call him up and be like, 'You know, what's the deal? I thought we had an agreement.’”
Mitch Hedberg
Warner Media
While I’m here… Hit me.
“I love blackjack. But I'm not addicted to gambling. I'm addicted to sitting in a semicircle.”
Joan Rivers
They can dress it up with Lulu Lemons and air pods all they want but…
“The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it.”
Norm Macdonald
Warner Media
This is cup half-empty and half-full at the same time.
“I don’t do much. I’m too lazy. That’s my problem. Hang around my couch, watching the TV. Just too lazy. I realized this the other day, I get hit my a truck tomorrow - a big truck could hit me - paralyze me from the neck down. Wouldn’t affect my lifestyle a bit really.”
Aziz Ansari
This is the exact reason I wanted this job.
“You’re sittin’ at your computer working on something really important. And then you think, ‘Man, I wonder if Home Alone 2 made more money than Home Alone 1.’ I Gotta look into this. NOW!”
Steven Wright
ICM Partners
These one-liners just tickle me.
“I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park anywhere near the place.”
Neil Brennan
Kyle… You’re gonna need to rethink your proposal.
“If they called student loans small business loans, no 18-year-old kid would ever get the loan. It’s a bad idea for a business. If you had to go to the bank, to the small business desk, and ask, “I’m gonna need $150,000.” They’d be, like, “What’s your business idea?” “Here’s the idea: For the next four years,” I’m going to get black-out drunk. But also… “I’m gonna get a degree in Sociology.”
They’d be, like, “Get the fuck out of our bank.” You’re, like, “I will, but I did have a way to pay you guys back.” I was gonna give you $80 a month for the next 240 years.”
Leslie Jones
They weren’t really on the same page.
“I just broke up with somebody… Well, it wasn’t really a break-up. It was a booty call I might’ve took too serious.”
Janeane Garofalo
They thought they got away with some gold.
“I got mugged. And they got my knapsack with my comedy notebook in it. So if anybody see two dudes bombing at the Funny Bone chain, that would be them. Just give me a jingle.”
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