Saw Steven in 2012 in Knoxville. He set the record for the shortest joke ever. He stood on stage in silence for few seconds, then said: "Stop looking at me." I laughed then and still think back and laugh now.
Love this guy! He has one of my favorite jokes that I still like to say to this day and I think I heard it 30 years ago. "How much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didn’t live there?”
My fav always was "Sometimes I like to fill my bathtub halfway up and turn the shower on and pretend I'm in a submarine that's just been hit"...I died laughing the first time I heard it and used it MANY times since lol
@@mitchelll3879 My boy, you have to broaden your knowledge and perspective a bit. You are probably very young so didn't yet notice that everything in this world changes, usually evolves and complexifies... Humor is the same. So what was funny to your grandparents and parents won't necessarily be funny to you, and what is now a low hanging fruit was initially a seed someone sowed. Learn some humility, it will do you good.
Steven Wright has always been my favorite comedian. "Less is best." His simple two line shtick was genius and hilarious. A unique style all his own. "The world is a small place... unless you have to paint it." Love to see him here.
Many years ago there was a comedian named Henny Youngman that people called "The King of the One-Liner". He used to say stuff like ""Last night my wife said the weather outside was fit for neither man nor beast, so we both stayed home." But I think Steven Wright, from his material to his delivery, is the King.
Philosopher comedians are the rarest form of comedian and should always be cherished. Many try and become one but just end up as virtue signalling pretentious assholes. You become one accidentally
Took me watching this interview to realize that Wright's stand-up routine is not an act. It's how he really is all the time, just with a mic in his hand.
Steven legit nearly killed me. I laughed so uncontrollably at one of his gigs my asthma had a major flare up and I was choking out in the hallway, someone let me use their ventolin and saved me literally dying of laughter. He’s an fn genius
" I stayed out really late one night, it was the next night." "When I got home, I accidentally put my cat key in the front door. The whole building started up. So I drove it around for a while. When I got tired of that I parked it. On the freeway. Then I yelled at people driving through my yard." -Steven Wright....1988
I think the most memorable joke he told was when he said he likes to turn a job interview around. He asked the interviewer "If you were driving in your car faster than the speed of light, and you turned on your headlights, would they do anything?" Interviewer says "I don't know." Then Wright says, "then I don't want to work for you."
Steven is one of my all time favourite comedians. I especially love his joke about starting his apartment up with his car keys and then being pulled over for speeding and asked where he lived. I find it quite odd in that recently, as in the last few weeks I had been seeking out clips of him on RUclips and then all of a sudden he pops up again after a long absence to promote his new book… a book I’ll definitely be buying.
His bit about the answering machine in his car is one of my favourites. "Sorry I can't take your call right now, I'm home. I'll call you back when I'm out." Obviously pre-cell phone era.
"If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you... Why are all the letters of the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?... I almost had a psychic girlfriend, but she left me before we met... One time a cop pulled me over for running a stop sign. He said, 'Didn’t you see the stop sign?' I said, 'Yeah, but I don’t believe everything I read.'... My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted." - Steven Wright.
His joke about not taking off his seatbelt on the airplane and walking through the airport knocking people down with the wings is still the funniest mental image. Absolute comedy legend
I never heard him tell this joke, but when I read this just now, I could hear him saying it, and had a genuine laugh thats still lingering as I write this.
What an amazing interview. You can just see the passion in Joe's questions. Comedy is truest his foundation. It's his core...He is learning so much about the history and love for comedy. Stephen Wright brought a different element to comedy. A First Ballot Hall of Famer!
Is there a comedy hall of fame? Probably. Stupidest fucking "clubs" or whatever they are. Always act like they can only accept 2 or 3 people a year as if there's fucking limited room in their imaginary elitist clubs. Always hear about people that get ignored every year (music, football, baseball, curling, corn hole). I hope Stephen tells them FUCK NO.....but I'll settle for "nah"
Yet Joe is not a very good comedian ...infact alot of comedy goes straight over his head ..many times a guest will drop an absolute weapon of a joke and Joe won't even register it because he didn't get it
@Arboreal_Aspect because he's a good interviewer and this isn't a comedy set its the Joe rogan experience where he talks to guests covering a broad range of topics from fun to serious and Joe is really good at that ...what he isnt good at is stand up comedy and thats fine hes great at other things like mma commentary or interviewing interesting people
Steven is the best!! Watching football on tv with his 100 year old grandpa. Team scores a touchdown. They showed the replay and he thought they scored again. Great interview!!!!!
Watched a standup he did on the Johnny Carson Show (I think it was Johnny's 30th yr) and this guy had me in stitches with his standup. That was the late 70s or early 80s. His standup would still bang today.
My favorite Steven joke. "The lights went out in my house and I didn't have a flashlight, all I had was a camera with a flashbulb. I had to take 15 pictures of my refrigerator to make a sandwich. The neighbors called the cops because they thought there was lightning in my house. Lm😂ao
Why do people think that's funny? His deadpan delivery or what? It's like looking at a cartoon everyone is laughing at and u can't understand..like why do comics believe people want to have analyze the joke? I don't like low hanging fruit like tater salad white or Larry the Cable Guy, but some of the stuff people think is funny is just not funny
This man and his one-liners are beyond legendary!! His style allowed a space for “unconventional” routines and allowed for the rise of comedians like Mitch Hedberg. I enjoy a good, smart, thought-out joke with a great premise and brilliant punchline. But sometimes I just enjoy just a good one-liner. Steven Wright is the absolute go to for those jokes. He’s the master. “I replaced the peephole on my door with a telescope…that way I can see who’s at my door for 200 miles” 🤣😂🤣😂
"I met a woman on a plane. She told me she was a nymphomaniac who was only attracted to Jewish cowboys. She said, 'Forgive me..I am being rude. My name is Sarah.' I said, 'Hi..I'm Bucky Goldstein' "
(Steven Wright in the back of a cop car looking out the window) "Man it always snows on my birthday" Cop" today's your birthday"? Steven: "no. I just wanted to prove the primitive linear thinking you'd have by taking those two facts and coming to that conclusion" One of my favorite bits ever.
The radio station I listened to in my teens would play Steven Wright clips all day long. I think the first joke of his I heard was something like "I was pulled over by the Police. The Cop asked "why are you speeding?". I told him "because I've got my foot to the floor"
That's what the Rip tribute videos ive watched over the years same with Newman it was even on the news he was on that chick show a few years ago and everyone was sad i have absolutely no idea wtf im even seeing at this point what the hell....
“I bought some used paint for my house. It didn’t fit so I had to return it”. I was single digit old when I heard that joke on HBO and still remember it 40+ years later.
One of the most brilliant jokes!!!…….wouldn’t quite work today though….at the time microwaves were just becoming common in middle class houses and very body was so amazed at house fast they worked.
Had the pleasure of seeing him in Buffalo about 10 or so years ago. He started the show by not walking out when he was announced and slowly peeked his head around the curtain
Love love love Steven Wright. Incredible guest on Craig Ferguson made me deep dive his specials. Such a great mind. ‘There’s a fine line between fishing, and standing on the shore like an idiot.’
I got to see him live twice! It was awesome! He's always been my favorite comedian. He's so understated,when he can't stop himself from smiling is the best!
That negative space analogy is great. He's noticing the relationship between two things in the negative space between them because he's trying to portray what he sees accurately.
From “Drawing on the right side of the brain” by Betty Edwards. It’s actually one of the first lessons one gives a young artist; accurately portraying spacial relationships.
@@GingerPeacenikI was thinking the same thing because I have her book and Betty demonstrates how a turkey or a chair appears like magic by seeing the negative space. Steven sees situations with his raidar, and can connect his thoughts in a negative space way. Many have to wait for the brain to switch to get his jokes. Kinda like this ole brain twister, There was a Horrible plane crash on the border of Canada, and the United States. It was tragic, plane just fell apart, yea really bad indeed. Ya know what's the worst thing about it, they just couldn't decide where to bury the survivors, in the states or Canada. Someone hearing that may get the twist but a lot wont. I love Zanny humour and now it makes sense in a visual and linguistic way. Thanks for the great connection my friend
My college roommate worked at a decent sized theatre in Milwaukee back in the early 1980’s. He would get us free tickets for great musical acts and comedy shows. Saw the range of the spectrum from Stephen Wright to Sam Kinneson and Dice. It was a great time to for both music and comedy, far better than what we see today. Both need a renaissance.
I saw him once where he came out on stage and just stood by the microphone for about 2-3 minutes, & said nothing. Everybody just started laughing without him saying anything. Then he finally said one word & everybody went nuts laughing at him. It was genius, he did 5 minutes of his set & only said like 5 single words. I love the guy on the couch. 🛋
My dad had a vhs tape of his HBO special when we were kids, when i showed it to a couple buddies they liked it so much he ended up taking us to Boulder to see Steven live. 1st standup show i ever went to! The best
Lmao….i was a kid when I watched him! It brings me back! I memorized so many of his jokes back in the day. Eddie Murphy was in the mix, Billy Cristal, Andrew Dice Clay…my family was very much into comedy!! Lol. Good times 🥰
"I was diagnosed with HDADD.....High definition attention deficit disorder....I can barely pay attention, but when i do, everything's crystal clear." My fav SW joke!
“Doing a little work around the house. I put fake brick wallpaper over a real brick wall, just so I’d be the only one who knew. People come over and I’m gonna say, ‘Go ahead, touch it…it feels real.’”
Steven Wright is one of the most unique comics ever. His style has almost never been practiced by other comics, possibly because of his unusual personality. So glad that Joe interviewed him.
Every time I have seen or heard Steven Wright he ends up making me hurt from laughter. I'm grateful that he has a comedy career that I can listen to and watch.
For all the young young people watching, this man is one of the most prolific stand up comedians of all time. Steven Wright. He's influenced almost everyone.
He once took a cross-country road trip with a friend who was an AM station deejay. Every time that they went under an overpass his friend would shut up. That's the first SW joke that I heard as a teen. The fact that it was a joke that was so surrealist and took a second to understand made me marvel at the man's brilliance.
Did he not also say he once travelled across the USA with a friend and they only had one tape to listen to in the car for the whole journey, but he couldn't remember what it was.
He took deadpan delivery to insane new heights. The first time i saw him in the mid 80s i thought man he was made for this. His voice, mannerisms, everything.
“I used to work in a fire hydrant factory, couldn’t park anywhere near the place”….. gets me every time
"So i parked in a tow away zone, came back an hour later and the entire area was gone" hahaha
I'm a C-section baby, I don't know if you can tell ... But everytime I leave the house, I climb out the window.
"I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died."
I lost a button hole .
"There's a fine line between fishing and standing like an idiot by a lake."
What's the joke?
Two jokes in one
Huh
@@mitchelll3879 The fishing line is the fine line.
“Lost a button whole.”
Someone broke into my apartment, stole everything & replaced it exact replicas of my stuff.
My favorite line ever from Wright was “Why is it a Penny for your thoughts but you gotta put your two cents in?….Somebody’s making a penny”😂😂😂
Genius
Top 5
I could hear Mitch Hedberg saying that one
Yeah some of his stuff is pretty anti semitic. Shame...
A jew makes a comment about being antisemitic after a comment about money.😂 thank you goodnight
“I bought a blank tape and played it in my stereo system with the sound turned all the way up…..the mime next door complained” wright is hilarious
"I was playing "Four Minutes and 33 seconds" by John Cage and the Invisible Man told me to turn it down."
The first joke of his I remember is. Paraphrase I hung myself with a bungee cord. And kept almost dying.
“Right now I'm having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before.” ― Steven Wright.
"It's a small world but i wouldn't want to paint it ."
"I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and went back in time."
It takes two to tango
🐐🐐🐐👑🤴🦁🤲👋🙏
"The early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese "
Stephen Wright
Words to live by.
Look what happens to the early worm.
The field mouse is fast , but the owl sees at night 🎸
He didn't come up with that, it's been around for decades.
Probably longer.
@@MikefromTexas1 Maybe, but Steve Wrights been around since 1979.
@@MikefromTexas1
First time I heard it was from Stephen I'm the 80s.
That was decades ago.
My favorite Steven Wright joke "you know when you're leaning back in your chair and start to fall, that's how I feel all the time".
That's exactly how I feel.
Saw Steven in 2012 in Knoxville. He set the record for the shortest joke ever. He stood on stage in silence for few seconds, then said: "Stop looking at me." I laughed then and still think back and laugh now.
Dying😂
Me too!
For real lol
Oh my gawd stop looking at him! Shit my pants just now. Shit running down both legs! Awesome stuff!!!
@@utcougar Subtlety is not really your thing, is it?
Love this guy! He has one of my favorite jokes that I still like to say to this day and I think I heard it 30 years ago. "How much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didn’t live there?”
😂
I just dropped dead. Oh, man.
Haah !! Now I can't get it out of my head.
The one I always remember is "I lost a button hole yesterday".
My fav always was "Sometimes I like to fill my bathtub halfway up and turn the shower on and pretend I'm in a submarine that's just been hit"...I died laughing the first time I heard it and used it MANY times since lol
"A friend of mine had a trophy wife. But from the looks of her it wasn't first place..."
PRICELESS ain't it!?
That's a great joke.
“Oh well. You can’t have everything…… Where would you put it?” 😂 My favorite joke of his.
🤣
Low hanging fruit..not remotely funny
@@mitchelll3879 My boy, you have to broaden your knowledge and perspective a bit. You are probably very young so didn't yet notice that everything in this world changes, usually evolves and complexifies... Humor is the same. So what was funny to your grandparents and parents won't necessarily be funny to you, and what is now a low hanging fruit was initially a seed someone sowed. Learn some humility, it will do you good.
Let's hear your jokes
Getting that tattooed, where should I get it lol
Steven Wright has always been my favorite comedian. "Less is best." His simple two line shtick was genius and hilarious. A unique style all his own. "The world is a small place... unless you have to paint it." Love to see him here.
Many years ago there was a comedian named Henny Youngman that people called "The King of the One-Liner".
He used to say stuff like ""Last night my wife said the weather outside was fit for neither man nor beast, so we both stayed home."
But I think Steven Wright, from his material to his delivery, is the King.
"I almost had a psychic girlfriend, but she left me before we met." What a genius comic mind Stephen Wright is.
I remember his line: “Did you ever sit in full bathtub, turn on the shower, and pretend you were in a sub that had just been hit?”
No but im definitely going to next time I get a chance
@@JamesRockefeller45 just tried it and quickly thought, "why'd i get naked before the sub started sinking!?"
@@kanenine5838good one!
My favorite is “We had a quicksand box in our backyard. I was an only child . . . eventually.”
The last time I was in Vegas, I woke up in a Mexican prison... I hate it when that happens.
“I have a life size map, 1 mile = 1 mile.” It’s such a simple, but brilliant joke.
I spent last summer folding it..
Not funny..
I have a map of the us. it's actual size.
@@mitchelll3879 works more if you’re more visual and imagine concepts
@@Jeremyramone 🤣🤣
“My nephew has HD ADD, high definition attention deficit disorder. He rarely pays attention but when he does it's unbelievable.”
-Steven Wright
I swear the psych community had to use 'ADHD' instead because of Steven's joke 😂
Adhd is a mental disorder.
Preemptive speculation
Wrong joe
He is not a comedian; he is a philosopher with a sense of humor.
@@tobiassaibot5920enhanced seduction technique
Philosopher comedians are the rarest form of comedian and should always be cherished. Many try and become one but just end up as virtue signalling pretentious assholes. You become one accidentally
Or in other words a comedian.. 🤦🏻♂️
@Tobias Saibot lol you think all comedians are philosophers? “Beacons of free speech.”?
@@johnjordan1948 Lenny Bruce
"I used to have a helicopter, but no where to park it... so I just tied it up outside and left it running" - Steven Wright, what a legend 🤣
That's the joke I remember the most.
Not funny..at all
@@mitchelll3879 go look in the mirror.... you'll laugh.
@@mitchelll3879 Steven write is probably the best non sequitur comedian there has been. Your opinions mean nothing.
Took me watching this interview to realize that Wright's stand-up routine is not an act. It's how he really is all the time, just with a mic in his hand.
Steven legit nearly killed me. I laughed so uncontrollably at one of his gigs my asthma had a major flare up and I was choking out in the hallway, someone let me use their ventolin and saved me literally dying of laughter. He’s an fn genius
Glad you survived, but still... What a way to go out.
Where’s the pun? 😂jokes
APHEX
Did he "legit"? Lol 😆
This man is a legend. Also talks in cursive lol
Talks in cursive 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
"talks in cursive"
I love that
kinda like greenlandic
lol that's a good line
Reminds me of that bit of his about being silent but he's just talking in parentheses.
“ I went to the store, to buy a package of batteries, but they weren’t included so I had to buy them again.”
Steven Wright!
🤣‼️
One of the greatest to ever do it. From the jokes themselves to the delivery, he crushed.
"I bought some powdered water... but I don't know what to add"... brilliant!!
I’m 50 now and remember Steven as a kid, he has been around for ever!
And he was a great comic for kids - clean jokes and easy to remember and repeat to your friends
No kidding
Well around for 50 years at least
I'm gonna turn 50 on June 3rd. I remember to
I am 51 and first seen him sometime during middle school. Dude made me laugh so hard. I always loved him.
" I stayed out really late one night, it was the next night."
"When I got home, I accidentally put my cat key in the front door. The whole building started up. So I drove it around for a while. When I got tired of that I parked it. On the freeway. Then I yelled at people driving through my yard."
-Steven Wright....1988
"...then a cop pulled me over and asked where I live. I said right here."
Love this guy. He was the comedic version of the Far Side
Exactly!
The Far Side!
Fantastic observation. That statement is right on the money.
The Far Side is comedy
Stand up comedy.
I think the most memorable joke he told was when he said he likes to turn a job interview around. He asked the interviewer "If you were driving in your car faster than the speed of light, and you turned on your headlights, would they do anything?" Interviewer says "I don't know." Then Wright says, "then I don't want to work for you."
They need to make a movie with Steven Wright as a 911 operator.
Suicide crisis hotline
@@babytray-bp4qgYeah, but there would be no one left after 2 days.
Reservoir Dogs (1992) - Steven Wright as K-Billy DJ - IMDb
Well, he was a pilot in So I Married An Axe Murderer….
@@DestroyerOfWombs don't forget he was a Canadian Mountie in Canadian Bacon
"Sponges grow in the ocean. That just kills me. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be if that didn't happen."
Steven is one of my all time favourite comedians. I especially love his joke about starting his apartment up with his car keys and then being pulled over for speeding and asked where he lived. I find it quite odd in that recently, as in the last few weeks I had been seeking out clips of him on RUclips and then all of a sudden he pops up again after a long absence to promote his new book… a book I’ll definitely be buying.
That's one of my favorite of his also
Great joke. I hope he narrates an audio version
His bit about the answering machine in his car is one of my favourites. "Sorry I can't take your call right now, I'm home. I'll call you back when I'm out." Obviously pre-cell phone era.
One of the ALL TIME greats. His delivery makes everything funnier. What a genius comedian amd brilliant mind.
Oklahoma parking. Joe didn't get it.
It’s the lack of inflection in his speech. Like, whatever. Zero urgency.
"If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you... Why are all the letters of the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?... I almost had a psychic girlfriend, but she left me before we met... One time a cop pulled me over for running a stop sign. He said, 'Didn’t you see the stop sign?' I said, 'Yeah, but I don’t believe everything I read.'... My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted." - Steven Wright.
Thanks for that!
"It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it" " I spilled spot remover on my dog and.....he dissiappeared "
I bought some powdered water once, but I didn't know what to add.
Its a small world after all
@@withoutfurtheradoforever covalent and ionic bonds
The Man. The Myth. The Legend.
The Guy On The Couch.
Norm macdonald and Steven Wright are the two goats of comedy in my opinion.
My favorites.
Good taste!
His joke about not taking off his seatbelt on the airplane and walking through the airport knocking people down with the wings is still the funniest mental image. Absolute comedy legend
Actually Hedberg perfected this deadpan style as well.
Tell the joke.
@Stephen Stuckey irrelevant to what he said, mor on
then I almost broke my arms trying to hold open a revolving door for an old lady.
I never heard him tell this joke, but when I read this just now, I could hear him saying it, and had a genuine laugh thats still lingering as I write this.
Wright and Hedberg are the two one-liner, chainfire masters. Legends.
Don Rickles?
I think he means, of absurdist humor. Dmitri Martin is in a related area, crossing over like a circle in a Venn diagram
@@jrm2fla are you Kamala Harris?!
Rodney Dangerfield was the master
Rodney and Rickles were the Masters, IMO. Wright and Hedberg were the next generation.
What would chairs look like if our knees bent the other way? Love him!
What an amazing interview. You can just see the passion in Joe's questions. Comedy is truest his foundation. It's his core...He is learning so much about the history and love for comedy. Stephen Wright brought a different element to comedy. A First Ballot Hall of Famer!
Is there a comedy hall of fame? Probably. Stupidest fucking "clubs" or whatever they are. Always act like they can only accept 2 or 3 people a year as if there's fucking limited room in their imaginary elitist clubs. Always hear about people that get ignored every year (music, football, baseball, curling, corn hole). I hope Stephen tells them FUCK NO.....but I'll settle for "nah"
Yet Joe is not a very good comedian ...infact alot of comedy goes straight over his head ..many times a guest will drop an absolute weapon of a joke and Joe won't even register it because he didn't get it
Joe can talk with every great comedian and he will never be funny.
@@DarkLordofTheSith69 Yep. Good host, crap comic.
@Arboreal_Aspect because he's a good interviewer and this isn't a comedy set its the Joe rogan experience where he talks to guests covering a broad range of topics from fun to serious and Joe is really good at that ...what he isnt good at is stand up comedy and thats fine hes great at other things like mma commentary or interviewing interesting people
His voice is so iconic, “the voice from the beginning of reservoir dogs” “ohhh ye!”
Steven is the best!! Watching football on tv with his 100 year old grandpa. Team scores a touchdown. They showed the replay and he thought they scored again. Great interview!!!!!
Sometimes Steven looks straight up into the sky and smiles for a satellite picture.
Every now and then my dad will quote one of his lines (are they jokes?). And we'll laugh all over again. "Why is the word monosyllabic so long?"
and "why isn't phonetic spelled like it sounds?" great jokes!
And what’s another word for thesaurus?
No one else could pull off playing a character in a movie who did nothing but sleep on a couch.
Yeah they could.
He toked and gave a thumbs up lol
Exactly
My 30 year old stepson.
I was thinking the same thing when i saw that movie.
I like how Joe is nearly whispering to match Steven’s energy.
Yeah. Joe smoked an extra J
"I poured spot remover on my dog.. now hes gone" -SW 😂
"A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory."
-Steven Wright
Watched a standup he did on the Johnny Carson Show (I think it was Johnny's 30th yr) and this guy had me in stitches with his standup. That was the late 70s or early 80s. His standup would still bang today.
He began stand up in ‘79. It would have to be the super late 70’s
@@ncarollo504 Sooo, what he said basically?
One of the living greats.
"I put instant popcorn in the microwave and went back in time" -- love his comedic style
I remember it as: I put instant coffee in the microwave and almost went back in time…
@@Fundaddy5000+1 for instant coffee. For some reason coffee makes it funnier to me.
“I think comedy, all art, is based on noticing what’s around you.” He nailed it
My favorite Steven joke. "The lights went out in my house and I didn't have a flashlight, all I had was a camera with a flashbulb. I had to take 15 pictures of my refrigerator to make a sandwich. The neighbors called the cops because they thought there was lightning in my house. Lm😂ao
Why do people think that's funny? His deadpan delivery or what? It's like looking at a cartoon everyone is laughing at and u can't understand..like why do comics believe people want to have analyze the joke? I don't like low hanging fruit like tater salad white or Larry the Cable Guy, but some of the stuff people think is funny is just not funny
@@mitchelll3879 Your funny bone must be broken.
@@mitchelll3879 If you don't think that's funny, you're most likely a psychopath.
I lost all my money investing in Steven Wright's energy drink company.
😂
How meta
5 HOUR APATHY
@@deanarmstrong8185Hilarious
Powdered water?
A conscience is what hurts when all of your other parts feel so good.-Steven Wright
This man and his one-liners are beyond legendary!! His style allowed a space for “unconventional” routines and allowed for the rise of comedians like Mitch Hedberg.
I enjoy a good, smart, thought-out joke with a great premise and brilliant punchline.
But sometimes I just enjoy just a good one-liner. Steven Wright is the absolute go to for those jokes. He’s the master.
“I replaced the peephole on my door with a telescope…that way I can see who’s at my door for 200 miles”
🤣😂🤣😂
"I met a woman on a plane. She told me she was a nymphomaniac who was only attracted to Jewish cowboys. She said, 'Forgive me..I am being rude. My name is Sarah.' I said, 'Hi..I'm Bucky Goldstein' "
(Steven Wright in the back of a cop car looking out the window)
"Man it always snows on my birthday"
Cop" today's your birthday"?
Steven: "no.
I just wanted to prove the primitive linear thinking you'd have by taking those two facts and coming to that conclusion"
One of my favorite bits ever.
I had a shower with hot and cold water, and had to run back and forth to get warm.
That was the first Wright joke I heard.
Have loved him ever since.
What's the punch line?
@@mitchelll3879- are you joking?
The radio station I listened to in my teens would play Steven Wright clips all day long. I think the first joke of his I heard was something like "I was pulled over by the Police. The Cop asked "why are you speeding?". I told him "because I've got my foot to the floor"
I thought Steven died....
this is awesome to see him ...
He doesn't get enough credit...
That's what the Rip tribute videos ive watched over the years same with Newman it was even on the news he was on that chick show a few years ago and everyone was sad i have absolutely no idea wtf im even seeing at this point what the hell....
Mandela effect
@@oktube-uf8cm perhaps
Steven Wright looks exactly how I thought he would look when I imagined what he would look like in 30 years about 30 years ago.
How tall where you?
He's one of those guys like Tom Waits who actually suits being older more than younger.
I see what you did there.
@@brianbrian1769 Same as now.
"I named my new puppy 'Stay'... I'd call him to come to me... I'd say 'Come here, Stay, Come here, Stay'".
He and Mitch Hedberg my two favorite comics of all time.
“I bought some used paint for my house. It didn’t fit so I had to return it”. I was single digit old when I heard that joke on HBO and still remember it 40+ years later.
Am so glad this guy is still around. You smoke a joint and watch his videos and you'll bust up.
One of the greatest, and he got that way without being mean or vulgar. Absolute genius.
“I once put instant coffee in a microwave and went back in time!”😆
One of the most brilliant jokes!!!…….wouldn’t quite work today though….at the time microwaves were just becoming common in middle class houses and very body was so amazed at house fast they worked.
Had the pleasure of seeing him in Buffalo about 10 or so years ago. He started the show by not walking out when he was announced and slowly peeked his head around the curtain
He's the ultimate relaxed verbal/mental gymnast.
Mitch Hedberg was hilarious.
@@juliejones974 I've seen that guy before, at the store I think. He likes kiwi fruit.
Great description
Love love love Steven Wright. Incredible guest on Craig Ferguson made me deep dive his specials. Such a great mind. ‘There’s a fine line between fishing, and standing on the shore like an idiot.’
The only man to have ever forgotten that he won an Academy Award....
Really?
He was one of my favorite comics in the 80's. I would love his appearnces on late night shows.
I got to see him live twice! It was awesome! He's always been my favorite comedian. He's so understated,when he can't stop himself from smiling is the best!
"My dad always said that wind chimes were for stupid people, to let them know when there was a breeze"
Oh so side splittingly funny..not
@@mitchelll3879 you must like wind chimes.
One of the few people that I can truly feel the genius from. Absolutely amazing to hear this man speak about this process
Love that the legendary comics are being praise and listen too on these major podcast... lots of history and knowledge...
Hes got a new book coming out.
That negative space analogy is great. He's noticing the relationship between two things in the negative space between them because he's trying to portray what he sees accurately.
Profound
From “Drawing on the right side of the brain” by Betty Edwards. It’s actually one of the first lessons one gives a young artist; accurately portraying spacial relationships.
@@GingerPeacenikI was thinking the same thing because I have her book and Betty demonstrates how a turkey or a chair appears like magic by seeing the negative space. Steven sees situations with his raidar, and can connect his thoughts in a negative space way. Many have to wait for the brain to switch to get his jokes.
Kinda like this ole brain twister, There was a Horrible plane crash on the border of Canada, and the United States. It was tragic, plane just fell apart, yea really bad indeed. Ya know what's the worst thing about it, they just couldn't decide where to bury the survivors, in the states or Canada. Someone hearing that may get the twist but a lot wont. I love Zanny humour and now it makes sense in a visual and linguistic way. Thanks for the great connection my friend
That was brilliant. Made Joe feel stupid for never noticing the space between the cup. THAT'S his problem at standup.
I never get tired of listening to Steven Wright. A Master of his Craft
My college roommate worked at a decent sized theatre in Milwaukee back in the early 1980’s. He would get us free tickets for great musical acts and comedy shows. Saw the range of the spectrum from Stephen Wright to Sam Kinneson and Dice. It was a great time to for both music and comedy, far better than what we see today. Both need a renaissance.
I saw him once where he came out on stage and just stood by the microphone for about 2-3 minutes, & said nothing. Everybody just started laughing without him saying anything. Then he finally said one word & everybody went nuts laughing at him. It was genius, he did 5 minutes of his set & only said like 5 single words. I love the guy on the couch. 🛋
Michael Malamud did that recently on Kill Tony
Do you remember the 1st word?
@@yobabybubba i think it was just "thanks" 🤣
absolute legend right here, great guest choice joe.
This is the most exited I have ever seen Steven Wright be talking about anything.
Favorite line " I used to be a narrator for bad mimes "😂
had no clue who he was till i pressed play and heard his voice... instantly "The DJ from Reservoir Dogs"
The guy on the couch from Half Baked 😂
the guy on the couch in Half Baked, too
A true master wordsmith! Have always enjoyed his timing and delivery!!
My dad had a vhs tape of his HBO special when we were kids, when i showed it to a couple buddies they liked it so much he ended up taking us to Boulder to see Steven live. 1st standup show i ever went to! The best
I had a dream last night that aliens took all the things in Joe Rogans studio.
And replaced them with exact duplicates.
Best. Comic. Ever.
Lmao….i was a kid when I watched him! It brings me back! I memorized so many of his jokes back in the day. Eddie Murphy was in the mix, Billy Cristal, Andrew Dice Clay…my family was very much into comedy!! Lol. Good times 🥰
"I was diagnosed with HDADD.....High definition attention deficit disorder....I can barely pay attention, but when i do, everything's crystal clear." My fav SW joke!
🤣‼️
“Doing a little work around the house. I put fake brick wallpaper over a real brick wall, just so I’d be the only one who knew. People come over and I’m gonna say, ‘Go ahead, touch it…it feels real.’”
I love his portrayl of his subconscious announcing the solution to a joke that he had been earlier trying to work out: "THIS JUST IN!"
Just rewatched him since it's been a while, and this reminded me of him. He's definitely one of my favorite comedians.
Steven Wright is one of the most unique comics ever. His style has almost never been practiced by other comics, possibly because of his unusual personality. So glad that Joe interviewed him.
Every time I have seen or heard Steven Wright he ends up making me hurt from laughter. I'm grateful that he has a comedy career that I can listen to and watch.
For all the young young people watching, this man is one of the most prolific stand up comedians of all time. Steven Wright. He's influenced almost everyone.
Well, when did the funny leave this guy? I dont see it.
He was also the legendary "guy on the couch" lmfao
@@Louisiana1975 watch his set, he's not trying to be funny here he's explaining his style.
He was also a very sleepy pilot.
@@DestroyerOfWombsI've flown this dozens of times.... never at night, in a storm... 🤣
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He once took a cross-country road trip with a friend who was an AM station deejay. Every time that they went under an overpass his friend would shut up.
That's the first SW joke that I heard as a teen. The fact that it was a joke that was so surrealist and took a second to understand made me marvel at the man's brilliance.
Did he not also say he once travelled across the USA with a friend and they only had one tape to listen to in the car for the whole journey, but he couldn't remember what it was.
@@NoxiousRob - that's one of my favorites.
Hmmm... I don't get it 😐
@@flywesleybyrd 😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Back in the "old days', AM radio signals could not reach your car radio if you drove under a bridge or overpass.
@@jmchez Ahhh thanks, love Steven Wright, I guess some jokes have an expiration date 😆
Steven Wright is one of the first comics I really loved. Legend.
Absurdist & Antarctic dry😊
Hes a mastermind, only a few are like him.
Loved norm macdonald too. r.i.p
He took deadpan delivery to insane new heights. The first time i saw him in the mid 80s i thought man he was made for this. His voice, mannerisms, everything.