Steven Wright is probably one of my all-time favorite comedians because he is special he is a very rare form of Comedy and very inspirational and highly intelligent he brings a new wave of Comedy like he always has. With his twists and punchlines and his offset comedy I say he's world-renowned one of the best comics of all time.
I agree with you. The first time I heard the one about "......head and arm from the statues in all the other...." I didn't laugh....I was stunned by the level of genius.
@@kilgoretrout6136 Im up to over 200 one liners now. I can wait to hit the stage. Im getting my 1st tatoo tommorow Im torn between a birth mark or a freckel. B SAFE
Ne never really truly made it though...Hes broke now. Deadpan is only for a rare few. He stole this from Dangerfield tbh. Only Rodney pulled it off because he added flair to it...not monotone
@@jasonpowell7346 This has become a really contrived meme. Every single comic that does not use adult humour has people commenting about it as if it matters whether a comedian is dirty or not. Funny is a personal thing. So I really wish people would stop commenting this same overused line. Instead, just comment on whether you like the comedian. The cleanliness of the material has absolutely no bearing on its comedic value.
The first time he appeared on Johnny Carson, Carson thought he was so funny that he asked him to come back a few days later. Never happened to any other comedian in the 29 years Carson was on.
Joseph Pedulla ...Joseph, i wish i had typed that. You are spot on! There are very few things i call comic genius, the two you mentioned plus the Marx Bros are my top three.
Some use the study of lucid dreaming/astral travel for psychological work and self-improvement. Steven has realized its massive potential for comedy. Genius.
@@putridabomination It’s the most overused word in English vocabulary. Also the word amazing. Too many guys use the word epic. Choose another word! Why be mediocre?
@@putridabomination at this point you’re making no sense. I have no idea what you mean, all I’m saying is people need to stop using the damn word epic or amazing
Steven Wright is the funniest man alive! And I mean no comedian can touch him.......second best, Dave Chappelle. Yes we could debate but I'll let you have your O and me, mine.
When microwaves were first introduced (this piece is from the Eighties) their selling point was that they were QUICK (like, they could cook a 45-minute Xmas pud in twenty seconds). And so with "instant" coffee ALSO sold as being quick - if you used one to heat the other: quick x quick = so quick, it TURNS BACK TIME!
And 2:40 gives us some clear continuity. He couldn't see electricity so he stopped paying the bill and now he just can't see. One thing I could do with all those pictures of his house is buying them together to make a flipbook. Steven Wright: inventor of the analog virtual tour! 😁
3:34 I had a sink like that years ago, one fawcet for hot, one for cold, I cut a section of garden hose to go between hot and cold fawcets and I made a hole in the hose in between the hot and cold fawcets 👍
I won't even argue with someone who says Bill Burr is terrible. That statement itself shows all there is to know about your sense of humor and criticism.
It's just refreshing to see and I'll comment as I please provided the comment was appropriate. And it was. Do not ridicule or chastise me for having a g rated opinion on something.
At 1:12 I'm trying to imagine what kind of station he's listening to that plays contemporary music with no lyrics. Smooth jazz, maybe? What? Hey! I do NOT overthink everything!
A desperate, desperate man went to see Dr. Kevorkian begging for euthanasia. Since he was low on cash and had no credit, he asked Dr. Kevorkian if he could pay for the procedure with his life.
Helicopter, couldn't park it so tied a rope to it and left it running. I've actually seen this, a Russian woman parked it up in the air, climbed down, did something and went back up the rope, and drove it away.
@morpheusatloppers I HOPE that isn't true. I've loved his stuff whenever I've heard it - he's tremendously underrated. But if what you say is true, he hasn't done anything new in a quarter-century.
The line between standups and actors has always been blurred. The reason is that most standups are essentially acting at the mic. With most, if they got up there as themselves, they could never RULE a room - the audience would tear them to shreds. Some, like Emo Philips (and here, Stephen) are doing a character - while guys like Hicks are/were playing themselves - but writ LARGE. Kinda like movie character actors and movie STARS...
morpheusatloppers I know what subliminal messages are, subliminal ads I get, but I don't get the joke. Could you please simply explain the joke to me ?
Are you SURE you're not winding me up? Okay, he saw an ad-man who specialised in subliminal advertising (messages inserted into films and programmes that only flash on for a second, thus delivering said message without the viewer being aware of it - which has long been illegal, as it happens) but like the ads the man made, he only appeared to Steven for a second. There could have been a number of reasons for this; perhaps Steven just caught a glimpse of him, in a crowd. Or maybe he magically materialised and then de-materialised in front of Steven for a second. We don't know. And we also don't know how Steven knew his occupation. But for the purposes of the joke, we do not NEED unnecessary details. As with most of Steven's jokes, it is CONCEPTUAL, rather than practical. If you STILL don't get it, I suggest you AVOID Steven Wright!
LOL! Sorry - re-reading my answers, I realize that in bald print, they DO sound a bit contemptuous. But I can assure you, I was smiling as I typed them - no offence intended (although I WAS trying to guard myself against being teased). Abstract humour is one of those forms of comedy you either get or don't. It's building mind pictures out of absurdity. Like; "Fang (her husband) is so dumb - he bought a pet zebra and called it Spot." Phyllis Diller. In this and the subliminal ad-man gag, the set-up is stripped down to the MINIMUM of description, with the joke word LAST. And with both, you either laugh or go - "Huh?"
@morpheusatloppers Why isn't the beginning of this posted? The part where he says he likes to stick his head out the window and smile for a satellite picture...
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It takes genius to put out a non stop show like this. He is that man.
Quite possibly the most quote-able comedian ever.
Without a dought
I love it when you can see him just beginning to smile, before he quickly goes back to the typical face :)
Example? Or did u die already since its been 12 years since this comment.may u RIP if u did die.
@@markonino12 7:41
Steven Wright is probably one of my all-time favorite comedians because he is special he is a very rare form of Comedy and very inspirational and highly intelligent he brings a new wave of Comedy like he always has. With his twists and punchlines and his offset comedy I say he's world-renowned one of the best comics of all time.
I STARTED COMEDY 1YR NOW. LOVE THIS STYLE. CHECK OUT BILLY NELSON. LET ME NO WHAT U THINK. THATS NOT ME JUST DIFFRENT FUNNY
I agree with you. The first time I heard the one about "......head and arm from the statues in all the other...." I didn't laugh....I was stunned by the level of genius.
@@kilgoretrout6136 Im up to over 200 one liners now. I can wait to hit the stage. Im getting my 1st tatoo tommorow Im torn between a birth mark or a freckel. B SAFE
This must be from the 80’s and his material is still funny. There’s no comedian like him
85 I think. It's pure genius.
@@kilgoretrout6136 thank you
I just discovered him yesterday and I'm still laughing my ass off
I discovered him in 1987…”I have a Pony “ album…..incredible humor. He was Johnny Carson’s favorite.
He's the BEST comedian ever, intelligent and witty without being vulgar
Ne never really truly made it though...Hes broke now. Deadpan is only for a rare few. He stole this from Dangerfield tbh. Only Rodney pulled it off because he added flair to it...not monotone
This guy was freaking brilliant besides being funny. He could have a crowd howling with essentially g rated humor
@@jasonpowell7346 This has become a really contrived meme. Every single comic that does not use adult humour has people commenting about it as if it matters whether a comedian is dirty or not. Funny is a personal thing. So I really wish people would stop commenting this same overused line.
Instead, just comment on whether you like the comedian. The cleanliness of the material has absolutely no bearing on its comedic value.
John pinette
The first time he appeared on Johnny Carson, Carson thought he was so funny that he asked him to come back a few days later. Never happened to any other comedian in the 29 years Carson was on.
I didn't know that part.
Legend has it:
Stephen would then always turn up, a few days after Carson booked him
I like that he has this long joke with a punchline at the end, but also he has jokes like "You can't have everything, where would you put it?."
One of a very few awsome comedian's to ever do stand up.
couldnt take no more after my man says: “started writin’ a book... got the Page Numbers Down... just gotta fill in the Rest’!
-brilliant⚡️
It would be interesting if his act was followed by Natasha Bedingfield. 😉
I heard Steven Wright say that he had a friend who worked in radio. Every time they walked under a bridge you couldn’t hear the guy talk. Epic.
Love it 😂😂
The mark of true genius is imagination. Enough said. Who thinks up things like this? He's like the Gary Larson of standup.
Joseph Pedulla ...Joseph, i wish i had typed that. You are spot on! There are very few things i call comic genius, the two you mentioned plus the Marx Bros are my top three.
I think Mitch Hedberg is also very funny. He's a lot like Steven Wright.
Well put.
Whenever I’m depressed I listen to this
Facts
i remember seeing Steven Wright when i was a kid.
now, i can appreciate his humor.
this guy was funny.
I was about to say the same thing. As a kid I thought he was lame. Now I see the brilliance, etc.
Hear a joke, grow up, remember the joke, suddenly get it. I bet this happens to most people, actually. 😊
"I put instant coffee into a microwave oven, I almost went back in time"
I took the headlights and put the strobelights on so when I drive at night it looks like I'm the only one movin'. genius!
Today I was...no that wasn't me
0:44 Best joke in the world.
Suddenly thinking of those Turtles lyrics.
Imagine me & you, and you & me
No matter how... Hey, whadda you doing? That's not us!
Clerk: did you find everything?
Me. If I did I would need a bigger shopping cart.
He will make you think about words and their many meanings. Totally hilarious.
Some use the study of lucid dreaming/astral travel for psychological work and self-improvement. Steven has realized its massive potential for comedy. Genius.
Can you explain further?
@@theohewey7243 Yes, I'd like to but every time I do it gets taken down. Will try again tomorrow...
He doesn't give you much time to enjoy a joke does he? lol. Great! Genius!
Every time I watch this I feel like I'm getting smarter.
I love his humor it's so dead pan
Dead pan is in the delivery, not the joke.
@@donmiller2908 ....this type of humor is called dead pan.....because of the delivery.
(Read that with dead pan delivery)
@@wesleyalan9179 - No, the type of humor is "one liners" and the one liners are given in a dead pan delivery.
Don Miller if we’re being smart it’s actually called “non sequitor” comedy
Let me know when we figure this one out.
he is the one liner king!
We had reservations for this restaurant but went anyway.
Oh God :D THE HARMONICA SOUNDS AMAZING!
My pleasure - it's pretty much the COMPLETE works of one of the all-time greats!
He graduated college with me at Emerson in 1978. Used to crack the class up...
Master of the bounce laugh: The first time I read the dictionary ... I thought it was a poem ... about everything.
the engine bit really got me
Before many of the comedian's we know today for this style. Weird and wonderful ❤
Holy, I lost it at "Bucky Goldstein."
Oldest joke ever. He s great
That’s an old one, it used to be hopalong Goldstein
It never gets old
He's the best
Jiggs Casey is a total legend
The harmonica sounds amazing...
Weird, he literally said that while I read this. Spooky.
FIRST TIME I READ THE DICTIONARY I THOUGHT IT WAS A POEM ABOUT EVERYTHING....
HAHAHAHAHAHAA TOOO FUNNY
The Bucky Goldstein home was his best.
brilliant ...didnt know til i saw it on tv then i googled it ...lmao.
absolute comedy genious!!!
Best out of the 5 parts
The Bucky Goldstein and Oreo jokes are epic.
Please stop using the word “epic”. Every guy out there uses that word. It’s overused
@@gmar7836 epic response
@@putridabomination It’s the most overused word in English vocabulary. Also the word amazing. Too many guys use the word epic. Choose another word! Why be mediocre?
@@gmar7836 amazingly epic response
@@putridabomination at this point you’re making no sense. I have no idea what you mean, all I’m saying is people need to stop using the damn word epic or amazing
I like how he's trying to keep a straight face after the Norman Rockwell joke, obviously triggered by the audience's reaction! LOL
If I would ever visit America, the one guy I would like to meet and get photographed with, is Steven Wright.
Steven Wright is the funniest man alive! And I mean no comedian can touch him.......second best, Dave Chappelle. Yes we could debate but I'll let you have your O and me, mine.
Steven Wright. The answer to the question, what you be like if you were stoned ALL THE TIME!
He is an absolute treasure
3:20 Dpn't be silly! You can't walk through! Your reflection is always in the way!
When microwaves were first introduced (this piece is from the Eighties) their selling point was that they were QUICK (like, they could cook a 45-minute Xmas pud in twenty seconds). And so with "instant" coffee ALSO sold as being quick - if you used one to heat the other: quick x quick = so quick, it TURNS BACK TIME!
Microwaves were banned in russia for a while because they cause cancer ☠️
One of the best to ever do it
Smoking a joint make it so much more hilarious LOL
Wow, so many new bits (for me; thought I'd heard them all). Hilarious.
And 2:40 gives us some clear continuity. He couldn't see electricity so he stopped paying the bill and now he just can't see. One thing I could do with all those pictures of his house is buying them together to make a flipbook. Steven Wright: inventor of the analog virtual tour! 😁
I almost spit soda on my keyboard after the dental hygienist bit...
How did he memorized all of it?
56 people get a brain freeze every time steven tells a joke.
3:34 I had a sink like that years ago, one fawcet for hot, one for cold, I cut a section of garden hose to go between hot and cold fawcets and I made a hole in the hose in between the hot and cold fawcets 👍
Freaking genius
I love to see ppl who appreciate him. Most ppl I know hate this type comedy.
What a mind!!
@kieliobow (I'm assuming you've seen ALL FIVE parts) I started it a minute or two in - when the audience had got up to speed.
Bucky Goldstein sure is a smooth talker.
I won't even argue with someone who says Bill Burr is terrible. That statement itself shows all there is to know about your sense of humor and criticism.
A dentist told me the oreo is a prank in dental school when they start practicing on each other. Such jokers those dentists.
The elevator part is the best.
4:06 - 4:09 he's in parentheses... yeah!
8:16 - 8:32
He's trying REALLY hard not to laugh. Hahahaha!
It's just refreshing to see and I'll comment as I please provided the comment was appropriate. And it was. Do not ridicule or chastise me for having a g rated opinion on something.
LMAO @ Houdini locking his keys in his car!!! :-D
Haha, yes it makes sense now. I thought the coffee exploded or something (: Thanks
I'm intrigued by the one about the physicist talking down the suicide jumper.
"Don't do it! You have so much potential!"
Bucky Goldstein 😂🤣😂
"See, that's how you do that"
Steven is to stand up as Buster is to pratfall
ì love how they keep showing the one arab guy in the room :))
@ahhhhjjjj Don't forget Mitch Hedberg.
Why isn't he famous? I 💘 him. Maybe he's a bouquet (sp) comic.
He was on the show Becker a few times.
thumbs up if you tried putting instant coffee into a microwave
Today I was...no that wasn’t me.
You cant have everything, where would you put it?
EVERYWHERE
dont know where i heard this but i did
M'pleasure!
my 3 favorite as well :)
Bucky Goldstein...so good.
Today I was... no, that wasn’t me.
It means it's impossible to mix the two so he either gets scalded or frozen.
At 1:12 I'm trying to imagine what kind of station he's listening to that plays contemporary music with no lyrics. Smooth jazz, maybe?
What? Hey! I do NOT overthink everything!
A desperate, desperate man went to see Dr. Kevorkian begging for euthanasia. Since he was low on cash and had no credit, he asked Dr. Kevorkian if he could pay for the procedure with his life.
The last two jokee were in a movie by the pet shops boys called It Couldn't Happen Here
"... you cant have everything! where would you put it?"
I hate to correct such a great podium, but you got to build another one to put Mitch Hedberg, Louis CK and Bill Burr.
I want to try the harmonica out the window thing
Helicopter, couldn't park it so tied a rope to it and left it running. I've actually seen this, a Russian woman parked it up in the air, climbed down, did
something and went back up the rope, and drove it away.
@morpheusatloppers I HOPE that isn't true. I've loved his stuff whenever I've heard it - he's tremendously underrated. But if what you say is true, he hasn't done anything new in a quarter-century.
These people get it.
Pretty sure it was guy named eddie..
I had to check... LOL!!
The line between standups and actors has always been blurred. The reason is that most standups are essentially acting at the mic.
With most, if they got up there as themselves, they could never RULE a room - the audience would tear them to shreds.
Some, like Emo Philips (and here, Stephen) are doing a character - while guys like Hicks are/were playing themselves - but writ LARGE.
Kinda like movie character actors and movie STARS...
how are the 5 people that don't like Steven Wright.
I don't get the one at 0:53, "today I saw a subliminal advertising executive, just for a second". Anyone please ? :D
yoe91 ASSUMING you're not being droll - check out "subliminal advertising" on Wikipedia. I'm sure they'll clue you in...
morpheusatloppers I know what subliminal messages are, subliminal ads I get, but I don't get the joke. Could you please simply explain the joke to me ?
Are you SURE you're not winding me up? Okay, he saw an ad-man who specialised in subliminal advertising (messages inserted into films and programmes that only flash on for a second, thus delivering said message without the viewer being aware of it - which has long been illegal, as it happens) but like the ads the man made, he only appeared to Steven for a second. There could have been a number of reasons for this; perhaps Steven just caught a glimpse of him, in a crowd. Or maybe he magically materialised and then de-materialised in front of Steven for a second. We don't know. And we also don't know how Steven knew his occupation. But for the purposes of the joke, we do not NEED unnecessary details. As with most of Steven's jokes, it is CONCEPTUAL, rather than practical. If you STILL don't get it, I suggest you AVOID Steven Wright!
morpheusatloppers okay, thought I was missing something but no. Thanks for the detailed answered and equally consistent contempt.
LOL! Sorry - re-reading my answers, I realize that in bald print, they DO sound a bit contemptuous. But I can assure you, I was smiling as I typed them - no offence intended (although I WAS trying to guard myself against being teased). Abstract humour is one of those forms of comedy you either get or don't. It's building mind pictures out of absurdity. Like; "Fang (her husband) is so dumb - he bought a pet zebra and called it Spot." Phyllis Diller. In this and the subliminal ad-man gag, the set-up is stripped down to the MINIMUM of description, with the joke word LAST. And with both, you either laugh or go - "Huh?"
@morpheusatloppers Why isn't the beginning of this posted? The part where he says he likes to stick his head out the window and smile for a satellite picture...
I'm Bucky Goldstine...So great.
Hi I'm Buckie Goldstein