Comedian Steven Wright Talks New ‘Harold’ Novel, Stand-Up Start & More w Rich Eisen | Full Interview

[@DevinJHiggins]

Still my favorite Steven Wright joke: "When I was eight years old, my grandmother gave me $10 and said 'Now don't tell your mother I gave this to you.' I said, 'It'll cost you more than that.'"

[@jimmaculate5]

i wrote down dozens of the steven wright special from boston in 1985. i wrote them down in the 90's. i still tell them to this day. i got a friend at the store and whenever i see her i tell her a steven wright joke. now i can do the battery/coffin routine!! this is great.

[@Ron-d2s]

Was he triple-A?

[@ricknofzinger]

Steven is the very best. Where his jokes come from is a magical land that I would like to visit.

[@alvarhanso6310]

Thank goodness for the Ding Ho Chinese Restaurant Comedy Club! Steven Wright has been one of my very favorite stand ups for close to 40 years, he has warped my mind for the better.

[@Dorisasaurus1133]

Hey Steven. I’m a fellow New Englander myself. I live in Worcester and have been listening to your stand up comedy with my father for years since I was a kid and, can relate to also having told your jokes as a kid and being looked at funny , others laughed historically. I’m now 44 unfortunately Dad passed away in 2010 but, every time I hear you talk or of course your comedy I know that he’s there laughing along with me. ❤ He would come out and tell one of your one liners in a bar full of old timer’s sitting around and then he’d throw out like… I woke up from a dream this morning and I instantly went into a daydream” or “I hate when my foot falls asleep during the day because then it is going to be up all night”😂😂😂 some people would look at him like wtf most would laugh at him bcuz they knew him. You’re the best Steven. Keep ‘em coming and thanks for all the years of entertainment. You’re The GOAT 🐐 in my opinion. 😂 Ahh The Grandpa joke is hilarious 😂😂 Tysm

[@williamcarman7118]

Great Interview with a legend. Well done Rich & team!

[@ccc5392]

"I remember when the candle store burned down........ We all just stood around and sang "Happy Birthday.'"

[@robtucker6303]

Steven Wright is a comic genius… brilliant.

[@ctcards2636]

One of my favorite sayins by Steven is "You know people who are afraid of heights ? Well im afraid of widths..." :-P lol!!!!

[@brianlimoges2946]

TJ you’re the man. Always asking the best questions. And fan boying out for all of us. I had a girlfriend that said her head was itchy. I told her to think of sandpaper.

[@SirVic42]

The dog & spot remover joke has always been one of my favorite SW jokes. Glad I wasn't the only one.

[@incredulousdisbelief9841]

I've been wondering for years where he's been and how he's doing. Loved his standups in the 80s and 90s, but then pretty much silent. Fantastic interview, one of the best I've seen the RES do, regardless of network. What if he was in the wrong way? Love it.

[@Murrman117]

He frequented talkshows for the last 20 years. Most notably "the late late show" with Craig ferguson. Which there is a great compliation of. According to himself in a 2021 interview. he says that aside from those appearances, he's been doing the occasional stand up set. And writing I suppose.

[@rusrockt10]

He came to my small town and did a show about 8 years ago. Absolutely amazing to experience live, with my dad (Wright's biggest fan). He is an absolute legend.

[@arthurjeremypearson]

Look up the Jay Leno fly. He has a compilation of all the times Steven was on the Craig Ferguson show, and it was magical!

[@mikeoconnor3307]

“ I’m in love with my dental hygienist.” “ I eat a box of Oreos before every appointment.”

[@jamesburke1019]

“I’ve been getting into astronomy lately…I put a skylight in my apartment…the people who live above me are really pissed”

[@BFSilenceDogood]

The moment he started talking I just smiled

[@bobboyoop1141]

Had the pleasure of seeing this guy live in the 80s when I lived in NH. It was in a theater and he came out, felt the back stage curtains and the first thing he said was, "Someone needs to iron these". We went a little "baked" to the show which made it better lol, and came out with sore stomachs from laughing so hard! His joke about the light switch in his apartment that didn't do anything (until a guy from Germany called him and told him to "cut it out") was one of the funniest things I've ever heard!

[@SuZySueSuzyQ]

▶️Apparently one WONG can make a WRIGHT! 😂🤣😂👏👏(I can’t be the 1st one to note this) BIG LOVE! 💓 🤣😂🤣😂👏✨

[@tigga1231]

Omg Steven Wright!!!

[@mikeelton3686]

That was awesome he's one of the all time best!

[@Ireland831]

Steven Wright is the ultimate stand up comedian. His delivery is so great. To me he is the stand up equivalent of Gary Larson the Far Side in print. Both are incredible, best at their respective avenues. If the Far Side had a voice it is Steven Wright. If the Far Side/Larson were a stand up comedian they would be Steven. No slight to either, only love as both are tops in their craft.

[@jasoncoldiron3903]

My friend has a circular driveway… he can’t get out.

[@johnmvaccaro]

This video was brought to you by K Billy's Super Sounds of the 70's

[@sdne1959]

. At about the 6:30 mark he talks about the genius of George Carlin, and Carlin no doubt was........but in his prime, I'd put Steven Wright up against ANY of the "geniuses" of comedy.......in my opinion, there was NOBODY doing the kind of BRILLIANT comedy he did, and NOBODY who's done it the same since.....just an UNBELIEVABLE mind to come up with some of the STUNNINGLY funny thoughts that he had !! SO grateful I got to see him live back back in the day, which is STILL one of the funniest stand-up shows I've _ever_ been to..... 🙂 .

[@DrDavidThor]

Burlington Mass, really? I hired a guy to paint with me in that area and he used to tell me Steven Wright jokes, like the one where he has the world's biggest collection of seashells (he keeps it on all the beaches of the world). Little did I know that Wright was from town.

[@warrenwheatley6171]

He's the best...wishing him the best!

[@michaellewis5683]

Rich, I wish you had had him for 2 hours

[@saundrawimberley2777]

My favorite was something like “I was a Cesarean baby…but you can’t tell…except that every time I leave home, I go out the window.” My sister and I were born Cesarean. We both thought the joke was hilarious. But when we told it to our mother, she didn’t get it. 😅 That made it all the funnier.

[@jeanetteschock4744]

Best dry joke comedian ever

[@arthurjeremypearson]

You know what? The grandfather in the casket the wrong way has got to be my favorite joke too, now!

[@soonerfanjim]

He is comedy gold

[@zennyspent]

"I've been selected for jury duty. Kind of a bizarre case. 6,000 ants dressed up as rice and robbed a Chinese restaurant. I don't think they did it. I know a few of those guys and they wouldn't do anything like that."

[@Ron-d2s]

Back in high school, 1990-91, I typed out George Carlin's 1982 dirty words list. I put the heading of "these are the words you are not allowed to say in high school." copied it and handed it around.... The teacher I had after lunch was the only one to say a thing about it. She walks up and says "I hear you have a list of words" I said yep and handed it over... she chuckled and said she was going to make copies for the teachers lounge. A few short years later the education system went to hell.

[@zoecunningham3019]

Decades of hilarity of an abstract concept of reailitys in life. Genius mind.

[@AztecHusBone]

OMG so awesome!

[@sbombeck5419]

I was having breakfast this morning, and I think my cereal is just phoning it in. I distinctly heard, 'Snap, Crackle, F*&^ Him'

[@johnvastola7748]

George Carlin

[@rk3joker]

LEGEND

[@michaeldavid6284]

He's the only comedian I ever paid to see...and probably will stay that way.

[@johnb5307]

I thought he was telling a true story too 😂

[@joniheisenberg]

“Six thousand ants dressed up as rice and robbed a Chinese restaurant.”

[@geoplussports6008]

😂Dude is Funny x 💯

[@gastondeveaux3783]

No it's not real... oh I'm sorry. That is awesome . What an absolute genius. The joke itself is hilarious, but then he gives it an afterglow that is perhaps even funnier.

[@Spankydoodle]

"I spilled spot remover on my dog. He's gone now."

[@MyUsernameIsAlsoBort]

To make Steven Wright laugh and appreciate an addition to his joke, that's gotta be a major ego boost.

[@matthewberg8031]

You want me to do a comedy show but he had to come up with material fast and fresh. Thats the hard part i think. Things were moving so fast and coming up with successful material is incredible.

[@Sam-lt1ur]

"Thanks"

[@markm1138]

im from E5

[@gregmagrath7444]

Has this guy come directly from Woodstock and the 60’s…..

[@robtucker6303]

If you don’t know… you just know.

[@mcdob69]

Ahh, protecting Rich and his fake laughter…. that’s gold baby 😉

[@Blt-rr2lm]

There is no way he’s married.

[@murrayspiffy2815]

My favorite Wright jokes - are the ones he stole from Mitch Hedberg.

[@ZacharyJohnG]

This man can’t speak normally ?

[@robtucker6303]

Define normally…

[@gta103]

Snooze fest

[@robtucker6303]

My goodness I am almost embarrassed for you … saying that…

[@rickwilson478]

I think it's a safe bet those last two comments are coming from younger people whose interactions and life experiences , through no fault of their own, have been an endless life-long.. rapid-fire..visual assault..internet info blast.. "smart" phone inundation fest . They just can't relate to someone who interacts at Steven's pace and cadence of speech, and they clearly haven't had the pleasure of enjoying his comic genius.