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[@scottstewart5784]

He was huge in the states, and is respected. My favorite of his- "if you put instant coffee in the microwave, do you go back in time?"

[@malcolmdrake6137]

"I put instant coffee into a microwave...I almost went back in time."

[@andirandolph8830]

The powdered water one always got me.

[@mustangman530]

I love the one about putting his car key in his front door and it started up so he took it for a drive

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

"I like to go skating. On the other side of the ice." "I bought a map of the United States. It's actual size. [pause] I folded it last summer." "I went camping with my girlfriend, Rachel, and she got Poison Ivy on her brain. [pause] The only way she could scratch it was by thinking about sandpaper."

[@jeffk2526]

To paraphrase, my favorite is "I left my apartment and noticed everything was stolen-and replaced by exact duplicates." Just brilliant!

[@captainspaullding]

🇺🇸 hes pre mitch Steven Wright wasn't fringe, he was one of the top American comics for 15+ yrs. He's selling out theaters across the country as we speak.

[@benshafer5198]

I still think his stuff is very clever. Keep in mind that when he started doing stand up in the early to mid 80's this was a completely unique style. It's been copied many times since, but he was def a pioneer. Kind of a deadpan surrealism

[@lovehandles4193]

"When I was a kid, my mother used to say to me, 'Stephen, go to sleep. I said, 'what do you mean?' She said, 'go all the way to the end of tired and take a right.' So I went all the way to the end of tired and took a left just to see what would happen, and there was my mother standing there saying, 'I thought I told you to go to sleep." I heard that as a teen, and I laughed and laughed... He's brilliant.

[@CrazyInsanelikeafox]

He's in an episode of Becker and someone says to him "I haven't seen you in a while" and he replies "but you can see me now, right?" Classic!

[@gandr.e.5136]

"I was walking down the street with a friend and a guy jumped out of the alley with a gun and said give me all of your money. I said wait and turned to my friend and said, hey here's the hundred bucks that I owe you".

[@calvinneason3059]

I used to wanna do this as a kid. Had my favorite one written down: "Hmm, a burglary at a bakery...now I've seen many cases in my day but this one takes the cake!"

[@1129BAMF]

"I have the world's largest collection of seashells......I keep it on all the beaches of the world."

[@PTaylor1087]

Love this. He was also the legendary guy on the couch in half baked.

[@TheCrazyCanuck420]

Scarface: "Yo, The Guy, did you kill my dog?" The guy on the couch: Scarface: "I believe him, yo! I don't know why, but I do". Only Dave and Neal could write that in a hurry :)

[@1129BAMF]

@@TheCrazyCanuck420, that line cracked me up every time I watched it.

[@jdm1066]

He was the voice of the 70's radio station DJ in "Reservoir Dogs".

[@andirandolph8830]

“I saw a sign that said ‘next rest stop 35 miles.’ I thought wow, that’s pretty big.”

[@bipolarewok]

Actually he said in an interview than whenever he rubs his forehead covering his eyes he's trying to remember the next joke. I've always admired how one-liners comedians remember their act. Even five minutes means twenty jokes, let alone a whole special. With other comedians it's easier since they have four or five big topics, but with them sometimes they have to do a whole hour and it has to be planned out so they don't repeat jokes, which is harder when there's no throughline.

[@JVTrickypants]

My comedy hero! My favorite: "Everything is within walking distance if you have the time."

[@jmtv1963]

My favorite of his: we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway.

[@willcee4966]

“I bought some powdered water but I don’t know what to add”

[@garyevans3421]

He plays the DJ of the radio station the guys play on Resevoir Dogs. Off camera but his voice is very hard to miss!

[@tattoodude8946]

People do not realize how clever you have to be to come up with this stuff. Talk about outside the box thinking! The key is that he pulls you into his world. Once you are in that bizarre realm inside his head, he just takes you on a ride. Like he said, the jokes are kind of cheesy taken one at a time, but they build up on you as you get further and further into his head until finally you just drop your own reality and join his. True genius.

[@rodneysisco6364]

Steven Wright has a brilliant,strange mind . I have loved his comedy for many years .

[@CarlVandenberg]

Steven Wright's delivery is so good the joke almost seems secondary. Love his comedy as well as Mitch Hedberg (RIP Mitch). Those are two comedians where I can watch their material over and over and not get tired of it because their deliveries are so good.

[@williamjordan5554]

Same genre as Mitch Hedberg. Writing jokes isn't a problem for guys like that. It's how they think. It's a rare talent.

[@DanSolo871]

He had a great joke that went, “I moved into this new place that has this light switch that isn’t connected to anything. So every now and then when I’d walk by I’d flick it on and off, on and off for no reason. Four month later I got a letter from India that said, Cut it out”.

[@sventhorborsen7313]

“I bought a cordless extension cord”. SW 😂🤣🤦‍♂️

[@jamesfarrell8124]

Rodney Dangerfield was the king of one liners

[@YetiUprising]

When I was a kid I learned the President is married to the First Lady.... I wondered how many dinosaurs she's seen.

[@Mrader1983]

Even though they are one liners, in his specials the jokes hit harder. He weaves them together in a cool way. Thanks for all the laughs blokes

[@bensweiss]

I've always said he had very dry wit and dry delivery. I loved his stoic facial expressions. I loved Steven Wright as a kid, and still love his humor. Glad to see you watching him. One of my favorites: “I have a map of the United States... Actual size. It says, 'Scale: 1 mile = 1 mile.' I spent last summer folding it. I hardly ever unroll it. People ask me where I live, and I say, 'E6.”

[@roymoore3156]

My favorite Stephen Wright line is about the fishing. “A fine line stands between ...). I’ve repeated THAT joke for years (to my kids) and they’ve never laughed. I still think it’s funny.

[@johnmack9677]

A Boston legend

[@XX2Media]

The Jewish cowboy joke was my all-time favorite… priceless!

[@dustyb58]

I called up the airline to make a reservation and the woman asked me "How many will be flying?" and I said "How should I know, it's your plane."

[@stephenkane7499]

My favorite: I went on vacation, sent postcards of pictures of earth, wrote: wish you were here! 😂

[@hughjass9078]

So happy you blokes found Steven Wright. A classic deadpan delivery

[@ThunderPants13]

I played in a death metal band. People either loved us or they hated us. Or they thought we were okay. --Mitch Hedberg

[@ThunderPants13]

As we walked out of the pawn shop, we decided to become a death metal barbershop quartet.

[@deavenswainey6415]

"I played solitaire with a deck of tarot cards. Four people died."

[@lucifer73]

I saw him live, back in the 90's. Brilliant!

[@MrVvulf]

MAX MILLER, the English comedian was banned from the BBC for this joke: I was walking along this narrow mountain pass - so narrow that nobody else could pass you, when I saw a beautiful blonde walking towards me. A beautiful blonde with not a stitch on, yes, not a stitch on, lady. Cor blimey, I didn't know whether to block her passage or toss myself off.

[@scottysworld700]

The thing about Steven Weight he's still a comedian today 2024. He has lasted 4 decades.

[@craigcameron1027]

I think its milton jones you are thinking about. Stewart Francis is really good too

[@JCourts2k23]

Always loved his stuff

[@ronmccluskey2140]

S.W. is the old-school Boston comic and he's still got it

[@Mike_For_Sure]

I loved him as The Guy On The Couch on Chappelle’s “Half Baked,” brilliant.

[@kylecs3586]

Also, as well as his comedy work, a lot of people seem to forget - or just not realise - that Steven was the voice of K Billy, the radio DJ heard throughout Tarantino's 'Reservoir Dogs'. "As K Billy's Super Sounds of the 70's Weekend just keeps on... truckin'." CUT TO: Mr. Blonde, dancing...

[@williamjordan5554]

The most famous one-liner came from Henny Youngman, who said, "Take my wife [as in consider my wife]......Please."

[@saintsataniko2116]

Steven Wright's jokes are way too smart to ever be considered "cheesy." Glad Daz, pointed that out. As for his delivery, I think Anthony Jeselnik is very influenced by Wright, in both his pacing and the monotone.

[@raveoreynolds6049]

Not just think, Jeselnik constantly mentions him as his main influence.

[@scottdebruyn7038]

He does appear to be a king of 'Groaners'. Of course he does seem to tell them just for the pun of it... :)

[@sdpints3189]

One of my favorite Steven Wright jokes not featured here... It's a small world but I wouldn't want to paint it

[@hifijohn]

he bought some used paint...in the shape of a house.

[@blakerh]

My house has a circular driveway, I can't get out. Someone broke into my house recently. They stole everything and replaced it with exact replicas.

[@pattiharvey1787]

Totally enjoyable. Thanks guys 😅

[@salsonny]

he bought a house on the highway, he has to leave his driveway doing 80mph

[@jlcutright0723]

I think that this type of comedy would be difficult to sustain. He's a comedian, but he isn't a stand-up comedian. Instead of picking a single topic and running with it, he delivers punchline after punchline. Mitch Hedburg did this, too. I miss Mitch. He reminded me so much of the people I hung out with just out of high school.

[@bus6292]

Steven Wright is a legend. Anthony Jeselnik is the modern comic who most reminds me of him.

[@mr.e8432]

Had to run down the store one night. I pull in the parking lot and there’s a kid locking the front door. I said “ Hey, the sign says open 24 hours!” The kid looks at me and says “yeah… not in a row.”

[@mikejohnson7473]

Don't forget Rodney Dangerfield was a great one liner

[@mikefetterman6782]

I can remember watching Steven in the early 1980s on Letterman's first Late Show. (NBC)

[@mikefetterman6782]

Mitch Hedberg was doing his best to imitate Steven but kept laughing the whole time. Steven's straight face sells the joke.

[@texashookem22]

And all of those comedians y’all named off all took cues from Steven, most consider him The OG when it comes to this style of comedy.

[@texashookem22]

Been waiting for y’all to get to some Steven Wright!! Y’all should react to all the parts of of Wicker Chairs and Gravity which is one of his stand up specials, it’s brilliant.

[@stanmann356]

The other day I put instant coffee in a microwave....... I almost went back in time. I saw a sign that said "24-Hour Banking"..... But I didn't have that much time.

[@bad-people6510]

I spilled spot remover on my dog and now he's gone.

[@mitchblackmore5230]

If you have seen Reservoir Dogs, he's the DJ on 'Super Sounds of the '70's.'

[@jamesfarrington9030]

Totally unique style.

[@enterthecarp7085]

Yep 👍🏼 my favorite

[@Aussiesuede]

Wow, can't believe his most famous one liner didn't make the cut: Why is the Alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?

[@johnmcnulty2705]

Could you imagine a two man show with Steven Wright and Mitch Hedberg.

[@onebigtentdweller9603]

You should check out Stewart Francis, amazing one liner comedian.

[@tarrera8932]

Bucky Goldstein. classic

[@tweeotch]

I love Steven Wright!

[@IshiAndNomyJackson]

I had forgotten about him!

[@helmedon]

I live on a one way dead end street. I have no idea how I got there. I saw a slight that said rest area 1 mile. I though to myself, that's a big rest area. I wear mirrors around my ankles when walking in the woods, because Snakes are afraid of Snakes too.

[@lukestark3]

Tim vine is amazing!

[@wyattfortney4078]

So ready for this gaming channel bruh!

[@joesephkroll2056]

He was the guy on the couch in half baked.

[@aguy559]

“Second hand diary killed” me. React to Jim Gaffigan- My trip to Sweden.

[@jamesfarrington9030]

One of my favs is: If you shoot a mime, should you use a silencer?

[@kf8346]

Best part of half baked is when Scarface says he trusts the guy on the couch.

[@darrkstarg]

This video doesn't do him proper justice. It is far too short. He is so very funny when you watch the full show. He has gems like "Why do you park on a driveway and drive on a parkway?"

[@chrisjohnzo5235]

the fishing joke was brilliant

[@bus6292]

*Dave:* _"How much does a cockney pay for shampoo? ...Pound ten."_ I am far too American to understand any part of that joke.

[@allanallan2171]

Lol

[@TrevorDunkin]

You want bewildered one liners? Emo Phillips. That dude is... Intense. lmao

[@juffurey]

and Dave had to say a pun lol

[@CinesterCharlie]

Too be fair, I love Bucky Goldstein!

[@ponytrekker8996]

It’s also the delivery

[@sst3d]

He was the influencer of Mitch

[@Flernaffinor]

Stephen Wright wants a lifesize tattoo of himself, only bigger.

[@zgwilley]

Clever man

[@patrickdare5356]

The one-liner is rare but not a unique style. Rodney Dangerfield was a master at it, as was the great Henny Youngman before him. What makes Steven and Mitch Hedberg so different is that the jokes are super smart, and sometimes you need to think for a few seconds before you get it.

[@JJ-006]

I bought some powdered water but didn’t know what to add 😂

[@FrancoisDressler]

2:09 Yeah, Milton Jones.

[@josecarbajal5710]

K Billys Super Sounds of the 70s

[@Lord_Baphomet_]

You should watch his interviews with Craig Ferguson, hands down the best content I’ve seen in a long time.

[@Scufflegrit]

Steven Wright is still loved here. It’s not so much that he does one-liners as it is he’s genuine. It’s the gestalt of the jokes, the delivery, and the whole demeanor. No one else could do that. In the same vein as Gilbert Gottfried. Demitri Martin is the youngest comic I can think of that’s very clearly similar, and he isn’t young anymore. lol kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3LKd6VteNejnJY

[@GrayMoe]

These are like dad jokes but funny

[@billwatson5400]

A lot of his best stuff is when he's on Conan o Brian or Craig Ferguson

[@TimpossibleOne]

Do you guys mean Milton Berle?

[@brycehiigel235]

Ought to look into Rodney Dangerfield.

[@mikewarker4445]

You guys are great. Check out Daniel tosh, Anthony jeselnik and mark normand

[@alanweese5157]

Rodne Daingerfield

[@adamgordon6435]

One of many great comics to come out of Boston. He was also the voice of the radio DJ in Reservoir Dogs - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bp7XoGaPpLh8e68

[@joesephkroll2056]

How did no one say mitch hedberg? He is king of 1 liners.

[@willvr4]

Demitri Martin is the king of one liners

[@blackattack8212]

I think you guys need to check out chiseled Adonis Mike Tyson's career knockout series he's brand of commentary comedy and sound effects is hilarious

[@anathardayaldar]

What's Steven Wright up to now?