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The 100 Jokes That Shaped Modern Comedy
Vulture.com ^ | Jan, 2016 | Jesse David Fox

Posted on 02/07/2016 5:38:17 PM PST by sparklite2

From the Marx Brothers to The Simpsons, Richard Pryor to Amy Schumer: 100 bits, sketches, and one-liners that changed humor forever.

(Excerpt) Read more at vulture.com ...


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: comedy; top10
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The jokes are mostly stuff you've heard a million times.
But how many comedians can you name from this illustration?
I'm pretty sure I named them all except one. The answer
doesn't seem to be at the site, tragically.

1 posted on 02/07/2016 5:38:17 PM PST by sparklite2
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Yu must be talking about Robin Williams, 4th from the left.


2 posted on 02/07/2016 5:44:59 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
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The black guy. I think I got the rest right.


3 posted on 02/07/2016 5:46:22 PM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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Take my wife..... please

Henry Goodman

4 posted on 02/07/2016 5:46:50 PM PST by GregoTX
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Oooops. That would be Henny Youngman.


5 posted on 02/07/2016 5:48:05 PM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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I just flew in from Vegas...

Boy, are my arms tired!

6 posted on 02/07/2016 5:48:10 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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No respect.


7 posted on 02/07/2016 5:49:51 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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Yo Momma so fat...


8 posted on 02/07/2016 5:49:58 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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Oops your right... I wish FR had an edit option.


9 posted on 02/07/2016 5:50:57 PM PST by GregoTX
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Be honest. Are there 100 clicks to get to 100 jokes?


10 posted on 02/07/2016 5:50:59 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: freedumb2003
Yu must be talking about Robin Williams, 4th from the left.

I thought that was Conan O'Brian. And by the way, where is Johnny Carson?

11 posted on 02/07/2016 5:51:14 PM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

This is my plant, Robert.


12 posted on 02/07/2016 5:52:59 PM PST by txhurl (I'm NO LONGER with the Nasty Canadian '16 (well, unless he wins ;))(and he did))
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To: Larry Lucido

No, it’s actually all on one page.


13 posted on 02/07/2016 5:53:16 PM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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“OK, you’re also ugly.”

Originally Youngman’s, “borrowed” by Dangerfield.


14 posted on 02/07/2016 5:54:21 PM PST by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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Three of them look like they need to urinate really badly.

Didn’t see Johnnie Carson on there - masterful delivery.


15 posted on 02/07/2016 5:55:05 PM PST by PAR35
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Who are the two between Seinfeld and Steve Martin?


16 posted on 02/07/2016 5:55:29 PM PST by World'sGoneInsane
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AA woman is Moms Mabley, no idea how I knew her. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=moms+mabley&FORM=HDRSC2


17 posted on 02/07/2016 5:58:16 PM PST by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is now on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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I know Phyllis Diller and Cameron Diaz but not the other woman


18 posted on 02/07/2016 6:00:00 PM PST by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is now on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: World'sGoneInsane

Cameron Diaz “Something about Mary”
and maybe Sinbad? That’s the one I don’t know.


19 posted on 02/07/2016 6:01:15 PM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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Sinbad?


20 posted on 02/07/2016 6:06:04 PM PST by gdc61
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