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07-24-2021, 11:21 AM | #1 |
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anyone notice that the best comedians are the ones that are either New Yorkers or from Canada?
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07-24-2021, 11:52 AM | #2 |
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Especially Canada. Don't forget Norm MacDonald, one of the internet's favorite comedians. And Martin Short. Howie Mandel. Tom Green. Will Arnett. Even Leslie Nielsen! And Phil Hartman was also from Canada. Moved to the U.S. at 10.
New York is a distant second to Canada. But you can also give Howard Stern, Paul Reubens and Jay Leno to New York. Jay Mohr and Sarah Silverman were "near" New York, NJ and NH. The Midwest is also good. Bill Murray, David Letterman, Chris Farley, Larry the Cable Guy, Gilda Radner. Dana Carvey is from Montana, which is the West/Mountain region, still not the actual West Coast. Roseanne was from Utah, also in that region. The South and West Coast seem to be the weak spots. Any good comedians from there? Obviously Jeff Foxworthy from the South, but it almost seems like Southern comedians have to turn making fun of their birthplace into their act to go national. Jan Hooks was a rare southern woman to make it as a comic actor nationally. And Steve Martin was born in Texas, but raised in California, so he breaks the mold. Ultimately it seems like being an outsider helps in comedy. You are aware of popular culture, but you're observing it from a distance. So you can comment on it from a detached perspective, and be able to see what's funny about it. Last edited by JediJones; 07-24-2021 at 11:58 AM.. |
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