Steven Wright - Master of the One Liners | Carson Tonight Show

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  • @user2144
    @user2144 3 місяці тому +88

    The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese - Steven Wright.

    • @Mrvictorfernandes
      @Mrvictorfernandes 3 місяці тому +11

      "If the pen is mightier than the sword, in a duel... I'll let you have the pen." - Steven Wright.

    • @user2144
      @user2144 3 місяці тому +5

      @@Mrvictorfernandes If it doesn’t look right, then it’s most likely wrong - Not Steven Wright.

    • @Mrvictorfernandes
      @Mrvictorfernandes 3 місяці тому +9

      @@user2144 "If all the nations of the world are in debt, where did all the money go?" - Steven Wright.

    • @user2144
      @user2144 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Mrvictorfernandes If there is no more ketchup in the refrigerator, then I need to go to the store to buy more ketchup - Not Steven Wright.

    • @jgaulorr
      @jgaulorr 3 місяці тому +6

      "I have the world's largest collection of seashells, I keep it spread out on the beaches around the world. Perhaps you've seen it." Stephen Wright

  • @GregCurtin45
    @GregCurtin45 3 місяці тому +32

    Not just one of the most original comedians but he also has a brilliant delivery. Love watching old episodes of Steven on the Craig Ferguson Late Late Show. Thank you for posting this.

  • @TurtleTimeVoiceOvers
    @TurtleTimeVoiceOvers 3 місяці тому +19

    That same wonderful deadpan comedy hasn’t changed in over 40 years. Which is awesome.

  • @masterchinese28
    @masterchinese28 2 місяці тому +13

    One of my favorite of all time. I had his album (cassette) in high school. No matter how many times I listened to it, I would always laugh.

  • @mathensful
    @mathensful 2 місяці тому +9

    I wear my heart on my sleeve. I wear my liver on my pant leg.
    - Steven Wright

  • @tinderbox218
    @tinderbox218 2 місяці тому +7

    Loved those title cards in between breaks on Carson.

  • @EdWeibe
    @EdWeibe 3 місяці тому +28

    I got food poisoning yesterday. Not sure when I'm going to use it.

  • @Bondek1996
    @Bondek1996 3 місяці тому +8

    First thing I ever saw him in was So I Married an Axe Murderer where he freaks out Anthony LaPaglia. Love his delivery. My kind of humour.

    • @bonwatcher
      @bonwatcher 2 місяці тому +2

      The airplane scene was hilarious. "It shouldn't take very long. (pauses) Actually I have no concept of time."
      "That's the artificial horizon which is better than the actual horizon." 🤣

    • @Bondek1996
      @Bondek1996 2 місяці тому +1

      @@bonwatcher "I had this dream...I was born...I was 8.5 months premature.
      -shut up!"

  • @Kodeekat
    @Kodeekat 2 місяці тому +11

    Absurdist humor at its best.

  • @robertedwards7900
    @robertedwards7900 Місяць тому +4

    I used to work in a factory making fire hydrants…couldn’t park anywhere near the place.

  • @pops1507
    @pops1507 2 місяці тому +7

    A true original

  • @spacemissing
    @spacemissing 3 місяці тому +4

    My favourite Steven Wright line is about putting wax in his humidifier.

  • @007.M-D
    @007.M-D 3 місяці тому +3

    😂 excellent !

  • @busean3288
    @busean3288 3 місяці тому +6

    The Tonight Show was generally pretty straightlaced. They didn’t have to put him on. And they did over and over again, to everyone's delight.

    • @Rob_Kates
      @Rob_Kates 3 місяці тому +5

      He was discovered by Tonight Show producer Peter Lassally.

    • @garryferrington811
      @garryferrington811 3 місяці тому +9

      Carson liked good comics. To be successful on Carson meant you had arrived.

    • @stephaniecarrow4898
      @stephaniecarrow4898 2 місяці тому +4

      Not that straightlaced. Don Rickles was a regular. As was unpredictable Steve Martin.

  • @jackburton3540
    @jackburton3540 7 годин тому

    4:00-5:36 this joke could be the plot of a thomas pynchon novel

  • @jillkjv3816
    @jillkjv3816 3 місяці тому +6

    Hilarious 🤣

  • @RenZenith
    @RenZenith 3 місяці тому +7

    Legend

  • @brucegilbert7243
    @brucegilbert7243 2 місяці тому +11

    I bought some powdered water, but I don't know what to mix eith it.

  • @andygrenn680
    @andygrenn680 3 місяці тому +3

    Believing in life after death, but without so many line ups…Steven Wright got me thinking…Like he does so many.

    • @scarygary-qq1pj
      @scarygary-qq1pj Місяць тому

      No he didn't.

    • @andygrenn680
      @andygrenn680 Місяць тому

      @@scarygary-qq1pj if people ain’t thinking Wright…people ain’t thinking right.

  • @tsopuaifa
    @tsopuaifa Місяць тому

    ❤ Steven

  • @sandralucasmelvoin292
    @sandralucasmelvoin292 3 місяці тому +5

    Whatever happened to Steven Wright I haven’t heard about him since those days gone by?

    • @Etrigan2112
      @Etrigan2112 3 місяці тому +8

      He actually just wrote a book, and he's been touring over the last several decades pretty consistently.

  • @roncaruso931
    @roncaruso931 3 місяці тому +4

    The master of one liners was Henny Youngman!!!

    • @markinman8156
      @markinman8156 3 місяці тому +1

      I remember that title for him, would think something in the one liner genre would be closer to Rodney Dangerfield. Steven is ok (comedy is indeed subjective), but not in the master class of comedy imho.

  • @christinadacruz420
    @christinadacruz420 3 місяці тому +6

    I went to school with a Steven Wright in Jamaica Plain section of Boston. I’m a little older than this Steven from Boston but there does seem to be a resemblance. I always wondered if they were related.

    • @TheLochs
      @TheLochs 2 місяці тому +2

      Hes from the Boston area. I'm pretty sure he lives in Cambridge now. I ran into him in Harvard square in the early 2000's. I lived in JP for some time. Near Forest Hills T stop.

    • @plev10
      @plev10 2 місяці тому +6

      Steven likes to reminisce with people he doesn't know so you should be in luck.

  • @ExileonBrockSt
    @ExileonBrockSt 3 місяці тому +2

    🇨🇦👽🎸👍🏼

  • @hallitoff3883
    @hallitoff3883 3 місяці тому +1

    Why not put him on? He puts everyone else on!
    😄

    • @scarygary-qq1pj
      @scarygary-qq1pj Місяць тому

      That wasn't funny.😢

    • @hallitoff3883
      @hallitoff3883 Місяць тому

      @@scarygary-qq1pj
      humerus from your funny bone!

    • @hallitoff3883
      @hallitoff3883 Місяць тому

      you don't know your humerus from your funny bone.

  • @ashwinters9315
    @ashwinters9315 16 днів тому

    Isn’t that the guy on the couch?

  • @garryferrington811
    @garryferrington811 3 місяці тому +2

    The master of one-liners was Henny Youngman.

  • @sixstringhans-tone5574
    @sixstringhans-tone5574 2 місяці тому +3

    He reminds me of that other comedian Mitch Hedberg, so I’m guessing maybe Steven was a big influence on Mitch cuz his comedy is similar. PEACE!

  • @theinternet1424
    @theinternet1424 21 день тому

    Here he was way younger than I thought Steven was. capable of being.

  • @przhkv
    @przhkv 2 місяці тому +3

    He must have influenced Anthony Jeselnik a lot!

    • @scarygary-qq1pj
      @scarygary-qq1pj Місяць тому

      No he mustn't have.

    • @przhkv
      @przhkv Місяць тому +1

      @@scarygary-qq1pj I think they have a similar vibe and speech tempo, but I’m not an expert :)

  • @canonicalcritic
    @canonicalcritic 13 днів тому

    "I heard they were teaching monkeys how to speak sign language. I didn't believe it so I called one of the monkeys, but he didn't say anything." Not Steven Wright

  • @jamesmorris8938
    @jamesmorris8938 3 місяці тому +4

    Not so funny

    • @briandeschene8424
      @briandeschene8424 2 місяці тому +16

      Yes, but we keep you around anyway.

    • @JW-vd4il
      @JW-vd4il 2 місяці тому

      ​@@briandeschene8424 ❤

    • @alextheodoridis4075
      @alextheodoridis4075 2 місяці тому +5

      Then don't comment blud

    • @ront769
      @ront769 2 місяці тому +1

      Maybe you have to be strange to understand his humour.

    • @tsopuaifa
      @tsopuaifa Місяць тому

      You're kidding me.

  • @donaldmarcus9655
    @donaldmarcus9655 2 місяці тому +1

    I'm surprised Johnny Carson would say that this guy is the best one liners when one of his best friends is actually the best ever Rodney Dangerfield this guy is only 10% as good as Rodney

  • @dwaneyocum1718
    @dwaneyocum1718 Місяць тому

    "When you're a dog, every day is Saturday." Steven Wright.
    I know he said it, but I can't find it. Let me know if you do.