Guest Performance: Steven Wright - Saturday Night Live

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  • @thedriszen8350
    @thedriszen8350 3 роки тому +370

    Never ceases to amaze me how every so often we get a comedian like this that has found a whole new approach/style/thinking. Its really quite amazing.

    • @smileyfacehuh
      @smileyfacehuh 3 роки тому +1

      How I feel also. Great thought

    • @fezzik7619
      @fezzik7619 3 роки тому +10

      Yeah. This was 38 years ago. Steven Wright is a legend and has been at this a long time. Mitch Hedberg had this style of non-sequitor type of humor as well, but addiction got him young.

    • @93Jubilee
      @93Jubilee 3 роки тому

      @@fezzik7619 I hadn't heard his line about the dentures with braces -- that was great.

    • @fezzik7619
      @fezzik7619 3 роки тому

      @@93Jubilee yeah. He definitely has always thought on a different level. Elevator practice has always been one of my favorites haha

    • @robertlopez3472
      @robertlopez3472 3 роки тому

      He calls his stand-up "Wrightisms,"

  • @billbeliakoff5589
    @billbeliakoff5589 3 роки тому +863

    I saw him in Chicago in the late '80s. About 2 minutes in he said "I just remembered I'm not supposed to talk to strangers" and walked off stage. For the next few seconds he kept poking his head out from behind the curtain. I never heard an audience laugh so hard.

    • @stevehill766
      @stevehill766 3 роки тому +64

      I performed at an open mic at a Boston comedy club in the 80's with Lenny Clarke, Steve Sweeney & Kevin Meaney. The MC was Jimmie Tingle. Real high caliber comedians all. Out walks Steven Wright real mopey & says "I'm so tired that I probably should have stayed home tonight. I spent most of the day putting in a skylight at my place..... The lady who lives upstairs is really pissed off." He just killed the whole room!!

    • @stephenalbertson8920
      @stephenalbertson8920 3 роки тому +7

      @@stevehill766 I know this sounds dumb....but I don’t get it! Please explain it

    • @stevehill766
      @stevehill766 3 роки тому +21

      @@stephenalbertson8920 He installed a skylight in his apartment ceiling which is the floor of the lady's apartment above him. It's his absurd humor.

    • @stephenalbertson8920
      @stephenalbertson8920 3 роки тому +4

      @@stevehill766 got it....thanks

    • @stephenalbertson8920
      @stephenalbertson8920 3 роки тому

      @Sandy agreed! :)

  • @davidgriego278
    @davidgriego278 4 роки тому +526

    I have always believed that Steven Wright has never been given the recognition he deserves! He is a Class Act!

    • @Theomite
      @Theomite 4 роки тому +5

      Well, he's been working for almost 4 decades and only released 2 albums. I don't know why he doesn't record more stuff.

    • @smilinghearts7375
      @smilinghearts7375 3 роки тому +1

      So true DAVID. . LOVE THAT STYLE. Im doing a rally next week. MIMES LIVES COUNT. I THINK THERE FACES SHOULD B HERD.

    • @yoyobrando9243
      @yoyobrando9243 3 роки тому +2

      But he's just One Soldier.

    • @stranraerwal
      @stranraerwal 3 роки тому +6

      You are so Wright!

    • @UnitedSoundVideo
      @UnitedSoundVideo 3 роки тому +2

      He’s not that funny that’s why

  • @BilgePump
    @BilgePump 3 роки тому +347

    His best line, I went to visit a psychic, I knocked on the door, she said who’s there? I left.

    • @shawnamiller191
      @shawnamiller191 Рік тому +18

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

    • @paceholding1903
      @paceholding1903 Рік тому +9

      I went to the store & bought some powered water but I didn’t know what to add.

    • @brianbumgardner8704
      @brianbumgardner8704 Рік тому +7

      Went the store and bought batteries, they weren't included.

  • @blogengeezer4507
    @blogengeezer4507 3 роки тому +432

    -I picked up a hitchhiker. After climbing in my car he said, "you are brave, what if I am a serial killer"? I replied, "Ridiculous, what are the odds, two would be in the same car"?

    • @calixa
      @calixa 3 роки тому +10

      LOL!!!!

    • @jf5618
      @jf5618 3 роки тому +5

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @robertodell9193
      @robertodell9193 3 роки тому +5

      Sounds like the Ray Bradbury story "The Town Where No One Got Off."

    • @petermcgill1315
      @petermcgill1315 2 роки тому +2

      @@robertodell9193 that sounds like a sad town...

    • @jr2904
      @jr2904 Рік тому +2

      ​@@petermcgill1315 it is, I live there

  • @jrobertsapp
    @jrobertsapp 4 роки тому +140

    I love how the laughter and applause increases during his set. They learn to appreciate the uniqueness of his schtick.

    • @archfapper211
      @archfapper211 3 роки тому +1

      "Thanks."

    • @nazmoking3171
      @nazmoking3171 3 роки тому +2

      I noticed the same thing.

    • @dingusdingus2152
      @dingusdingus2152 2 роки тому

      It's spelled shtick, there is no c between the s and the h

    • @johnl1685
      @johnl1685 2 роки тому +1

      Very True. Slowly but surely. At first people are sort of perplexed by him but they eventually catch on.

    • @KutWrite
      @KutWrite Рік тому +2

      His jokes also rise in the imagination required to get them.

  • @CyanBlackflower
    @CyanBlackflower 2 роки тому +57

    Steve Wright was touring years ago when he was scheduled to do stand up at a local club in my hometown. I had Reservations. But I went anyway. He's been one of my all time favourites since.

    • @danspille6508
      @danspille6508 2 роки тому +1

      I didn't know comedy club took reservations.

    • @CyanBlackflower
      @CyanBlackflower 2 роки тому

      @@danspille6508 THAT is probably because they don't.
      ...If you ACTUALLY failed to comprehend the contextual duality I used, borrowing directly from S. Wright, in order to pay respect to his particular sideways brand of humorous anecdote, then my friend, You need to make a profound choice here.
      Now, is better than later. One which will shape things to come for you. Either you study advanced comic logistics and learn to "get it" and laugh. Or decide you lack the requisite mental, and emotional acumen to appreciate jocular nuance, and learn to cope with psychopathy - properly deployed - That's fine.
      Or You learn to cope with disappointment, cowardice, and beaten down BITCHHOOD, desperately grasping for those things you believe you are entitled to. Which "Some OTHER "A" hole is steadily blocking you from acquiring. Laugh or be laughed at. The life of the FOOL...
      NOTE:~ (Now please, believe me I DO NOT wish this upon you or anyone, I'd like to think you will CHOOSE the first option. Even the second...Failing to select one of those options, however, will result in ONE of them choosing YOU. That wouldn't bode well @ all)

    • @CyanBlackflower
      @CyanBlackflower 2 роки тому +3

      @@danspille6508 Reservations - has 2 meanings, depending on context. 1) To book an appointment to attend a function...OR 2) to have doubts, "cold feet" or trepidation, leading to indecision, or full stop. I hope that helps ...

    • @THE-HammerMan
      @THE-HammerMan 2 роки тому

      @@CyanBlackflower Reservations are also a place where Native Americans build casinos to steal back some of what the white men stole from them.

    • @CyanBlackflower
      @CyanBlackflower 2 роки тому

      @@THE-HammerMan I have reservations about those as well.

  • @nazmoking3171
    @nazmoking3171 3 роки тому +85

    He's one of the most creative ever - carved out his own niche and does it great!

  • @mysocalledknife07
    @mysocalledknife07 2 роки тому +125

    "When I die, I'd like to go quietly in sleep, like my grandfather........... not yelling and screaming like the passengers in his car" 🤣🤣🤣

    • @cashopa
      @cashopa 2 роки тому +5

      Omg terrible...terribly funny though

    • @ThatOpalGuy
      @ThatOpalGuy Рік тому +3

      I bought some batteries at the drug store. they werent included, so i had to go back.

    • @caseyclausen2627
      @caseyclausen2627 Рік тому +3

      Lol, isn't that Jack Handey?

    • @foytoy57
      @foytoy57 Рік тому +1

      I thought that was a smothers brothers joke...

    • @j_freed
      @j_freed Рік тому +5

      I made some instant coffee in a microwave… I almost travelled through time…

  • @cvn6555
    @cvn6555 4 роки тому +103

    One of the greats. I remembered nearly every one of these jokes but they still make me laugh after all these years.

    • @710p5
      @710p5 3 роки тому +1

      I laugh at his delivery., Very dry, very witty.

  • @cindeamulholland6338
    @cindeamulholland6338 3 роки тому +206

    Steven Write is the human equivalent of Gary Larsen's Farside comics.

    • @bobdavis4848
      @bobdavis4848 3 роки тому +9

      @@2000jago Also, Larsen should be Larson and Farside should be The Far Side.

    • @enginerdy
      @enginerdy 3 роки тому +4

      @@bobdavis4848 Also, equivalent should be “way better than”

    • @johnl1685
      @johnl1685 2 роки тому +1

      Hmm. I never thought of that. You are totally correct. Wright and Larson probably could have hung out together sometime.

    • @Nikosi9
      @Nikosi9 Рік тому

      @@johnl1685 And they both were probably fans of Charles Adams, the cartoonist.

    • @risentemplar5233
      @risentemplar5233 7 місяців тому

      @@bobdavis4848, and you should be Captain of the Grammar Gestapo.

  • @kamuelalee
    @kamuelalee Рік тому +71

    Steven is the Far Side of comedy. A true, quirky legend.

  • @brandonthesteele
    @brandonthesteele 3 роки тому +288

    I'm convinced Steven Wright lives in some sort of dream world and makes a living telling quick stories from that realm.

    • @calebclunie4001
      @calebclunie4001 3 роки тому +4

      It's adjacent to the world of "Adventure Time". It's called "Borrowed Time", only...the person who they borrowed it from...wanted it back.

    • @ROARINGLION11
      @ROARINGLION11 3 роки тому

      Lmaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

    • @opluxna2120
      @opluxna2120 3 роки тому +1

      I have kind of the same ability thanks to adhd and many psychedelics

    • @daeganpatterson9630
      @daeganpatterson9630 3 роки тому +1

      That was Mitch Hedberg, but it was drugs not dreams

    • @maxthefoooool
      @maxthefoooool 2 роки тому +1

      @@daeganpatterson9630 god I wish comedians didn't get involved with drugs, takes too many talents too early

  • @alexanderSydneyOz
    @alexanderSydneyOz 2 роки тому +87

    How funny that back then he could make a joke revolving about the Rolling Stones still doing it, and here we are 38 years later, and they are still doing it.

    • @ThatOpalGuy
      @ThatOpalGuy Рік тому +4

      technically, Barney is a Rubble...

    • @badger500
      @badger500 Рік тому +2

      Yes, great point. when he made the joke the Stones were only together 21 years--though back then, that seemed like forever. It's been now 40 years since he made the joke and even They Might Be Giants have been together for 41 years!

  • @LMacNeill
    @LMacNeill 3 роки тому +61

    How many times have I heard these jokes? And I still laugh at them today. :-) I just love his unique take on everything.

  • @Identifyasgarbage
    @Identifyasgarbage 9 місяців тому +4

    Steven Wright is the best stand-up comedian, ever. Lines, delivery, the BEST.

  • @spideydew20
    @spideydew20 3 роки тому +43

    Nobody else like Steven Wright. Comic genius.

    • @davidjurban
      @davidjurban 3 роки тому +5

      I like Steven Wright also.

    • @93Jubilee
      @93Jubilee 3 роки тому +1

      He would probably have been genius at just about anything, what a mind!

  • @dadaevan
    @dadaevan 4 роки тому +78

    The candle store in my neighborhood burned down… Everybody just stood around and sang "happy birthday ".

  • @KairuHakubi
    @KairuHakubi 3 роки тому +106

    You know a guy is funny when you rewind a video a bit to hear something you missed, and you go back too far and hear a joke you heard already, and you _laugh a second time_

    • @DOR8421
      @DOR8421 5 місяців тому

      i did that with the driving the house gag. im gonna start telling these jokes to ppl. ill give credit.

    • @KairuHakubi
      @KairuHakubi 5 місяців тому +1

      @@DOR8421 good for you. though one hardly needs to give him credit if you're doing the voice accurately enough. Like they'll know whom you're doing.

  • @benkleschinsky
    @benkleschinsky 4 роки тому +62

    Saw this guy in Boston in 2015. Still funny as hell!

    • @benkleschinsky
      @benkleschinsky 3 роки тому +3

      He made a joke about kicking a dead baby at the beach. When we all laughed he looked surprised. Then he said, let it be known that Nashua, New Hampshire thinks it's funny to kick babies at Hampton Beach.

  • @gabrielsilvas692
    @gabrielsilvas692 3 роки тому +137

    My favorite joke from him, "I tried to hang myself with a bungee cord....i kept almost dieing..."

    • @mervjb809
      @mervjb809 3 роки тому +16

      My favorite joke of his is, ".... The other day I was..... Oh no, that wasn't me"

    • @matthewmaurice68
      @matthewmaurice68 3 роки тому +4

      His best line has always been "I once saw a subliminal advertising executive, but JUST for a second."

    • @matthewmaurice68
      @matthewmaurice68 3 роки тому +7

      Second best "I stayed up all night playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full-house and 4 people died.

    • @kevindoyle3614
      @kevindoyle3614 3 роки тому +4

      Support bacteria for some people its the only culture they have

    • @jeffreym.8957
      @jeffreym.8957 2 роки тому +5

      "I woke up this morning and discovered that everything in my apartment had been stolen and replaced with an exact replica. I told my wife, "Isn't this amazing?" She said, "Do I know you?""

  • @jeffreybaer6386
    @jeffreybaer6386 3 роки тому +96

    "I put instant coffee in the microwave and almost went back in time..."

    • @kenh5317
      @kenh5317 3 роки тому

      Mine, too.

    • @kevindoyle3614
      @kevindoyle3614 3 роки тому +4

      Went to a swap meet bought a decaf coffee table I couldn't tell the difference

    • @donrogers1101
      @donrogers1101 3 роки тому

      @@kenh5317 Azzrt by

    • @adamhawn2523
      @adamhawn2523 3 роки тому

      Was that cut from this clip?

    • @kevindoyle3614
      @kevindoyle3614 3 роки тому +1

      Photos are square when the lens is round

  • @einfussganger
    @einfussganger 3 роки тому +77

    "The other day, I was walking my dog around my building. That ledge is narrow. Some people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

  • @MikesOrganicVideos
    @MikesOrganicVideos Рік тому +22

    I saw this live when he first performed this on SNL. I was of course, much younger then. And it never occurred to me until just now, with that last joke, why it was really funny. In case you didn’t get it, now that Stephen said he remembered the guy, technically, he wasn’t a total stranger, so now the guy couldn’t push him off the Ferris wheel. I missed that the first time.

    • @terrybueneman9269
      @terrybueneman9269 Рік тому +2

      Ah. I thought it was because he pushed Steven off the ferris wheel.

  • @beja3387
    @beja3387 3 роки тому +10

    Steve Wright was the best of SNL.👍🏽 Steve makes me laugh more than another other comedian.

  • @deniro800
    @deniro800 3 роки тому +35

    You know that feeling you get when you're leaning back on a chair,and youre just about to fall but you catch yourself at the last second.....I feel like that aaalll the time.

  • @BigDevax
    @BigDevax 3 роки тому +30

    God, he's great. His jokes are so unexpected it's impossible to guess the punchline

  • @paulprichard7432
    @paulprichard7432 4 роки тому +68

    Saw Steven twice in the 80s. Never knew I could laugh so hard so long.

    • @lauras3612
      @lauras3612 3 роки тому +3

      so lucky. I would have been LMAO if I saw one of his shows.

    • @paulprichard7432
      @paulprichard7432 3 роки тому +3

      @@AnalEyesAnalyzeAnalLies-666 Every time I hear his material I can't help but laugh. I enjoy his offbeat sense of the absurd.

    • @lauras3612
      @lauras3612 3 роки тому +1

      @@AnalEyesAnalyzeAnalLies-666 LOL!!

    • @710p5
      @710p5 3 роки тому

      Breath taking laughter good humor.

  • @q7winq7
    @q7winq7 3 роки тому +30

    The ski-lift / ferris wheel joke - this guy is so inventive. I used to fly a lot and saw Steven on the plane. When we landed I told him I couldn't figure out how he didn't get blown off.

    • @q7winq7
      @q7winq7 3 роки тому +5

      @Barry Obama - - - It's a joke. "on" not "in" the plane. We didn't communicate. Sorry for the confusion.

    • @710p5
      @710p5 3 роки тому +4

      @@q7winq7 it went over the President's head. Too much weed

    • @bobdavis4848
      @bobdavis4848 3 роки тому +3

      @@q7winq7 George Carlin has a bit on youtube about how flight crew always call getting in the plane getting on the plane.

    • @conditionallyunconditional5691
      @conditionallyunconditional5691 3 роки тому

      So did you blow him off?

    • @q7winq7
      @q7winq7 3 роки тому +3

      @@conditionallyunconditional5691 - - - You're not tall enough to get on this ride.

  • @yohei72
    @yohei72 4 роки тому +16

    Wow, this is the earliest Steven Wright clip I've ever seen. I listened to "I Have a Pony" so much during the late '80s/early '90s I can still complete almost every one of these jokes from memory as soon as he starts it.

    • @jennifersman7990
      @jennifersman7990 4 роки тому

      Pretty sure this was his TV debut

    • @mike_minnick
      @mike_minnick 3 роки тому +2

      @@jennifersman7990 no, Carson was his debut. That appearance is what kicked off the Boston comedy scene. Before that the talk shows got all their comedians from New York or LA, they didn't check other cities. The booker heard about this comic in Boston named Lenny Clarke and flew to see him. Steven was on the same bill and ended up getting picked for the show first. Gradually all the other comics got picked up by the shows and Boston quickly became the place to go for comedy. Colin Quinn moved from New York to Boston to get noticed. There's a great documentary about it called When Stand Up Stood Out

  • @stevemack4643
    @stevemack4643 Рік тому +6

    Steve was a regular at a club where I did sound back in the 80s. He is not much different when off stage. A prime example of the huge amount of comedic talent that came out of Boston back then.

  • @petercoyne4477
    @petercoyne4477 4 роки тому +63

    The other day I bought a packet of powdered water... I didn't know what to add.

  • @melaniejean85
    @melaniejean85 2 роки тому +12

    Steven Wright was ahead of his time. But then I realized my watch stopped! Thanx Steven for the decades of laughter and now I'd like to say piss-off for making my incontinence so much worse!🤩

  • @paulmartin7535
    @paulmartin7535 3 роки тому +34

    "I have an extensive sea-shell collection. Just huge. I store my collection on all the beaches in the world! ......... maybe you've seen it?"

  • @JazzyJonas
    @JazzyJonas 2 роки тому +19

    The chairlift/Ferris wheel joke was flawless.

    • @pablodmdp
      @pablodmdp Рік тому +3

      I remember you

    • @johnscanlan9335
      @johnscanlan9335 Рік тому +3

      I have to admit it took me a few seconds to really get the final punch line!

  • @johngeorgeringo
    @johngeorgeringo 4 роки тому +55

    That ski lift joke is genius

  • @CheddarCheeseBandit
    @CheddarCheeseBandit 3 роки тому +10

    Every joke still holds up, excellent

  • @joaquinvargas3915
    @joaquinvargas3915 4 роки тому +33

    The Stones signified over the hill rock stars 37 years ago, and they're still at it today, ha! Gotta love 'em!

    • @Sebastian_Dinwiddie
      @Sebastian_Dinwiddie 4 роки тому +12

      Absolutely. Fred is the best!

    • @TRJ2241987
      @TRJ2241987 3 роки тому +2

      John Lennon was already bashing the Stones in interviews as being played out by 1970 or '71

    • @SidneyBroadshead
      @SidneyBroadshead 3 роки тому +1

      I loved _Rutles: All You Need Is Cash_ . While filming segments in New York, Eric Idle got Mick Jagger to talk shade about the Beatles ... er, Rutles. Really evil.

    • @jamesmcinnis208
      @jamesmcinnis208 3 роки тому +1

      Do we?

  • @TekkerzOOT
    @TekkerzOOT 4 роки тому +159

    My uncle was a weird guy...he has artificial legs, real feet.

  • @jamieburnette2438
    @jamieburnette2438 3 роки тому +12

    One of my favorite lines from him is " if ya shoot a mime should ya use a silencer? " .

  • @rosscampbell1173
    @rosscampbell1173 4 роки тому +230

    Looks like Simon AND Garfunkel

    • @mordaciousfilms
      @mordaciousfilms 4 роки тому +5

      Wow. Never noticed that but he DOES!

    • @zippygogo3660
      @zippygogo3660 4 роки тому +2

      what part is Simon and what part is Garfunkel ? lol

    • @mordaciousfilms
      @mordaciousfilms 4 роки тому +3

      @@zippygogo3660 Simon's face, Garfunkel's hair, I'd say.

    • @DFMACK
      @DFMACK 4 роки тому +1

      Fantastic

    • @Houston1VanHorn
      @Houston1VanHorn 3 роки тому +3

      I thought he looked like the son of Larry Fine.

  • @pasekmi
    @pasekmi 4 роки тому +42

    The sign in the restaurant said breakfast any time, so I ordered french toast during the Renaissance

  • @spooge33
    @spooge33 3 роки тому +30

    He has a dog. A Paranoid Retriever. It brings back everything cause it's not sure what he threw.

    • @robertlopez3472
      @robertlopez3472 3 роки тому +2

      ...I lived in a neighborhood much different from yours & mine. Some have
      Peeping Tom's. Mine had a Listening Tom.

    • @officialdavidhale
      @officialdavidhale 3 роки тому +2

      @@robertlopez3472 I was shocked when I found out my toaster wasn’t waterproof

  • @MarkMH2024
    @MarkMH2024 2 місяці тому +1

    A rare breed of comedian who doesn’t feel the need to swear all the time, savagely pick on audience members, or tell offensive jokes. It’s a relentless set of well-crafted and supremely delivered jokes.

  • @timothyblevins6928
    @timothyblevins6928 4 роки тому +14

    My favorite joke by him. When he bought wrapping paper for someone for their birthday. 😆

  • @aw4724
    @aw4724 3 роки тому +11

    He has the Salvadore Dali equivalent in humor and perspective. It's endlessly entertaining. It actually physically hurts that he doesn't have endless amounts of this quality of jokes. He did some of his best jokes up there. My incredibly cool Grandmother used to play Steven Wright for me when I was 5-8 yrs old on weekends when I'd visit her. I loved him then so much and still do.

    • @AslanW
      @AslanW 3 роки тому +1

      I've been making that comparison ever since I first found him! Makes me think that he's actually influenced by Dali.

    • @Michael_Arnold
      @Michael_Arnold Рік тому +2

      He went fishing with Salvador Dali once. Dali used a dotted line. He caught every second fish.

  • @sido7695
    @sido7695 2 роки тому +3

    My all times favorite of him...
    I wish that when i was a child my first word was quote, so when I'm about to die i would say: unquote

  • @dexgray4581
    @dexgray4581 4 роки тому +182

    The other night I was playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and 3 people died.

    • @illvminatvs3194
      @illvminatvs3194 4 роки тому +12

      I got a humidifier and a dehumidifier for my birthday; put em in a room together and let them fight it out.

    • @Menibor1
      @Menibor1 4 роки тому +1

      That was one of the lamest jokes he had and yet it was the one that stuck out to you and u quoted it.......

    • @illvminatvs3194
      @illvminatvs3194 4 роки тому +16

      @@Menibor1 if you think his humor is lame you need to see a better commedian lmao. That's what makes the humor so damn funny because its dry as hell which is combined with his monotone delivery of it.

    • @emansnas
      @emansnas 4 роки тому +3

      The other three are still at large and planning on another full house.

    • @NoxiousRob
      @NoxiousRob 3 роки тому +4

      @@Menibor1 Actually, it wasn't Steven Wright that told that joke, it was an exact replica of him

  • @manosparavida3551
    @manosparavida3551 4 роки тому +17

    His Jewish cowboy gag still has me in stitches 35 yrs on. Steve and Emo Phillips are priceless.

  • @zl1David
    @zl1David 3 роки тому +31

    My friend of mine has a trophy wife but apparently it isn't first place.

  • @muchkneaded
    @muchkneaded 3 роки тому +48

    If Gary Larson (Far Side cartoonist) was a comedian....

    • @cindeamulholland6338
      @cindeamulholland6338 3 роки тому +2

      Omg I just wrote this same thing!

    • @muchkneaded
      @muchkneaded 3 роки тому +2

      @@cindeamulholland6338 HA! 😀 It sounds like you do what I do: I post my comments BEFORE reading other people's comments so I'm not influenced by what they post. It's nice to know that people with a good sense of humor have been placed on planet Earth at the same time!

    • @jamesmcinnis208
      @jamesmcinnis208 3 роки тому

      were

    • @Nikosi9
      @Nikosi9 3 роки тому

      @@2000jago I'm sure he feels very hurt by this slight....I hope he didn't see it.

  • @williamhulser7354
    @williamhulser7354 3 роки тому +5

    I plan to live forever. So far, so good.
    It's a small world but I wouldn't want to paint it.

  • @nathelondon3719
    @nathelondon3719 Рік тому +15

    The greatest cerebral comic America ever had. Some of his audiences are not quick or sharp enough though.

  • @7star7storm7
    @7star7storm7 4 роки тому +15

    The icecream truck in my neighbourhood plays Helter Skelter 🤘

  • @zl1David
    @zl1David 4 роки тому +37

    I love three things dry. Humor, wine and weather. But not the heaves.

    • @ericynot
      @ericynot 3 роки тому +1

      I gotta go with ice and cleaners, but not sockets.

    • @crushffl
      @crushffl 3 роки тому +1

      Or the humps.

    • @bobdavis4848
      @bobdavis4848 3 роки тому

      Although wet heaves aren't all they're cracked up to be, either.

    • @gertfroebe3175
      @gertfroebe3175 3 роки тому

      @@bobdavis4848 Humps can be quite messy also

  • @altonharrison8213
    @altonharrison8213 3 роки тому +9

    im tryin to find the show where he says,,"i dont do cocaine, i just like the way it smells,,guy is a genius

  • @PattyBandAidz
    @PattyBandAidz 3 роки тому +6

    My personal favorite: I accidently sprayed spot remover on my dog and he disappeared....
    You know a guy is funny when all he says is "I went skiing in England" and the crowd laughs ... not because that is a funny line, but just the anticipation of knowing that whatever comes out of his mouth next WILL be some extremely funny/witty line that makes you think 'why didn't I ever think of that'

    • @patricknicodemus1789
      @patricknicodemus1789 3 роки тому

      "I went skiing in England" is a pretty funny line. England is not known for its mountains - if you're going to fly overseas to Europe to ski, why not go to the alps?

  • @steveng8727
    @steveng8727 4 роки тому +30

    I was born caesarean so when i leave my house i crawl thru the window...

  • @jennifersman7990
    @jennifersman7990 4 роки тому +9

    I remember this! Thought the guy was so strange but funny as hell!! I recorded the audio of this when it repeated and memorized the routine

  • @40colby
    @40colby 3 роки тому +17

    He always sounds like someone who just woke up from a nap.

  • @starblaster77
    @starblaster77 3 роки тому +2

    Saw him live at vic in Chicago. Fantastic show.

  • @catsmeow6848
    @catsmeow6848 2 роки тому +3

    A genius with a unique brand of comedy.

  • @trublue807
    @trublue807 3 роки тому +3

    "Did you ever wonder why we park on driveways and drive on parkways'... my favorite!

    • @rick49
      @rick49 3 роки тому +1

      Pretty sure that was Carlin. Along with, "Why do they call it tennis? Do ten people play? They should call it two-is or four-is."

  • @UTU49
    @UTU49 2 роки тому +6

    Here's one of my favorite Steven Wright jokes. -->
    So this morning my girlfriend asked me if I slept well.
    I said to her: "No. I made a couple of mistakes."

    • @hifijohn
      @hifijohn 2 роки тому +2

      I still use my cordless extension cord every day thanks to steven.

  • @hueninghuening
    @hueninghuening 7 років тому +8

    love him!

  • @Kenkamerman
    @Kenkamerman 5 місяців тому +1

    I wonder how deep the ocean would be if it didn’t have sponges in it - One of his best.

  • @PatKennedy-z1u
    @PatKennedy-z1u Рік тому +1

    I never found him funny but now my mind is changed. Love his style. Elvis is my king.

  • @Tmanaz480
    @Tmanaz480 3 роки тому +4

    "Calcium anthropology"...my favorite.

  • @ryanroach8469
    @ryanroach8469 4 роки тому +8

    It’s crazy how young he looks

    • @waynemarvin5661
      @waynemarvin5661 3 роки тому

      Crazy? Just wait ten or fifteen years, kid.

  • @TallSilentGuy
    @TallSilentGuy 4 роки тому +12

    I went into a bookstore and asked "Do you have any maps which are not aerial view?"

  • @christophercollins3632
    @christophercollins3632 3 роки тому +4

    Steven created a persona that can last. No one expects him to act like that all the time off stage.

  • @JAHinHK
    @JAHinHK 7 років тому +6

    This aired on my tenth birthday. Most bizarre is that this man is the one professional comic I have ever seen live. Valley Forge Music Fair outside of Philly. Sometime in the 80's.

    • @paulrevere2928
      @paulrevere2928 4 роки тому

      Love or live...? Spelling is everything...

    • @UTU49
      @UTU49 2 роки тому

      I think I would live to see Steven Wright love.

  • @ericynot
    @ericynot 3 роки тому +19

    Can you imagine how many jokes Wright has sloshing around in his brain?

    • @anthonydodds1506
      @anthonydodds1506 3 роки тому +3

      I was walking in the woods by myself the other day. A tree fell right in front of me. Didn’t make a sound...

  • @moldycutter2
    @moldycutter2 4 роки тому +3

    Always enjoyed his human.

  • @debrabrabenec
    @debrabrabenec Рік тому +3

    I always wanted to send him a joke I made up:
    "My kid got into our medicine cabinet and saw a small box that said 'Glass Eye Cup', and he ran into the room and said "Who has a glass eye?"

    • @Ease54
      @Ease54 Рік тому +1

      "Forever Stamps" don't grow on trees, y'know...

  • @RandomRoger
    @RandomRoger 4 роки тому +14

    You'd have to be able to get dry humor to enjoy Steven Wright. It isn't for everybody. People who enjoy the type of humor like in Airplane and the Naked Gun movies would get him. Regardless if someone finds him funny or not, he's done well enough to make a living, and live comfortably. And that's all I really matters.

    • @UTU49
      @UTU49 2 роки тому +3

      Last Halloween I dressed up as a ham sandwich.
      That's one of my rye jokes.

  • @IvoMiller
    @IvoMiller 4 роки тому +6

    What a Hilarious Comedian

  • @freedapeeple4049
    @freedapeeple4049 3 роки тому +5

    LOL. I had to pause it for a moment at " The ice cream truck in my neighborhood plays Helter Skelter."

    • @feellucky271
      @feellucky271 3 роки тому +1

      Trippy if Charlie Manson drove it.

  • @PiusXulu
    @PiusXulu 8 років тому +53

    He was still young here. He had all of his hair 😃

    • @43720537
      @43720537 8 років тому +3

      Pius Xulu. *More

    • @ciarandevaney385
      @ciarandevaney385 7 років тому +28

      He still has all his hair

    • @GARY84ROCKS
      @GARY84ROCKS 4 роки тому +11

      @@ciarandevaney385 if that's not a Wright joke, it should be.

    • @pmould0007
      @pmould0007 4 роки тому +3

      No-one else's hair

    • @wrenchhead4378
      @wrenchhead4378 3 роки тому +2

      Most of his hair

  • @itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427

    I live next door to a mime. I keep him awake all night by playing a blank tape at full volume!

  • @Witregel
    @Witregel 4 роки тому +18

    Man, Art Garfunkel is one funny mother.

  • @Gearhead-en8dz
    @Gearhead-en8dz 3 роки тому +3

    The Ice cream truck in my neighborhood plays Helter Skelter!😂😂

  • @jond1325
    @jond1325 3 роки тому +7

    He had a great cameo in the movie So I Married an Axe Murderer

    • @targaryenXoolf
      @targaryenXoolf 3 роки тому +1

      and Half Baked

    • @adamhawn2523
      @adamhawn2523 3 роки тому

      He’s also the voice of the radio DJ in Reservoir Dogs

    • @UTU49
      @UTU49 2 роки тому

      Dammit! I love SIMAAM! Why don't I remember his cameo?

    • @jond1325
      @jond1325 2 роки тому

      @@UTU49 He was flying the propeller plane ….

  • @technowey
    @technowey 3 роки тому +8

    Stephen Wright is one of the greats.
    One of my favorite jokes is from another act he did. He said,
    "I took my dog out for a walk ... on the ledge.
    Some people are afraid of heights.
    I'm afraid of widths."
    His jokes are brilliant.

  • @robonez
    @robonez 6 років тому +7

    Genius ! ! ! \m/

  • @KarmaMechanic988
    @KarmaMechanic988 Рік тому +3

    My favorite line was I bought a can of instant water. Took it home and opened it. It was empty.

  • @tonyyoung3985
    @tonyyoung3985 4 роки тому +8

    In a creative writing class, a naive student made the mistake of naming his hardboiled detective Steven Wright. So the teacher did a fantastic impression of him explaining who he was.

  • @JasonDavis103
    @JasonDavis103 3 роки тому +2

    Incredible.

  • @bodhisattva99
    @bodhisattva99 3 роки тому +5

    french toast during the Renaissance... ;)

  • @dustyb58
    @dustyb58 3 роки тому +1

    I love that after 22 years, his follow up album to I Have A Pony was I Still Have A Pony

  • @jamesjohnson7783
    @jamesjohnson7783 3 роки тому +1

    One of the best EVER.

  • @johnnyjoey
    @johnnyjoey Рік тому +1

    I watched this when it first aired on SNL! I remember how quirky he seemed! Then he became a legend!

  • @Chafflives
    @Chafflives Рік тому

    ‘There’s a fine line between fishing and being just an idiot, standing on the shore.’ I am reminded of this one when I walk on our nearby beaches. 🤣

  • @QuinnRickersonTV
    @QuinnRickersonTV 4 роки тому +28

    Is that "the guy on the couch" from Half Baked?

  • @ChannelMath
    @ChannelMath Рік тому +1

    he "can't believe" the 'Stones are still going! hahahaha

  • @tonytafoya6217
    @tonytafoya6217 4 роки тому +18

    Susan St. James was always so beautiful

  • @mediamannaman
    @mediamannaman Рік тому

    I'm his age, and thought I had heard all of his jokes, but I never saw this episode of SNL and, except for the car keys-in-the-house joke, I hadn't heard these jokes. What a treat!

  • @jonathangushen7000
    @jonathangushen7000 4 місяці тому +1

    Guy pushing 100 shopping carts across the parking lot, I said to him, don’t you think somebody else would like to use one of those?

  • @josephvonbulow1164
    @josephvonbulow1164 4 роки тому +4

    Love the Stones 🤣😂💀💀💀

  • @TomTimeTraveler
    @TomTimeTraveler 3 роки тому

    Pure comedic gold. Genius.