Steven Wright on Letterman, 1/8/88

[leirgauk]

Steely Dan - Reelin In The Years!

Paul and his band sure played a lotta good shit! :D Still does!

[kjvonlybaptist]

@Moosewindu Eddie Murphy and Jim Carry prove that you can be over the the top and funny. Comedy is as comedy does.

[blackcountryme]

i do like the quick humor like this, cos you never get bored and the next feed line turns up and bang! punchline, and again and again. i like the hearse one at the start. i do like the messing with words jokes, its more funny when you make the joke yourself instead of being spoon fed it... top stuff

[TEDOVSKY]

No bad language or smut. The hallmark of genius. Milton jones is the same though sadly steve francis uses filth.

[Darkez982]

@TEDOVSKY

I think you mean Stewart Francis.

[MooseWindu]

Stephen proves to comics like eddie murphy and jim carrey that you don't need to be over the top and borderline obnoxious to be funny, you just need to have smart jokes with a bit of creativity in the delivery.

[TheAndrewj96]

I always lose it at 4:47-4:55. "My God, we're surrounded!"

XD

[pele6922]

@bobzyurunkul Steven Wright is one of the smartest comics ever. His influence is seen in other comics. He's an original, doesn't need profanity and his material is timeless.

[harybosco]

@pele6922 profanity or polotics

[inrwizards]

this guy gets chuckles out of me, but i never actually lol

[Darkez982]

@inrwizards

Keep your negative horrible comments to yourself you monster,

[layzdaze]

1 month free cooler rental!!!

[mfighter96]

Seeing Steven Wright and Mitch Hedberg in the same show, would be like a gift that's not from this particular terrestrial realm.

[KayChasm]

i spilled spot remover on my dog and now hes gone :(

[TheEXpothead]

u know it's funny if u seen this clip over 100 times and stiill laugh at it

[UncleLX]

Smart humor always beats dumb humor! Steven is a GENIUS. Oh, add some !!!! to that!

[captaindigi82]

Very smart. But not funny at all. Seriously.

[Darkez982]

@captaindigi82

Kind of like your comment.

[captaindigi82]

@Darkez982 Cheers mate haha

[vengeanceisminemetal]

@captaindigi82 That's why he was so successful :P ...

[Ajcheeta]

Me throughout this entire video:" I see what he did there".

[theatregeekmania]

It's so amazing how someone can make a whole act out of great one-liners... Love him so much!

[Berumen85]

this guy sucks

[284436]

After watching alot of Wright's stuff I can see why he was such a big influence on Mitch Hedberg

[scubaVansrule]

@284436 i know!!! love 'em both!!

[MegaGoverner]

this is rad



[lococoltsfan1]

kool 1/8/88 is my bday

[TheSLICKRICK1954]

Steve is with a doubt the funniest comedien of all time

[redghost105]

@TheSLICKRICK1954 i saw thisd dude live

hes so funny!@

[djwithnoname]

so mind bending, and has endless material. A true legend.

[hegelec]

i think you mean 'ambivalent' :)

[hegelec]

Steve is so inconsistent; he's the only comedian who can deliver a truly brilliant line and follow it up with a real duffer.

[KaptKan1]

Steve is 'inconsistent'? Well... yes and no. I'm ambiguous about that comment. Sort of.

[ieatgreenfleas]

@hegelec that just makes the good ones that much better.

[aaronbrakefield]

he was really on this show! sometimes you see performances by him when he, or the audience, isnt into it. great to see footage like this.

[KaptKan1]

Dunno bout the audiences but Steve is never "into it". Probably he's entirely "out of it". And this galaxy.

[Perktube1]

Did anyone buy anything today? lol.

[ArosIrwin]

the thing at the end of the title is a date isn't it...

I thought it meant part 1 out of 8 out of 88.

That would have taken awhile to watch...

[KaptKan1]

That's exactly what it means. You'd better get busy watching the other parts if you want to finish before your next birthday.

[tchrisou812]

@ArosIrwin love him -thought the same thing

[7eventeenSkullz]

@ArosIrwin No, you are actually watching one eighth of a part of an 88 part video

[ArosIrwin]

@7eventeenSkullz hahahaaaa! You know when you've left a good comment when over a year later people are still making jokes about it :-D

[7eventeenSkullz]

@ArosIrwin Indeed, indeed

[MickeyLove01]

@ArosIrwin Tell me about it.

[cutlerthabear]

@ArosIrwin You're kind of an idiot.

[MoebiusPan]

@ArosIrwin Put instant coffee in a microwave oven, that should give you the time and energy to watch all of the parts.

[ShinkuEX]

@ArosIrwin If it was 88 parts, I would've watched ALL OF IT.

[nudist0885]

The pool joke was pretty funny.

Tell me about some people who were here last year.

[FreestyleFonda]

Fuckin hilarious when he messes up with the pool joke. God that's funny. He's great.

[Running4coffee]

lol

[fascistamericadotnet]

looks like he is struggling a bit remembering half of it but still hilarious

[PinayScandal2009]

He blew his line @2:30 LOL

brilliant this steven wright

[schnoo]

awesome post!!!!!!! please share more original steven wright spots... i guess he disappeared for a long time, but he is one of the best comics around

[dawsoncomedy]

Thanks for posting that. I'm a huge Steven Wright fan (he's one of my influences) and I've never seen that one before (at least I don't remember seeing it 20 years ago).