41 years later and somehow "I can't believe The Stones are still doing it after all these years" is still a relevant setup.

@jamesmorgan8157

11 ай бұрын

I said the same thing

@jeffphakenewz8556

10 ай бұрын

Yep. Fred 'n Barn are still chillin'.

@jimisi7424

7 ай бұрын

Theres a stones and rubble joke there too waiting to be written

@merlebump5328

3 ай бұрын

that's really insane

When I was a firefighter I responded to a fire in an electrical panel in a condo. So we get there and it burned out, no fire, so I said we'll stand by for the city electrician. I go back out into the spare bedroom the panel was in and there was Steven Wright pics and memorabilia all over the walls. I said to the woman "Oh, big Steven Wright fan?" she said oh, well yes he's my nephew. I was stunned. I asked I gotta know, is this an act or is it real? she said oh, he is the sweetest man but no, it's how he is. He is so much fun around the holiday dinner table!

@buddhavskungfu

20 күн бұрын

uncle steve at thanksgiving would be a riot!

That small secret smile that Wright flashes when a joke lands well with the audience laughing loudly is just so sweet!

@smoothoperator7023

7 ай бұрын

That's a "i cant believe they actually laugh at this" smirk. 😒

@vito00900

6 ай бұрын

I saw him live using my allowance money in about 1984. Sat in the front row. He was so, so, happy when people laughed at his jokes he would turn his back so we couldn't see his beaming smile. LEGEND.

@sejrec56

6 ай бұрын

I’m gonna stay here permanently for a while

@MikeYork-bn1mt

6 ай бұрын

*TRUMP 2024*

@DocJerky

5 ай бұрын

Often copied, never replicated.

This segment alone is better than the entirety of Jimmy Fallon’s tenure.

@txcatlady

7 ай бұрын

Well , my friend, well said

@cc1k435

5 ай бұрын

Jimmy is definitely for a different generation and time.

@sejrec56

5 ай бұрын

@@cc1k435 yeah but when ?

@ChefZee1964

5 ай бұрын

Agreed 💯

@deanpd3402

Ай бұрын

@@cc1k435 Perhaps a generation of head hunters who haven't eaten for a few days...

Rodney Dangerfield, Mitch Hedberg, and Steven Wright are the kings of one-liners❤😂

@Benjammin1210

3 ай бұрын

Those are the best guys to do it.

@erldagerl9826

3 ай бұрын

Henny Youngman predates (and influenced) them all.

@dawoool

2 ай бұрын

@@erldagerl9826 Take my wife, please!

@AB-sw4kb

2 ай бұрын

Idk who the "best" is, but I know my personal favorite is Mitch

@samstone22744

10 күн бұрын

Mitch was great. Gone too soon.

My favorite is "You can't have everything. Where would you put it?"

@anton1949

3 ай бұрын

Or put a humidifier and a de humidifier in a room and let them fight it out.

There is no other comedian I know of who is anything like Steven, which is amazing after all these years. His own brand.

@siriuzbiz

Жыл бұрын

yeah man, he's one of a kind, always has me Rollin

@adammiller2518

Жыл бұрын

I completely agree. The only modern comedian who I find anything like him is Demetri Martin. A different brand, but I very much enjoy each of them for what they do. Geniuses.

@siriuzbiz

Жыл бұрын

@@2000jago George Carlin was one of my all time favorites too

@Mick-Dempsey

Жыл бұрын

Mitch Hedberg had a similar essence,both unique of course but there’s something there that always reminded me of each of them.

@seaborndan

Жыл бұрын

Anthony Jeselnik shares Steven Wright to be one of his favorites. Somewhat similar style, but darker.

"I'm afraid of widths" -- underrated but total genius.

@lewisc215

7 күн бұрын

never underrated.

"If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you... Why are all the letters of the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?... I almost had a psychic girlfriend, but she left me before we met... One time a cop pulled me over for running a stop sign. He said, 'Didn’t you see the stop sign?' I said, 'Yeah, but I don’t believe everything I read.'... My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted." - Steven Wright.

@bikerrider4845

9 ай бұрын

I bought a new coffee table, I got the decaffeinated style.

@Zer0fuks

8 ай бұрын

@@bikerrider4845 i bought a decaffeinated coffee table this morning, it looks just like a regular coffee table, you can't even tell the difference.

@jlrva3864

8 ай бұрын

I called information, and I asked, "Hello, Information? Where are my socks?" She said, "They're behind the couch.", and they were.

@matthewdubay1180

8 ай бұрын

Is this where everyone retypes their favorite steven wright jokes?

@TWOhype23

8 ай бұрын

I told my wife that I’m going for a walk. She said “how long are you going to be gone?” I said “for the whole time”.

Once I made instant coffee in a microwave and I almost went back in time. - Steven Wright

@mitchelll3879

8 ай бұрын

Not funny

@Oleg_K.

7 ай бұрын

​@@mitchelll3879You obviously never made instant coffee in a microwave.

@rocknewtonfilsterwilly7364

7 ай бұрын

The one that always stayed with me was the toy subway set he got for Christmas.

@AE5X

7 ай бұрын

"I bought a decaffeinated coffee table."

@Oleg_K.

7 ай бұрын

"I once bought powdered water. I didn't know what to add."

The Gary Larson of comedy.

@ravenlit

4 ай бұрын

Apt.

"My neighbor has a circular driveway. He can't get out."

I intend to live forever. So far so good. - Steven Wright 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.

"I have a map of the United States. Its actual size." There will never be another comedian like him

@nascarsteve

6 ай бұрын

someone asked me where I live, I said, "E5"

@BSirius

4 ай бұрын

The legend says "one mile equals one mile"

@kmdcompelelct

3 ай бұрын

Him and Sam Kinison had the some of the most unique styles.

@johns7530

2 ай бұрын

@@kmdcompelelct I'd add Mitch Hedberg to that. If anybody was vaguely similar to Wright, it was Mitch.

Steven wright has one of the greatest sense of humor I’ve ever heard. If I haven’t seen him in years it still feels like it’s the first time.

@FistandFootMartialArts

Жыл бұрын

FYI He's released a book recently.

@scottlangevin7714

7 ай бұрын

mitch hedberg has a similar humor type

@Turco949

7 ай бұрын

You are right, I have never heard of him before but when I watched him the first time, it really felt like it was the first time.

@stevenkovler5133

6 ай бұрын

@@scottlangevin7714had , sadly Mitch took his own life ! 😢

@JACK-wh6jl

4 ай бұрын

RIGHT-ON !!🤜🏻🤛🏻

The fact that in the 80s shows how far his mind was and how he knew a way better wavelength of funny than what was around then. Steven is amazing

@gsesquire3441

9 ай бұрын

So many people copied his style its not even funny.

"When I die, I'm going to leave my body to Science Fiction."

"I get treatments from a voodoo acupuncturist. I don't even have to go to his office."

Two classics; Steven and Johnnie.❤

One of the biggest laughs Steven Wright got on one show he did was "My High School Colors were Clear"

“I lived in an apartment that had a light switch that didn’t seem to work anything, but out of habit I would flip it on or off every time I would enter or leave the apartment. Then one day I got a letter from a woman in East Germany that said “quit it”. That’s effen funny!

Steven Wright is one of my favorite comedians. I seem to recall seeing this episode when it first aired.

@lilybond6485

Жыл бұрын

You know what - my memory is shot - but I clearly remember watching this and the first time he was on JC the week prior.

Always appreciated the humor of Steven Wright. Dry & hysterical 😅

“I’ll stay here permanently for a while.”

Steven Wright... like a weird George Carlin with his "observational" humor. I've always loved it...

One of my all time favorite comedians. One of a kind. Brilliant.

Literally sold this man a suit the other day and had no idea! Wonderful man outside of the media aswell!

@sneakerfacevids441

4 ай бұрын

I figuratively sold him a suit one time…

@UncSmokey

4 ай бұрын

@@sneakerfacevids441 he came in today and last Wednesday even talked about his Joe Rogan appearance believe me or don’t I don’t have to prove myself to a stranger 😂

@TheRackits

4 ай бұрын

I don't think he was questioning you.

@UncSmokey

4 ай бұрын

@@TheRackits yea reading it a few days after I realized it but either way have a good night man!!

@TheLochs

4 ай бұрын

In MA?

"I put a Sunroof in my ceiling, my upstairs neighbor is pissed." 😂

I've never heard a lot of this material - it's wonderful. False teeth with braces?! Priceless.

I think it's great that so many people find him hilarious. It makes their day.

@JACK-wh6jl

4 ай бұрын

RIGHT-ON !, No one knows what's -next !, always very-cool to see him !😝😝😝😝😝😝😇🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

"If you're traveling at the speed of light in a spaceship and you turn on the headlights, what happens?" - Steven Write

@redmed10

2 ай бұрын

Einstein wrote that one.

Does anyone else think he sort of resembles John McEnroe?

@warrenbutterfield4208

7 күн бұрын

Steven .....He's far funnier and so is his tennis game.

His HBO special is unforgettable. Opens the fridge where he has a box of dehydrated water. On the box it says, "Just add water."

One of the comedians on America's Got Talent had a quip that was VERY much in Steven Wright's style. "I went to the supermarket and a sign on the door said, 'No Food or Drinks Inside.' So, I didn't go in."

@rpblank6768

3 ай бұрын

I wanted to go hunting. I was driving along and saw a road sign, "State Park bear left." So I went back home.

Steven Wright's a unique one-of-a-kind creative comedian. Johnny really enjoyed having him on the Tonight Show.

@kevinmcdonald951

6 ай бұрын

wrong.

@alt777-in9lw

3 ай бұрын

@@kevinmcdonald951 Yes, you are.

@skiphoffenflaven8004

2 ай бұрын

Yep, old news.

@skiphoffenflaven8004

2 ай бұрын

@@kevinmcdonald951🎳

@skiphoffenflaven8004

2 ай бұрын

@@kevinmcdonald951😂

He started a whole new genre of comedy. True genius. I met him at the Gap in Harvard square when I was going to college. He set off the alarm, lol.. True story.

I witnessed his comedic charm at the Magic Castle in Hollywood. He is brilliant, no two ways about that.

@sgs1313

7 ай бұрын

you're lucky, by the time I got there, he disappeared

Johnny Carson was the master of late night

@janorhypercleats

4 ай бұрын

Late night talk shows today arent nearly as good as Carson show!! Todays shows are corporate sound bites. This weeks new TV star and that's about all! They don't have original people like Stephen Wright

Loved the "Stones after all these years" line! More ironic that it's true 40 years after this episode!!!

Saw him live at the Universal Amphitheater. Never laughed so long, so hard.

It’s stunning how fresh his material still is.

@jj4791

5 ай бұрын

Nobody dare plagiarize. Too obvious, and too stupid for any other comic to attempt.

dont know how comedians can remember every joke and save each one until needed

Love it when he has the outrageous ideas that crack me up . Couldn't stop laughing.

I saw a restaurant, the sign said, "Breakfast Anytime" so I went in and ordered French toast during the Renaissance.

"I bought powdered water....I don't know what to add to it." Is still my all time fav of his.

I used to work for a company that sold fire hydrants. You couldn't park anywhere near the place.

Some comics were right for their moment, like Mr. Wright! He is/was an original, the mark of a true artist.

Seen Steven Wright in Vegas, really funny show! One of the greats.

I got some powdered water, but I don't know what to add.

The greatest cerebral comic of all time.

After he appeared on the Tonight show.... Johnny asked him to come back the next week !!!! That is rare !!!!!

I put instant coffee in the microwave and almost went back in time...I spilled spot remover on my dog,now he's gone

“ My friends and I started to play baseball in a planetarium but the bases were way too far away from each other.” Love him 😊

If you enjoy his stand-up, you'll probably get a kick out of Steven Wright's new book "Harold". It's every bit as unmoored and bizarre as his one-liners: 250-ish pages of thoughts running through the head of a seven-year-old kid sitting through a day of school. Really fun read.

@henrytawnn8694

10 ай бұрын

I wasn't aware he had a book. I was just thinking it's been a while since I heard from Steven and wanted to watch a stand up special or something, then clicked on this video. I might need to check that out. Thanks for the recommendation.

"One time I stuck my car keys in my building's front door by mistake, and the building started up. So I drove it around for a while. I was yelling at people to get out of my driveway. A cop pulled me over. He asked, where do you live. I said, right here."

This is the first video of Stephen Wright that I have seen that had all different material

Grew up watching this guy. Timeless…

The first time I heard Steve, I laughed so hard that my stomach mussels were sore the next day.

@woody3691

5 күн бұрын

Could they still swim?

"I got food poisoning yesterday. I haven't decided what I'm gonna do with it."

"Circus tent" and "bizzare airline" and "speed limit" jokes were the best

"My girlfriend's eyes are a little too close together. I call her AC. Almost Cyclops". - Steven Wright

Describing Steven Wright as "unique" would be a gross understatement.

"You can't have everything. Where would you put it?"

That’s the best opener I’ve ever heard

I met him! He was flying out to NYC on the same plane as my mom. This was pre 9-11 so you could go out to the gates. So I see him and I was SO excited! I grabbed an AmEx application and walked up to him and said “Excuse me, Mr Wright, could I have your autograph? Please.” He seemed surprised I recognized him and/or I wanted his autograph. I told him how much I love his comedy and we talked for a bit. Then he asked if I was flying to NYC and I told him I wasn’t and he tried to convince me to buy a ticket. Offered to buy me one. But I told him I couldn’t as I had work the next day ( it was true, I was a nurse). So he wrote on the application ( which he raised an eyebrow ) “To Denise who broke my heart! Stay beautiful! Love, Steven Wright. He was so funny when talked. Not like the way he was talking to Johnny. Just every day wit. My only claim to fame and o wouldn’t trade it for anything.

For some reason, I found him so much more entertaining now than I did back in the day...that was some funny stuff!!! 😆

Thanks. Absolutely hysterical.

He was so perfect for radio.

He does have his own style, and he is funny. I think he's the original inspiration for so many who came later, like BobCat. etc. that last sentenc he played Johnny for making that conflictory statement, like "Yeah, I'm gonna stay here permanently... for a while....>". Very good.

He was so not ready to be called over by Johnny, that's awesome.

@james1795

Жыл бұрын

"so not"??

@McOzman479

11 ай бұрын

I don't think johnny was ready for him. Imagine saying you met your 3yo girlfriend in toys r us nowadays.

@bryede

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, it obviously wasn't so easy to stay in character.

@trysometruth

6 ай бұрын

@@james1795 OMG like you're so not aware of that pattern of speech.

@james1795

6 ай бұрын

@@trysometruth. Immature.

When people ask George Washington for ID, he hands over a quarter.

Simpler times my friend, simpler times

Steve could hit you with humor that was coming from an area that nobody had any idea where it was coming from. This man had the ability to hit my funny bone from a trajectory that was way beyond the normal. He was a comic sniper that was able to kill from a distance, and location that was not locate-able by normal means. And I didn't mind being a target. Steve is an amazing magician, comic, and classic clown.

Even snakes are afraid of snakes.

“I often look up at the sky to get a satellite picture.”

If you're traveling in a car at the speed of light and you turn your headlights on, what will happen? If you don't know I don't want to work for you.😂

Never thought I would find someone with such a similar sense of humor as myself steven is absolutley hilarious

@bobcreature2127

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely, me and you and Steven Wright are some of the funniest people on earth, no doubt!

I bought some batteries, but they weren't included. Steven Wright

I love how he just echo's Carson at the end "I'm going to stay here permanently...for a while"...

i used to like Steven Wright. i still do. but i used to also.

@jonathanharootunian297

6 ай бұрын

Well played,!

@toddtyoung

6 күн бұрын

👊🏼

@simonmarner8079

2 күн бұрын

Haiku.

Wow the Stones are still doing it 🤣

Fantastic ! Miss this show watched it as a teen with Dad when comedy was so the best and they hosts.

So original. Heard Bill Burrs podcast recently with S Wright as his guest. So good!!

I saw Steven a few year ago. His material is so unique, like most comedians make some sort of commentary making fun of things in life that are stupid or annoying. Steven made up weird stuff that was totally creative and bizarre, and so funny b/c of how unexpected and strange his stuff was. Brilliant. A truly gifted mind that makes him completely unforgettable.

Wonderful stuff. I saw him at the Universal (now Gibson) Ampitheater in LA in the 80s. Very funny. Also, have been re-watching the sitcom "Mad About You" and he was great on that.

The joke about the 3 year old would go over well today. (LOL)

Steven Wright: If Rodney Dangerfield and Larry Fine had a love child.😮

I just lost a buttonhole.

OMG! Fred and Barney, so hilarious! I just spit milk all over my phone!

Without Steven Wright there would have been no Mitch Hedburg.

The best comedian in a long time.

Steven blew Johnny's and the country's mind so much in his first appearance kzread.info/dash/bejne/Znt727OHfbOqm84.html that they brought him back the next week. Never happened before or since. He's one of a kind. And his book "Harold" that just came out is absolutely brilliant. Thanks for posting this appearance. More please!

@jasminespencer3992

Жыл бұрын

This is that second appearance a week later correct?

@plev10

Жыл бұрын

I believe so. In Bill Burr's recent interview of Steven (Bill is appropriately a big fan), he talks about how after his first appearance the booker wanted to talk to him about the show. Steven thought he wanted to discuss his performance but instead he asked him to come back on next week. Steven said "I only have 15 minutes and I will have used up 10 of them." The booker said "I guess you're just going to have to write more." 😀

@PBTophie

11 ай бұрын

I just saw this in an interview on Conan's podcast, so I came to look at those two appearances. The bit in this video was three months after his debut on August 6, 1982. So it's not his second appearance, if he was invited back six days after his original introduction.

@sejrec56

5 ай бұрын

I had forgotten he’d written a book, I will most definitely pick it up, but I might even buy it.

On his first Carson appearance, the TV audience in the studio was ten times bigger than any audience he had ever performed for not to mention the MILLIONS of TV audience. I don't know how he got through it.

I have always laughed when I hear him.

My friend George is a radio announcer, comedy gold! @3:10

Brilliant!!

It would deny Steve’s persona if he laughed at his own jokes. His smiles give him away. Compared to today’s comedians he is still on top.

@Dana-wq5tp

6 ай бұрын

I hear you. I can't think of a single comic today that I find funny. Thousands of them and one's more lame than the next.

@sejrec56

5 ай бұрын

@@Dana-wq5tp although Bill Burr in his younger days before all the F bombs was extremely funny.

It’s interesting how many of his jokes here are based on things that don’t exist anymore.

"Last year for my birthday I got a humidifier and a dehumidifier. I put them in the same room and let them battle it out." A true comedic genius lol

He's a rariry, a true original comic.

@traybern

6 ай бұрын

weally?

@toddtyoung

6 күн бұрын

@@traybern😂👊🏼