10 Fun Facts About One Liner Comedians

Which surreal one-liner comedian from Saint Paul performed in sunglasses with long hair covering his face?

He had cameos in Almost Famous and Lords of Dogtown and died of an accidental overdose in 2005, aged 37.

Which deadpan comedian won an Oscar for the 1988 short 'The Appointments of Dennis Jennings'?

The 30-minute film co-starred Rowan Atkinson, and Wright later picked up two Emmy nominations as a producer of Louie.

'Take my wife... please!' was the signature line of which comedian, the 'King of the One-Liners'?

He said the line began as a misunderstanding when he asked a stagehand at a radio show to take his wife to her seat.

Which comedian's act revolved around the line 'I get no respect!'?

Born Jacob Cohen, he performed as Jack Roy before adopting the stage name, and his 1980 album No Respect won a Grammy.

Which deadpan comedian delivers one-liners with drawings on a 'large pad' and guitar, harmonica or glockenspiel?

In one show his comedian friends acted out his stories in fairy and dragon costumes while he strummed.

Which dark one-liner comedian and ex-Fallon writer released the album 'Shakespeare' in 2010?

He went on to perform on the roasts of Charlie Sheen and Roseanne Barr in 2012.

Which falsetto-voiced comedian played the shop teacher who saws his thumb off in UHF (1989)?

He and Yankovic toured the US together in 2018 and again in 2022.

Which Canadian pun-slinger won the funniest joke award at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe?

On a Children in Need edition of Mastermind his specialist subject was the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Which British punster held the Guinness record for most jokes told in an hour, 499, from 2004 to 2014?

Each joke had to get a laugh to count; he later erected a billboard announcing he was 'not appearing at this year's Edinburgh Festival'.

Which early TV star, known for rapid-fire one-liners, was called 'Mr. Television'?

The 'Uncle Miltie' tag came from a 1949 ad-lib telling children watching to go to bed; his show later hosted two of Elvis Presley's earliest TV appearances.