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.
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." 🤣
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.
Totally different styles.Not everyone "gets" Wright's humor, as it's uniquely intellectual, absurd, and surreal .You can't compare comedians from different styles, but people's sense of humor can be broad-based or narrow focused.
3 different styles that really are not comparable.I loved Henny Youngman, Dangerfield and Wright.But Henny was all general subject one liners, Rodney's were one liners , but mostly self- depracating or mocking his family, and Wright's was more thought - provoking, abstract and clever.All were great!
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.
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.
"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
never thought mr wright was funny i wanted my money back the one and only time i seen him....mr dangerfield , mr kinson, mr pryor, and gallagher were way more funny than mr wright...
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
