Comments on: Who Is The World’s Funniest Comedian? You May Be Shocked…

By: Lindsay Roberson

Lindsay Roberson — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:50:58 +0000

I consider myself a comedy fan more so than the average Jane….I was looking for more of a random comic a day software that would show a different comedy clip I could start my days off with… I googled comedy software and found yours fascinating… There IS a comedian that I consider my FAVORITE that everyone I bump into has NEVER heard of but once I turn them on to his work, they agree that they’ve NEVER seen his equal…. His name is “CHINAMAN” and he’s not been on television since the early nineties! If you are at his show, the laughs roll so quickly into the next laugh that I barely have time to catch my breath…. I’d be curious how he ranks with your software, because I believe he is the funniest unseen comic currently touring… He has video from 2006 posted on youtube… If you ever get a chance to catch any and rank it, would you let me know?

Thanks for your time! And best of luck to you and your amazingly unique ideas!
Lindsay Roberson

By: Steve Roye

Steve Roye — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:32:56 +0000

Show me a video of another comedian whose laughter takes up 62% of the time on stage with laughter for almost 9 minutes…

I’ll be more than happy to name a new funniest comedian.

The Prof

By: Blih

Blih — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:23:20 +0000

You’re wrong.

Jesus Christ you are wrong.

By: Steve Roye

Steve Roye — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:16:01 +0000

This is a great comment. And if you will pay close attention…

You are about to discover the stand-up comedy secrets which Hollywood and all it’s money and fame cannot grasp—even in the 21st century.

If you are evaluating a comedian from a video on a computer or on the TV by yourself at home…

What happens as far as audience response in the live performing environment NEVER carries over to a single individual like it does in a live event. Why? Because laughter is a shared response. With no one to share laughter with…

You are left with the intangible part—that subjective “feeling” that focuses on the topics or content present by the comedian as opposed what is actually happening in the performing environment. You are not influenced by a group of people around you who are laughing uncontrollably.

There are people who don’t care for Bill Cosby. And I will promise you this…

That subjective evaluation was NOT made after attending and experiencing a Bill Cosby event. The same can be said of any comedian.

But one thing is undeniable…

It IS possible to accurately measure the response that a comedian can or cannot command from an audience they are performing in front of.

But let’s flip the script…

Use my Comedy Evaluator Pro for a performance where a comedian is bombing. Little or minimal laughter means a little or minimum PAR Score—even if it is your mom performing on stage.

If you are striving to be a professional comedian, it doesn’t matter what your content is, whether it is blue or green, or what political or religious views you want to express or you want to be clean (which is where the real money is) on stage.

PAR Score doesn’t lie—it’s a measurement of actual results generated by that comedian for that audience. And I don’t have to be in the room or even like a comedian or his/her content to know if they can truly slay a room or not.

And I will absolutely stick by my guns and say yes—there are comedians that are funnier than others and yes, there are comedians that just aren’t near as funny as others. And there’s where the monkey is in the wrench, because…

You really have to have your act at the highest level to move forward in this reality show concept—no matter how funny you think you are.

Funny has always been determined by audience response. Now, it’s just nailed down just that much further.

Will this concept cause controversy? I guarantee it. At the same time…

It will raise the bar because—if you can’t hit 35 or 40 PAR consistently, you shouldn’t be headlining.

Again, great comment!

The Prof

By: Goatboy667

Goatboy667 — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:02:35 +0000

This whole concept of a par score really fascinates me. Stand-up comedy is a very intangible art form and has had countless conversations with people about who is funny and who is not. They usually end with no real resolution beyond, “well I think he’s funny even if you don’t.” It’s really cool that this par concept allows there to be some objective measuring point within the discussion.

Unfortunately I don’t think you can ever take the subjectivity around what is funny out of the discussion completely. Case in point, I don’t find JR funny. He just isn’t my cup of tea, I would rather listen to someone like Louis CK.

Just to be clear though I’m not saying that JR isn’t funny. What I’m saying is he isn’t funny to me. Obviously the guy is a pro and can kill. I could never achieve a 62 par score and I’m not trying to bash him I’m just trying to point out that even with the objective results of the audience response there still is some level of subjectivity involved when discussing who is the “funniest” comedian.

Maybe when discussing par scores it would be better to say this comedian destroys a room at a higher level then this comedian. I guess that is an awkward way to put it but at least it would take away the preconceived baggage that involves the word funny which is a much more metaphysical concept then just plain destroying a crowd. From a business stand point though funny is clearly the better term because it will generate much more controversy because of the subjective nature of people’s sense of humor.

Anyways I’m kind of rambling. I hope I haven’t come off as some sort of comedy snob. This type of discussion just really interests me. I hope the concept of a par score becomes standard practice in the comedy industry because it would be nice for there to be some hard tangible evidence to lay claim to during this type of discussion. Keep up the good work Steve.