The 33 punchiest one liners of all time

May 19, 2015 Uncategorized

Some comedians specialise in one liners and others skillfully insert them at the right moment to keep the flow of a routine moving. Whichever it is, a skillfully delivered one-liner can pack a punch and bring a crowd to tears of comedic joy. We’ve chosen some of our favourite one-liners from some of our favourite comedians of all time. If you get to the bottom of this one without laughing, we’ll give you a hot dog dressed up in a mohair sweater.

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    1. Steven Wright: “I think it’s wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly.”
    2. Zach Galifianakis: “I have a lot of growing up to do. I realised that the other day inside my fort.”
    3. Bob Newhart: “I don’t like country music, but I don’t mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means ‘put down’”.
    4. Jerry Seinfeld: “Looking at cleavage is like looking at the sun. You don’t stare at it. It’s too risky. You get a sense of it and then you look away.”
    5. Louis C.K.: “There are two types of people in the world: People who say they pee in the shower and dirty fu**ing liars.”
    6. Spike Milligan: “Chopsticks are one of the reasons the Chinese never invented custard”
    7. Eric Morecambe: “I think football would become an even better game if someone could invent a ball that kicks back”
    8. Ambrose Bierce: “War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography”
    9. Unknown: “Beauty comes in all shapes & sizes. Small, large, circle, square, thin crust, thick crust, stuffed crust, extra toppings…”
    10. Unknown: “They should put prizes in tampon boxes. Like yeah your period sucks, but here’s 50% off ice cream.”
    11. Henry Youngman: “My grandmother is over eighty and still doesn’t need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle.”
    12. Jimmy Carr: “I worry about my nan. If she’s alone and falls, does she make a noise? I’m joking, she’s dead. “
    13. Henry Youngman – “What’s the use of happiness? It can’t buy you money”
    14. Unknown – “A friend at work once pronounced “comfortable” as come-for-table. To which I replied… “stay for chair.”
    15. Unknown: I hate Russian dolls, they’re so full of themselves.
    16. Jimmy Carr: Throwing acid is wrong, in some people’s eyes.
    17. George Carlin: “Oh! You hate your job? Why didn’t you say so There is a support group for that. It’s called “Everybody” and they meet at the bar”
    18. Lewis Black: “What does the word ‘meteorologist’ mean in English? It means liar.”
    19. Sarah Silverman: “I can’t wait till Sunday, I’m gonna see my favorite niece and my other niece…” –
    20. Jack Barry: “If I’m ever feeling down I just type: ‘Yo are the best’ into Google. Then it responds: ‘I think you mean: “You are the best”’ and I feel much better.”
    21. JImmy Carr: “David Cameron says he’ll put a cap on immigrants coming into the UK. That’s wrong. Immigrants should be allowed to wear what they like”
    22. Bridget Christie: “Feminism is not a fad. It’s not like Angry Birds. Although it does involve a lot of angry birds. Bad example.”



Because we couldn’t just choose one from these power-packed episodes, we want you to enjoy full albums of one-liners here:

23.  Anthony Jeselnik: here.
24.  Nick Thune: here.



And because sometimes you just have to be there, we’ll give you these clips from Youtube, so you can be there:

 

25. Gary Delaney

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyJkPPTkpzw

 

26. Anthony Jeselnik

 

27. Stewart Francis:

 

28. Tim Vine:

 

29. Dan Mintz:

 

30. Don Rickles

 

31. Milton Jones:

 

32. Steven Wright:

 

33. Demetri Martin:

If you didn’t laugh at least once, get in touch, we’ll send you your hotdog in the mail.

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