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April 6th, 2009

Those who know me, know I love stand up comedy. It is not uncommon to hear me say. That reminds me of this comedian that said..... Recently I have started listening to AOL which has opened my eyes (or in this case ears, to comedians I have never heard of and some I never will forget.

I would like to introduce you to 3 comedians you may or not know. Every comedian has his or her own wit, whether it a one liner, or a storyteller. Either way, they twist the truth, just slightly to squeeze the humor out of it. All three of these comedians have something in common; they twist the one liner just perfectly.

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I have been a fan of Steven Wright for as long as I can remember. He is the master of the one liner, and I have enjoyed quote him for decades. My favorite joke from Steven goes as follows;

"last week, I bought a microwave fireplace, Now I can sit in front of the fire all night in only twelve minutes"

Im sure you have seen Steven before, for those who doesn't here is a sample of his style...

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Soon after I started to listening to AOL Radio, I heard Mitch Hedberg. He so reminded me of Steven Wright with his style. I was an instant fan. Mitch was younger then Wright but that that same wit about him. Here is one of my favorite lines of Mitc's

A friend of mine showed me a picture of himself and said this was when I was younger. I said of course it was.

Mitch unfortunately died of an overdose in 2005, yet still has a great fan base and as been list as one of Comedy Central's top 100 Stand up comedians every year.

Here is a sample of Mitch's work....

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Just recently I found Demitri Martin and was in awe of the his work. Now Demitri mixes up slightly longer jokes with one liners. Demitri has worked on the Daily Show with John Stewart and will have a have a Show debuting on Comedy Central in April.

Enjoy the sample of Demitri's work.

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Hope you enjoyed the clips and would love to here from you if you know of of others that show a common style with Steven, Mitch, or Demitri....

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