Friday, July 12, 2013

No Joke: Top Paid Comedians Of 2013

Huh, I was expecting Paul Krugman and Ben Bernanke to be on the list.

Actually, the list is pretty amazing. I recognize Seinfeld, but have no clue as to who the others are.

1. Jerry Seinfeld
Annual Earnings: $32 million

2. Terry Fator
Annual Earnings: $24 million

3. Russell Peters
Annual Earnings: $21 million

4. Jeff Dunham
Annual Earnings: $19 million

5. Louis C.K.
Annual Earnings: $16 million

(From Forbes by way of HuffPo)

8 comments:

  1. Robert,
    Time for comic break for you.

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  2. The Louis C.K. special that was on Showtime recently is pretty funny.

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  3. David is right. Last time I watched Louis C.K. do stand-up I almost had to go to the hospital.

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  4. Jerry Sienfield is nothing without Larry David.

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  5. Louis CK is incredibly funny. I mean next level comedy genius. YouTube for "Louis ck Cinema classics" for 10 minutes of truly groundbreaking comedy

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  6. Russell Peters is of Indian decent and does some really great cross cultural clean comedy. Alliteration unintentional.

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  7. Terry Fator is a singing turtle, eh ventriloquist:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVRDvR7pjN4

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