Maximum laugh per word. Nine practitioners of the shortest distance between setup and punchline.
An Escalator Can Never Break - Mitch Hedberg: Comedy Central Presents - Full Special
Comedy Central Stand-Up
used to do drugs. still does, but used to, too
A Steven Wright Special - Live HBO Special "On Location" 1985 1080p
Live Music Is Better
the deadpan physicist
Full Appearance - Rodney Dangerfield Has Johnny Busting Up | Carson Tonight Show
Johnny Carson
no respect, perfect economy
“The Place Where My Jokes Come From” - Demetri Martin - Full Special
Comedy Central Stand-Up
one-liners with a flip chart
Anthony Jeselnik - Funniest Dark Jokes Compilation
The Comedy Square
the crocodile smile
Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion (1/4) Zach And Seth (2007) HD
Shout! Studios
one-liners over piano
The Best One-Liners From Every Stand-Up Show | Volume 1 | Jimmy Carr
Jimmy Carr
the joke engineer
Awkward Encounters with Emo Philips
Comedy Dynamics
the strangest sentence construction in comedy
Henny Youngman Stand Up 1969
Bobby Cole
take my wife, please — the original
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