100 Funniest Jokes of All Time

**Jim H. Moreno** · 16 Feb 05, 01:15

Compiled by Don Steinberg for GQ
with input from comics and writers including David Brenner, Jim Brogan, Dick Cavett, Larry David, Al Franken, Larry Gelbart, Jon Groff, Richard Jeni, Jonathan Katz, Chris Kelly, Billy Kimball, Robert Klein, Richard Lewis, Jackie Martling, William Novak, and Gene Perret.

(approximately 3/4 of this list appeared as
"The 75 Funniest Jokes of All Time"
in GQ magazine, June 1999)

(warning: adult language)

100 Funniest Jokes of All Time

#31.

I worked some gigs in the Deep South…Alabama…You talk about Darwin’s waiting room. There are guys in Alabama who are their own father. (Dennis Miller)

**Temujin** · 16 Feb 05, 07:31

Best hope BigDog doesn't get of his leash after that one!

**BarcelonaBlom** · 16 Feb 05, 09:22

There are some great ones in there!!!

**Iron Mike USMC** · 16 Feb 05, 09:55

#57 I failed my driver’s test. The guy asked me "what do you do at a red light?" I said, I don’t know… look around, listen to the radio… (Bill Braudis).

#83 I have a large seashell collection, which I keep scattered on beaches all over the world (Steven Wright)

#99 I bought a box of animal crackers and it said on it "Do not eat if seal is broken." So I opened up the box, and sure enough... (Brian Kiley)

...anything by Steven Wright