Who made you laugh as you were growing up?

John Cleese
Woody Allen
Benny Hill
Billy Connolly
Eric Morecambe
Rik Mayall
Rowan Atkinson
My elder brother

My Uncle Bill

My family and friends.Bugs Bunny too

My parents and some of my friends. Some of the funniest people I’ve ever come across were coworkers, and I swear if my BIG ship ever comes in I will erect monuments to 2 of them. They are legendary, people that at the mention of their names laughter is the immediate response from anyone who knows them followed by stories of their adventures.

A particular friend of the family. He would make my dad and I laugh so hard we would cry. He still makes me laugh.

Red Skelton
Benny Hill
George Carlin
My dad’s brother
Robin Williams

Bob Hope’s early movies
W.C. Fields
Mae West
Buster Keaton

Ernie Kovacs
Bob Hope
Groucho Marx
Red Skelton
Monty Python

I have always been a clown. I make people laugh more than they make me. I have people who make me laugh now, but in my early years, not so much. There was one person who managed to make comebacks for my jokes, but it later turned out to be a manipulator who was just too good with words.