Not Joking

I will list some well-known American male comedians of the present and recent past. I will list only those who died in the 21st century or living at the present born in 1936 or before.

Deceased
Milton Berle :2002
Bob Hope : 2003
Alan King : 2004
Richard Pryor : 2005
Red Buttons, Don Knotts, Jan Murray : 2006
Joey Bishop : 2007
Harvey Korman : 2008
Charlie Callas : 2011
Jonathan Winters : 2013
Sid Caesar : 2014
Jack Carter : 2015

Living
Irwin Corey born :1914
Dick Van Dyke born : 1925
Mel Brooks,Jerry Lewis, Don Rickles : born 1926
Norm Crosby born : 1927
Jerry Van Dyke born : 1931
Tim Conway born : 1933
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The comic greats are passing away. What a generational divide.

 

Yeah, he turned 90 two months ago. He has long been a favorite of mine. He can still do a fair amount of physical comedy --minus pratfalls.

 

Yeah, I missed ole' Art. He was very funny.

Though quite talented, he did not die in the 21st century as the OP pointed out.

 

Dead.

Still alive and kicking.

Both dead.

All three are still with us.

Shelly Berman died on September 1, 2017. I wasn't a big fan. But I knew his work somewhat.

Mort Sahl is still with us. He's 90. There's a book about him called The Last Man Standing.

He wasn't a typical comedian. He was fearless on stage --just came out with a newspaper and winged it. Yet did quite well. He still performs. He has always kept a clean act. I remember him quite well. I will have to see him on YouTube (when it works for me).

 

How could I have forgotten Bill Dana?

He died at age 92 on 6/15/2017.

I remember him primarily as the elevator operator on The Danny Thomas Show.

"My Jose Jimenez."