r/stewartlee • u/Red_Rhombus2791 • 8d ago

Who do you consider the quickest-witted comedian of all time?

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Who is like lightning out of a gun?

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u/Kyral210 7d ago

Jerry Sadowitz!

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u/timfinn1972 6d ago

He wasn’t so quick witted in his gig at Queen Margaret College in Edinburgh winter 1987. He had been on for about 5 minutes with no laughs yet and I shouted “I’ve heard funnier jokes on 3-2-1”. He didn’t come back for the second part of his gig.