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Will Durst

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Comedian

The Resume

    (March 18, 1952- )
    Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Stand up comedian and political humorist
    Writes a syndicated column
    Frequent contributor to Huffington Post and NPR
    Co-hosts 'The Will and Willie Show' on radio with former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown
    Wrote the books 'Elect to Laugh' and 'The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing'

Why he might be annoying:

    A reviewer described his face as 'like an overripe potato.'
    He ran for mayor of San Francisco.
    He has hosted three series that were cancelled by PBS.
    He has a toll-free number, 1-877-SATIRIST.
    He was the phone-a-friend lifeline on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire for contestant Rudy Reber (2000). He was called on the $500,000 question, 'Who directed Michael Jackson's music video for the song 'Bad'?' He gave the answer John Landis, which was wrong, causing Reber's winnings to drop from $250,000 to $32,000. (The correct answer: Martin Scorsese.)

Why he might not be annoying:

    The New York Times called him 'possibly the best political satirist working in the country today.'
    He said his heroes are the same ones he had at twleve: Thomas Jefferson and Bugs Bunny. ('Not necessarily in that order.')
    He set a Guinness record for continuous joke telling: 16 hours, 44 minutes at the Other Cafe in San Francisco (1980).
    He was the first comedian invited to perform at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
    He said about making people laugh, 'When it works, it is better than anything. It's like this magical wave you are riding.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 24 Votes: 20.83% Annoying