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Steven Alexander Wright (born December 6, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and film producer. He is known for his distinctive lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical and sometimes nonsensical jokes, paraprosdokians, non sequiturs, anti-humor, and one-liners with contrived situations.
- Steven Alexander Wright
- December 6, 1955 (age 67), Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
- 1978–present
- “I’m going to court next week. I’ve been selected for jury duty. It’s kind of an insane case. 6,000 ants dressed up as rice and robbed a Chinese restaurant …I don’t think they did it.
- “I tried to hang myself with bungee cord… Kept almost dying.” Advertisement.
- “I was walking down the street, there was a sign stapled to a telephone pole that said: Reward, lost $50. If found, just keep it”
- “So I was laying in bed with my girlfriend reading the second hand diary that I bought… ‘I don't remember this.’ She said, “Let me ask you a question: If you could know how and when you were gonna die would you want to know?’
May 16, 2023 · Steven Wright is 67 and says he performs less these days. The book’s central metaphor is a description of Harold’s thought process as a room with one window and a riot of birds flying around ...
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Dec 6, 2016 · To celebrate, here are 20 of his funniest jokes. 1. "It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it." 2. "I almost broke both my arms trying to hold open a revolving door for a woman." 3. "I ...
YearTitleStudioDirector2003Coffee and CigarettesUnited ArtistsJim Jarmusch2000LoserColumbia Tri-StarAmy Heckerling1999One SoldierPyramids and PoniesSteven Wright1999The MuseUSA FilmsAlbert BrooksMay 16, 2023 · On the Shelf. Harold. By Steven Wright Simon & Schuster: 256 pages, $26 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent ...