Professor of Logic

Self-Deprecating

34 bits

“Keep 'em high and tight, Mommy.”

Jeans Up High and Tight

Tom Segura

Your Mom's House Podcast / Various Specials

Observational Self-Deprecating

“I still do, but I used to, too.”

I Used to Do Drugs

Mitch Hedberg

Mitch All Together, 2003

Self-Deprecating Dark Humor Confessional

“It's like a religion, except the religion is about jeans and farts.”

Mommy Language

Tom Segura

Your Mom's House Podcast / Sledgehammer, 2023

Observational Relationships Self-Deprecating

“Your body just goes, 'We're shutting down.' And you're like, 'I didn't agree to this.'”

Death and Dying

Tom Segura

Mostly Stories, 2016

Dark Humor Observational Self-Deprecating

“I'm not a pessimist. I'm an optometrist. I see things clearly.”

Out to Lunch

Mark Normand

Out to Lunch, YouTube, 2020

Observational Self-Deprecating Relationships

“My body's a temple. Unfortunately, it's one of those temples in a war zone.”

Soup to Nuts - Joke Machine

Mark Normand

Soup to Nuts, Netflix, 2023

Observational Self-Deprecating Relationships

“My apartment is so small, I have to go outside to change my mind.”

New York City Survival

Mark Normand

Various specials and late-night appearances

Observational Self-Deprecating

“Comedy is the only job where your commute is longer than your workday.”

Tuesdays with Stories

Mark Normand

Tuesdays with Stories podcast, 2013-present

Storytelling Observational Self-Deprecating

“Dating apps are just online shopping for people.”

Dating in the Modern Era

Mark Normand

Various specials and appearances

Relationships Observational Self-Deprecating

“Comedy!”

Comedy!

Mark Normand

Various appearances and social media

Observational Self-Deprecating

“She asked me if the earth was round or flat and I had to think about it.”

Full Circle

Nate Bargatze

The Greatest Average American, Netflix, 2021

Storytelling Observational Self-Deprecating

“My dad's a magician. Which sounds cool until you realize it means we were poor.”

The Magic Show

Nate Bargatze

The Tennessee Kid / Various specials

Storytelling Self-Deprecating Observational

“The middle seat is punishment. God looked at your life and said, 'Middle seat.'”

The Airplane

Nate Bargatze

Various specials

Observational Storytelling Self-Deprecating

“I got in an argument about the economy. I don't know what the economy is.”

Hello World - We're Dumb

Nate Bargatze

Hello World, Netflix, 2023

Observational Self-Deprecating Storytelling

“I'm the most boring person from the most exciting state.”

The Greatest Average American

Nate Bargatze

The Greatest Average American, Netflix, 2021

Observational Self-Deprecating Storytelling

“Gorilla Glue is for when you've given up on doing things correctly.”

SNL Monologue - Gorilla Glue

Nate Bargatze

Saturday Night Live, October 2023

Storytelling Observational Self-Deprecating

“We didn't have money, but we had each other. Which is what poor people say.”

Regular People

Theo Von

Regular People, Netflix, 2021

Storytelling Confessional Observational

“Being sober is like being in a relationship with yourself that you didn't ask for.”

Addiction and Recovery

Theo Von

This Past Weekend podcast / Various specials

Confessional Dark Humor Storytelling

“My mama didn't play. She was the mama that ate the cookies and dared you to say something.”

My Mama

Lavell Crawford

Various specials and appearances

Storytelling Self-Deprecating Observational

“I didn't sneak in here. There was no element of surprise.”

Being a Big Man

Lavell Crawford

Various specials and appearances

Self-Deprecating Observational Storytelling

“My character has more fans than I do. Huell's winning.”

Huell Babineaux

Lavell Crawford

Various specials and interviews

Storytelling Celebrity Self-Deprecating

“I lost 120 pounds. That's a whole person. There's someone missing from this country.”

The Weight Loss

Lavell Crawford

New Look Same Funny!, Netflix, 2019

Confessional Self-Deprecating Storytelling

“I came from seven years of nobody watching. That's where I came from.”

Last Comic Standing

Lavell Crawford

Various specials and appearances

Storytelling Self-Deprecating Confessional

“I don't get no respect. When I was born, the doctor slapped my mother.”

I Don't Get No Respect

Rodney Dangerfield

Various Tonight Show appearances / It's Not Easy Bein' Me, 1986

Self-Deprecating Observational

“My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.”

My Wife

Rodney Dangerfield

Various Tonight Show appearances

Relationships Self-Deprecating

“When I was a kid my parents moved a lot. But I always found them.”

My Childhood

Rodney Dangerfield

Various performances

Self-Deprecating Storytelling

“I told my doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to stop going to those places.”

My Doctor

Rodney Dangerfield

Various performances

Self-Deprecating Observational

My Grandmother

Anthony Jeselnik

Caligula, 2013

Dark Humor Self-Deprecating

“The dentist is the only professional who can legally make you feel bad about yourself while you're lying down.”

Dentist

Hannibal Buress

Animal Furnace, 2012

Observational Self-Deprecating

Aging in Hollywood

Nikki Glaser

Someday You'll Die, 2024

Confessional Self-Deprecating Social Commentary

Why Am I Fat?

Shane Gillis

Beautiful Dogs, 2023

Confessional Self-Deprecating

“Last time I gave a urine sample there was an olive in it.”

I Drink Too Much

Rodney Dangerfield

It's Not Easy Bein' Me, various performances

Self-Deprecating Observational

“I was so ugly, when I was born the doctor slapped my mother.”

My Looks

Rodney Dangerfield

Various performances, 1970s–2000s

Self-Deprecating Observational

Back to School

Rodney Dangerfield

Various performances, 1980s

Celebrity Self-Deprecating Storytelling