cities with the best sense of humor

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

lol, and northerners can't?

No.....you guys take yourselves too seriously.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

No.....you guys take yourselves too seriously.

When is the last time you traveled here? You do know that you're stereotyping tens of millions of Americans, right?

Your "all over the place" inconsistent posts show many things that I cannot say due to the TOS... Lets just say it's obvious that you rarely know what you're talking about.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

When is the last time you traveled here? You do know that you're stereotyping tens of millions of Americans, right?

Your "all over the place" inconsistent posts show many things that I cannot say due to the TOS... Lets just say it's obvious that you rarely know what you're talking about.

Wow, you're kind of proving jluke's point here.

[LucasS6]

Not really.

[beat_the_govt?]

Here is a breakdown of Saturday Night Live primary cast members by years on the show and where they grew up. Some people are not clear cut on where they grew up, so I tried to attribute it to where they spent most of their childhood/teen years. Wikipedia was the source.

Dan Aykroyd - 4 - Ottawa, Canada
John Belushi - 4 - Wheaton, Illinois (Chicago)
Chevy Chase - 2 - New York, New York
Jane Curtin - 5 - Wellesley, Massachusetts (Boston)
Garrett Morris - 5 - New Orleans, Louisiana
Laraine Newman - 5 - Los Angeles, California
Gilda Radner - 5 - Detroit, Michigan
Bill Murray - 4 - Wilmette, Illinois (Chicago)
Harry Shearer - 2 - Los Angeles, California
Denny Dillon - 1 - Cleveland, Ohio
Robin Duke - 4 - Etobicoke, Ontario
Tim Kazurinsky - 4 - Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Gail Matthius - 1 - Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Eddie Murphy - 4 - New York, New York
Joe Piscopo - 4 - Passaic, New Jersey (New York)
Tony Rosato - 2 - Toronto, Ontario
Christine Ebersole - 1 - Winnetka, Illinois (Chicago)
Mary Gross - 3 - Chicago, Illinois
Brad Hall - 2 - Santa Barbara, California
Gary Kroeger - 3 - Cedar Falls, Iowa
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - 3 - New York, New York
Jim Belushi - 2 - Wheaton, Illinois (Chicago)
Billy Crystal - 1 - Long Beach, New York (New York)
Christopher Guest - 1 - New York, New York
Rich Hall - 1 - Alexandria, Virginia
Martin Short - 1 - Hamilton, Ontario (Toronto)
Pamela Stephenson - 1 - Auckland, New Zealand
Joan Cusack - 1 - Evanston, Illinois (Chicago)
Robert Downey, Jr. - 1 - New York, New York
Nora Dunn - 5 - Chicago, Illinois
Anthony Michael Hall - 1 - Boston, Massachusetts/New York, New York
John Lovitz - 6 - Encino, California (Los Angeles)
Dennis Miller - 7 - Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh)
Randy Quaid - 1 - Houston, Texas
Terry Sweeney - 1 - New York, New York
Danitra Vance - 1 - Chicago, Illinois
Dana Carvey - 8 - San Carlos, California (San Francisco)
Phil Hartmann - 9 - Brantford, Ontario (Toronto)
Jan Hooks - 6 - Decatur, Georgia (Atlanta)
Victoria Jackson - 7 - Miami, Florida
Kevin Nealon - 9 - Bridgeport, Connecticut
Mike Myers - 6 - Scarborough, Ontario (Toronto)
Chris Farley - 4 - Madison, Wisconsin
Chris Rock - 2 - New York, New York
Julia Sweeney - 3 - Spokane, Washington
Rob Schneider - 2 - Pacifica, California (San Francisco)
Ellen Cleghorne - 2 - New York, New York
Melanie Hutsell - 1 - Maryville, Tennessee
Michael McKean - 2 - New York, New York
Tim Meadows - 7 - Highland Park, Michigan (Detroit)
Adam Sandler - 2 - Manchester, New Hampshire
David Spade - 3 - Scottsdale, Arizona (Phoenix)
Morwenna Banks - 1 - Flushing, England
Chris Elliot - 1 - New York, New York
Janeane Garofalo - 1 - mainly New Jersey
Norm MacDonald - 4 - Quebec City, Quebec
Mark McKinney - 3 - Ottawa, Canada
Jim Breuer - 3 - Valley Stream, New York (New York)
Will Ferrell - 7 - Irvine, California (Los Angeles)
Darrell Hammond - 14 - Melbourne, Florida
David Koechner - 1 - Tipton, Missouri
Cheri Oteri - 5 - Upper Darby, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Molly Shannon - 6 - Shaker Heights, Ohio (Cleveland)
Nancy Walls - 1 - Cohasset, Massachusetts (Boston)
Ana Gasteyer - 6 - Washington, DC
Chris Kattan - 7 - Sherman Oaks, California (Los Angeles)
Tracy Morgan - 7 - New York, New York
Colin Quinn - 3 - New York, New York
Jimmy Fallon - 5 - New York, New York
Chris Parnell - 7 - Memphis, Tennessee
Horatio Sanz - 7 - Chicago, Illinois
Rachel Dratch - 5 - Lexington, Massachusetts (Boston)
Tina Fey - 5 - Upper Darby, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Maya Rudolph - 7 - Gainesville, Florida
Amy Poehler - 7 - Burlington, Massachusetts (Boston)
Will Forte - 6 - Lafayette, California (San Francisco)
Seth Meyers - 6 - Bedford, New Hampshire
Jeff Richards - 1 - Walnut Creek, California (San Francisco)
Fred Armison - 5 - Valley Stream, New York (New York)
Finesse Mitchell - 1 - Atlanta, Georgia
Kenan Thompson - 4 - Atlanta, Georgia
Bill Hader - 3 - Tulsa, Oklahoma
Andy Samberg - 3 - Berkeley, California (San Francisco)
Jason Sudeikis - 3 - Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City)
Kristen Wiig - 3 - Rochester, New York

Here are the leading regions in units of SNL-seasons:

New York Metro - 49
New England - 36
Florida - 28
Chicago Metro - 27
Los Angeles Metro - 27
Ontario Golden Horseshoe - 25
San Francisco Bay Area - 20
Detroit - 12
Philadelphia - 10

Further breakdown:
Northeast including DC Metro and upstate New York - 114
Great Lakes (US and Canada) - 86
California - 49
South - 48 (28 from Florida)
All Canada - 33

Further investigation reveals that most of New York City's contribution comes from Brooklyn, which easily makes Brooklyn the funniest place per capita in English-speaking North America.

[Golden-mind-State]

Originally Posted by beat_the_govt?

further investigation reveals that most of new york city's contribution comes from brooklyn, which easily makes brooklyn the funniest place per capita in english-speaking north america.

lol

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

When is the last time you traveled here? You do know that you're stereotyping tens of millions of Americans, right?

Your "all over the place" inconsistent posts show many things that I cannot say due to the TOS... Lets just say it's obvious that you rarely know what you're talking about.

Well, my work is done here!

[Chicago60614]

I've noticed the Midwest tends to have a very sarcastic and more blunt sense of humor. It reminds me of the east coast sense of humor.

It's kinda hard to break it down by city, although you can notice differences between regions.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by LovinDecatur

Wow, you're kind of proving jluke's point here.

Check out the posting history.

[killakoolaide]

The funniest people are those whom are funny without trying to be, or really knowing they're funny. Phildelphians tend to be like this. I didn't even realize how funny I was until, I was around people from elsewhere. I was not even trying to be funny. It's like they found everything about me to be funny, from the way I talked, to my negativity, to my narcissistic tendencies and drunken antics.

I personally find Jamaicans and "true" New Yorkers, to be very funny, everybody else just seems so try hard, or take themselves to seriously.

An old but interesting thread