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A 'one-liner' is a joke that is delivered in a single line. A number of comedians have adopted this comedic method in their act, and some, including Steven Wright, Emo Philips, Brian Lazanik, Stewart Francis, Henry Youngman and Mitch Hedberg, have used one-liners to make up a significant portion of of their repetoire. Many of Jimmy Carr's shows are a collection of one-liners.

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Examples

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Examples

★ "I have nothing to declare except my genius."

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★ Oscar Wilde, upon arriving at US customs 1882^[1]

★ "race is just a pigment of the imagination"

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★ Ben Harland

★ "If all those sweet young things were laid end to end—I wouldn't be a bit surprised."

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★ Dorothy Parker, on girls attending a Yale prom^[2]

★ "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies."

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★ Groucho Marx^[3]

★ "Take my wife—please!"

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★ Henry Youngman

★ "I'm ready for a three-some, all I need is two more people."

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★ Jody Hagan

★ "I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem."

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★ Mitch Hedberg

References

1. Number 64300
2. The New York Public Library Book of Popular Americana, , Tad, Tuleja, Macmillan, 1994, Originally quoted in While Rome Burns, , Alexander, Woollcott, Viking Press, 1934, Cited in Number 43615
3. Number 812