Who is the number 1 comedian?

Highest-paid comedians

Rank Name Notable works
1 Kevin Hart Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Ride Along, The Secret Life of Pets
2 Jerry Seinfeld Seinfeld, The Marriage Ref, I’m Telling You for the Last Time
3 Terry Fator America’s Got Talent
4 Amy Schumer Trainwreck, Inside Amy Schumer, 2015 MTV Movie Awards

Who is the founder of comedy?

Aristotle
The classic conception of comedy, which began with Aristotle in ancient Greece of the 4th century bce and persists through the present, holds that it is primarily concerned with humans as social beings, rather than as private persons, and that its function is frankly corrective.

Who wrote the first comedy play?

Aristophanes’
Old Comedy refers to plays written in the 5th century BCE. The earliest surviving complete play is Aristophanes’ Acharnians, first performed in 425 BCE, and citations from surviving fragments of earlier plays can be dated no earlier than c. 450 BCE.

Who is the father of modern comedy?

Fred Willard
Resting place Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Alma mater Kentucky Military Institute Virginia Military Institute
Occupation Actor comedian writer
Years active 1959–2020

Who is the God of comedy?

THALIA SUMMARY

Parents Zeus and Mnemosyne
Goddess of Comedy, bucolic poetry
Home Mount Olympus
Symbols Comic mask

Who is the richest comedian in the US?

Top 50 Richest Comedians

  • Jerry Seinfeld. $950 Million. Jerry Seinfeld is an American comedian, television producer, actor and car collector.
  • Matt Stone. $700 Million.
  • Matt Groening. $600 Million.
  • Trey Parker. $600 Million.
  • Ellen DeGeneres. $500 Million.
  • Byron Allen. $450 Million.
  • Jay Leno. $450 Million.
  • Kevin Hart. $450 Million.