The 50 Funniest People Of The Decade (PHOTOS)

Comedy changed for the better from 2001-2010, offering more outlets for funny people to be funny than ever before. In addition to TV and movies, comedians have taken to the Internet to show off their sketches, stand-up, music, and of course tweets to show us how funny they really are. Here are 50 of the people who made us laugh the most since 2001 -- and trust us, it was hard to cut it down to 50. Vote for your favorite, and tell us whether you agree!

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[lazlo lazlo]

09:17 AM on 01/20/2011

Ricky is funny in an embarassingly nasty way ... Don Rickles did it better.

[Peter Clanton]

06:45 AM on 01/19/2011

Fey, Colbert, Stewart, O'Brien, Poehler, Ferguson, and that's that for me.

[martinjgreen]

05:24 AM on 01/19/2011

Rubbish selection - why did you bother limiting it at all, just ask people who they think is the funniest and collect the answers. Anyway my answer is - Russell Brand. Not in your list though...

[Linda BalamaciAmitrano]

04:46 PM on 01/15/2011

It's a great diversion for the very busy.

[megapower]

04:24 PM on 01/12/2011

No Seth MacFarlane? Seriously?

[doughboynyc]

03:41 PM on 01/12/2011

Mike Birbiglia should be *somewhere* on this list!
Sleepwalk with Me... My Secret Public Journal...
Two-Drink Mike... What I Should Have Said Was Nothing...
One of the funniest people EVER!!!

[NRdrummer89]

01:19 PM on 01/12/2011

Top 5 for me:
1. Betty White
2. Conan O'Brien
3. Trey Parker & Matt Stone
4. Neil Patrick Harris
5. Mitch Hedberg

[serapkoknar]

02:13 PM on 01/10/2011

I can't believe that how can Eddie Izzard can't be in this list...

[Markangelo]

01:28 PM on 01/09/2011

Harold & Kumar ??

[zlochi24]

05:23 AM on 01/09/2011

Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, David Chappelle (wtf he wasn't on the list?!?!), Alec Baldwin (ditto!), Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais. In no particular order. Oh, and Craig Ferguson. I feel like I'm missing somebody....

[SamMicCham]

08:31 AM on 01/11/2011

Uhm, Dave Chappelle IS on the list.

[Jennifer Simpson]

07:36 PM on 01/08/2011

I think the top 3 (Gervais, Ferguson, and Stewart) are right where they should be. If the poll were a little more specific, each of them could be number 1 in their own right. Gervais is hands down the Funniest person around right now. Ferguson is by far the best Late Night Talk Show Host, and Stewart slightly edges out Maher and Colbert on the Political Satire front. But this is a poll regarding the 'Funniest' of the decade and that, for my money, is Ricky Gervais ...... "Obviously." I agree with others who were surprised to find people like Anderson Cooper ON the list and people like Chelsea Handler, Louis Black, Stephen Merchant, and Joel McHale NOT ON the list.

[Fretslayer]

12:30 AM on 01/08/2011

"They always throw around this term 'the liberal elite.' And I kept thinking to myself about the Christian right. What's more elite than believing that only you will go to heaven?"

That is probably one of the best things I've read all day.
Fantastic observation and sickly true!

[Merrymeet]

07:23 PM on 01/07/2011

Eddie Izzard, Margaret Cho, Kathy Griffin, David Rakoff, Mario Cantone, Roseanne Barr, Amy Sedaris, Joan Rivers, Cloris Leachman, Greg Giraldo, Whitney Cummings...

[Melissa Steckiel]

05:45 PM on 01/07/2011

Where's Joel McHale?
Tim & Eric at #49 is a travesty.

[bediverse13]

01:04 PM on 01/07/2011

Hey wait a minute...... David Sedaris stole that line from my Grandmother LOL she has been saying that for years now he a funny guy I think not!!!