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Comics Say World's Best Joke Stinks

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"Scientists have once again proven they are the utmost boring people on earth."

— Carol Montgomery, Las Vegas-based comic

"Whoever told that joke was wasting his breath … and that was no great loss, either." — Groucho Marx interpreter Frank Ferrante, imagining what Groucho would say

"This study was conducted on the Internet … I don't believe anything on the Internet. If you're reading my comments, I probably didn't say any of this."

— Ellen Cleghorne, former Saturday Night Live cast member

"It sounds like they polled their lab monkeys, instead of people with a sense of humor."

— Barry Dougherty, comedy writer and author of How To Do It Standing-Up … The Friars Club Guide To Being A Comic, A Cut-Up, A Card, Or A Clown

"This is the kind of research you do when you graduate last in your class."

— Lenny Marcus, a computer programmer turned "Geek Comic," who recently appeared at the Montreal Comedy Festival

"That's the kind of joke that must be written in prison. No self-respecting stand-up comic would use it. My mother might like it. In fact, I'm going to call her and tell it to her."

— Eddie Ifft, New York-based stand-up comic who's appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend

"I can absolutely guarantee that's not the greatest joke. I wrote a better one last week: 85-year-old Phyllis Diller has a stalker. Not to worry, he's in a walker."

— Phyllis Diller

Buck Wolf is entertainment producer at ABCNEWS.com. The Wolf Files is published Tuesdays. If you want to receive weekly notice when a new column is published, join the e-mail list.

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