All this is a game of narcissism and disingenuous grievances that smart comedians like Wolf rightfully refuse to play.
Unlike smart comedians, who would grumble off and leave looking for another place to do a set when they were rejected, I would stick around and watch the show.
Handler has an influential TV show, best-selling books and fills arenas with comedy that is pedestrian, crude, obvious, unfunny and needlessly vulgar while being beloved by millions of fans -- and being despised by smart comedians who don't need to curry her favor.
Laughspin calls her "a wonderfully prolific, whip-smart comedian" while LA Weekly calls her "the queen bee of alt-lounge comedy" and The Examiner describes her as "a DIY female Louie".
The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt liked "how a teen plotline gets tied in to the end of the world", while Empire Ian Nathan praised Shia LaBeouf as "a smart, natural comedian, [who] levels the bluntness of this toy story with an ironic bluster".
Whereas other Hollywood kids tend to stick together, Jones branched out to find a more interesting set of smart female comedians, many ex-Saturday Night Live performers, including Poehler and Tina Fey.
The outrageously smart and irreverent comedian Paul Mooney played Negrodamus, an African-American Nostradamus who crankily entertained questions about black life.
It's telling, too, that the web is increasingly the distribution medium of choice for smart, ambitious American comedians.
His alias, Rich Chigga, has proved a little more controversial – but few people are arguing about the talent of this home-schooled, super-smart "viral online comedian and hip-hop icon".
Mr. Moran is a 32-year-old Irish comedian whose smart, shaggy stream-of-consciousness style has earned him a loyal fan base in Britain and beyond.
