The 30 Funniest Stand-Up Comedians of All-Time

19. Bob Newhart

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With a deadpan delivery, a trademark stammering and stuttering, and those painfully good pregnant pauses, Bob Newhart always did more with silence and a stare than most comics can do on full blast. A lot of comedians try to knock their audiences out; Newhart told them to lean in. His debut album, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, famously went to #1 (knocking Elvis Presley out of the top spot,). After that, Newhart become of the biggest sit-com stars of all-time.