AST Top 20 Poll #10

[Christopher Christpuncher]

Steve who thought he could just walk on this page

[Barmy Man]

He'll do anything to snag a few more votes.

[Itslikeimsayin]

AST TOP 20 RANKINGS #10
April 16, 2009

Rank/Name/First Place Votes (in parentheses)/Total Points/Previous Rank (in black)
1. Paul F. Tompkins (13) - 492 pts. 1
2. Louis CK (16) - 359 pts. 2
3. Patton Oswalt (3) - 243 pts. 7
4. Jimmy Pardo (8) - 237 pts. 6
5. Zach Galifianakis (5) - 220 pts. 4
6. Doug Benson (2) - 208 pts. 5
7. John Mulaney (2) - 178 pts. 12
8. Maria Bamford (2) - 145 pts. 8
9. Scharpling & Wurster (6) - 123 pts. 10
t10. Jon Glaser (4) - 118 pts. n/a
t10. Todd Barry (1) - 118 pts. 14
t10. Jim Gaffigan (1) - 118 pts. n/a
13. Eugene Mirman (2) - 117 pts. 11
14. Tim & Eric - 107 pts. 9
15. Todd Glass - 104 pts. 13
16. Brian Regan (1) - 84 pts. 16
17. Dana Gould (1) - 83 pts. n/a
18. Andy Daly (1) - 78 pts. 3
19. Andy Kindler (1) - 71 pts. 15
20. Kyle Kinane (1) - 69 pts. 20

Others of note: Aziz Ansari 59, Brent Weinbach 48, Mike Birbiglia 48, Flight of the Conchords 45, Doug Stanhope 44, Matt Braunger 41, Hannibal Buress 38, Nick Kroll 38, Kristen Schaal 37, Jen Kirkman 35, Anthony Jeselnik 35.

Notes & Analysis
Paul F. Tompkins' role and residence may have changed, but his place atop the AST Poll remains the same. He ranked first in the AST Poll for the sixth consecutive time. He becomes the first six-time winner of the Poll.

Paul's lead on second-place Louis CK shrunk from a 42 percent margin to 27 percent.

Louis CK becomes the first non-winner to receive the most first-place votes, besting first-place Paul F. Tompkins 16-13 in that category.

85 ballots were submitted, down from 87 for AST Poll #9.

Top-ranked Paul F. Tompkins appeared on 67 of the 85 (78.8%) ballots. Next highest was second-ranked Louis CK with 49/85. Patton Oswalt appeared on 42 of 85 ballots.

161 different people/groups received votes, 14 more than the last AST Top 20 Poll six months ago.

Big Movers
Not a whole lot of major movement from six months ago.

John Mulaney bounced from 12th to 7th on the strength of his recently-released CD and Comedy Central Presents.

Jon Glaser rode "Delocated" from the unranked to a tie for 10th.

Jim Gaffigan also shed the "unranked" label and tied for 10th as a result of his recent "King Baby" Comedy Central special/CD/DVD.

Dana Gould's Showtime special, "Let Me Put My Thoughts In You" landed him in the Top 20 for the first time at #17.

Andy Daly's relative inactivity on the stand-up scene caused him to plummet from 3rd to 18th place.

Thanks to everyone who voted and congratulations to Paul F. Tompkins!

(See you again in October.)

[Christopher Christpuncher]

That's a very good list!

[Umlaut]

I'm a little confused how Tim & Eric could drop five places after their unreal and amazing tour??

(I may or may not be baiting them here in hopes of another video...)

In general, I agree with the list (as always...)

[scamboogah]

You're doing God's work, ILIS. Yay list.

[Christopher Christpuncher]

Comedy is the Satan's music, stop it y'all.

[crimestick]

Great work, ILIS.

Congratulations PFT!

[Gene George]

This was a hard list for me to do. Doing more comedy ironically means I see less comedy. But it's a great list and reminds me of some people I forgot. Glad to see Kinane and Weinbach getting some props.

[DJ Sam]

I'm glad all the people I wasn't able to put on my list made it into the final list. Did Parks & Recreations end up hurting or helping Aziz?

[Jawa]

Originally Posted by Itslikeimsayin

AST TOP 20 RANKINGS #10
April 16, 2009

Rank/Name/First Place Votes (in parentheses)/Total Points/Previous Rank (in black)

Great job, ILIS. But why is the Previous Rank in black?

[Itslikeimsayin]

Just so it's more subtle and not too busy looking. It's easy to read on my screen. Is it not on yours?

[Jawa]

Originally Posted by Itslikeimsayin

Just so it's more subtle and not too busy looking. It's easy to read on my screen. Is it not on yours?

For me, the background of AST is black, like my soul.


Edit: I just browsed through the User CP, and couldn't find where I could choose a stylesheet/color/etc.

[Christopher Christpuncher]

It shows up well on mine

[Itslikeimsayin]

Originally Posted by Jawa

For me, the background of AST is black, like my soul.


Edit: I just browsed through the User CP, and couldn't find where I could choose a stylesheet/color/etc.

Are you looking closely? The default background is dark grey or "off black." The numerals indicating the previous rank are pure black.

[kinane]

a sincere aw shucks thanks, guys.
really.

[Jawa]

Originally Posted by Itslikeimsayin

Are you looking closely? The default background is dark grey or "off black." The numerals indicating the previous rank are pure black.

Okay, okay, if I squint at the monitor I can see it. Fine, dark grey, "off black" on black.

I imagined your post read in the Comic Book Guy voice, BTW.

Seacrest out!

[DJ Sam]

http://epaperpress.com/monitorcal/

[Joker]

Originally Posted by Christopher Christpuncher

Comedy is the Satan's music, stop it y'all.

I really hope thats a fuckin joke

[Christopher Christpuncher]

Originally Posted by Joker

I really hope thats a fuckin joke

There is clearly no way I was kidding