Rebuilding the AST Poll

[Itslikeimsayin]

I'm cobbling together all of the AST Poll results based on what I have in spreadsheet form, can find cached on Google and have on paper. However, I'm still missing some of the info, and rather than re-building it all from scratch or omitting anything, I thought I'd see if anyone has any of it for any reason.

So if you happen to have a copy of the results post (with our without the complete with "Notes and Analysis" section) from any of the following AST Polls, please let me know:

AST Poll #1 (Oct 2004)
AST Poll #2 (Apr 2005)
AST Poll #4 (Apr 2006)
AST Poll #7 (Oct 2007)

Thanks.

[isoS]

Blogs might have some info -- I think dead-frog posted the results for the last few, and maybe The Coming did as well? You probably already did a Google search on that.

[Meen Bellpeppers]

AST TOP 20 RANKINGS
October 15, 2006

Rank/Name/First Place Votes (in parentheses)/Total Points/Previous Rank (in black)
1. Paul F Tompkins (29) - 588 pts. 2
2. Patton Oswalt (13) - 384 pts. 4
3. Andy Kindler (4) - 311 pts. 5
4. Louis CK (5) - 308 pts. 3
5. Zach Galifianakis (3) - 302 pts. 1
6. Eugene Mirman (5) - 210 pts. 7
7. Jimmy Pardo (1) - 194 pts. 12
8. Doug Benson (1) - 187 pts. t18
9. Todd Barry (1) - 179 pts. 6
10. Scharpling & Wurster (5) - 140 pts. n/a
11. Jon Glaser (3) - 138 pts. 13
12. Andy Daly - 113 pts. n/a
t13. Maria Bamford (1) - 112 pts. 10
t13. Jim Gaffigan - 112 pts. 9
t15. Tim & Eric (2) - 83 pts. n/a
t15. Jen Kirkman (1) - 83 pts. n/a
17. Todd Glass (3) - 79 pts. n/a
t18. David Cross (1) - 74 pts. 11
t18. Brendon Small, Ron Lynch, Craig Anton of The Tomorrow Show (1) - 74 pts. n/a
20. Demetri Martin - 73 pts. 8

Others of note: Howard Kremer 71, Brody Stevens 66, Brian Posehn 55, Josh Fadem 53, Dave Attell 51, Graham Elwood 49, Jon Benjamin 48, Hard n Phirm 47, Sacha Baron Cohen 47, Neil Hamburger 46, Aziz Ansari 43, Marc Maron 42, Brent Weinbach 39, Flight of the Conchords 38, Morgan Murphy 35, Jarrett Grode 35.

Notes & Analysis
It's a Landslide!

104 ballots were submitted, up from 77 for AST Poll #4.

Top-ranked Paul F Tompkins appeared on 76 of the 104 ballots. Next highest was second-ranked Patton Oswalt with 56/104, followed by fifth-ranked Zach Galifianakis with 54/104 and third-ranked Andy Kindler with 51/104.

An all-time high of 179 different people/groups received votes, 67 more than the last AST Top 20 Poll six months ago.

I believe Paul F Tompkins' 35 percent margin of victory is the largest in the history of the AST Poll. Louis CK had claimed the first Poll with a 33 percent separation from second place.

Big Movers
Doug Benson jumped from a tie for 18th into the top 10 at #8.

Scharpling & Wurster burst into the Poll at #10.

Jimmy Pardo ascended from 12th to 7th.

Andy Daly jumped from the unranked to #12.

Two other newcomers to the Top 20 � Jen Kirkman and Tim & Eric � tied for 15th.

The Tomorrow Show's trio of hosts � Brendon Small, Ron Lynch and Craig Anton joined the Top 20 for the first time.

Demetri Martin slid from 8th to 20th.

David Cross continued his descent in the rankings, falling to a tie for 18th.

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

(See you again in April.)

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[Meen Bellpeppers]

AST TOP 20 RANKINGS
October 16, 2005

Rank/Name/First Place Votes (in parentheses)/Total Points/Previous Rank (in black)
1. Louis CK (9) - 260 pts. 2
2. Zach Galifianakis (4) - 212 pts. 3
3. Patton Oswalt (3) - 203 pts. 1
4. Paul F Tompkins (7) - 195 pts. 6
5. Andy Kindler (2) - 155 pts. 5
6. David Cross - 73 pts. 4
7. Hard n Phirm (2) - 57 pts. n/a
8. Brian Posehn - 46 pts. 13
t9. Dave Attell (3) - 45 pts. t19
t9. Eugene Mirman - 45 pts. 7
11. Sarah Silverman (1) - 36 pts. 11
12. Todd Barry - 34 pts. 9
13. Doug Benson - 29 pts. 8
14. Demetri Martin - 28 pts. 10
15. Nick Swardson - 27 pts. 17
t16. Jimmy Pardo - 23 pts. n/a
t16. Stella (1) - 23 pts. 12
t16. Neil Hamburger (1) - 23 pts. t15
t19. Brian Regan (1) - 21 pts. n/a
t19. Jarrett Grode - 21 pts. n/a

Others of note: Marc Maron 20, Greg Proops 20, Arj Barker 19, Kasper Hauser 18, Jim Norton 18, Chris Rock 16, Howard Kremer 15, Jerry Minor 15, David Taylor 15, Chris Hardwick 15, Benjamin & Glaser 15

Notes & Analysis
39 ballots were submitted, up nine from the 30 submitted in round two.

Second-ranked Zach Galifianakis was on 32 of the 39 ballots. That means he becomes the first person to appear on the most ballots without ranking first overall. Top-ranked Louis CK appeared on 31 of 39 ballots.

An all-time high of 94 different people/groups received votes, up a whopping 23 from the second AST Top 20 Poll.

The Top 5 ranked head and shoulders above the rest of the field. As proof, even if sixth-ranked David Cross doubled his point total, he'd still be nine points shy of fifth-ranked Andy Kindler.

Big Movers
Zach Galifianakis made up a 57-point deficit (from AST Poll #2) on Patton Oswalt and landed in second place.

Paul F Tompkins deservedly jumped from sixth into the AST elite at #4. Although two spots isn't huge, when you take the observation about the Top 5 vs. the rest of the field into account, it's a big move.

Hard n Phirm catapulted from the unranked to #7.

Dave Attell seemingly benefitted from the recent airing of the Insomniac tour on Comedy Central, launching him into the Top 10.

Brian Posehn jumped into the Top 10, possibly fueled by the (as yet limited) release of his CD.

Doug Benson's suspicions were proven correct as he slid from eighth to 13th.

Somehow Nick Swardson ascended two spots (17th to 15th) despite very little standup activity.

Jimmy Pardo, Brian Regan (supported largely by one loyal voter) and Jarrett Grode all broke into the Top 20!

Thanks to everyone who voted and congratulations to Louis CK!

(See you again in April.)

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[Itslikeimsayin]

Perfect! Thanks.

[Meen Bellpeppers]

I got both of those from the way back machine on archive.org, by the way.

[crlygrl]

AST TOP 20 RANKINGS
October 16, 2007

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

1. Paul F. Tompkins (17) - 524 pts. 1
2. Patton Oswalt (3) - 346 pts. 4
3. Louis CK (9) - 332 pts. 2
4. Zach Galifianakis (7) - 276 pts. 3
5. Scharpling & Wurster (10) - 211 pts. 7
6. Maria Bamford (1) - 189 pts. 6
7. Jimmy Pardo (5) - 186 pts. 5
8. Doug Benson (1) - 176 pts. 14
9. Eugene Mirman (2) - 148 pts. 9
10. Tim & Eric (4) - 145 pts. 8
11. Todd Glass (2) - 116 pts. 13
12. Andy Kindler (3) - 112 pts. 10
13. Jen Kirkman (2) - 92 pts. 11
14. Flight of the Conchords (1) - 77 pts. n/a
15. Todd Barry - 74 pts. 12
16. Brody Stevens (1) - 68 pts. n/a
17. The Sklar Brothers (1) - 66 pts. n/a
18. John Mulaney - 65 pts. n/a
19. Demetri Martin - 60 pts. t19
t20. Andy Daly (1) - 57 pts. n/a
t20. David Cross (1) - 57 pts. t17

From Omar on FOT

[Itslikeimsayin]

Thanks Erika!

[darrylduffy]

this is soon right?

[Itslikeimsayin]

Of course.

[KevinLee]

I am excited about this. How does it all work? We vote for our top three comics? I guess you'll probably explain it when the time is right but I just thought I'd ask, because I haven't participated in it before.

[aenemaTron]

Great post!

[Itslikeimsayin]

I am excited about this. How does it all work? We vote for our top three comics? I guess you'll probably explain it when the time is right but I just thought I'd ask, because I haven't participated in it before.

In short, you vote for 10 comics ordered from 1-10. But yes, there will be more comprehensive instructions when the Poll begins.

[yumitree]

i'm still not sure that kevin lee isn't jack mcbrayer.

[KevinLee]

I am a space cadet.