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Can you name any happy, healthy, well-adjusted comedians?


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Total speculation on my part, but Bill Cosby appears to be pretty content with himself. Controversial at times, yes. But he doesn't seem to be constantly seeking approval (at least in more recent times).

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The idea that only conflicted people make great comedians is a HUGE generalization. Like most such comments about people, I doubt that it is true. Sure, some are not "happy, healthy, well-adjusted" but you can say that about some people in ANY profession.

I don't know any of these comedians but they appear to me to be faily "happy, healthy, well-adjusted" (whatever those terms mean):

Ellen DeGeneres

Tracey Ullman

Carol Burnett

Bob Newhart

Ben Stiller (you also could count his funnier parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara)





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Ben Stiller is notoriously difficult to work with/for, has terrible mood swings and is rumoured to suffer from bipolar disorder.

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Also I believe Ellen degeneres has her downfalls if recent news is to be believed about Portia and her relationship. Not that Portia was all that mentally stable or healthy to begin with (as talked about in her biography). Ellen supposedly has an alcohol issue as well... But who from her generation in their fifties IN that world doesn't rely on alcohol or some form of medication to cope?

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ellen degeneres is downright nasty to her staff (total jekyll hyde personality), and ben stiller is up his own a$$. don't know about the rest of them. tracey ullman seems cool

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Cosby is content with himself. But he's not content with anyone else. That's not a healthy thing.

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oh my god. i know a few people who have worked with bill cosby and he is a TERROR. i'm not joking. he is pretty notorious in hollywood for being nothing like his persona. he's nasty to women, was a notorious womanizer and pretty much just treated everyone like cr*p. everyone was at the whims of his insane moodswings and egos. the stories about him are legendary.
i don't think there are any talented, well-adjusted comedians. some hate themselves, and some are downright nasty and cruel like bill cosby.

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@Grayovac Back then I would've agreed with you, but it turns out that Bill Cosby isn't quite so well-adjusted.

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Tina Fey seems to be pretty well-adjusted.



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