The funniest neighbors jokes, ranked.

4 comedians, one topic. Quoted from the source, funniest first by our laugh score: surprise of the turn (40), economy (30) and specificity (30).

  1. 1
    Anthony Jeselnik
    Anthony Jeselnik

    Bones and All, 2024 · on Neighbors

    88

    On his Los Angeles neighborhood getting dangerous.

    “The other day, a woman in my neighborhood was walking her dog, had the dog stolen from her at gunpoint. Now it's my dog.”

    Sounds like a neighborhood-watch story until the last four words confess to it.

    Scraps from the Loft: Anthony Jeselnik, Bones and All transcript ↗All Neighbors jokes →

  2. 2
    Rodney Dangerfield
    Rodney Dangerfield

    It's Not Easy Bein' Me (book), 2004 · on Neighbors

    82
    “I tell ya, I grew up in a tough neighborhood. The other night a guy pulled a knife on me. I could see it wasn't a real professional job. There was butter on it.”

    Butter is a precise, deflating detail.

    Wikiquote: Rodney Dangerfield (p. 16) ↗All Neighbors jokes →

  3. 3
    Zach Galifianakis
    Zach Galifianakis

    Live at the Purple Onion, 2007 · on Neighbors

    78
    “I think those neighborhood signs that say 'slow children playing' are so very mean.”

    Misreads a traffic sign as an insult to the kids.

    Wikiquote: Zach Galifianakis ↗All Neighbors jokes →

  4. 4
    Lewis Black
    Lewis Black

    Stark Raving Black, 2010 · on Neighbors

    70

    On the housing bubble everyone saw coming.

    “You'd fucking go to a neighbor, "Gee, that house costed $60,000 last year, and now it costs $600,000?! What did they do?!" "Well, they put a gazebo in the back."”

    The gazebo explains the housing bubble.

    Wikiquote: Lewis Black ↗All Neighbors jokes →

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