Charlie Sheen was at one point the world’s most talked about television star, bragging about ‘banging 7 gram rocks’, having ‘tiger blood’ and the infamous ‘winning’ catchphrase. In 2010, Sheen was the highest paid actor on television, earning $1.8 million per episode of Two and a Half Men. His success was due to his bad…
Ray Romano is the lead and co-writer of the infamous show Everybody Loves Raymond. After 210 episodes and with the support of the lovable father and husband Ray Barone, the show was catapulted into success and Romano is still making money off this show’s success. Ray’s comedic style of being torn between his parents, wife…
Seth MacFarlane is the comedic genius behind the comedy everyone knows and loves Family Guy. The American TV show has made MacFarlane television’s most paid writer, with Family Guy worth over $US1 billion. His adult sense of humour that continues to push boundaries on things such as abortion, rape, religion and almost everything else imaginable…
Eddie Murphy is said to be the most successful comedic actor of all time, averaging around $100 million every movie he makes. He started out doing stand up comedy, and eventually turned to movies. As of late, Eddie dabbles in more children and family movies, compared to his early career which favoured edgy comedy.…
Dave Chappelle is an African-American comedian known for his risque, racially-confronting and unique style of humour. Chappelle was best known for his television show, Chappelle’s Show, in which he hosted the show and was the main feature in the sketch segements. His signature show coined him “the best” by a Billboard writer and “the comedic…
9GAG is a humour website which mainly features pictures and memes. Started by university student, Ray Chan, he never had any idea how successful his side project would be. It was created in Hong Kong in 2008, where Facebook wasn’t very popular and Chan wanted to share funny images without clumsy email. With a 3.6…
Break is a website that is very similar to Cracked, featuring funny videos, articles and pictures. With a mobile app across all major smart phone platforms, it is no surpise that Break has 16 million unique monthly visitors and a huge revenue stream. Break contains similar content to Cracked, but instead of a numbered format…
The Onion News Network is a satirical news station that is created fantastically. The news stories, both in video and text form, are made to such a high professional level, if you neglected the content you would assume it was a real television network. The stories are current and relatable but just have a humour…
XKCD has some of the Internet’s funniest web comics available about a wide range of topics. With a super basic design website, XKCD’s simplicity is reflected in it’s comics – short, concise and usually accurate. The creator of xkcd, Randall Monroe, seems to have a personality much like mine, as he outlines in the “About”…
Will Ferrell is hands down, one of the funniest, successful and witty movie actors of all time. With a huge empire behind (and in front) of him, Ferrell has not only graced television with SNL, but several classic movies such as Anchorman, Step Brothers and The Other Guys. Ferrell is known for his wit, awkwardness and…
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