Comedian Richard Jeni Dead

ExtraTV ^ | 3/11/07

[Borges]

[Ladysmith]

Never heard of him. Regardless, RIP, Richard.

[Borges]

He was Jim Carrey's friend in The Mask.

[ExtremeUnction]

Never heard of him. Regardless, RIP, Richard

Me neither. I guess I have to get out more.

[domenad]

I don't believe it. He must have been the "crying on the inside" type.

Particularly loved this joke he did: "You know that stuff, 'I can't believe it's not butter'? What if they put something like foot ointment in there? Then you taste it and go 'Hey! This isn't butter!' And they'll come back and say 'Hey, we never said it was."

[giobruno]

Terrible news. I've seen Richard numerous times when he toured, and he was outstanding each time--always new material and finely tuned; he was a true stand-up professional. RIP, Richard, I thought you were a very smart comic, head and shoulders above the usual fare.

[Tax-chick]

How sad. My sympathes to his family and friends.

[SeaBiscuit]

Never expected suicide from Jeni..guess one can never tell. Really cleverly funny guy and there's not very many left.. Rip Mr. Jeni..thanks for the laughs.

[Kimmers]

I never heard of him either but my heart aches for people that get to such a dark place in their lives they feel the only way out is suicide....so sad

[JRios1968]

Couldn't handle the time change?


In all seriousness, sad news.

[johnny7]

Years ago... I thought he'd be the next Steve Martin. The guy had some good stuff and cracked me up. Then he seemed to drop out of sight... almost like quality, stand-up comedy did.

[smonk]

how awful. I saw his HBO special; he was hilarious.

RIP.

[Clemenza]

Richard Jeni has suffered from depression for MANY years, per aquaintances of mine in the industry. Much like Spalding Grey, RJ could be highly functioning in social situations, and then stuff like this happens.

Cacique, do you think they will name a street after him in Bensonhurst, much like they did for Vincent Gardenia?

[VictoryGal]

Dang!!!!!! He was a major talent-- I have seen him live, and I laughed so hard my stomach hurt the next day. Here are some of his jokes from a recent show (***WARNING: NSFW LANGUAGE***):
http://imdb.com/title/tt0448100/quotes

Goodbye funnyman-- the comedy world is a lot less now that you're gone.

[Pharmboy]

I saw his HBO stuff and much of it was very very funny. Never knew he was depressed...he will be missed.

[al baby]

I heard Billy Bartie commited sucide last week
Jumped of a curb

Rip Richard Jeni

[Wolfie]

Being a big fan of stand-up, I was quite familiar with Jeni. Very funny stuff. I agree, the quality of stand-up has gone way down hill. Witness Dane Cook.

[John W]

A little more detail here---

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_21268468.shtml

[EQAndyBuzz]

"Never expected suicide from Jeni..guess one can never tell. Really cleverly funny guy and there's not very many left.. Rip Mr. Jeni..thanks for the laughs."

Funny guy. Condolences to the family.