Johnathan Swift, Ambrose Bierce, Mark Twain, Stephen Colbert. . . . . .

[annabanana]

Does anyone else really belong on that list of razor sharp satirists?

[Botany]

1. Kurt Vonnegut

http://homepage.mac.com/dmhart/iblog/C1192696909/E727803457/Media/kurt_narrowweb__300x403,0.jpg

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. Joseph Heller

"Catch-22"

[Burma Jones]

3. Jon Stewart

[WinkyDink]

16. I'm a fan, but in the same league as Swift? Not to me!

But then, I put "A Modest Proposal" above the rest.

[annabanana]

17. (not the same kind of humor). . .n/t

[WinkyDink]

22. Nor talent. :)

[Parisle]

4. Will Rogers

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Moliere and Voltaire

"Tartuffe"

http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~lyman/english233/Tartuffe-religion.htm

"Candide"
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-50,pageNum-38.html

[BurtWorm]

7. Oui Oui!

[Dhalgren]

6. Horace, Juvenal

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. Matt Groening, Terry Pratchett.

At least IMO.

[BurtWorm]

11. Tom Tomorrow and David Rees maybe.

We'll see how they age. My guess is well.

[Dhalgren]

9. Voltaire - Oops! Missed it above! Sorry!

[BlooInBloo]

10. Wow - the idea that Colbert is anywhere *near* that stature speaks volumes about American education.

[annabanana]

13. You do not find his satire biting? . . . . . eom

[BlooInBloo]

14. Of course I do. There's about a jillion miles between that, and Twain, however.

[CountAllVotes]

12. Hunter S. Thompson

One of the greatest writers that ever lived IMO!

:kick:

[immoderate]

15. H.L. Mencken

--IMM

[annabanana]

18. yes. . . .n/t

[TwilightGardener]

19. Don't know if he's a satirist, but I think Garrison Keillor belongs in those ranks.

[pepperbear]

20. oscar wilde n/t

[mitchum]

21. Michael O'Donoghue

[Cameron27]

23. Not in the same league,

but Dorothy Parker.