“I don’t put out. Unless I’m asked very, very politely. And that’s not putting out, that’s just giving in.”

Kristen Schaal

Cred-enhancing up-and-comer

Live, the Flight of the Conchords superfan and alt-scene darling’s cast of characters are odd, endearing and astonishingly original.

“A man is only as faithful as his options.”

Chris Rock

Crowd-drawing superstar

Two decades in, and still at the top of his social-satire game.

“The doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.”

Steve Martin

Out of retirement

Ditch the banjo, forget the unfunny films and bring the arrow-through-the-head out of mothballs.

“I’m against picketing, but I don’t know how to show it.”

Mitch Hedberg

Back from the dead

Five years since his death at 37, the stoner-absurdist’s rabid cult following has taken his legacy mainstream.