Funniest Man Alive

Dear Mr. Robin Williams,

The other day we here at If I Blog It They Will Come were in a matter of fact conversation with a fellow RW fan about just how funny your entire body of comedic work is, when we suddenly remembered that Entertainment Weekly had chosen you as their "Funniest Man Alive" in 1997. Now, we know that Entertainment Weekly isn't the end all be all of comedic opinion, but they seem to be quite fond of rankings (100 Most Powerful People in Show Business, 100 Greatest Movies of All Time, etc.). EW tends to run these rankings on an annual basis, continually revising their opinions to seemingly reflect whichever way the pop-culture winds are blowing.

With that kind of short attention span, one would assume that EW's "Funniest Man Alive" designation would be on par with People's Sexiest Man Alive or Most Beautiful People issues -- we figured they would just keep doing it every year and bestow the honor on the likes of such gifted comic minds as Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, and Seth Rogen. However, this is not the case. We did a little interweb search and found that Entertainment Weekly has not named a new "Funniest Man Alive" since giving you the nod in 1997. What assumption can we draw from this? Only that EW has made legitimate what the rest of the world already knows in its collective heart; that Robin Williams is the Funniest Man Alive in perpetuity -- this year, and every year.

We salute EW on their obvious good taste, and we would like point out to you, Mr. Williams, that If I Blog It's list of funniest men alive also only runs to one (it's you). We would like to underline this fact by having you send us a photo of yourself to djayek@yahoo.com, and designating you as such officially when we run the photo. If you would like to do something funny in the photo itself, please feel free -- but you don't have to if you don't want to. We look forward to hearing from you.

The Only Know How to Count to One Folks At If I Blog It They Will Come