The Top 25 Richest Living Comedians

[MartyMcFly]

It's all about ownership

Yup. if you own the product you created or were the star of, then you will eat for life once its in syndication.

 

[Soundbwoy]

now you know why k hart is trying to be everywhere

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

No Martin Short?

Dan Aykroyd Must be Ghostbusters royalties

 

[Methodical]

Maybe, that's why Eddie was a bitter when come to $$$?

I always kept hearing about how rich he is that he almsot make more money than everybody when it's not true. I heard he's worth about $85 Million....surprising to see that Martin Lawrence makes more money than Eddie.

 

[MartyMcFly]

No Martin Short?

Dan Aykroyd Must be Ghostbusters royalties

And blues brothers. Gotta be blues brothers royalties too although I'm sure Ghostbusters is heads and shoulders above it but let's not sleep on blues brothers and how huge that was. But yeah ghostbusters had the merchandising and the cartoon and the movies gotta be hot sellers each year plus he's got his own office on the Sony lot now where all he has to do is think about Ghostbusters

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

And blues brothers. Gotta be blues brothers royalties too although I'm sure Ghostbusters is heads and shoulders above it but let's not sleep on blues brothers and how huge that was. But yeah ghostbusters had the merchandising and the cartoon and the movies gotta be hot sellers each year plus he's got his own office on the Sony lot now where all he has to do is think about Ghostbusters

 

[MartyMcFly]

Yeah man that news from last week or two weeks ago about the male ghostbusters movie had his name and Ivan Reitman attached as the guys behind a whole ghostbusters franchise which is what they tried to do in the 80s and even venkmen's character hinted at in the movie. But deadline said that he and reitman will get offices on the lot where their entire focus will be ghostbusters and ways to build the franchise. Homie has done very very well for himself

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Yup. if you own the product you created or were the star of, then you will eat for life once its in syndication.

That makes Chris rock nt being on the list even weirder. Everybody hates Chris is on three different channels. All of his stand ups and thrnchris rock show plus he writes his own movies.

 

[MartyMcFly]

That makes Chris rock nt being on the list even weirder. Everybody hates Chris is on three different channels. All of his stand ups and thrnchris rock show plus he writes his own movies.

It's only on Centric and BET around my neck of the woods and may not even be on BET anymore but then it comes down to how much Viacom was willing to pay him for it and the ratings it gets in syndication. Look at how much Sony is going to get to put Seinfeld on streaming or the bidding war for the simpsons.

 

[FlyRy]

And blues brothers. Gotta be blues brothers royalties too although I'm sure Ghostbusters is heads and shoulders above it but let's not sleep on blues brothers and how huge that was. But yeah ghostbusters had the merchandising and the cartoon and the movies gotta be hot sellers each year plus he's got his own office on the Sony lot now where all he has to do is think about Ghostbusters

 

[MartyMcFly]

didn't know there was a blues brothers cartoon. homie has made a living off of blues brothers and ghostbusters. plus he owns (or at least used to own) the house of blues

 

[ProfessionallyTrill]

Dan fukkin Aykroyd

 

[jadillac]

Damn I thout Byron Allen was struggling to still hold on to that late late late night show.

Never knew he was that rich.

Props to him tho.

 

[curz]

Why is Jerry so much richer than Larry David.....

 

[Cynic]

Larry David is about the same net worth as Jerry..... WTF is this