As with much comedy, popularity is a debatable thing: a comedian may be popular with one demographic but not with another. However, Robert Temple has a good claim to the title.
All depends, how much do you got
Abbott and Costello were a popular comedy team in the 1940s and 50s. While they performed many comedy skits, their most popular sketch was called Who's On First?
There have been many very popular US comedy films. Some of the most popular include Airplane, Home Alone, The Naked Gun, This is Spinal Tap and Wayne's World.
The most popular comedy that is usually aired on Christmas day is "A Christmas Story." You can get more information about this film online at the Internet Movie Database and Wikipedia.
I Love Lucy
The word hypnotist is a noun. A hypnotist is one who hypnotises.
i think is lawl at your misfortune.
Comedy and Action
Rolan Whitt is a stand up comic, improvisational comic, hypnotist, comedy writer, actor, artist and poet. He started doing comedy in the early 90's and evolved into an improvisational performer, then moved on to do dinner theatre/murder mysteries. He worked on several Indy films and eventually moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to work on a series of shows there. He opened for X-Rated Comedy Hypnotist Dr. Naughty as "SPANKBOY!", then became an assistant for the show and finally became a stage hypnotist - Dr. Naughty III headlining rooms in Vegas. He is currently a contributing writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and a contributing writer for many road comics. He is also the house MC for Comedy After Hours in Las Vegas.
The verb for hypnotist is hypnotise. As in "to hypnotise someone".
White Chicks, My Cousin Vinny, The Hot Chick its kinda hard to say
The cast of In the Power of a Hypnotist - 1913 includes: Sidney Olcott as Gondorza - the Hypnotist