The list was put alongside one another by Vulture senior editor Jesse David Fox New York senior editor Christopher Bonanos comedians Wayne Federman, Phoebe Robinson, Halle Kiefer, and Rebecca O’Neal comedy historians Yael Kohen (writer of We Killed) and Kliph Nesteroff (author of The Comedians) and journalists Elise Czajkowski, Matthew Love, Katla McGlynn, Ramsey Ess, Dan Reilly, Jenny Jaffe, Lucas Kavner, and The Guardian’s Dave Schilling.