The list was set together 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 (writer 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.