After we found out how much today’s top YouTube stars were making each year, we considered changing career paths. Now we’re wondering if maybe we should just become comedians. In a recent list released by Forbes, this year’s highest-paid comedians were outlined. In the top spot is New Yorker Jerry Seinfeld with $36 million USD. Despite running its last episode more than 15-years-ago, the comedian’s eponymous little show about nothing continues to rake in syndication dollars, which has catapulted his earnings to earn him the #1 position on the list. Not to mention, Hulu purchased the exclusive rights for Seinfeld earlier this year in a cool $160 million USD deal. Having already appeared in Forbes back at the end of June 2009 as the world’s highest paid comedian when he earned $85 million USD for that 12-month period, Seinfeld definitely takes the soup. Check out the full list below.
The highest paid comedians of 2015 in USD:
1. Jerry Seinfeld – $36 million
2. Kevin Hart – $28.5 million
3. Terry Fator – $21.5 million
4 (tie). Jeff Dunham – $19 million
4 (tie). Russell Peters – $19 million
6. Aziz Ansari – $9.5 million
7. Louis C.K. – $9 million
8. Gabriel Iglesias – $8.5 million
9. John Bishop – $8 million
10. Dave Chappelle – $7.5 million
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IKEA Unveils a Placemat With a Smartphone Pouch
Ever worry about spilling a drink on your smartphone at the dinner table? Well if you have, IKEA has just come up with a practical solution: A placemat complete with a smartphone pouch. As part of the Swedish retailer’s upcoming “SITTNING” collection that aims “to celebrate the joys of sharing a meal with those you love,” a new placemat that has a pouch sewn onto it, will be available for a bargain of $2USD. The loose weave in the mat ensures that you’ll notice if your phone lights up, making it all the more distracting. Isn’t that the opposite of what this “SITTNING” collection is all about?
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