To make the cut, the comics had to count stand-up as their primary income, a qualification that left funnymen like Jerry Seinfeld, Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno off this year's list.
There is less agreement over the runner-up - the official count has the PKB in second place, while the unofficial ones have Golkar - but it seems likely that, as the results continue to come in from the outer islands (where the ruling party is strong), Golkar will creep up and eventually finish in the No.2 spot.