"Professor" Irwin Corey (born July 29, 1914) is an American
comic, film actor and activist, often billed as "The World's Foremost Authority". He introduced his unscripted, improvisational style of
stand-up comedy at the well-known
San Francisco club, the
hungry i.
Lenny Bruce once described Corey as "one of the most brilliant comedians of all time".