Corey Salzano

This plugin creates a widget similar to the default recent comments widget. Instead of the format “username on post title,” the widget will display “username said comment excerpt.”
Choose whether or not to include admin user comments.
Customize the character length of the comment excerpt.

Recent Comments Widget with Excerpts

Duplicates the built-in Recent Comments widget and adds functionality to display comment excerpts instead of post titles

This plugin replaces the default recent comments widget so it behaves differently. Instead of the format “username on post title,” the widget will display “username said comment excerpt.”
All development happens on Github at <a href="https://github.com/csalzano/recent-comments-widget-with-comment-excerpts" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/csalzano/recent-comments-widget-with-comment-excerpts</a>
Contact me by posting a message in the forums or <a href="https://twitter.com/breakfastcodes" rel="nofollow ugc">@breakfastcodes</a> on twitter.

Does exactly what it's supposed to do

Changes the behavior of the built-in Recent Comments widget to display comment excerpts instead of post titles

Recent Comments Widget with Excerpts vs Recent Comments Widget with Comment Excerpts