Who is the funniest comedian ever?

[bobbybobbertson]

I got in trouble last time I tried to get people to listen to my favorite comedian. Like a moron I posted a link to his webstore, because it had audio of his comedy, and the moderators considered it a plant. I won't do that this time.

However, I want to know who everyone thinks is the funniest commedian ever?

Obviously, I think it is Frank Caliendo. He ranks up there with Bill Cosby. In fact, he does a whole Bill Cosby bit (making fun of the Cosby Kids), that I think even Bill Cosby would think is hilarious!

[Holden Pike]

Lenny Bruce all-time, George Carlin still working.

[Yoda]

I could never pick just one. George Carlin's busted me up pretty bad before...though sometimes he gets too political and the comedy suffers (yes, even when I agree with him). Harland Williams sure can work a house, too. Good at extracting material from the audience.

[bobbybobbertson]

Harland Williams is pretty funny. Ever heard of Brian Regan. He is a really amazing comedian as well.

[Yoda]

The name sounds very familiar. Did he have one of those Comedy Central Presents specials? (I watch a lot of those)

[sadesdrk]

I saw Tom Rhodes live, in Sacramento. The man had us rolling on the floor. He's such an prick.
I think the stand-up I most jive with, because his humor is so in touch with what I find funny, is David Spade.
I saw him live in Lake Tahoe, and my cheeks and stomach hurt from the continuous laughing. He busts me up.

[Holden Pike]

Stand-ups I've seen live:

George Carlin, Dennis Miller, Steven Wright, Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, Kevin Pollack, Jay Mohr, Jake Johannsen, Gallagher, Tom & Dick Smothers, David Alan Grier

Must be missing a couple others. They'll come to me.

[sadesdrk]

Originally posted by Holden Pike
Stand-ups I've seen live:

Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin Pollack, Jay Mohr, Lucky bastard. Kevin Pollack is awesome. Of course I'd love to see Jerry...his sh*t is funny. I think the most I have ever laughed outloud while reading a book, was his book, Seinlanguage. Funny, funny stuff.
Holden, ever read Letters From a Nut & More Letters From a Nut? (of course Jerry only wrote the intro..."Ted Nancy" wrote the letters...mmm-hmm.) ;D

[Holden Pike]

Yeah, those Letters From A Nut books are hysterical. So much better to me than all the phony phonecallers in the world, even the good ones - though Jim Florentine's "Terrorizing Telemarketers" CDs are a hoot and a half.


Probably the hardest I ever laughed at a book was something Chris Elliott wrote years ago (1989) and long out-of-print called Daddy's Boy: A Son's Shocking Account of Life with a Famous Father. It's a fictional biography about growing up with his Dad, legendary comedian Bob Elliott, with rebuttal chapters by the senior Elliott. Forward by Letterman, naturally. I have to re-read it every couple years just to remind myself how brilliant it is. It was published about a year or so before "Get A Life" premiered.


Pollak is fantastic. Seen him twice now, once in about '93 and then again just the beginning of this year. So fu*kin' funny. I could listen to him tell Alan Arkin stories alone for hours.

[Yoda]

Originally posted by sadesdrk
I think the most I have ever laughed outloud while reading a book, was his book, Seinlanguage. Funny, funny stuff.
I loved that book...though I didn't laugh as hard as I would have, had I not heard a lot of the material before. My favorite to this day remains his description of the before and after of dinner out:

"Bring us more food! Wine! Bread! Money is no object! It'll be the greatest meal of our lives!"

"Why are people coming into this restaurant? We're done eating. How can they be hungry?"

[sadesdrk]

Yeah, those Letters From A Nut books are hysterical. So much better to me than all the phony phonecallers in the world, even the good ones I gotta ask you Holds, do you think there really is a Ted Nancy? My family and I were reading different letters out loud to each other and just dying...when my sister mentioned that a specific letter sounded so much like Jerry...what do you think?
Probably the hardest I ever laughed at a book was something Chris Elliott wrote years ago (1989) and long out-of-print called Daddy's Boy: A Son's Shocking Account of Life with a Famous Father. Is it hard to find in bookstores or used bookstores?Pollack is fantastic. Seen him twice now, once in about '93 and then again just the beginning of this year. So fu*kin' funny. I could listen to him tell Alan Arkin stories alone for hours. Gawd, I LOVE Pollack. Did you watch that show he was in...cripes, what was the name of it...why am I even hurting my brain trying to think of it...you know what it's called. Anyways, that's when I first saw him and liked him. I've followed his work ever since. Even recognized him as one of the Brownies in Willow. :laugh:

[Holden Pike]

Which Pollak show, the Rob Riener-produced "Morton & Hayes" (1991)? It was conceived and written by Christopher Guest, as well as Michael McKean, Joe Flaherty and others, but it never took off at all. It was a Summer replacement series but was unceremoniously cancelled after only a handful of episodes.

Pollak played Chick Morton, one half of a forgotten Abbott & Costello-like comedy team from the '40s. The premise was every week Reiner (as himself) would introduce a rare Morton & Hayes two-reeler that hadn't been seen for years. Each film was a different parody of one genre or another, but as if it were done in the late '30s or ealry '40s - just like all those Three Stooges shorts. One week they're detectives, then barbers or stowaways or whatever. Probably a little too high-concept for CBS circa 1991. If HBO or somebody had gotten hold of it, it just might have run for a couple years.


Or were you talking about that average little sitcom he did with Nancy Travis a few years back, "Work with Me"? Unfortunately there was nothing interesting going on there, other than Pollack's natural funniness. Rather unremarkable otherwise, I thought. It only lasted a month or so too, but that one I understood disappearing so quickly. I remember Lynda Carter - TV's Wonder Woman, was their big guest star in the first couople episodes. That's not a good sign right there.


As for Chris Elliott's Daddy's Boy, I don't really know how difficult it would be to find. In this day and age of eBay and Amazon.com and such, it certainly wouldn't be impossible. I got mine in 1989 and have held onto it ever since, so I don't know from finding it used other than on my bookshelf.


Now, is Jerry Sienfeld Ted Nancy? I don't see that Seinfeld plain would have had the time or energy to devote to such an endeavor while "Seinfeld" was on the air. Don't know who Nancy 'really' is, but I somehow doubt it's a pseudonym for Jerry. It may be some other fairly-well know comedian, I dunno. They're funny books either way.

[sadesdrk]

Which Pollack show... Okay. First, it was driving me nuts so resorted to IMBd, finally; most times, I just use you. ;D We've ben spelling it wrong, first off...it's 'Pollak' no 'c'. However, I still couldn't find what I was looking for, so maybe it wasn't him. I thought for damn sure it was, though. The show was about these cousins that lived in New York...one of the guys was from another country or something, his name was Balki. Ring any bells? I guess it wasn't him. :(






Now, is Jerry Sienfeld Ted Nancy? I don't see that Seinfeld plain would have had the time or energy to devote to such an endeavor while "Seinfeld" was on the air. Don't know who Nancy 'really' is, but I somehow doubt it's a pseudonym for Jerry. It may be some other fairly-well know comedian, I dunno. They're funny books either way. That's what my Dad and I were saying, how would he find the time...but my sisters are convinced it's him. You're right, whoever he is...it's funny as all hell. :yup:

[L .B . Jeffries]

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin' (1985)
Richard Pryor Here and Now (1983)

Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker (1999) (TV)
Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)
Seinfeld

A Couple of the top of my head. I'm a huge Pryor fan any of you guys fans of his stuff.

[sadesdrk]

Oh God! It just came to me! Perfect Strangers was the show, and the guy I thought was Kevin Pollak...was named, Larry Appleton! Now I'm going to go see if it was him...

[firegod]

Originally posted by L .B . Jeffries
Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor: Live and Smokin' (1985)
Richard Pryor Here and Now (1983)

Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker (1999) (TV)
Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)
Seinfeld

A Couple of the top of my head. I'm a huge Pryor fan any of you guys fans of his stuff.

I love Pryor. His Richard Pryor: Live in Concert was funny as hell.

[Holden Pike]

Pryor is definitely a genius of the first order, no doubt about it.


Sadie:
"Perfect Strangers"!?!? No, that definitely wasn't him. That was Mark Linn-Baker as Cousin Larry Appleton and Bronson Pinchot as Cousin Balki Bartokomous.

Besides "Perfect Stangers", Mark Linn-Baker is best-known as Benjy Stone in the charming My Favorite Year (1982), with Peter O'Toole earning an Oscar nomination as a lecherous drunkard ex-Movie Star, modeled on Erol Flynn, doing a live '50s TV sketch comedy show, ala "Your Show of Shows".

I suppose he looks somewhat like Kevin Pollak...at least in that they're both short, Jewish and have curly dark hair.

But NO.

[bobbybobbertson]

yeah, richard pryor and jay mohr are great. jay moher has a sports show on espn now.

[L .B . Jeffries]

Originally posted by firegod


I love Pryor. His Richard Pryor: Live in Concert was funny as hell.

Well at least I know there's some love for the guy around here. I guess I better rent Live in Concert eh?

[sadesdrk]

Originally posted by Holden Pike

Sadie:
"Perfect Strangers"!?!? No, that definitely wasn't him. That was Mark Linn-Baker as Cousin Larry Appleton and Bronson Pinchot as Cousin Balki Bartokomous.

yeah yeah...I already looked it up. :rolleyes: Damn it. I was so sure. Of course IMBd doesn't have a pic of the guy...but I'm tellin' ya...they look very similar. :)

[Holden Pike]

No, they don't look that similar at all, except very generally, as I said, that they are short and have curly dark hair. Pollak's facial features are quite different from Linn-Baker's, and their voices are completely different.

But if you still don't believe me, HERE (http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Club/6247/) is a fanpage that has a bunch of Mark Linn-Baker pics, including some circa "Perfect Strangers". Stinkin' Geocities doesn't allow direct linking, but if you go to the bottom of the page you'll find pics and links. Root around through there.

[firegod]

I don't think he's the funniest of them all, but my FAVORITE comedian has been mentioned here already. George Carlin. He has got to be one of the most intelligent entertainers of all time.

[sadesdrk]

I've already been looking Holden, and I think they do look alike.

http://us.imdb.com/Name?Pollak,+Kevin

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Boulevard/6536/balkilarry2.gif

Just look at those lips! Thin and very much alike!

Anyhoo...sorry for going on and on about it. It's kinda funny actually. I'm done with it now. :p

[Holden Pike]

Yeah, very close, Sades. They're practically twins. :rolleyes:


I just saw Carlin live a couple weeks ago in D.C. The guy did 90-minutes straight of material, still as brilliant as ever.

In fact, I'd say he became a much better stand-up in the '90s through today. His '60s, '70s and '80s stuff is good and funny, don't get me wrong (I love the Hippy-Dippy Weather Man as much as the next guy, and the 'seven dirty words' bit is an all-time classic), but he graduated to another level of brilliance in the '90s, much more biting and demented. He always had smart observations and astounding wordplay, but for the past decade or so he's really found himself, become an anarchist and full-time cynic, and simply gone supernova.

[firegod]

I definately agree with sades. They look alike, especially their mouths.

EDIT Well, I just checked out some pictures of Baker, and his earlier pics make him look like Pollak, but not so much in his later pics.

[Holden Pike]

Yeah, if it weren't for their eyes, head size and shape, cheeks and noses, they could be brothers!

[firegod]

Originally posted by Holden Pike
Yeah, very close, Sades. They're practically twins. :rolleyes:


I just saw Carlin live a couple weeks ago in D.C. The guy did 90-minutes straight of material, still as brilliant as ever.

In fact, I'd say he became a much better stand-up in the '90s through today. His '60s, '70s and '80s stuff is good and funny, don't get me wrong (I love the Hippy-Dippy Weather Man as much as the next guy, and the 'seven dirty words' bit is an all-time classic), but he graduated to another level of brilliance in the '90s, much more biting and demented. He always had smart observations and astounding wordplay, but for the past decade or so he's really found himself, become an anarchist and full-time cynic, and simply gone supernova.

I agree. I'll take the 90s Carlin anyday.

[patti]

ah such funny banter........

i want to check out the books you guys mentioned (sades,and holden).......nothing like searching for a book that is out of print......love that kind of challenge.:yup:

i have never seen Jay Mohr's gig........funny?

does steve martin count? or was he never standup?
i love the old richord pryor and eddie murphy.....george carlin is a given....and sienfeld.
i also liked steven wright alot...and i laughed pretty hard at paula poundstone.

[Yoda]

Hell yes Martin counts...and I can't believe I forgot to mention him. Happy feet! :D I also highly recommend his book, Cruel Shoes. It's very odd...but very entertaining.

"She had the juggs."

EDIT: shame on me for forgetting Eddie Murphy.

[Holden Pike]

Steve Martin was a terrific stand-up, the first to ever sell out arenas like a Rock act. And Cruel Shoes is definitely an oddly poetic treat. But Martin is just generally brilliant, stand-up or not.

Steve's three stand-up albums are all available on CD now, A Wild and Crazy Guy, Let's Get Small and Comedy is not Pretty!. There was a video recording of his act done from the Universal Ampitheater in 1979 at the height of his popularity, called simply Steve Martin Live. Sadly long out-of-print, it also included the hilarious Oscar-nominated short "The Absent-Minded Waiter" starring Steve, Terri Garr and Buck Henry, as well as an intro to the performance called "An Homage to Steve" with Alan King, Henny Youngman, David Letterman and Paul Simon asking for comedy advice.

PAUL SIMON: Steve, do you think a sad song is less effective if it's played with an up-tempo beat?

STEVE MARTIN: Paul, I'd really prefer just to talk about my comedy right now.
I have it on LaserDisc, so nanny-nanny boo-boo.


*as a trivia note, The Blues Brothers opened for Martin that performance, and that too was recorded, as their second album, Made in America - my favorite record of theirs.

[patti]

.......................nanny nanny boo boo.
well said holden. :D

i remember that paul simon/martin skit......can see it in my head now.
steve martin is a genius......i love him.

*so why don't you marrrrry him? nyuckk nyuckk

[XetoxIc]

Sam Kenison all the way :D

[Holden Pike]

Sam Kinison was yet another genius, and left us far too soon.

Another amazingly brilliant and darkly hysterical man who died much too young was Bill Hicks. Never achieved the kind of popularity he might have had he survived the P.C. times of the early '90s, but you can discover his work on CD: check out Arizona Bay, Dangerous, Relentless and Rant in E-Minor. All four are fantastic. He was just as angry and insane as George Carlin's '90s stuff, but from the perspective of a rebel who grew up in fu*kin' south Texas and couldn't wait to get out of there.

[Mary Loquacious]

It seems that so far there's a pretty comprehensive list, and I agree with just about all of the comedians listed here. Pryor, Carlin, Murphy, Martin, Kinison... etc., etc.

Lenny Bruce, though, is just amazing. We've got The Carnegie Hall Concert on CD. He burned out way too young...

I also love Andrew Dice Clay... a funny motherf*cker.

Bill Hicks... God, that name sounds so familiar... but I don't know if I've heard him or not.

[XetoxIc]

Originally posted by Mary Loquacious
It seems that so far there's a pretty comprehensive list, and I agree with just about all of the comedians listed here. Pryor, Carlin, Murphy, Martin, Kinison... etc., etc.

Lenny Bruce, though, is just amazing. We've got The Carnegie Hall Concert on CD. He burned out way too young...

I also love Andrew Dice Clay... a funny motherf*cker.

Bill Hicks... God, that name sounds so familiar... but I don't know if I've heard him or not.

Andrew Dice Clay I still love to watch his movies to this day :)

[Mary Loquacious]

Yup--they're not nearly as funny as his stand-up, but good just the same... Brainsmasher: A Love Story, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane...

"My hair! My hair!"

[XetoxIc]

LOL

[Holden Pike]

Bill Hicks looked like THIS (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000009QI.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg).

[sadesdrk]

I went to the bookstore my sister works at, they have just about everything, or know how to get it. We turned up empty handed on the Chris Eliott book. Shucks. Aw well.

At least firgod agrees with me on the Pollak/Larry Appleton debate. All you need is one person to agree and you don't feel so lame. (shaddup Holden, don't even touch that one.)

Steve Martin
Martin Short
& Chevy Chase are some of my old stand-bys.

[Mary Loquacious]

Originally posted by Holden Pike
Bill Hicks looked like THIS (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000009QI.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg).

That's a great pic, but I don't think I've ever seen him afore.

One for the list...

[L .B . Jeffries]

after Pollack was talked about quite a bit I DL a couple little parts of his stand-up and there hilarious his Captain Kirk is simple amazing. I wish I could get some more.

[HavePlant]

I think the funnyest comedian is, YOUR MOM

[Gigolo Joe]

Steven Wright - you really have to hear the guy saying his material for it to work

[Yoda]

Originally posted by Gigolo Joe
Steven Wright - you really have to hear the guy saying his material for it to work
:yup: One of my favorite signatures:

"I almost had a pyschic girlfriend, but she left me before we met." -- Steven Wright

[patti]

Originally posted by Gigolo Joe
Steven Wright - you really have to hear the guy saying his material for it to work

so true. :yup:

[Monkeypunch]

Andy Kaufman is the funniest man alive. (I still think he faked his own death. That is the funniest joke ever.)
I also like Denis Leary. He is relentlessly funny AND from the greatest city on earth, Boston, Massachusetts!
:D

[Gigolo Joe]

ahah I love this Steven Wright joke ~

"They say we're 98% water. We're that close to drowning...
(Picks up his glass of water from the stool...) I like to live on the edge..."

[patti]

MWAAAHAAAAHAAAA MWAA HAAA. that is beautiful. :laugh:

[sadesdrk]

Originally posted by Gigolo Joe
ahah I love this Steven Wright joke ~

"They say we're 98% water. We're that close to drowning...
(Picks up his glass of water from the stool...) I like to live on the edge..." :laugh: That's a doozie! So, my kind of humor.

[Mary Loquacious]

ARG! Can't believe I forgot Steven Wright and Denis Leary.

Let's play a little game... Match the comedians listed above with their respective lines...

"The filter's the best part. That's where they put the heroin."

"I was walking down the street wearing my glasses the other day, and my prescription ran out."

Hard, eh? REALLY hard, eh? ;D

[Yoda]

Leary, then Wright. Wright's stuff is really, really easy to identify, usually. :yup:

"If I melt dry ice can I swim without getting wet?"

[patti]

now i gotta' go rent a stand-up video.......in fact, i'm gonna' go right now.

what do you guys think of Paula Poundstone? or Janeane Garofalo?
remember Judy Tenuda (sp)? there aren't so many women comedians......

i could NEVER do standup......and am in awe of anyone who has the balls to do it.

[spudracer]

Originally posted by Yoda
"If I melt dry ice can I swim without getting wet?"

:rotfl:

Wright is pretty good. Harland Williams (the guy bumming a ride in There's Something About Mary, Half-Baked, Rocketman) is also hilarious.

I remember his special on Comedy Central...

"...We know where chili powder comes from, we know where baking powder comes from, the Government doesn't want us to know where baby powder comes from..."

[Steve]

Isn't the answer to this question obvious? It's Lenny Bruce!

Carrot Top places second - has anyone seen Chairman of the Board???? Now THAT'S comedy!

[Holden Pike]

I like Paula Poundstone a lot, and I hope now that those leagal troubles have been cleared up she can get back to heavy touring. Never got to see her live, I always seem to hear about her being in town like the night of the performance, when its too late to get tickets.

[Yoda]

Heard some more Harland Williams today. Couldn't resist a quote:

"Crazy, mixed up world, man. Lotta guns now, too, man. Be careful out there. If you don't have a gun, please, for God's sakes, please go out and get one, huh? Because you never know when you're gonna be downtown some night by yourself. It's cold, it's dark, and all of a sudden...you're gonna need some money."

[patti]

i followed through on the impulse and walked to the video store to rent a steven wright stand-up video...but they didn't have one....bummer. 'spose he's just in a compilation tape??

[Holden Pike]

Another nanny-nanny boo-boo, because I have "Steven Wright, Live" on LaserDisc too. It's his first hour-long HBO special, with all of his most classic material....

"Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect."

"Why is it 'a penny for your thoughts' but you have to 'put your two cents in'? Somebody's makin' a penny."

"Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time."

"I used to work at the factory where they made hydrants, but you couldn't park anywhere near the place."

"Are there any questions?"

"I was arrested today for scalping low numbers at the deli. I sold a number three for twenty-nine bucks."

"I'm feeling kinda hyper."


And on and on and on. I saw him live at Merriweather Post Pavillion way back in '89. Fu*kin' hysterical.

[Mary Loquacious]

God, y'all are lucky. No comedians ever come to Hicksville. That's what I get for living in the Midwest, hours away from any decent metropolitan areas.

Anyway...

Another stand-up I really love--the Amazing Jonathan. Guy is great, with a fake-as-all-hell magic show. He used to pretend to snort coke onstage...

Also Dane Cook, this guy we saw on Comedy Central. I haven't seen anything of him since, but I laughed so hard I snorted milk out my nose, which was weird 'cause I hadn't had any milk that day.

[Yoda]

Ah yes, the Amazing Jonathan. A very weird fellow, but undeniably funny. And I dig Dane Cook...big time.

"You know, like the creatures in Aliens. You don't mess with them. They're bada** lookin'. They're always wet and sh*t!"
"In the future everything will be instant. Instant. We'll teleport everywhere. But the DMV will still take like nine f*ckin' seconds!

'Nine seconds? COME ON! I've gotta be at work in three seconds!'"
Ever hear his rants on dancing and Catholic Mass? Painfully funny. :laugh:

[Raziel1]

Gotta be Bernie Mack. With a close tie to Dana Carvey.
Sidenote: Go see The Original Kings of Comedy. Bernie Mack is a riot.:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Monkeypunch]

I forgot about my current favorite comedians, Dave Attell and Louis Black....I probably spelled their names wrong, too.

[Yoda]

I've got to add Sean Cullen to this list. His "song" The Food of Your Choice Will End Your Life Tonight is too damn funny. It's just as weird as it sounds. But it's brilliantly funny. He's a great singer, too. Gotta love a guy who writes a song called You've Got a Friend in Porn (I'll have to post the lyrics later).

[Mary Loquacious]

Originally posted by Monkeypunch
I forgot about my current favorite comedians, Dave Attell and Louis Black....I probably spelled their names wrong, too.

I watched some Lewis Black stand-up last night. Love that guy--his special on taxes was the bomb. Intensity in ten cities, that guy. I swear, he's his own heart attack.

"'If it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college.' Don't think about that for more than three minutes or blood will shoot out your nose!"

:laugh:

And I know, I misquoted it in the Shoutbox. I blame the Old Style.

[Naisy]

you have it all wrong Jim Owen is the best comedian of all time, i love listening to his stand up routines and even if it isnt funny i love listening to his voice, i love an irish accent. But than again there are THOUSANDS of other comedians that i also like, but Jimmy is DA man

[Fez Wizardo]

Chris Morris.

Check out some audio samples here: http://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk

He's mostly media satire but his stuff stretches out into all walks of weirdness.

Needless to say I haven't heard of half the people mentioned here...

[n3wt]

I have recently found this guy, Steve Hughes, he is hilarious!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHMoDt3nSHs

[ollanik]

Rowan Atkinson or Sasha Baron Cohen?
I cant decide.

[n3wt]

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTb3fkMQQFjrjKUaSDUU-eMttgTBIDLgpBDgl6dBEVr4jbTBCGvn6pud6irmw

:yup:

[Powderfinger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW2kSkurQFs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf14Evmx5pg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3wjTISDJ7I

There is funnier ones, but my internet speed not great the moment.

[earlsmoviepicks]

Ones that consistently make me laugh, past and present

Louis C.K.
Robert Klein
Mitch Hedburg
George Carlin
Eddie Murphy
Buddy Hackett
Andrew Dice Clay

[Deadite]

You guys are sexist. I haven't seen hardly any female comedians mentioned. Some of my favorites are:

Rodney Dangerfield
Richard Pryor
Doug Stanhope
Zach G-something
Dave Chappelle

[Deadite]

Oh, and I almost forgot Bill Burr! Shame on me!

[rauldc14]

I may stand alone, but:
Jeff Dunham
Jeff Foxworthy
Bill Engvall
Ron White
Larry the Cable Guy
Gabriel Iglesias

[earlsmoviepicks]

Forgot to mention Stephen Lynch!

http://comedians.jokes.com/stephen-lynch/videos/stephen-lynch---if-i-were-gay/

[will.15]

Okay, he's not the funniest, but he's the funniest to goof on.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVGVJGX--o0

[nebbit]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW2kSkurQFs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf14Evmx5pg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3wjTISDJ7I

There is funnier ones, but my internet speed not great the moment.
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb252/Ronnies_Pets/smileys%20emoticons/thyessmiley.gif

[ollanik]

What about Charly Chaplin?

[chrisv24]

Not sure if he is known in America but there is a Scottish comedian called Frankie Boyle that I love. Also, Michael Mcintyre is another British comedian that has a great reputation.

[Brodinski]

I generally dislike most stand-up comedians, I'm notoriously hard to get going once I'm in a situation where I know something funny is going to come. Then that unexpected touch is gone and I catch myself thinking: why are these people laughing? This is embarrassing, it's utter *****, yet they are laughing. Often times when I'm watching a comedy show or series with my folks and the girlfriend, they're laughing hard and I'm sitting there: err... drinks anyone?

That being said, I am quite fond of Dave Chappelle and Katt Williams. And there's this one Irishman I liked, can't even remember my name, but I remember him doing a sketch on global warming and he said something like: "Me, I'm a huge fan of global warming. 10 years from now, we can stand on our cliffs and watch the fooking English drown." It just cracked me up, probably a combination of what he said and that thick Irish accent.

[shlomi]

George Carlin is very good, but I hate that his show about God becomes a guiding light for begining atheists to feel geniuses and "Superior" from believers.
you know what i mean? i'm sure you do.

[ollanik]

i generally dislike most stand-up comedians, i'm notoriously hard to get going once i'm in a situation where i know something funny is going to come. Then that unexpected touch is gone and i catch myself thinking: Why are these people laughing? This is embarrassing, it's utter *****, yet they are laughing. Often times when i'm watching a comedy show or series with my folks and the girlfriend, they're laughing hard and i'm sitting there: Err... Drinks anyone?
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