Favorite Stand-up Comedian

[xrey]

Have you ever noticed ...

I was watching some old Richard Pryor and George Carlin and they had me rolling on the floor laughing ... even having seen them lots of times before.

Got me thinking of who are my favorite stand-ups but the list kept growing from the obvious to the not-so obvious. I tried to narrow the list to the top five - that was tough. Had to also break up the list to include those during the last 25 years.

Take the poll and if there is one that you believe is worthy and not on the list please add a comment. I tried to keep the poll list as diverse as possible.

Some favorites not on the short list:
Sam Kinison
Steve Martin
Gary Shandling
Jackie Mason
Rodney Dangerfield
Cheech and Chong
Redd Foxx
Lewis Black
Dave Chapelle
Sarah Silverman
Steven Wright
Ellen DeGeneres
Carlos Mencia
Andrew Dice Clay

The list is long ... effen long.

I LOVE TO LAUGH

[ImpulZ]

Where is eddie murphy :)

[crayons]

Where is eddie murphy :)

Was just about to ask the same- especially this being a tranny forum and all. :lol:

[Night Rider]

Richard Pryor out of that list...

[ImpulZ]

Where is eddie murphy :)

Was just about to ask the same- especially this being a tranny forum and all. :lol:


:lol: :lol: :mrgreen:

[JANIRA]

Hands down i love margaret cho, especially when she is talking about imitates her mother...lol

[Leverage87]

I am partial to the old Andrew Dice Clay and Sam Kinison stuff myself, but I think Jerry Seinfeld is pretty funny too.

[GroobySteven]

Bill Hicks - hands down.

Eddie Izzard.

[mbf]

Does Andy Kaufman qualify???

[lust4ts]

Richard Pryor by a mile. I was too young to get him when I first had seen him.

Recently though I have watched three or four of his shows and was blown away by his pure honesty and story telling skills. In one of the shows he done a routine about going into the woods, it was one of the funniest things I have ever seen and heard, and I say seen because allot of his comedy is so visual!

His facial expressions are amazing and the interaction he has with the audience is fantastic.

Apart from him Peter Kay is great!


Richard pryor on going into the woods:

http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=sG2tachQlj4&feature=related

http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=I-CYBoW_hlQ&feature=related



On his dogs:

http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=TzOHeSn61ss&feature=related

:lol:

[xrey]

Feel free to post a youtube link to your favorite comedian's routine and share with everyone.

How about this one from Rodney - classic.

Laughing is healthy!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FPv2toi5og&feature=related

[Bluntasaurus-Rex]

none of those, although Chris Rock, Richard Pryor & George Carlin are hilarious.

Jeff Foxworthy & Jerry Seinfeld, come on those guys suck.

my absolute favorites are.

Brian Posehn
Dimitri Martin
Ralphie May

[xrey]

Does Andy Kaufman qualify???

Yes he does and this bit from 1977 is unique and edgy. Do you get it? Make sure you let it play through till the mid-part.

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

[mbf]

Does Andy Kaufman qualify???

Yes he does and this bit from 1977 is unique and edgy. Do you get it? Make sure you let it play through till the mid-part.

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

Thank you for the link. I am actually too young to have seen Kaufman in his prime, I know of him due to the Milos Forman movie "Man on the Moon". He definitley was great!

[Quinn]

My current favorites include the following:

Bill Burr
Patrice O'Neil
Jim Norton

-Quinn

[eggbert]

Quinn, I gotta agree with you on Bill Burr. I had to pull over once on Route 80 I was laughing so hard listening to his diarhea routine.

[BeardedOne]

Gotta love Margaret Cho (Bonus points because she and TW are twins separated at birth :shock: ).

And her bits about her mother: "Are you gayyyyyy? If you are gay, that's OK. It's OK to be gay......If you are gay, I going to kill myself!"

[Quinn]

Quinn, I gotta agree with you on Bill Burr. I had to pull over once on Route 80 I was laughing so hard listening to his diarhea routine.

The guy's funny as hell and has a huge set on him. Have you seen the video of his stand-up in Philly – when he went off on the audience after they started booing comedians off of the stage? I've been a fan of his for a long time, but that sealed the deal so far his status among my favorites is concerned.

-Quinn

[KiraHarden]

D L Hugley, I may have misspelled his name, Chris Rock and Carlin

[jamesb121]

Billy Connolly

[eggbert]

Quinn, I gotta agree with you on Bill Burr. I had to pull over once on Route 80 I was laughing so hard listening to his diarhea routine.

The guy's funny as hell and has a huge set on him. Have you seen the video of his stand-up in Philly – when he went off on the audience after they started booing comedians off of the stage? I've been a fan of his for a long time, but that sealed the deal so far his status among my favorites is concerned.

-Quinn

Yes, that was funny, especially when he went off on the piss smelling subway system in Philly and this city's god-like worship of Rocky. And it's so true.

[Jericho]

Bill Hicks - hands down.

Eddie Izzard.

Add Dennis Leary to that:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVoQfoU0dQ

[Night Rider]

Ricky Gervais although you have to be British to really appreciate him

[wombat33]

DENNIS LEARY

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


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkg0WLj7TJ8&feature=related

[ezed]

I gotta agree with Quinn. I'd add Dennis Leary and Richard Pryor also. Jimmy Norton is a classic. Below are links to Bill Burrs perfomance in Philly. As background, two previous comedians had cut short their performance due to booing, one was a Philly comedian. Bill's from Boston.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmLfz_cqoqw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8iyrCAuVB0

[blckhaze]

1a)pryor
1b) carlin
3) chris rock
4) eddie murphey
5) george lopez

any comedian who doesnt curse doesnt capture the rawness of real life.

[JamesHunt]

Billy Connolly

[alex97]

jay morh and dennis leary

[slightlyst00pid88]

daniel tosh

[Willie Escalade]

Richard Pryor by a long shot. I was too young to see him in person; thank god my father bought all of his albums. Craps, That N*****'s Crazy, and Richard Pryor: Live are his best.

Buy the box set. It's worth it.

[OEMEnemyNum1]

Wheres the love for George Lopez?

[Hostile]

George Carlin, George Lopez , Lisa Lampanelli

[Legend]

Rodney Dangerfield

[sugdaddie69]

George Bush name is missing.

[melissacarter]

In this order:

Dave Attell
Funniest guy to me now.
"I see this girl at a bar, I notice she has a black eye. I'm thinking, "great, she doesn't listen."

"People are so defensive. I offered a girl a tic-tac once, she said, "oh do you think I need one? Is my breath bad, do I need one?". I'm just trying to be nice, if I was gonna give you something you need it would be moustache wax and a tshirt that says "one cock at a time".

Richard Pryor
He was hysterical, funniest comedian during his prime.

Woody Allen
As a young comedian I thought he was the funniest, most original comic of his times. I loved how he exaggerated his insecurities and failings with women. His advice to young comedians: "Don't hide behind your jokes."

[FruitTree]

WOW 4 pages and only 2 people have said Billy Connolly, for me he's the funniest guy ever but you might need to be Scottish to get some of the early stuff

[sucka4chix]

Used to listen to Richard Pryor a long time ago and thought he was hilarious, but it wasn't til recently I truly appreciated his comic GENIUS.
I love the style that Mitch Hedberg had--- his stuff cracks me up, wish there was more of it. Lisa Lampanelli is sooo funny, she needs some new shit, though.
But absolutely, positively, the funniest person I ever saw live was Chris Tucker!!! He was the funniest man alive til his ol' lady changed him.

[El Nino]

Carlin=God

[chefmike]

Bill Hicks - hands down.

I was wondering if someone was going to mention the late, great Bill Hicks. He was fucking brilliant! I'm not sure how many years ago Lenny Bruce died, but he still remains the godfather IMO. He paved the way for so many comics...

[xrey]

Bill Hicks - hands down.

I was wondering if someone was going to mention the late, great Bill Hicks. He was fucking brilliant! I'm not sure how many years ago Lenny Bruce died, but he still remains the godfather IMO. He paved the way for so many comics...

Never have seen any of his stand-up ... gonna open a beer and search youtube for clips.

[xrey]

Wheres the love for George Lopez?

I am a fan of his and have seen him live ... he is fall on the floor funny but his comedy is directed primarily to the latin community.

[Rod la Rod]

Kathy Griffin is hilarious. Maybe just for people who live in LA and work around the show biz. I am not gay.

BTW; News Flash; Britney's 16 Y.O. hillbilly sister, Jamie Lynn Spears is PREGNANT.

I am really not gay.

[TheOne1]

http://www.comedyhome.com/Images/3821.jpg

[redtiger]

While I think of George Carlin as one of my all-time favorites, I still love Gallagher. I love some of his insights and the smashing of the watermelon.

[Leeloo]

Definitely Billy Connolly. He's one of the very few who can walk out on stage with no idea what he is going to talk about, and have an audience in stitches for two hours.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuUpShuC5dY

If you've never experienced it for yourself, you have missed something magic.

[Rogers]

Tribute to Richard Pryor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cuOoBj2Xi4

Bill Hicks - Rush Limbaugh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg2_MntkMzg&feature=related

Billy Connolly - Incontinence Knickers (his funniest clip ever! :lol: )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-t6_n6BR2U&feature=related

[MacShreach]

Billy Connolly. The most accomplished conceptual comedian as well as probably the best clown alive today. There is nothing he can't make funny.


The transatlantic mob may not know him, but Dave Allen.

[melissacarter]

Definitely Billy Connolly. He's one of the very few who can walk out on stage with no idea what he is going to talk about, and have an audience in stitches for two hours.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuUpShuC5dY

If you've never experienced it for yourself, you have missed something magic.

That was very funny. Favorite line: "can I have more butter in my bucket please?"

[saifan]

Mitch Hedberg...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDxBUoCN6MQ

[Dino Velvet]

No Yakov Smirnoff? For shame! Every time he says "What a country" I laugh so hard I shit my pants. Those jokes about how much Brezhnev drinks are priceless.

Look how Yakov has all off these Missouri farmers eating out of the palm of his hand. They probably don't even know he's a Jew and that the USSR is no more.
http://www.yakov.com/images/shoImg6.jpg

[kaientai]

billy connely, and dennis leary.
Bill is just a genius and i need to start with some hicks cause i read somewhere that leary stole a lot of his stuf from him

[catpower]

Bill Hicks is great. I also really enjoy Russell Peters and David Chapelle. All time favorite would have to be Eddie Murphy, though.

[skaterboisandiego]

Richard Pryor. def!

[bassman2546]

If I had to pick from that bunch, I'd say George Carlin. Not sure how George Lopez would fit into the list. I've never found Seinfeld funny and still don't.

The gem that's not on the list is Lisa Lampanelli. She usually closes the Comedy Central Celebrity Roasts and she is hilarious, not to mention quite vulgar.

[tatsu1]

Jim Norton... that man put me on to the transgendered.

eatabullet.com

[TheGuard]

Louis CK
Steven Wright
Billy Connelly
Dennis Leary
Artie Lange
George Carlin
Mitch Hedberg
Dave Attell

[loosenoose24]

Demitri Martin

[Ben]

She doesn't do stand-up... but Jenna Marbles is pretty funny.
Especially the Thanks Obama! vid...

Thanks Obama - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkQxHlr2fXM)

People I Would Fuck - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKIAbueB9sM)

[Prospero]

None of the above. My choice Eddie Izzard.

Eddie Izzard - Dress to Kill (hunsub, engsub) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ItGMtTCuY)

[Ben]

None of the above. My choice Eddie Izzard.

Eddie Izzard - Dress to Kill (hunsub, engsub) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ItGMtTCuY)

He is funny.

[Ben]

Louis CK - Indians, White People and God's Earth:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWZkwuILn_s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWZkwuILn_s)

[Ben]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8062QEFk5g (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8062QEFk5g)

[Blktop4hungangel]

Chris Tucker Def Comedy Jam

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

[Blktop4hungangel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CruRSb70TEQ

[bubbski]

BILL BURR - I was not familiar with this dude until they dropped his new comedy special on NETFLIX last week...And now I am a total fan. Enjoy the preview!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGC1cUyYXHo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGC1cUyYXHo)

[nysprod]

1. Steve Grooby

1a. Christianxxx

Lol

[JenniferParisHusband]

Some serious names missing from the earlier posts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeoJGPf--9Q


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3EIe-lJQBg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0MFg0tsjrE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGuGeBT3MFY

[Ben]

Kathleen Madigan...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku0zKl3PfPg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku0zKl3PfPg)

[Dahlia Babe Ailhad]

Hi xrey,

I really like the 'Cos, he has a nice family style of comedy. No swearing, no vulgarity, no racism or discrimination. He's a class act.

I chose George Carlin because he was ironic, and he discussed things in a very particular way.
Yes, he used vulgar words, sometimes. But he was funny

I liked his, Occupation: Foole bit. He would add the finale 'e' on job applications just to piss them off. lol

Here's the whole album.
youtube.com/watch?v=55pfcmUzGhw
As he got older, he became really cynical and FUNNY with it.

I would really like Chris Rock and many others if they didn't frikken cuss so gawd DANG much and discriminate.

I never found Seinfeld funny, at all. The guy never made me laugh. I never understood what was so funny.
I used to watched the Seinfeld show and never busted a gut laughing.

Babe,
xoxo

[Dahlia Babe Ailhad]

Russell Peters is great too.

youtube.com/watch?v=674AVMcPaSg

Babe,
xoxo

[greedo1976]

Check out Lorne Elliot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmngs8Yqvaw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmngs8Yqvaw

[AshlynCreamher]

Dane Cook - Sneezing Atheist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXtVzj9y-bo

[Ben]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfi4s8cjLFI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfi4s8cjLFI)

[Instrumental]

Chappelle by a long shot.

[vivid]

George Carlin
Bill Burr
Jim Jefferies
Dylan Moran
Pablo Francisco
Bill Hicks
Jim Breuer

[SanDiegoPervySage]

Bill Burr
Louis CK
Bernie Mac
Martin Lawrence
Eddie Murphy