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Who is your all-time favorite stand-up comedian? Mine is probably Kevin James or Ray Baron (sp?).

Dead: Bill Hicks.

Alive: Probably Eddie Izzard, but as a whole I prefer American stand-up (stand up is one of the best things about American culture IMO). But I also really like Denis Leary.

Hard to choose: overall, I'd have to say Billy Connolly.

Jimmy Fallon...

Or maybe Bob Golthwait.

without a doubt, mitch hedberg

George Carlin followed very closely by Bill Cosby. I can quote great swaths of both of their classic routines.

"Noah! This is the lord."
"Riigghht!"
:D

Bill Maher
Dennis Miller

--both good.

Billy Connolly
Eddie Izzard
George Carlin

All are bloody brilliant.

Dennis Miller

Dave Chappelle

Chris Rock

Bill Hicks...absolutely brilliant.

"Have you ever noticed how people that believe in creationism look really unevolved?"

"I believe God created me in three days!"
"It looks like He rushed it."

mitch hedberg

dane cook

lewis black

and of course jerry seinfeld

George W. Bush.
As soon as he opens his mouth I start laughing.

Cake or death?

Mine has to be Denis Leary...I know some say he copied the genius of Hicks, but ive never seen or heard Bill.

George Carlin then probably Denis Leary and Jon Stewart.

Cake or death?
my NS country's motto is "freedom.... or cake"

i love eddie izzard.
those daily show guys are brilliant

bill cosby and bob newhart's routines are still funny today. thats quite an accomplishment

George W. Bush.
As soon as he opens his mouth I start laughing.
:D Yup that tends to happen.

Bill Cosby, Ron White, Mitch Hedburg, Bill Engvall. It all depends on the mood Im in but there are countless others.

George Carlin.

And any fart joke. Well, any fart. Farts are always funny. There is never an unfunny fart, and people attempting to ignore farts just makes it more funny.

Mitch Hedburg, Tom Cotter, Dennis Miller, Dennis Leary

Comedians ...

Stand-up Comedians:

Alive: Ellen Degeneris(sp)
Dead: Lenny Bruce/Freddie Prinz (tie)

Comedic Actors:

Alive: Robin Williams
Dead: John Belushi

Comedic Writers:

Alive: Terry Gilliam (yes, Monty Python is AMERICAN humor at its finest)
Dead: Jack Benny

I have so many, but I guess my faves are:

-Jerry seinfeld
-Jon Stewart (The Daily Show is the best!!)
-Lewis Black
-Dave Chappelle

Lenny Bruce by far. He set the standard for stand up comedians of today. Heck he got arrested for using obscene language back in the 60's.

George W. Bush.
As soon as he opens his mouth I start laughing.


yes. I wondered when that would come up

George Carlin. Love 'im.

John Cleese, Laurel and Hardy.
Billy Connelly isn't bad either.

Eddie Izzard and Dave Gorman

The name has been mentioned already, but Bill Hicks is the best. If any of you guys have never heard him before, go grab some of his stuff...absolutely brilliant.

Goofball Top Ten Stand-up Comedians

10) Elayne Boosler
9) Bette Midler
8) Larry The Cable Guy
7) Bill Engvall
6) Gallagher(minus any sledge-o-matic routines)
5) Chris Rock
4) Denis Leary
3) Robin Williams
2) Sam Kinison
1) George Carlin.

"Why is it that most of the people who are against abortions are people I wouldn't want to f*ck in the first place?" -George Carlin

Dennis Miller for his incredible witicism. You can't stop the guy from being fuuny. :D

Demetri Martin

I'm surprised a few people said Bill Engvall, I didn't know that anyone on this website liked redneck comedians. I have to add Ron White, Jeff Foxworthy, and Bill Engvall of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour to my list. Larry the Cable Guy depends on "fart" humor to much for my liking.

I'm surprised a few people said Bill Engvall, I didn't know that anyone on this website liked redneck comedians. I have to add Ron White, Jeff Foxworthy, and Bill Engvall of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour to my list. Larry the Cable Guy depends on "fart" humor to much for my liking.

Bill Engvall is the best 'southern' comedian I ever heard. Light-years better than Foxworthy. I like Larry. He's silly. :)

Bill Engvall is the best 'southern' comedian I ever heard. Light-years better than Foxworthy. I like Larry. He's silly. :)

I have to admit I like his trademark, "Git 'er done!"

I have to admit I like his trademark, "Git 'er done!"

"That's funny, right there. I don't care who you are, that's funny." and "Lord, I apologize. ...Please be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea. Amen."

Buster Keaton, definitely. I can't understand why no one remembered him yet.

"That's funny, right there. I don't care who you are, that's funny." and "Lord, I apologize. ...Please be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea. Amen."

"I was madder than a leg-less Ethiopian watching a donut roll down a hill."

Patton Oswalt of crouse.

"I was madder than a leg-less Ethiopian watching a donut roll down a hill."

"It was scarier than Janet Reno coming at you in a negligee, carrying a box of rubbers."

"It was scarier than Janet Reno coming at you in a negligee, carrying a box of rubbers."

"They disappeared faster than a set of rims at a Puff Daddy concert."

"They disappeared faster than a set of rims at a Puff Daddy concert."

"I was madder than a skinhead watching 'The Jeffersons'."

"I was madder than a skinhead watching 'The Jeffersons'."

I don't know any more. Do you?

I don't know any more. Do you?

I have made quoting comedians my hobby. :)

"I was happier than Jim Nabors with a wheelbarrow full of buttholes."

I was happy to see Larry the Cable Guy made the list... he is funnier that watching a waterhead eatin chicken wings....

Ron White is great to! They call me tater salad.

I love comedy in general.. it was nice to see this kind of discussion for once.

my favorites are

dane cook "... and the pickles"
paula poundstone "people on the left, we hate the people on the right"
kathleen madigan jehova's witnesses
maria bamford "To me jesus is...my boyfriend."
adam ferrara "shoooe saale!"
greg giraldo The obesidy epidemic

I can't believe no-one's said Robin Williams - Has anyone seen him live? He is without a doubt the funniest man on the planet (& that's Billy Connolley's opinion as well, not just mine).
I wish he'd do more tours.
Also it's a crime against humanity what Hollywood does with him, appearing in child-friendly trash like Mrs. Doubtfire or trying to make him a psycho like One Hour Photo.
What is with Holloywood? They can't seem to grasp the idea that you can have comedy that isn't 'family' or isn't 'romantic'.
Another top one is Billy Connelly, but I think he's been in cruise-mode the last few years.
Bill Hicks, definitely.
Billy T James.

Ray Romano does good stand up.

In no particular order-
-Steven Wright
-Dom Irerra
-Jerry Sadowitz
-Eddie Izzard
-Denis Leary
-Bill Hicks
-Jerry Seinfeld

Robin Williams + Billy Connolly are the two most over-rated comedians going,in my opinion.
They are about as funny as being kneecapped.

stephen lynch

where is he from?

where is he from?

he's the guy who sings all the silly songs. like about super heroes, and the special olympics.

Nah, I don't know him.

Nah, I don't know him.
bummer. i laughed so hard at "special olympics" that i almost pissed my pants.

Steven Wright

"It's hard for me to buy clothes for myself. I'm not my size...I take extra-medium"

"Sponges grow in the ocean--that kills me. How much deeper would the ocean be..."

"When I do have a child, I'm going to buy one of those strollers for twins. I'm gonna tell him he was a twin too. 'You were a twin, but your brother didn't listen to me...'"

More Steven Wright-
"I put instant coffee in the microwave and almost went back in time"

"I saw a poster that said:'Lost-$50,Reward-$50,if found,just keep it"

"You can't have everything............where would you keep it?"

"My grandfather used to make me stand opposite him while he stared at me,saying nothing........he said it was elevator practice"

Has to be Billy Connolly - He's the only stand-up comedian I've ever known who can perform back to back shows without mentioning any material from the first in his second - pure genius. He could stand up in front of any audience anywher in the world and make peple laugh & he's one of the very few to e popular both sides of the Atlantic.

Bill Hicks is also V good - get's a bit boring after a while though seems to hang around on the same subjects for too long.

Stephen Lynch, special olympics-

Watch them run, watch them fall, watch them try to catch a ball. olympics... special olympics. Watch them laugh, watch them drool, watch them fall into a pool, thats diving, at the special olympics.
And I know full well, that I will burn in hell, but-those-guys-playing-wheelchair-basketball-gotta-be-the-funniest-frickin-thing-i've-ever-seen-in-my-life at the special olympics.


Bill Engvall- here's you sign are funny as hell too

I was on a corporate flight. It was a morning show so I had to fly by night over to this little remote town in this puddle jumper airplane. The airplane hit a deer, I can't make this up, and it wrecked the engine. But the plane was so small there were no slides, the flight attendances just said "step out". So they bus us back to the airport and I call my wife, I go "honey you won't believe what happened, we just hit a deer with our airplane" There was a pause. Then she goes "omg, were you on the ground?" I go no, "I was in the air, Santa was making one last flight... here's your sign." - Bill Engvall

The rest of the blue collar comedians are funny too.. but i think i've wasted too much space on this thread already... so i'll just end now

Rodney Dangerfield

Monty Python ( the whole troupe)

George Carlin

Dave Chapelle

Rodney Dangerfeild!?....
ick...
In my dream world communism would work (although in reality I realize it doesn't, therefore I don't try moving toward it at all) and Rodney Dangerfeild wouldn't be confused as a comedian.

Stand-up comedians:
Bill Hicks
George Carlin

Other:

Trey Parker and Matt Stone

George W. Bush.
As soon as he opens his mouth I start laughing.

Amen.

I must admit, Jimmy Fallon is pretty funny too, but not quite as hysterical as George W. You should see the This Land parody. It is really quite hilarious.

I wanted to add Jimmy Kimmel, I'm not sure if he ever did stand-up, but he is hilarious. I love on his talk show when they do "Unnecessary Censorship".

You should see the This Land parody. It is really quite hilarious.
We've all seen it.

Jerry Seinfeld, of course.
Mitch Hedberg's pretty cool, too.

Denis Leary and George Carlin