NationStates Jolt Archive

Sorry if your personal favourite isn't on there

I like Al Murray..

Its used to be Rodney Dangerfield. Then Andrew Dice Clay.
Dom Irrera was pretty funny too. I met him in person.

Tied between Bill Bailey, Eddie Izzard, Jack Dee, and Bill Hicks.

Lewis Black.

I have trouble picking a favorite so I'll just name a few that I like alot.

Steven Wright
Lewis Black
Chris Rock
Dave Atell

Those are in no particluar order and there are plenty of other great ones out there that I haven't mentioned.

Saw George Carlin a couple of years ago. He wins.

Tied between Bill Bailey, Eddie Izzard, Jack Dee, and Bill Hicks.
Yeah.. Bill Bailey... and Dylan Moran.. god Black Books rocks!

Tim Wilson. He makes me cry.

Fiddlebottoms. :p

Dane Cook. He's like a young Lewis Black, which completely makes my day.

Demetri Martin to the max. That guy is great, I got to see him up here in Chicago a few weeks ago and I threw him some roses after the show.

Bill Bailey!!


and Jasper Carrott, Billy Connely, Jack Dee, Richard Pryor, and even Eddie Murphy

Um...this poll sucks. Every name I would consider isn't on the list. Half those on the list I have never even heard of. Where's Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Andrew Dice Clay, Rodney Dangerfield, Kathy Griffin, Jenneane Garaffalo, and my #1 choice Richard Prior?


edit: Oh, and Dennis Leary!

Um...this poll sucks. Every name I would consider isn't on the list. Half those on the list I have never even heard of. Where's Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Andrew Dice Clay, Rodney Dangerfield, Kathy Griffin, Jenneane Garaffalo, and my #1 choice Richard Prior?
They are.. not on list..

Robert Gustafson, I'd say. The man's hilarious, but I voted Evans.

Um...this poll sucks. Every name I would consider isn't on the list. Half those on the list I have never even heard of. Where's Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Andrew Dice Clay, Rodney Dangerfield, Kathy Griffin, Jenneane Garaffalo, and my #1 choice Richard Prior?
I don't know about the others, but the Dice man is frantically paging through books of nursery rhymes looking for ones he hasn't used yet so he can re-start his career.

My personal favorites are George Carlin and Richard Pryor. The two funniest men that ever lived.

R.I.P Rich!

Always Bill Hicks. He doesn't do much standing these days, sadly.

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Jonas Gardell.

Lisa Lampanelli

god Black Books rocks!
damn right!

"Bernard... Bernard... I've got something to tell you... Bernard..."
"What?!"
"I ATE ALL YOUR BEES!" :p :p :p


god i love that show :D

Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence.... those guys are just hilarious, imo.


...and Dennis Miller is the master of the simile.

damn right!

"Bernard... Bernard... I've got something to tell you... Bernard..."
"What?!"
"I ATE ALL YOUR BEES!" :p :p :p


god i love that show :D
Manny: Bernard.. Bernard, look! Bernard.. Bernard.. Bernard look. Look Bernard! Bernard. Bernard. Bernard, Look! Bernard! Bernard.. Bernard.. Bernard.. Bernard, Look! Bernard! Look!

Bernard: WHAT!?

Manny: I'm a prostitute robot from the future!

Dane Cook, Lewis Black, Margaret Cho, Richard Pryor, Jenneane Garaffalo, George Carlin, Jon Stewart, Dave Chappelle

Manny: Bernard.. Bernard, look! Bernard.. Bernard.. Bernard look. Look Bernard! Bernard. Bernard. Bernard, Look! Bernard! Bernard.. Bernard.. Bernard.. Bernard, Look! Bernard! Look!

Bernard: WHAT!?

Manny: I'm a prostitute robot from the future!
lol! :p

*Manny holds up sign to window*
"I think I've locked you out!"

*Bernard looks aggrivated*
*Manny runs back and writes another note*

"Oh no!"
:p

(i may be getting plenty of this wrong cos i only saw the first series again last week after an absence from the greatness that is Black Books of over a year!)

Um...this poll sucks. Every name I would consider isn't on the list. Half those on the list I have never even heard of. Where's Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Andrew Dice Clay, Rodney Dangerfield, Kathy Griffin, Jenneane Garaffalo, and my #1 choice Richard Prior?


edit: Oh, and Dennis Leary!
The people on the list are all British stand-ups.

Um...this poll sucks. Every name I would consider isn't on the list. Half those on the list I have never even heard of. Where's Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Andrew Dice Clay, Rodney Dangerfield, Kathy Griffin, Jenneane Garaffalo, and my #1 choice Richard Prior?


edit: Oh, and Dennis Leary!

Denis Leary isn't on here becase Bill Hicks rose from the grave and stole his fucking routines back.

Ali G... aye!

Dunno if he can considered stand-up comedian though.

Ali G... aye!

Dunno if he can considered stand-up comedian though.

I wouldn't consider Ali G as a stand-up comedian, more as a "very bad, dumbed down retread of all Chris Morris less amusing media terrorist moments from Brasseye, with distinctly dodgy racial undertones".

I wouldn't consider Ali G as a stand-up comedian, more as a "very bad, dumbed down retread of all Chris Morris less amusing media terrorist moments from Brasseye, with distinctly dodgy racial undertones".

He's pretty cool though.

*saves kid from getting run over* "Remember, life is the greatest gift Jah has ever given us..." *takes ak47* *shoots loads of gangsters.

Chalk another up for Lewis Black... I just love the way you expect him to have a heart attack in the middle of a performance...

No Jimmy Carr:(

So in such an absence, Bill Baily.

Incidentally, vote for Peter Kay and I will find a way to kill you, painfully, and slowly.

Bill Bailey, Eddie Izzard, Dave Gorman.

In fact all the poll options are reasonable. Except for Billy Connelly. *shudders* Just looking at him annoys me.

No Jimmy Carr:(

Jimmy Carr?

He's shit.

Jimmy Carr?

He's shit.

The cynicism is refreshing, and frankly, Stephen Fry is the funniest man on television irrespective of stand up comics

The cynicism is refreshing, and frankly, Stephen Fry is the funniest man on television irrespective of stand up comics

The latter bit of the comment has a small inkling of truth about it. But Jimmy Carr is a nasty sexist racist shit. I don't care whether it's done ironically or not, he's a twat. End of.

And not a very funny one either. At least Bernard Manning has timing, and will die soon.

The latter bit of the comment has a small inkling of truth about it. But Jimmy Carr is a nasty sexist racist shit. I don't care whether it's done ironically or not, he's a twat. End of.

And not a very funny one either. At least Bernard Manning has timing, and will die soon.

It is ironic, and yes, it is funny

Lewis Black

The cynicism is refreshing, and frankly, Stephen Fry is the funniest man on television irrespective of stand up comics
He has the delivery, timing, and charisma of a plank of wood.

Dane Cook, Lewis Black, Margaret Cho, Richard Pryor, Jenneane Garaffalo, George Carlin, Jon Stewart, Dave Chappelle


Oops I forgot to put Eddie Izzard on that list.

George Carlin
Richard Pryor (R.I.P.)
Bob Newhart
Rodney Dangerfield
Bill Cosby
Steve Martin
Lenny Bruce (R.I.P.)
Johnny Carson (R.I.P.)

It is ironic, and yes, it is funny

Yeah, funny that he picks on minorities to be "ironically" "amusing" about, eh? Never seen him tell one of his oh so amusing "ironic" jokes about, say, large muscly blokes with little sense of humour.

Another sign - along with Little Britain - that the 90s lad culture nastied up British culture. I blame Loaded.

I went with Eddie Izzard although his later work isnt so good. Hes gone from funny gibberish to less funny political stuff. kinda like system of a down.

Chris rock and bill hicks are ace too.

I went with Eddie Izzard although his later work isnt so good. Hes gone from funny gibberish to less funny political stuff. kinda like system of a down.

Chris rock and bill hicks are ace too.

Yeah, i saw his last tour and it was quite a tired retread i thought.

His new Christopher Walken impression (debuted in the encore) was good though.

Demetri Martin is freakin amazing. Lewis Black, Zach Galifinakax, Jim Gaffigan. This is basically my personal favorites from Comedy Central standup.

Craig Ferguson from the Late Late Show is also great. Don't know if he does standup outside of his 10 minute monolouges at the beginning of his shows though.

Bill Hicks
Denis Leary
Robin Williams

Russel Peters
Jerry Seinfeild

Fav:Lenny Bruce

Others: Bill Hicks, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Dave Chappelle, Sarah Silverman, Andy Kaufman, Dave Attell, Redd Foxx

Only know one of the people in that poll. I'm a fan of Lewis Black, George Carlin, Jim Gaffigan, Chris Rock, Denis Leary, Dave Chappelle, Jon Stewart, Dave Attell, and Stephen Lynch.

Bill Hicks and Bill Bailey. I really enjoy Lee Evans and Al Murray also, but I find that Al Murray, whilst funny the first time, doesn't re-view so well. and in my opinion, he uses too many of the same jokes every time. It's a performance style, but it wears on me. "after all, where'd we be without rules?! France!" ad infinitum.

My favorites in no particular order:

Denis Leary
Chris Rock
Larry The Cable Guy
Eddie Murphy
Sam Kinison
Ron White
Dave Atell
Dane Cook
Robert Schimmel
George Carlin
Lewis Black
Eddie Izzard
Robin Williams
Elayne Boosler
Mitch Hedberg
Dennis Wolfberg
Lenny Bruce
Bill Engvall
Richard Pryor
Rodney Dangerfield

I'll add more as I think of them

Or paricular note here as nobody else has mentioned him yet is Robert Schimmel. Very funny guy. Give him a try. especially if you like dick jokes. :)

George Carlin.

Richard Pryor
George Carlin
Eddie Murphy
Dave Chappelle

None of them are on the poll :(

Just a note, as I read the thread, the name that stands out to me as appearing more than all others is George Carlin. Do we have a winner here?

As for me, I forgot to put the following on my list:
Steven Wright
Andy Kaufman
Robin Williams
Phyllis Diller
Bob Hope
Jonathon Winters

Christopher Titus. His twisted, "theraputic" form of stand-up really speaks to me... Mainly because I, too, have had a really fucked up life.

My favorites in no particular order:

Denis Leary
Chris Rock
Larry The Cable Guy
Eddie Murphy
Sam Kinison
Ron White
Dave Atell
Dane Cook
Robert Schimmel
George Carlin
Lewis Black
Eddie Izzard
Robin Williams
Elayne Boosler
Mitch Hedberg
Dennis Wolfberg
Lenny Bruce
Bill Engvall
Richard Pryor
Rodney Dangerfield

I'll add more as I think of them

Or paricular note here as nobody else has mentioned him yet is Robert Schimmel. Very funny guy. Give him a try. especially if you like dick jokes. :)

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!1!

Dave Chappelle, followed by Chris Rock and George Carlin.

Wayne Brady

Can't believe nobody else said him before me!

Billy Connolly rules. I went to a show of his a couple of weeks ago. :)

just watched Robin Williams HBO special tonight. Almost died, even tho I have the thing memorized.

George Carlin, of course. Lenny Bruce...Dave Attel...mitch hedberg, dane cook

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!1!

I like it there. Very roomy. :)

No George Carlin?!?!?! This poll makes me sad. :(

the dane train

then mitch hedberg

Red Fox(RIP),
Richard Pryor(RIP),
Louis Black,
Dave Chapelle

then mitch hedberg
RIP

He was a really nice, and funny guy.

No George Carlin?!?!?! This poll makes me sad. :(

I know. Aparently, only people from the UK are funny. :rolleyes:

Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle. Their one our specials are hilarious.

I really like the story Dave tells about the toddler he say standing on a street corner at midnight.

John Cleese and the people who write the simpsons ... and the rest of monty python.

btw this is so amusing: http://www.smithappens.com/video_celebrityjeopardy6.php

... and the guy who plays Sean Connery in this.

Can't wait till the comedy festival in Melbourne :D

Demetri Martin is freakin amazing. Lewis Black, Zach Galifinakax, Jim Gaffigan. This is basically my personal favorites from Comedy Central standup.

Craig Ferguson from the Late Late Show is also great. Don't know if he does standup outside of his 10 minute monolouges at the beginning of his shows though.

Craig Ferguson used to standup in the 80s, back in the UK, both under his own name and the stage name "Bing Hitler". Used to have a couple of his live albums. Good in a shouty confrontational kinda way.

I have trouble picking a favorite so I'll just name a few that I like alot.

Steven Wright
(*others*)

*bows*

AT present it has to be Peter Kay, and Bill Hicks (via many DVD's and CD's) is God.

From the list, Eddie Izzard. Not on the list, Bill Hicks.

"Who's your favourite stand-up comedian?"

Chris Rock.

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George Carlin.
Ron White
Chris Rock

Sinbad