Favorite comedian

[The_voice_of_reason]

Who is your favorite comedian?
I am going to have to say that Bill Hicks is mine.

"Iraq incredible weapons, incredible weapons 'how do you know?' Well uhhh....... we looked at the receipts. But as soon as that check clears, we're going in."

:lol still gets me, every time.

[Skulhedface]

Either Bill Hicks, George Carlin, or David Cross.

[Spectre X]

mine are Dutch:

Youp van 't Hek ("Fuck a duck hey." cracks me up with the voice he says it with :lol )
Hans Teeuwen ("Well..um...actually, I think all women are..um...FUCKING WHORES! YEAH!" the absurdity of it all :lol :lol )

[Protoclown]

George Carlin
Bill Hicks
Lewis Black

Though the single funniest stand up comedy cd I have heard is Dave Attell's "Skanks for the Memories".

I prefer comedy that has some social relevance though...and while Attell can make me laugh more often and harder than the top three up there, it's more of a pure entertainment value rather than actually making some good observations about society that get me thinking, while making me laugh my ass off.

Honorable mention:

David Cross
Eddie Izzard

[Esuohlim]

Currently, George Carlin. So far I bought eight of his comedy CDs, and they're all the best things I've ever heard.

[Geggy]

When Jesus comes back to earth, the last thing he wants to see is a cross. -Bill Hicks

[Rongi]

George Carlin :rock

I need some of his cds :(. He is fucking hysterical on HBO.

[Royal Tenenbaum]

Conan O'Brien, David Cross, Lewis Black.

[Immortal Goat]

Lewis Black, and here is why...

"there is no reason to body build...NONE! Thats why God gave us The International House of Pancakes, because you'll always feel good about your body there, no matter what your body is, because there is always somebody there that weighs 350 lbs more than you'll ever weigh, it's guarenteed, it's on the back of the menue, read it sometime!"

[The_voice_of_reason]

I have to say that I love Eddie Izzard too. I'm just pissed I can't get any of his stuff on DVD.

PS did any one see him on Conan O'Brien last night, it was great.


Edit: I just looked it up on Amazon and Dressed to Kill is out on DVD and Glorious comes out Sep. 3

[Professor Cool]

Lewis Black and George Carlin are my favorite.

"If it wasn't for my horse I wouldn't have spent that year in college... if you think about that for more than 3 minutes blood will squirt out your nose!"

[Schimid]

I only saw one of his shows, but Pablo Francisco and Gabriel Eglasias (sp?) are really cool.

But yeah, George Carlin wins.

[timrpgland]

David Cross and I still like Denis Leary.

[Sam]

Dennis Leary has always been one of my favorites, and so has Lewis Black.

I just saw Pablo, and he was hilarious as well.

[Esuohlim]

David Cross and I still like Denis Leary.

Denis Leary ripped off Bill Hicks >:

[Generator86]

George Carlin(obvious), Steven Wright, and Dave Attell's 'Skanks for the Memories' are my favourite comedic moments.

The 'Hobo Chili' line cracks me up every time.

[ShanghaiOrange]

George Carlin, Mitch Hedberg, Steven Wright :(

[Ninjavenom]

Louis Black
Pablo Francisco
Carlin
Mitch Hedberg
David Cross
Andrew Dice Clay
Seinfeld
Laura Kightlinger

Shit, just about everyone on Comedy Central Presents is funny as hell, but i can't stand Bill Dwyer.

[Geggy]

Hard to believe no one has brought up Max Burbank.

[Royal Tenenbaum]

Not really.

[HickMan]

Robin Williams
Lewis Black

[Les Waste]

Lewis Black, Dave Chappelle (his stand-up is fucking hilarious, especially the improvised shit), Mitch Hedberg, David Cross, Mark Maron, Laura Kitlinger, Steve Wright, Dave Attell, Chris Rock, The Amazing Johnathan, Todd Barry.

Just what I can think of off the top of my head. There was this one bald, black guy once on Comedy Central presents who was really funny, but I can't remember his name

[Ninjavenom]

Louis Ramey?

[Jixby Phillips]

Why hasn't anybody said Sarah Silverman >:

[Les Waste]

Because I forgot. :(

There was an older episode of SNL with her on the weekend update on recently. It was back when Kevin Nealon did the weekend update. She was funny. :(

And yeah, Louis Ramey was the black guy. I saw part of his comedy central presents stand-up special when they showed it within the past week. I thought it was really good.

[Daphne]

Jixby Phillips :love
George Carlin
Stephen Wright
John Stewart
Janeane Garofalo
Eddie Izzard
Emo Phillips
Chris Rock

this list goes on, a lot have been said.

[timrpgland]

Denis Leary ripped off Bill Hicks >:

and I care because?

but i can't stand Bill Dwyer

I totally agree

[Protoclown]

I am not familiar with Sarah Silverman.

As for Denis Leary ripping off Bill Hicks, as far as I can recall the only similar bits they have were that whole smoking/Jim Fix thing. And that may just be a coincidence.

Regardless, I still like Denis Leary. Whether he ripped that off of Hicks or not, he still has plenty of his own original material that's damn funny in its own right. I love it when he goes off on the stupid shit his kids do.

[Ninjavenom]

I like Leary, but i can't stand to watch his No Cure For Cancer special on tv anymore. I look at his stuff as something i'll maybe laugh once at. After the inital punchline, it just doesn't seem as funny to me.

[moonlitnight]

Well, I like Michael Mittermeier, but I don't think anybody knows him!?

[Vibecrewangel]

Wayne Brady
Ryan Stiles
Eddie Izzard

I'm going to see Eddie Izzard in September. :D

[Big Papa Goat]

Mitch Hedberg
"My apartment is infested with koala bears. Its the cutest infestation ever!"
Bill Hicks
"I wanna hang with you and play twister! 'Thats pornographic!'"
George Carlin
"After I stick this red hot poker up my ass, I'm going to chop my dick off!"
Dave Chapelle
"They even got a pimp on that show! (Sesame Street) They don't come out and say it though, they call him the count"
Dave Attell
"I like that story, because it starts out really manly, and ends kinda queer."
Dennis Leary
"I love the name alone- Capital N, small y, GIANT FUCKING Q!"
I gotta say though, Mitch Hedberg, best comedian ever!
I like Dave Atell, and I really liked his show on Comedy Central, Insomniac, but my problem with the comedy routine of his that I have is that he pretends to have an Irish accent! Goddamit, stick with the jewish new yorker accent, its good enough for a comedian

[Les Waste]

I think I'm gonna see Lewis Black in two weeks :(

He's gonna be at Summerfest, which is a huge music and drinking festival in Milwaukee every summer. I just gotta convince some people to go with me, since nobody wants to fucking go. :(

I'm so sad. :(

[Jixby Phillips]

Bill Hicks
"I wanna hang with you and play twister! 'Thats pornographic!'"


My favorite part on the Album is when the woman in the audience goes "OH!" right after this part :lol

[DecapitatedHate]

Bob Saget

http://maddox.xmission.com/saget.html

[Jixby Phillips]

I'm so glad SOMEBODY out there finally had the guts to stick it to Bob Sagat!

Does he have any articles about Martha Stewart being evil, because I totally think she is

[CastroMotorOil]

Lewis Black is hysterical live, he improvises about the first 30 min of hsi act, after that its his planned routine.

John Reep is also extremely funny, he is that guy in the dodge commcercials with the drag racing car adn the pickup.

Bill Engval is very very funny, "Here's your sign" is a term i use every day

Jeff Foxworthy, if just for the redneck jokes

And best of all, Gallagher, smart social commentary mixed with hitting shit with a big hammer, it does not get better.

[Protoclown]

I'm going to see Lewis Black up in DC in September. Les Waste, let me know how it was if you go see him in a couple weeks.

AND OMFG, I FORGOT ABOUT GALLAGHER!!! MOVE OVER, EVERYBODY! GALLAGHER IS "THE SHIT"!! HAHA HA LOL :lol ;)

HITTING STUFF WITH HAMMERS, WHERE DOES HE GET THOSE CRAZY IDEAS!!?? :) :) :dunce :hat

[Esuohlim]

Jeff Foxworthy, if just for the redneck jokes

INTENSE PATRIOTISM! :salute

And all he is is redneck jokes. >:

[Gummy Bear]

For newer comics, I've always found Dane Cook and Jim Gaffigan hilarious.

Sarah Silverman is NOT funny. It just seems like she tries way too hard. I saw her on Jimmy Kimmel's talk show, and she was just annoying.

Wanda Sykes and Dave Chapelle do good stand up, but they have terrible shows.

[Daphne]

Uh oh...

[O71394658]

Lewis Ramey's awesome. My brother saw Dave Chappelle live, and he said he wasn't that great...but to each his own...

Lewis Black
George Carlin
Horatio Sanchez
Eddie Murphy (old-school)
Chris Rock

[Rongi]

Mitch Hedburg :rock

[Les Waste]

I saw Dave Chappelle live in April. He was great; it was a lot better than his show. I think his show is still really good, but it's hit-or-miss. There are some episodes that I didn't laugh once at, and other episodes are nothing but pure genius skits.

[O71394658]

I saw Dave Chappelle live in April. He was great; it was a lot better than his show. I think his show is still really good, but it's hit-or-miss. There are some episodes that I didn't laugh once at, and other episodes are nothing but pure genius skits.

I agree. Depends on the skit. My bro saw him live, and he said he wasn't that funny, because he did all the same jokes he always did (he said he laughed like hell about the subway joke though...even though he's heard it a million times)

[Les Waste]

The funniest part of his act was the stuff that wasn't part of the act. People kept yelling stuff during the entire performance because I go to a school where everybody is drunk all the time, and he kept saying stuff back. That was the best.

:(

[Esuohlim]

It's always funny when comics say stuff back, and it's always disappointing when they don't. That's the only thing I don't like about George Carlin. People are always saying stuff like "YEAH GEORGE CARLIN" and he never acknowledges them. If I was him I would be like "Yeah, OK. Kill yourself". :(

[Royal Tenenbaum]

And if he was you he'd be all "Yeah. Ok, I'm gay." :(

[Esuohlim]

:(

[McClain]

Thank you Gummy Bear... I thought I was going to get to the end of this thread without hearing anyone mention Dane motherfucking Cook.
He's my favorite by far. His cd "Harmful if Swallowed" is the best comic cd I own. If you don't know who Dane Cook is, you need to get some of his shit from Kazaa. You'll laugh your ass off.

[SLjimbo]

George Carlin and Gallagher
:eek

[Esuohlim]

Smashing watermelons isn't a paying job. >:

[CastroMotorOil]

the sledge o matic is like the last 10 minuets of his act. The rest of his shit is very funny.

[SLjimbo]

You know, it isn't all about smashing watermelons.

[Protoclown]

That's right, the rest is about hilariously large props. :rolleyes

[Jixby Phillips]

I SAW HIM LIVE AND HE CALLED THIS ONE LADY A LESBAIN!!! :lol :lol :lol

[Protoclown]

Where does he come up with that stuff??? :lol :kneeslapper

[whoreable]

Did you guys see that special were he was on water skis on skates behind a boat on a trailer being towed by a van that looks like a watermelon?? Good Times.

[Les Waste]

OMG I'm going to see Lewis Black on Monday!! :eek

I don't think cameras are allowed on the Summerfest grounds though, so no pictures.

:(

[Mockery]

Hrm, let's see here...

Dennis Leary is easily my favorite stand-up comedian. I know "No Cure For Cancer" was his big comedic hit, and it was damned funny, but I think his 2nd CD "Lock & Load" DESTROYED it. It's just too good, and if you haven't heard it, you're really missing out. Some great musical bits on there too. Anybody that simply dismisses him as a Bill Hicks rip-off doesn't know what they're talking about.

Steve Oedekerk was always one of my favorites. He had some of the most bizarre stand-up routines ever. The psychic severed head was always one of my favorites. Then came his movie "High Strung" and it was all over... my favorite movie EVER.

Laura Kightlinger. She's a damned good comedian, the only problem I have with her is that she doesn't write enough new material. Whenever she does, it's really funny. I guess she's gotten lazy over the years.

The Amazing Johnathan, this guy has an awesome act. If you haven't seen him fuck with people using his magic tricks, do whatever you can to find some of the footage. Twisted guy.

Chris Rock, some people like him, some don't. The guy is just a natural when it comes to comedy. Damned funny.

Steve Martin... the man is a genius. That's all there is to it.

Chevy Chase, say what you want about his shitty role choices for the past 10 years or so, but he RULED the 80s. The vacation movies, caddyshack, spies like us, three amigos, and the almighty Fletch.

Dane Cook is definitely a funny bastard. I've only seen two of his stand-up performances but they were quite hilarious. I'd definitely like to see more of his stuff.

Henry Rollins, people don't normally think of him as a comedian... but his spoken word shows are 10 times funnier than 99% of the comedians out there.

Larry Miller, before he got into movies, he was a stand-up comedian fulltime. To this day, I've never seen a comedian that creates a better atomosphere or who tells better stories. His bit about the different levels of drunkeness was pure gold. Very underrated/underappreciated comic.

Amy Poehler & Amy Sedaris. If you need me to explain why these two are comedic gurus... get the fuck off of my site right now.

Emo Phillips, the most bizarre comedian out there... but utterly brilliant.

Steven Colbert, you've seen him on the Daily Show and in Strangers With Candy... there's not much that this guy can't do. He can have people in absolute hysterics and not even crack a smile. I don't know how the hell he does it.

David Cross, how can you not like that blasphemous bastard?

Conan O'Brien, great writer and best talk show host ever.


Ok that's all for now.

-RoG-

[Spasmolytic]

1. George Carlin
2. Bill Hicks
3. Mitch Hedberg