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as the post says, who and why. My favorite will have to be Daniel Tosh, his delivery is great and he just a shock value thats priceless. Some of his jokes are fairly wrong in the sense that he says some very messed up things, but thats the comedy i like.

Bo Burnham comes in a close second.

stand up?

old school comics like Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor or George carlin

most of these folks are legends on the stage regardless of what you think of their movies

new school for me would be Kat Williams, Chris Rock, Russel Peters, Enrique Iglesias, Pablo Francisco etc.

i also like Eddie Izzard and other British comics but for some reason their humor doesnt translate well for others

Bakerofish wrote: Robin Williams,

"And if you want a Linguistic Adventure, go drinking with a Scotsman.



Cause you can't fethin understand him before.

And then you realize how drunk they get; they can wear a skirt and not care!

And then they came up with a sport like GOLF!"

My top two would be George Carlin and Richard Pryor..
Other favorites would include...
Doug Stanhope
Eddie Izzard
Louis C.K.
Bo Burnham

Who's the comic who died and did the joke about making a show about hunting and killing _INSERT CELEBRITY_?

Bill Hicks.


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OP: I appreciate Daniel Tosh's shock value non-sequitors and his clever "meta" about
what kinds of jokes he's using and why he's doing them, but he comes across
as something of a prick (which is intentional I'm sure). I laugh, but I don't want
to really listen to him joke all that long.

It's one of those weird vibes.

Louis C.K. and obviously Jim Norton, in case you hadn't figured that out.

Adam Ferrara, Dave Attell, Bill Burr, Rich Vos, Patrice Oneal, Mike Destafano (RIP) and Nick DiPaolo are all fantastic as well.

R.I.P Greg Giraldo.

Mine would be Richard Pryor, Daniel Tosh, and there was one other, but I can't remember him. He was a black comic that did a few jokes about African Bees, and a few others that were just really funny, and a few I can relate to.

Number one? Too easy, The Big Yin. (if you don't know who that is, you haven't lived!)

Close second: Eddie Izzard.

Others I like:
Steve Hughes
Rich Hall
Robin Williams
George Carlin
Bill Bailey
Dara Ó Briain
Najib Amhali (dutch)
Hans teeuwen (dutch)
Theo Maassen (dutch)

I like Aziz Ansari.

Steven Wright, Bill Cosby, Bob Zaney.

Not a big fan of most of the new/younger comedians, they tend to get find a schtick and hold on to it for dear life.

Nobody for frankie boyle?

My favorites include:
Patton Oswalt
George Carlin (Class Clown era mostly, but it's all good)
Dennis Miller (early stand up from the 80's is very good)
Bill Hicks (an aquired taste, but quite rewarding)
Chris Rock

I enjoy nearly any comic though, I'm just a fan of stand up in general.

biccat wrote:Steven Wright, Bill Cosby, Bob Zaney.

Not a big fan of most of the new/younger comedians, they tend to get find a schtick and hold on to it for dear life.

I'm not challenging your prefereces, but I would point out that Wright might be one of the shtickiest comics out there, and Cosby had, if not a shtick, a very strong persona.

I think earlier comics were more generally accessible (who was offended by Newheart, and the man was hilarious), while newer comics tend to focus more on niches. Patton Oswalt is hilarious if you're a 20-30 year old guy, but I can't see a lot of people from different experiences really enjoying his work.

Jimmy Carr, Frankie Boyle and Rhod Gilbert, In that order. Ross Noble is pretty funny too though. Generally I don't find American comedians funny, but if anyone can suggest someone good I'd be more than happy to check them out

corpsesarefun wrote:Nobody for frankie boyle?

Nah, he was sorta funny at the start, but as his career has gone on it's bluntly apparent his only talent is trollin folks and in general I don't find that funny, or not in the long term anyways. It's the same thing again and again, and as folks have become bored with his lack of actual talent, he's got nastier and nastier to try and make up for it.


Actual comedians I like.

Billy Connolly. Probably my fave overall.

Also, the following stand out as comedians I really like,
Lee Evans
Richard Pryor
Michael McIntyre
Eddie Izzard
Bill Bailey
Russell Howard
Jack Dee
Al Murray
Rhod Gilbert
Shappi Khorsandi
Jeff Foxworthy
Noel Fielding
Robin Williams

Charlie Murphy. I loved it when he got booed at Grambling State. After Murphy was booed, he asked for the check drops it and the mic on the ground, and says, “F— y’all” and walked off the stage. Too bad the funniest part wasn't the act...

I like a few comics. People like Lewis Black due to how cynical he is. Katt Willams hes just plain fun to watch dis right here. then you have people like Steven Lynch and John Lajoi funny songs with solid lyrics.

Bill Bailey, for all round entertainment I think.

Gilbert gottfried...............
LoL
Probs Tim and Eric. Though that isn't stand up...

Comic's I've grown up with.

Audio versions of Monty Python (I know this isn't one comedian, but seriously, while growing up this was the bee's knee's)
George Carlin
Jeff Foxworthy
Bill Cosby
Dave Chapelle
Redd Foxx
Robin Williams
Richard Pryor
Eddie Izzard
MITCH HEDBERG! one of THE best comedians I have ever heard!

Yes...Mitch Hedberg...I can't belive I forgot about him...very funny man,a shame he passed so early in life,

@ Karon..

I think you may be thinking of Kevin Hart

Bill Hicks, the man was on to something. That and he knew how to deal with hecklers.

Steven Wright

Dave Chappele

really? am i the only one who mourns that Eddie Murphy doesnt do standup anymore?

warning: may not be safe for work

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=eddie+murphy&aq=f

Bakerofish wrote:really? am i the only one who mourns that Eddie Murphy doesnt do standup anymore?

warning: may not be safe for work

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=eddie+murphy&aq=f

Eddie Murphy was extreamly funny,in both his stand up and his films..but considering he hasn't really done a movie worth watching since "Life",I don't know how eager I'd be to see his return to stand up.

corpsesarefun wrote:Nobody for frankie boyle?

im with you

i sometimes think standups get ruined when they start doing movies

except Robin williams...he got goofier when he had that heart attack imho

tough n' orky wrote:

corpsesarefun wrote:Nobody for frankie boyle?

im with you

Frankie is great Did you see any of his half live half sketch tv programme? I think it was called tramadol nights but it was messed up...

Bakerofish wrote:i sometimes think standups get ruined when they start doing movies

Agreed

Jim Jeffries, from Australia. Extra dirty, but also so funny that you WILL spew your beverage out your nose.

Patton Oswalt is great.
My current favorite has to be Katt Williams. Possibly the filthiest mouth in comedy but so funny and spot on when calls people out.
And on the opposite side, I just saw Bill Cosby : Himself yesterday and was laughing the whole show. Sometimes it is sad to see that no comic can be clean and funny these days.