Favorite Stand-Up Comedian

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Mitch Hedberg is up there for me. I have a lot though, I can't pick just one... Redd Foxx, Jerry Seinfeld, Russell Peters, Ron Jossel, Bill Cosby. Robin Williams is pretty funny too.

supaplex

i'm not the one to go with the legends like you guys.

i like gabriel iglesias, lisa lampanelli, carlos mencia, jeff dunham, stephen lynch and a few others.

and about the stealing material, if the comedian makes me laugh, i don't care where the joke comes from.

polluxlm

Bill Hicks. The one and only.

James

russtcb wrote:

Of all time:
Bill Cosby.

Pass the crack pipe please.....

George Carlin
Woody Allen
Redd Foxx
Rodney Dangerfield
Richard Pryor

There's more but thats the cream of the crop.

Locomotive98

polluxlm wrote:

Bill Hicks. The one and only.

Agreed! Didnt think anyone was going to mention the greatest...
So much that he said is still so relevant today.

PaSnow

Chris Rock. His HBO specials were instant classics. Especially the first one from 96 or 97. ("Toss my salad") That & Bigger & Blacker ("Cracker assed cracker" "Robotussin" "Trench Coat Mafia... I saw a picture of them. There was 8 of 'em. I ain't have 8 friends in high school. I don't have 8 friends now!!")

Awesome stuff. Favorite routine was Dennis Leary 'No Cure for Cancer'. I know there's accusations he stole alot from Bill Hicks on that. But as russtcb said, Leary's to me was hysterical. Shaped alot of my life & friends discussions in the 90's as well. We'd quote that all the time.

I always wanted to watch a Dane Cook standup to see how funny he is. He seems funny for a few minutes, then annoying. Once he took off I said he will be the Andrew Dice Clay of the 2000's. For those who lived thru Dice, he absolutely exploded in 1989-1991 like no other comedian ever. His popularity was greater than Dane Cook's. Then, by 1992 he was the one trick pony who was no longer funny. Although his 'The Day the laughter Died' was great. If you can find it online, listen to humpbacks & Hour Back, Get it.. I will say this about Dane Cook, he hosted SNL back in 2005 ( i think) well before he took off, I had no idea who he was, but his monologue was the funniest monologue I have seen on that show. Too bad NBC doesn't allow their stuff on youtube, I'd love to see that again.

polluxlm

Those are not accusations. Some of his material are basically blueprints of Hicks material.

But they are still different types of comedians, so yeah, matter of taste.

PaSnow

polluxlm wrote:

Those are not accusations. Some of his material are basically blueprints of Hicks material.

I know, I've seen it on youtube. "Accusations" is probably not the right word. Even still, I still find No Cure hysterical.

Tommie

I love Leary...he is hands down my favorite comedian. I just hope the rumors are true that he may be going on tour again.

Tommie

"As long as you don't have sex with kids or kill anybody, you can do whatever the FUCK you want in my church. But if you so much as look at an altar boy the wrong way, you don't get transfered to a distant parish up in Nova Scotia, no fuckin way pal! You stand naked in the middle of Times Square wearing a big neon sign that says "I carry a torch for kids who carry candles". You fucking asshole."--Denis Leary (Lock N Load)

I still quote this all the time.

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