Comedy Centrals Top Ten Comedians Of All Tme

[Breeze]

Actually it was Top 100 but here's the rundown. I saw this last night on the comedy channel.

1)Richard Pryor

2)George Carlin

3)Lenny Bruce

4)Woody Allen

5)Chris Rock

6)Steve Martin

7)Rodney Dangerfield

8)Bill Cosby

9)Roseanne Barr

10)Eddie Murphy

11)Johnny Carson

12)Jerry Seinfeld

13)Robin Williams

14)Bob Newhart

15)David Letterman

They had a couple of comedians counting it down sitting around a dinner table at a restaurant. One was Richard Lewis. Lewis who was one of the hosts came in at #45.

Lewis was always one I liked. I remember once he said. "My love life is so bad, when I masturbate in a different room I feel like I'm cheating on myself" LMFAO!!

Some famous/active ones:

Ray Romano(#26)
Jay Leno (#27)
Jim Carrey (#36)
Martin Lawrence (#37)
David Chapelle (#43)
Cedric The Entertainer(#65)

 

[freshbreath]

Roseanne funnier than Eddie Murphy and Seinfeld? ha!

 

[Breeze]

Roseanne funnier than Eddie Murphy and Seinfeld? ha!

Yeah that's what I was thinking too!

 

[Asterix]

C'mon. Dangerfield makes number seven, and Groucho isn't even in sight?

 

[Muddy]

Soo, what about Billy Connolly?

Ach, yer all daft; ha' ye nae e'en HEARD of Billy Connolly?

World's funniest comedian, if you can understand the accent. And made some amazing films, too.

But his two and a half hour standup show is unbeatable!

 

[RogerRabbit]

Robin Williams rules and he can act!

 

[bobistheowl]

The entire list:

Richard Pryor

George Carlin

Lenny Bruce

Woody Allen

Chris Rock

Steve Martin

Rodney Dangerfield

Bill Cosby

Roseanne Barr

Eddie Murphy

Johnny Carson

Jerry Seinfeld

Robin Williams

Bob Newhart

David Letterman

Ellen DeGeneres

Don Rickles

Jonathan Winters

Bill Hicks

Sam Kinison

Dennis Miller

Robert Klein

Steven Wright

Redd Foxx

Bob Hope

Ray Romano

Jay Leno

Jack Benny

Milton Berle

Garry Shandling

George Burns

Albert Brooks

Andy Kaufman

Buddy Hackett

Phyllis Diller

Jim Carrey

Martin Lawrence

Bill Maher

Billy Crystal

Mort Sahl

Jon Stewart

Flip Wilson

Dave Chappelle

Joan Rivers

Richard Lewis

Adam Sandler

Henny Youngman

Tim Allen

Freddie Prinze

Denis Leary

Lewis Black

Damon Wayans

David Brenner

D.L. Hughley

Alan King

Colin Quinn

Richard Jeni

Larry Miller

Gilbert Gottfried

Jeff Foxworthy

Bobcat Goldthwait

Eddie Griffin

Jackie Mason

Richard Belzer

Cedric the Entertainer

Shelley Berman

Kevin Pollak

Dave Attell

Pat Cooper

Wanda Sykes

Red Buttons

Bernie Mac

Billy Connolly

Paul Rodriguez

Eddie Izzard

Robert Schimmel

Paul Reiser

Sinbad

Dom Irrera

Bobby Slayton

Dick Gregory

Howie Mandel

Norm MacDonald

Drew Carey

David Cross

Jay Mohr

Brett Butler

Paula Poundstone

Kevin James

Dana Carvey

Jim Breuer

Louie Anderson

George Wallace

David Alan Grier

Andrew Dice Clay

Joey Bishop

Sandra Bernhard

Louis CK

Janeane Garofalo

Gallagher

Jackie Mason should be in the top ten. Emo Phillips and Slappy White should be on there some place.

 

[ottawasub]

I can`t argue with Pryor or Carlin at the top, but Cosby should`ve been much higher than #8, especially if Dangerfield, who was pretty much a one-trick pony, is #7.

Nice to see Jim Carrey on there; long before his movie career took off I remember he would regularly appear on Alan Thicke`s talk show doing his stand-up routine. His Sammy Davis Jr. impersonation was hilarious.

 

[zydeco]

Unless I missed them, it's hard to believe the list does not include Nipsy Russell and Soupy Sales. Talk about comedic genius!

 

[to-guy69]

No surprise that men dominate the list.

If more women comics just focused on just BEING FUNNY as oppose to being a FUNNY FEMALE, things wouldn't be as lopsided.

 

[Sexy Violet]

Glad to see Carlin made it up there near the top. He's my fav

 

[Guy Lafleuer]

Henny Youngman belongs in the top ten.

Richard Pryor was in a class by himself.

Guy

 

[spatial_k]

What about Jon Steward????

He's number #41.

 

[shack]

I don't recall seeing Jerry Lewis, Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Carole Burnett and probably some other glaring omissions I can't think of right now.

 

[jost]

Agreed Jackie Mason should be included but no way is he top ten material.

if Jim Carrey is considered eligible for the list, then Rich Little deserves to be there as well. both are strictly impersonators

 

[Body Opus]

Ellen DeGeneres #16....NOT !!

 

[jost]

quite fitting that Gallagher came in dead last. I guess he beat out Carrot Top and Rip Taylor for that honor