Who is your favorite Stand-Up Comedian?

[acutus]

Richard Pryor...

...so far. No one, for me, was as smart, angry, and right on the money, as Richard Pryor. Mere opinion, I realize. Sincerely, Jon .

 

[civic82]

My 2 pennies

Chris Rock and Robin Williams in a tie.

Such a contrast.......I like them both though

Cosby in the 70s was great. I marvel at the fact that he could be so funny yet keep it clean.

I had so much faith in him before the harrassment case. Always thought he was a good man.

Anyone remembered Dice? He was great for a while but people grew bored of his image. Very controversial......shall we say the Eminem of Stand-Up at the time.

Murphy....he's definately up there. RAW man, RAW......that was hilarious.

 

[WhaWhaWha]

Rodney Dangerfield was the gold standard in his day.

Lenny Bruce too. Not so much because he broke in the authorities to the idea of profanity but because of his groudnbreaking satirical outlook.
I never laughed so hard as I did the first time i heard Lenny Bruce do his, "How to relax your colored friends at parties". A poke in the eye of the true values most liberals of the day held.

Of the living I would choose
Steven Wright
Emo Philips
Kevin Meaney
Wanda Sykes
Steve Martin

 

[WhaWhaWha]

Rodney Dangerfield was the gold standard in his day.

Lenny Bruce too. Not so much because he broke in the authorities to the idea of profanity but because of his groudnbreaking satirical outlook.
I never laughed so hard as I did the first time i heard Lenny Bruce do his, "How to relax your colored friends at parties". A poke in the eye of the true values most liberals of the day held.

Of the living I would choose
Steven Wright
Emo Philips
Kevin Meaney
Wanda Sykes
Steve Martin

 

[A-ROD]

Tim Conway has to rank up there...
Some say he is the comedian the comedians like to watch.

 

[yoniluvrca]

George Carlin can be brilliant. In this clip the first 15 min. are so-so. The last 5 min. show why I think that he is one of the best comedians that I have ever heard. It is funny with stinging social commentary.

http://www.filecabi.net/video/george-carlin.html

Jim Carrey used to do some pretty good stand up.

http://www.filecabi.net/video/jim-carrey-b4.html

Rick Gervais, from the British TV show "The Office" can be funny as shown here in this bit about masturbation.

http://www.kontraband.com/show/show...&NSFW=2&rtn=search-1696&Keywords=rick gervais

 

[papasmerf]

Robin Williams

Dick Shawn

I do like the Blue collar guys

 

[luv4lust]

i bet some of my friends would say me lol i was once called the female version of
Rodney Dangerfield

 

[ersa3]

Harland Williams
Dana Carvey
Jeff Foxworthy

 

[EntrepreneurGuy]

Jeff Foxworthy ... clean, quick, fun
Bill Cosby ... clean, story-teller
Robin Williams ... scottish golf routine
George Carlin ... 7-words you can't say ...

and Improv ... a talent I respect

 

[skihrdr]

Some of my favourites (other than those already mentioned):

- Sam Kinison - such a talent, gone too soon;
- Lewis Black - personal favourite;
- Tim Allen - definitely left a mark, just can't break away with anything new though;

That's all I can think of off the top of my mind, without listing obscure comedians that very few have ever heard of.

Anyone that likes standup comedy must get onboard with XM satellite radio. Channel 150 is worth the monthly fee all on it's own.

 

[james t kirk]

Some of my favourites (other than those already mentioned):

- Sam Kinison - such a talent, gone too soon;
- Lewis Black - personal favourite;
- Tim Allen - definitely left a mark, just can't break away with anything new though;

That's all I can think of off the top of my mind, without listing obscure comedians that very few have ever heard of.

Anyone that likes standup comedy must get onboard with XM satellite radio. Channel 150 is worth the monthly fee all on it's own.

Yeah, I forgot about Lewis Black, he's great.

 

[shack]

George Bush is pretty funny to listen to. (Too bad he's also dangerous.)

 

[skihrdr]

Ron James and Mark Mcdonald

Oh, you just reminded me of Mike Macdonald (sp?) - he had the routine about the old days, partying when we were in school. The drunkest guy drove, all your friends made sh!t loads of noise when dropping you off at home way later than you should have been coming home, etc.

Funny guy!

It's probably one of my favourite bits and he's Canadian to boot!!

 

[MojoRisin']

on two very different ends of the spectrum, I still loved Eddie Murphy in "Delerious" (GI Joe is swimming in the water....I got some ice cream...lol) Very vulgar and rude but funny as hell. On the other end I saw Bill Cosby in Vegas. We were right up front and the guy sat in his huge leather chair (so i guess hes a sit down comedian) smoked a stogie and just went on for 2 hours and nothing and everything. Classic stuff

 

[Questor]

Tastes change, as do the times. My current favourite is Chris Rock. Years ago I saw Gary Shandling live at Roy Thomson Hall, and that was uncontrollable side-splitting laughter right through the whole show, so just based on that, I would have to rank him at the top. Robin Williams can be brilliant and funny. For ad libbing, he would be hard to beat. Incidently, his comedic talent is about equal to his talent as an actor in films Good Morning Vietnam, Dead Poets Society, and a half dozen other titles. Going back to the 70s, Cosby was amazing, but I find his more recent comedy not nearly as funny. But all time great stand up comedian would have to be George Carlin IMHO. He been around forever and his act has cleverly evolved. Great social commentary, rather than empty fluff, which of course can be funny in its own right.

 

[tonytwist007]

I've always liked Paul Rodriguez and George Wallace. Keep an eye out for up and commer (and local boy) Russell Peters. I caught his show in Mississauga back in November and had a great time.

 

[hot rod]

richard jeni

I surprised that no one has mentioned Richard Jeni. I think the guy is hilarious. Also a newcomer, John Payette, is really funny. And if you've ever heard Carla Collins (ex morning girl of MIX FM) do her xrated stand-up routine, you'd bust a nut laughing.

 

[baltimoron]

Yup. Richard Jeni is pretty funny.

He'll be playing at the Trump Marina Casino in Atlantic City on February 18.

 

[budweiser3]

jeremy hotz

Anyone else a Hotz fan? If you have ever seen his routine of how kids cartoons back in the day of Astroboy and The Mighty Herceles ruled you are guaranteed to piss yourself laughing!!