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    Posted: December 23 2007 at 14:46
Originally posted by cookieacquired cookieacquired wrote:

lenny bruce (if he wasn't mentioned yet, this thread needs to be locked away, the genesis of modern comedy)

He's in my OP. I love his material, and he was amazing at creating character voices.
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Sticking to standup, otherwise I'll be here all day (not that I won't be):

Bill Bailey
Jack Dee
Billy Connolly
Al Murray
Chris Rock
Dylan Moran
Dara Ó Briain
Alan Davies
Eddie Izzard
Ross Noble
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okay
 
marc maron (definitely not mentioned/criminally underrated, vitriolically bitter/New Yorker)
doug stanhope (maybe not mentioned, sorta a down to earth, living,  bill hicks; and he's funny too)
lenny bruce (if he wasn't mentioned yet, this thread needs to be locked away, the genesis of modern comedy)
patton oswalt (i can attest to his goodness with all the bootlegs and lives i got of him)
eddie izzard
george carlin (all eras)
bill hicks
pryor
kinison
lewis black
mitch hedberg
dave chappelle
dave attell
steven wright
 
if you didn't notice i love stand-up
 
angry standup is fun as is just plain jokes
 



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Points: 65602 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2007 at 03:53
 ^ he's great, I remember his act with Judy Tenuta
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Another who in my opinion warrants a mention is Emo Phillips:



He'd calmed his act (and look) down a lot in recent years, and his skewed take on life & his on stage persona puts some off (definitely an aquired taste), but he hits the spot with me every time.

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^yea, I agree completely about Lewis Black...he's probably my all-time favorite because he's very intelligent and politically aware, as well as funny.  I'm not familiar with Bill Hicks (I'll fix that).
 
The thing about Dane Cook's act is that it's so juvenile and primitive that it sometimes appeals to the same sense as Family Guy, South Park, or the Simpsons.  I get a kick out of how spastic he is...flipping out about the Kool Aid guy or public restrooms or whatever else.
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Originally posted by jimmy_row jimmy_row wrote:

I thought he had a lot of energy and enthusiasm despite not being a gifted writer.
 

See? Right there you show why people don't like him. Energy is wonderful (see Bill Hicks, Lewis Black, and Sam Kinison when they get riled), but without actual humor behind them, you get a loud jackass. Dane Cook is the Michael Bay of comedy.

Oh, writing this just made me remember Sam Kinison. How has he not been mentioned yet?
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I sadly forgot the exceptional improv comedian Colin Mochrie. Whose Line is it Anyway? has to be one of the best shows ever.
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you all can stone me but I liked Dane Cook before he started appearing in awful moviesEmbarrassed...I thought he had a lot of energy and enthusiasm despite not being a gifted writer.
 
 
and I forgot to mention Mitch Hedberg, what a huge loss he was....KING of one-liners among more recent comics, better than Steven Wright IMO.
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Dane Cook!!!!!!!

LOLLOL
No, no I am joking. Seriously, people  don't stone me.

My favorites:
Mitch Hedberg
Demitri Martin
Ralphie May
Eddie Izzard


There's ALOT I like but I guess those are all near the top
Oh, and Bill Cosby!




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Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

If any of you can get hold of Woody Allen's stand up performances from the club circuit in 60's New York, they are well worth hearing...extremely funny....


There's got to be a joke there about stand up woodys...

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Lots of comics mentioned that I've never heard of....I've got some YouTube research to do...
 
 
my all-time favorites:
 
Lewis Black
Richard Pryor
George Carlin
Bob Newhart
Eddie Murphy
Chris Rock
Jim Gaffigan
Lenny Bruce
Patton Oswalt
Jerry Seinfeld
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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

The guy you're thinking of was La Petomane:



Now why did I know that...?
 
Have you seen the film starring Leonard Rossiter in the title role?
 
My favourite comedian is Billy Connolly. I was watching him on TV recently (I think it was part of his World Tour of Australia) and he was talking about Frank Zappa. Connolly said he was a massive Zappa fan and once lived near him, but was too awestruck to go and introduce himself. After Zappa died, Connolly met Zappa's widow and was told that Zappa was a huge fan of Connolly!
"The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."
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Bill Bailey
Peter Kay
Stephen Fry (?)
Robin Williams
Rory McGrath
Phil Jupitas
Rich (Otis Lee Crenshaw)Hall
George Bush
Neil Mularkey
Victor Borge


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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Steve Martin, Johnny Vegas, Bill Bailey, Bill Hicks, to name a few.
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If any of you can get hold of Woody Allen's stand up performances from the club circuit in 60's New York, they are well worth hearing...extremely funny....
Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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The guy you're thinking of was La Petomane:



Now why did I know that...?

Good to see Robin Williams getting a mention or 2; there was life before his often hideous film career - if you get to see the film of him on stage at the NY Met Opera House, I defy you to hear all the jokes in one go - I always end up curled in a ball trying not to wet myself with laughing; I think I had to see it 2 or 3 times before I managed to see all the jokes. Absolute classic observational standup

There are a few very good standups around at the moment (Bill Bailey for one), but am I the only one who can watch an entire Ricky Gervais routine without so much as a titter?

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Billy Connolly.

He's not really a comedian, he's more a guy that can talk about anything and it's funny.
 
Years ago he was on Larry King and started talking about the guy in the beginning of the 1900's that was famous for his flatulence. He called himself a Rectal Yodeller and was really famous in France because he would come on stage and fart La Marsellaise.
Just the way Connolly described it was very funny.
 
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In his prime, nobody came close to Richard Pryor.

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Originally posted by PROGMAN PROGMAN wrote:

John Sparkes (Welsh comedian)
Originally posted by PROGMAN PROGMAN wrote:


Rik Mayall (Young Ones, Comic Strip Presents, Bottom)
Kevin Turvey!!!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKwrL0uYHzM ClapClap


Edited by darqdean - December 18 2007 at 21:15
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