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Slartibartfast 
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Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29630 |
 Posted: December 18 2007 at 17:03 |
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Anyone ever heard Redd Foxx's standup? I got two of his LPs as a kid. Filthy funny.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Tuzvihar
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 18 2005 Location: C. Schinesghe Status: Offline Points: 13536 |
Posted: December 18 2007 at 17:12 |
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Richard Pryor
Gene Wilder (no mention of him yet?) Louis de Funés (no mention of him yet?) Rowan Atkinson (no mention of him yet?) |
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"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."
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moreitsythanyou
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VIP Member Joined: April 23 2006 Location: NYC Status: Offline Points: 11682 |
Posted: December 18 2007 at 18:32 |
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#1 has to be Eddie Izzard. What can I say, I'm a python fanboy.
 Also: Patton Oswalt Bill Hicks Jim Gaffigan Steven Wright Michael Ian Black Lewis Black Michael Showalter and NOT CARLOS MENCIA. Dear god how he angers me. |
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1800iareyay
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Joined: November 18 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2492 |
Posted: December 18 2007 at 18:42 |
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Did Gene and Rowan do stand-up? I agree both are hilarious, but I've never heard anything about either performing stand-up comedy. |
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PROGMAN
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VIP Member Joined: February 03 2004 Location: Wales Status: Offline Points: 2664 |
Posted: December 18 2007 at 19:54 |
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John Sparkes (Welsh comedian)
Matt Lucas David Walliams Nigel Planer (Young Ones, Comic Strip Presents) Rik Mayall (Young Ones, Comic Strip Presents, Bottom) Ade Edmondson (Young Ones, Comic Strip Presents, Bottom) |
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Dean
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Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: December 18 2007 at 20:55 |
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Lee Mack
Bill Bailey
Dillan Moran
Stewart Lee
Ross Noble
For a while I could not abide Russell Brand, but his program on Jack Kerouac has changed that opinion. slightly.
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Dean
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Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
Posted: December 18 2007 at 21:01 |
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Siadwell !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSjtBkdMM1U
Edited by darqdean - December 18 2007 at 21:15 |
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E-Dub
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 24 2006 Location: Elkhorn, WI Status: Offline Points: 7910 |
Posted: December 18 2007 at 21:08 |
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In his prime, nobody came close to Richard Pryor.
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darren
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Joined: October 31 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 452 |
Posted: December 19 2007 at 06:23 |
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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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"they locked up a man who wanted to rule the world.
the fools they locked up the wrong man." - Leonard Cohen |
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Jim Garten
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Retired Admin & Razor Guru Joined: February 02 2004 Location: South England Status: Offline Points: 14693 |
Posted: December 19 2007 at 07:29 |
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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? Edited by Jim Garten - December 19 2007 at 07:30 |
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
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Jared
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Joined: May 06 2005 Location: Hereford, UK Status: Offline Points: 20308 |
Posted: December 19 2007 at 07:57 |
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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....
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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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cynthiasmallet
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Joined: October 01 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 545 |
Posted: December 19 2007 at 08:08 |
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Steve Martin, Johnny Vegas, Bill Bailey, Bill Hicks, to name a few.
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Would you like to watch TV, or get between the sheets, or contemplate the silent freeway, would you like something to eat?
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Man Erg
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: August 26 2004 Location: Isle of Lucy Status: Offline Points: 7456 |
Posted: December 19 2007 at 08:17 |
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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 Edited by Man Erg - December 19 2007 at 09:37 |
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
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A B Negative
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Joined: May 02 2006 Location: Methil Republic Status: Offline Points: 1594 |
Posted: December 19 2007 at 08:52 |
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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!
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"The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."
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jimmy_row
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Joined: July 11 2007 Location: Hibernation Status: Offline Points: 2601 |
Posted: December 19 2007 at 11:42 |
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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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Signature Writers Guild on strike
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Jim Garten
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Retired Admin & Razor Guru Joined: February 02 2004 Location: South England Status: Offline Points: 14693 |
Posted: December 19 2007 at 12:22 |
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There's got to be a joke there about stand up woodys... 
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
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JJLehto
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Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550 |
Posted: December 19 2007 at 15:26 |
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Dane Cook!!!!!!!
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! Edited by JJLehto - December 19 2007 at 15:27 |
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jimmy_row
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Joined: July 11 2007 Location: Hibernation Status: Offline Points: 2601 |
Posted: December 19 2007 at 17:23 |
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you all can stone me but I liked Dane Cook before he started appearing in awful movies
 ...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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Signature Writers Guild on strike
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moreitsythanyou
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VIP Member Joined: April 23 2006 Location: NYC Status: Offline Points: 11682 |
Posted: December 19 2007 at 20:32 |
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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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1800iareyay
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Joined: November 18 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2492 |
Posted: December 19 2007 at 20:38 |
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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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