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Off this list - Bill Hicks, who would also be high on any list of comedians I could draw up.

I've probably laughed hardest at the incomparable Viv Stanshall's John Peel sessions in years gone by - those of you who know him only as the Bonzo's lead singer are directed to Sir Henry At Rawlinson End (but not the dismal Sir Henry At Ndidi's Kraal). Sample quotes:

"I don't know what I want but I want it now"

"If I had all the money I'd spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink"

"I never met a man I didn't maim"

The Scottish genius Ivor Cutler also deserves a mention, although I suspect that neither of these will make sense to anbody outside the UK.

 
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Originally posted by mirco mirco wrote:

Originally posted by illustrated illustrated wrote:

Originally posted by mirco mirco wrote:

Well, this Other gay get's lotta votes...

Other gay?

Other guy... my mistake (as usual).OuchOuch

Haha alright.

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Originally posted by illustrated illustrated wrote:

Originally posted by mirco mirco wrote:

Well, this Other gay get's lotta votes...

Other gay?

Other guy... my mistake (as usual).OuchOuch
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Originally posted by mirco mirco wrote:

Well, this Other gay get's lotta votes...

Other gay?

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Im currently into eddy murphy like someee CRAZY motherf**ker!

 

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Originally posted by Pixel Pirate Pixel Pirate wrote:

The greatest comedian? George W.Bush,of course.
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Well, this Other gay get's lotta votes...
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and drown him !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by gdub411 gdub411 wrote:

I 'll take Jim Carey.

I was wishing someone would

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Eric MorecambeThe King!

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I love to laugh, but all too often these so-called comedians fail to amuse me (i'm da Empr'r ya know)

Rowan Atkinson was hilarious in The Black Adder, throughout the series.

Monthy Python (and alot of related material)  -  my favourites

I've had a few laughs thanks to Bill Hicks (even though he did use too much repetition - and not just inside one show, but from one show to another....)

Albert Dörfer (or was it Dorfer) is a good one. Austrian.
Just hilarious - or caught me in the right mood

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Lots of great comedians, but my favorites are:

  1. Charlie Chaplin
  2. Laurel & Hardy
  3. Cantinflas (Except in Around The World in Eighty Days and his later movies when he was too old)
  4. Mel Brooks
  5. Marty Feldman
  6. José Candelario Tres Patines (Cuban refugee in Mexico and later in Miami, amazing comedian)
  7. Peter Sellers
  8. Monty Python
  9. Gene Wilder
  10. Benny Hill

 

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I 'll take Jim Carey.
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it is obvisly andy koffemen( you nevere knew if hes joking or not, even to his death) ans robin william.(WHat a goofy person)
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Points: 35 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2005 at 18:13
george carlin man!

he's a genius



and so funny!!!!!


and to cetrif1ed


he looks a little more like ian anderson

jim croce looks like frank zappa!
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One of the funniest comedians I've seen on stage is Boothby Graffoe, who is also a talented musician. Not quite as piss-your-pants funny as Billy Connolly (the greatest living comedian), who is also a musician of sorts... but just as outstanding in his ability to improvise comic material.

Jack Dee is one of the few other stand-up comedians who consistently makes me laugh.

Others missing from the list;

The Monty Python team - especially John Cleese

Rowan Atkinson

Ben Elton (responsible for the Young Ones among MANY other things)

The Mary Whitehouse Experience team (http://www.tmwe.co.uk for mp3s of all their radio shows - they're a bit dated as they were all topical and made in the early 1990s/Thatcher years, but to anyone in the UK that lived through that era, it's the funniest thing you'll ever hear!)

THE BIG YIN!!! (Is it me or did he used to look like Frank Zappa?)

 



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Points: 3525 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2005 at 04:28

I'm with threefates on that one...most stand-up comedians just irritate me, especially since it became an accepted career choice.

I prefer my comedy in animated form, or bubbling up from the depths of my soul in uncontrollable fits of inappropriate behavior.

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Points: 4215 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 14 2005 at 22:07
I generally don't find comedians funny... but I guess I laugh at Jim Foxworthy sometimes because I grew up in the South and he reminds me of most the men I made fun of as a child....
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Points: 3323 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 14 2005 at 21:21
guess im to old to vote
I like Lenny Bruce and Redd Foxx. And of course
Rudy Ray Moore (the Signifying Monkey) is the best
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