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Poll Question: Who was/is your favorite?
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Not really too many favorites amongst these.  I never really got the humor of Monty Python or Seinfeld, which are both commonly considered the funniest shows ever. 

I voted for Eddie Murphy.  I remember a friend having a tape of his stand up routine and thinking that it was quite funny.  I've seen performances by George Carlin, Robin Williams, and Richard Pryor, which were kind of funny, but the problem with all of these guys is that they have to fall back on profanity to get a laugh.  I can cuss with the best of them, but my kudos go to Bill Cosby, who can make me bust a gut laughing so hard without having to resort to profanity.  
 
 


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Are you a Bob Hope fan^?

Hicks for me.So much more than just a comedian.



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Originally posted by mrcozdude mrcozdude wrote:

Are you a Bob Hope fan^?

Hicks for me.So much more than just a comedian.
That is a blast from the past.  I used to enjoy Bob Hope's annual specials that would air on TV.  I never really got into his movies, but I did enjoy these specials.
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Rock and Carlin-

Sarah Silverman? YUCK!Thumbs DownEvil Smile
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Larry David .curb your enthusiasm is a really clever show

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Larry David is god.
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Lenny .. almost everyone on the list was influenced, directly or not, by L. Bruce except maybe the Brits, even Kaufman


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No votes for Pryor?? Are you people on dope??
 
As far as I am concerned he smashed the racial barrier and made us truly look at ourselves and exposed the flaws in us all,whether we were white,black,hispanic,etc.
 
Props to Lenny Bruce though,all comedians who came after him owe him a huge debt.


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I've always felt sorry for American comedians. The quality of their work is very low. Since the seventies the Dutch have been spoiled with the greatest cabaret/standup comedians in history (Wim Sonneveld, Toon Hermans, Wim Kan, Freek de Jonge). It's still a very high regarded scene with lot's of very talented young comedians (de Vliegende Panthers, Hans Teeuwen, etc). International cabaret is therefore very unpopulair in Holland. Sorry for you...
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Originally posted by kingfriso kingfriso wrote:

I've always felt sorry for American comedians. The quality of their work is very low. Since the seventies the Dutch have been spoiled with the greatest cabaret/standup comedians in history (Wim Sonneveld, Toon Hermans, Wim Kan, Freek de Jonge). It's still a very high regarded scene with lot's of very talented young comedians (de Vliegende Panthers, Hans Teeuwen, etc). International cabaret is therefore very unpopulair in Holland. Sorry for you...


I laughed at this post.  How smug.
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There's so many great ones ...





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Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

No votes for Pryor?? Are you people on dope??
 
As far as I am concerned he smashed the racial barrier and made us truly look at ourselves and exposed the flaws in us all,whether we were white,black,hispanic,etc.
 
Props to Lenny Bruce though,all comedians who came after him owe him a huge debt.


I only know him from the movie he made with Gene Wilder, and I love that one:
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Is it possible for MrProgfreak to make a post that is not anti-religious?
 
John Cleese
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^ That video is not anti religious ... neither is his airplane number "anti-airplane", or his supermarket number "anti-supermarket". It's simply satire.Smile

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I have to go with Carlin with Cleese as a close 2nd
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Bill Hicks followed by George Carlin. R.I.P. to both of them.
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Check out Bill Bailey, he's brilliant too.
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John Cleese all the way.
 
I love Eddie Izzard and Bill Bailey these days though.
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George Carlin.

Where is Ellen deGeneris??? Surely one of the best female comedians out there??

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I find your lack of Patton Oswalt disturbing.
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