Board 8 > Who's your favorite comedian?

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I've been asking friends and co-workers this a lot lately, so I may as well ask you too! Who do you listen to/enjoy the most for stand-up comedy?

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Reginald D Hunter, John Bishop or Kevin Bridges =)

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George Carlin is the all time king in my book, I enjoyed all his stuff.

Andrew Dice Clay is underrated, especially The Day The Laughter Died. Of course Lewis Black is good, Louie CK, etc.

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Mitch Hedberg probably. His style is different than pretty much everybody else's and he does it so well.

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Dane Cook >_>

Not really, but I don't hate him like most people do.

Mitch Hedberg is probably my favorite.

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Louis CK and Jim Gaffigan seem to trade 1st and 2nd quite a bit for me.

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Mitch Hedberg, Jim Gaffigan and Brian Regan.

I also enjoy Dane Cook's earlier stuff.

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Brian Regan.

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Jason Rouse. Unfortunately he disappeared into oblivion.
His Comedy Now performance is the funniest stand up I've ever seen.

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Jean-Marc Parent.

It makes me sad that nobody will ever be able to appreciate delicious French Canadian humor. Subtitled videos are just not the same.

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The Sklar Brothers

Louis Black, Brian Regan, Mitch Hedberg and Rodney Dangerfield are all up there too.

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Milton Jones.

And I've got tickets to see him live on Sunday, hooray!

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Patton Oswalt. His whole crew (Maria Bamford, Brian Posehn, etc) is pretty damn great.

Ron White's one of my favorite 'storyteller' comedians. Donald Glover had a good special recently, but I haven't seen much of his stand-up beyond that.

Stephen Lynch and Bo Burnham as well, though they're less comedians and more comedic singers/songwriters.

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Louis CK is ****ing amazing.

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Louis CK or George Carlin probably

Mitch Hedberg, Jim Gaffigan and Ricky Gervais are close

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This almost sounds like it could be a good idea for a user-vote tournament.

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Eddie Izzard

seen'm live twice now.

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Carlin, hedburg, Pryor, Louis CK, Gabriel Iglesias (don't hate), Dane Cook, Nick Swardson and a few others.

>_>

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Bill Hicks

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From: DeathChicken | #019
Bill Hicks

A friend got me to watch a few of his show's episodes on netflix, the one that goes over a bunch of his performances..

The first one (the one that talked about people complaining about smokers) was so f***ing awesome.

The second one I watched (I can't even remember what it was about) didn't make me laugh at all.


After watching a few more I realized his stuff is either hit or miss with me. There didn't seem to be an in between.

Weird.

I don't know why I shared this.

I'm...inebriated.

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apparently Denis Leary ripped his comedy off. So watch that, I guess. The only diff between the two is that Leary actually has good delivery.

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From: rammtay | #021
apparently Denis Leary ripped his comedy off. So watch that, I guess. The only diff between the two is that Leary actually has good delivery.

I love Leary.

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Mitch Hedburg.

me too. It`s been way too long since Lock n Load. He needs to do new stand up. It might happen since Rescue Me is over.

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I know people are gonna hate me for this, but I gotta say Larry the Cable Guy. That stupid hillbilly humor is just funny to me. Bill Cosby, Daniel Tosh and George Carlin are close runners-up.

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Daniel Tosh (his actual standup) or Steve Hofstetter are two of my favorites.

I went to a great Mitch Hedberg / Stephen Lynch concert a month or so before Mitch died though, that was the best comedy show I've ever seen.

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From: rammtay | #024
me too. It`s been way too long since Lock n Load. He needs to do new stand up. It might happen since Rescue Me is over.

Lock and Load was awful in comparison to No Cure for Cancer.

No Cure, is arguably Leary's best work.

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malyg posted...
Reginald D Hunter, John Bishop or Kevin Bridges =)

I'm somehow unfamilar with all three of them (nor Jason Rouse/Jean-Marc Parent/Milton Jones/Steve Hofstetter, and ADC basically fits in too). I'll have to change this soon.

George Carlin's great, and I'm looking forward to watching some of his less-known stuff soon.

Lewis Black's particularly good for "loud" comedians like Chris Rock and Sam Kenison (or political comedians like Jon Stewart), and I need to continue checking out his more recent stand-up. I think I saw on Netflix that he has a documentary too, so I'm excited.

I just finished watching the first season of Louie, and it's given me even more appreciation of Louis C.K. He's the comedian I've most recently been catching up on (watching his special "Hilarious" right now). I've heard friends say he's the next Carlin, but I don't think he has to be in order to become a legend.

Mitch Hedberg's biggest problem is that he didn't live long enough to release more stuff.

Dane Cook's somebody I never cared for while he was booming, but his last special (whichever one had the tiny audience) was good. It's also hard to hate him after all the good work he does for set-ups.

I always forget how much I like Jim Gaffigan until I see more new stuff from him.

Brian Reagan's never been very good to me outside of his Comedy Central Presents-episode. His material is pretty solid, but his delivery hasn't struck me well in awhile.

The Sklar Brothers are great for capturing humor at conversational speeds. Listening to them talk about how poorly they did in Saint Louis still cracks me up. They were also funny on The Oblongs.

Rodney Dangerfield's a classic I wish I watched more. His "no respect" line is a classic and he was able to keep you laughing for jokes in a row. I still have to watch Caddyshack.

I recently rewatched Patton Oswalt's first special on Comedy Central; his joke about making hippies lose a hackey-sack still cracks me up. The rest of the Comedians of Comedy (especially Zach Galifinakus and Maria Bamford) were a great team. They might be my favorite tour...them or the Insomniac Tour.

Ron White's far and away my favorite of the Blue Collar-team, though my personal Tennessean patience with them might not apply with you! Ron >> Jeff > Bill >= Larry (who's still decent).

I need to watch more Community before I really judge Donald Glover, but I like 30 Rock's writing and his Comedy Central Presents-episode was pretty decent.

Stephen Lynch > Bo Burnham for consistency, but Bo at his best is brilliant. I still remind myself of his message in "Art is Dead" occasionally...but I didn't get much into him before his special "Words, Words, Words" released.

I'm not a big fan of Ricky Gervais as a comedian, though I've liked some of his other stuff as an actor. Maybe I just need to see more of his stand-up.

I've never been big on British humor, so Eddie Izzard doesn't do it well for me outside of his "cake or death"-spiel. Jimmy Carr might be my favorite British comedian, and he hasn't done anything big in awhile.

Richard Pryor's great for his open-forum audiences and how comfortably he handled them. I'll eventually see all of his work, I'm sure!

Gabriel Inglesias is fantastic for sound effects (rivaled only by Pablo Fransisco) and can animate some great stories. I'm not too into his family-man persona he's adapting lately, but he's still quality!

Nick Swardson's a great comedian, but f***ing stop him from acting again. Reno 911's over, and so is that direction of his career since then.

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Bill Hicks has a few great jokes (his "pray for me"-joke being my favorite), but I haven't listened to much of his stuff either. Again, Netflix is about to reveal a lot more of him to me.

Dennis Leary is a pro at singing comedy ("I'm an A******" remains top-tier), though sometimes he just strikes me as trying too hard with his persona. If you're looking for something pretty new from him, "Douchebags and Donuts" released last year (with him, Whitney Cummings, Lenny Clarke, and Adam Ferrera).

The Cosby Show was fun as a kid and C.K said he's the best living comedian today, but I think he rambles too much. I'd still see him live if he ever comes here again though!





My personal favorites have been Greg Giraldo or Daniel Tosh (while he was just insane instead of mostly covering the internet's worst). Doug Stanhope's fantastic for covering the most offensive material while Jeff Foxworthy's the best for more friendly material. I'll give Eugene Mirman the award for the best absurd guy, and Zach barely takes it for those who include music.

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lock n load> no cure



no cure was too emotional.

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lock n load> no cure



no cure was too emotional.

Too emotional? O_o

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Chappelle by FAR

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Dave Chappelle deserve special credit too, though I'm not sure which category you'd want to put him in.

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tried to watch douchebags and donuts on youtube.


unwatchable with all the beeping.

God damn USA.

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From: SBell0105 | #017
Eddie Izzard

seen'm live twice now.

Same, but I've seen him live thrice.

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From: Dauntless Hunter | #035
Same, but I've seen him live thrice.

Weren't we both at the MSG show?

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From: SBell0105 | #037
Weren't we both at the MSG show?

I think I've found a new gimmick.

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i'm still surprised that my parents let me watch Lock and load with them when I was 11.
It was funny then even though I didn't get most of the jokes, and it's even more funny now
But my fave comedy album that I own is Rodney Dangerfield's No Respect.

So many jokes
Best comedian ever


Respect in Peace

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Eddie's impressive for maybe being the only comedian I know that's toured in multiple languages. That's impressive to carry great humor across such a difficult bridge.

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yeah that is pretty impressive.

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Going to go with Jerry Seinfeld here

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greg giraldo

HMs to jim norton, patrice o'neal, jim jeffries, mitch hedberg, nick swardson

sadly 3 of those 6 are dead

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I'll eventually watch all of Seinfeld; my mom loved the show and I liked the episodes I actually remember. "I'm Telling You For the Last Time" was great too.

Since I've heard him/Gervais/Louis mentioned, they have a great HBO-special with Chris Rock called "Talking Funny." It's literally just those four comedians having a conversation for probably over an hour, and it covers some great stuff.

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Dave Chapelle and Dave Attell are my two favorite.

Daniel Tosh I find funny and Anthony Jeselnik, although I'm lukewarm on his style, is goddamn hilarious.

Katt's Williams' "The Pimp Chronicles" is easily my favorite stand-up special.

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Jim Norton's about to go on the Antisocial Tour (with Stanhope/Dave Attell/Artie Lange). While I think Norton's the weakest of them, that's still potential for a damn good tour and it's hard to call him a weak link.

Patrice O'Neal's "Elephant in the Room" was borderline-brilliant, and his appearance on Charlie Sheen's Roast was fantastic to boot. I think his Comedy Central Presents-episode was unimpressive though.

Don't know Jim Jeffries.

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Louis CK no contest

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Seinfeld standup is awful.
Thankfully his sitcom writing skills were 9000 times better.

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Anthony Jeselnik's going to become a great, I'm almost certain of it. "Shakespeare" was a fantastic album and he's killed it on the past two Roasts. You can find his fun impersonation of Dane Cook easily on YouTube, too.

Katt Williams has an honest vibe of sincerity to him you don't see in comics often. That's not to say you should believe everything he says, but he undoubtedly believes in himself! Hearing him rip on Michael Jackson is amazing.

Don't know Daxflame.

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