Poll of the Day > These are my ten favorite stand up comedians. Which of my favorites is yours?

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wwinterj25 posted...

Eddie Murphy is actually the only one I know from the list.

Rather surprising, although I guess some of them probably don't have much of an international following. That said, Sarah Silverman has a starring role in the Wreck-It-Ralph movies and I assume those did well internationally. Richard Pryor was also in a lot of movies, come to think of it.

Metalsonic66 posted...

Zeus posted...

Carlin had all the insight of an angsty teen.

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Zeus, I don't think you grasp the magnitude of what Carlin did for the art form as a whole. If all you're familiar with is Life is Worth Losing or It's Bad For Ya, I can see where you get that impression, as I said earlier he kind of became cranky towards the end. I blame sobriety turning him into a dry drunk.

The sheer volume of his material over the span of his career, and the way he retired his old act as he went was unprecedented at the time.

The modern standup scene would look nothing like it does now were it not for him. Comics would still be milking the same bit for 20 years if he hadn't forced working comics to step up their game.

You may not like his acts, but to dismiss him entirely as "having all the insight of an angsty teen" is demonstrably false and downright laughable if you have any insight into stand-up comedy.
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Carlin.... but Eddie Murphy is close. A lot of folks forget how much of an absolute BEAST he was as a standup, then just walked away from it after having two of the best specials of all time.

WhiskeyDisk posted...

Zeus, I don't think you grasp the magnitude of what Carlin did for the art form as a whole. If all you're familiar with is Life is Worth Losing or It's Bad For Ya, I can see where you get that impression, as I said earlier he kind of became cranky towards the end. I blame sobriety turning him into a dry drunk.

The sheer volume of his material over the span of his career, and the way he retired his old act as he went was unprecedented at the time.

The modern standup scene would look nothing like it does now were it not for him. Comics would still be milking the same bit for 20 years if he hadn't forced working comics to step up their game.

You may not like his acts, but to dismiss him entirely as "having all the insight of an angsty teen" is demonstrably false and downright laughable if you have any insight into stand-up comedy.

Which sounds wholly divorced from my criticism concerning the quality of his insights. My original remark and your argument are in no way mutually exclusive. All that aside, you seem to be crediting far too much to Carlin considering that things like tv, etc, also killed comedians who might try to just milk the same bit.
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Zeus posted...

WhiskeyDisk posted...

Zeus, I don't think you grasp the magnitude of what Carlin did for the art form as a whole. If all you're familiar with is Life is Worth Losing or It's Bad For Ya, I can see where you get that impression, as I said earlier he kind of became cranky towards the end. I blame sobriety turning him into a dry drunk.

The sheer volume of his material over the span of his career, and the way he retired his old act as he went was unprecedented at the time.

The modern standup scene would look nothing like it does now were it not for him. Comics would still be milking the same bit for 20 years if he hadn't forced working comics to step up their game.

You may not like his acts, but to dismiss him entirely as "having all the insight of an angsty teen" is demonstrably false and downright laughable if you have any insight into stand-up comedy.

Which sounds wholly divorced from my criticism concerning the quality of his insights. My original remark and your argument are in no way mutually exclusive. All that aside, you seem to be crediting far too much to Carlin considering that things like tv, etc, also killed comedians who might try to just milk the same bit.

Tell that to Kinnison or Lampinelli.
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Demitri Martin.
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Well, I don't have a favorite but this is probably one of the funniest shows I've sat through:

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Gaawa_chan posted...

Well, I don't have a favorite but this is probably one of the funniest shows I've sat through:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kpFKw12ckg" data-time="

Im gonna go ahead and put that on lists of videos Im not gonna watch

MICHALECOLE posted...

Im gonna go ahead and put that on lists of videos Im not gonna watch

The part near the end is one of my favorite comedy anecdotes. Starts at 42:57.
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