Who are your favorite stand-up comedians?

[mysteryowl]

#1 Trevor Noah
#2 Wanda Sykes
#3 hmmmm....?

[Aristus]

1. Steven Wright.

"I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize..."

"What happens if you get scared half to death twice?"

"The other day, I.......nah, that wasn't me..."

"I recently bought some used paint. It came in the shape of a house."

"I have the oldest typewriter in the world. It types in pencil."

[mysteryowl]

5. I don't know of this comedian

I will look him up.

[customerserviceguy]

8. He was classic

and with his soft-spoken manner, you had to really quiet down between laughs to hear the next joke. He takes us on a comedy roller coaster.

[mopinko]

11. "you may think my socks dont match but

i do, because i go by thickness."

[mysteryowl]

12. Ha

[MyOwnPeace]

23. Steven Wright

"I bought a life-size map of the world and now I can't fold it."

"Diary of a new-born:
Day 1 - tired from the move.
Day 2 - everybody talks to me like I'm an idiot."

"I bought a box of instant water. All you have to do is add water."

[mysteryowl]

38. Funny guy - he has a very unusual thought process!

[dweller]

26. I was born by caesarean birth

which didn't affect me ... but every time I leave the house
I go out through the window

😆

as I recall it
✌🏼️

[NanceGreggs]

34. "Last night I cooked Minute Rice ...

... in the microwave. I almost went back in time."

Why do ballerinas have to dance on their tippy-toes? Why don't they just higher taller dancers?"

[zanana1]

47. What's another word for...

thesaurus?

[OregonBlue]

51. lots of great one's here

http://www.weather.net/zarg/ZarPages/stevenWright.html

[Zoonart]

2. All time?

Carlin.

Living...Patton Oswalt

[mysteryowl]

6. Yep, Carlin was brilliant and one of the best.

[dem4decades]

3. Last year I saw George Lopez. As part of his act he stated, "Fuck Trump" and 'Fuck You if you voted

for him"

[mysteryowl]

7. I will look him up.

[dem4decades]

16. It was during a benefit for a inner city charity, the audience was mostly non white.

My wife and I were laughing hysterically, we could hear a couple behind where we were sitting talking about us. They found it odd that an older white couple would be laughing at jokes shitting on Trump and Trump supporters. Let me say to them, we're not all fuckheads.

[mysteryowl]

18. Nice story.

[dem4decades]

19. Here's one better. The year before, my wife's mother hdied expectantly. The following weekend she

wanted to do something to help her forget her grief. We attended the same event with Chris Tucker. Cedric the Entertainer and J B Smooze.

For three hours she laughed, after many hours of crying.

Any of the comedians I just mentioned are funny. JB Smoothe tends to swear a lot, he might be the funniest.

[Midnight Writer]

56. George Lopez said he played golf with Trump, and Trump used two caddies.

One caddy he called "Rabbit". Rabbit would run up the course to "locate" Trump's ball before anyone else got there. According to Lopez, Rabbit was moving his boss's ball to more favorable positions.

[dem4decades]

58. Absolutely believe that.

[backtoblue]

4. Wanda

Then Dave Chapelle, then Carlin

[mysteryowl]

9. All really good

[doc03]

10. They are not with us now but Rodney Dangerfield,

Red Fox and George Carlin. Can't think of any alive.

[mysteryowl]

13. Have you watched any of the alive comedians?

How about the ones listed here in this thread?

[doc03]

14. Not really they all have a four letter word vocabulary.

Jeff Dunham if you consider him a comedian. I never heard Red Foxes night club act I guess it was pretty gross.

[mysteryowl]

15. Not true!!!

Go to youtube and search for Trevor Noah. He is never offensive. Expand yourself dude!

[House of Roberts]

17. George Carlin, Chris Rock and Gallagher

Gallagher used to make a lot of sense before he broke the watermelon at the end.

[Cartoonist]

20. Richard Pryor

He has no equal, and none better.

[Skittles]

21. Mitch Hedberg was my favorite

[Gidney N Cloyd]

42. He was great.

[alwaysinasnit]

22. All time - George Carlin. For clean, self-deprecating humor - Gabriel Iglesias

[Stargleamer]

24. Robin Williams

and Richard Pryor

[Duppers]

30. +100

My top 2.

[MyOwnPeace]

25. Currently..............

my #1 is Jim Gaffigan - nobody close.

[JDC]

27. Jim Gaffigan is pretty good.

[Snackshack]

28. Favorites

Bill Hicks
George Carlin
Richard Pryor
Eddie Murphy
Andrew Dice Clay

[Haggis for Breakfast]

29. Saw Eddie Izzard two weekends ago in Seattle.

He gets funnier every year.

Favorite living comedian -- Billy Connolly. NOBODY makes me laugh harder than the Big Yin. Honorable mentions: Paul Mooney, Lewis Black, Sam Bee, Billy Crystal, DL Hughley, Richard Lewis, Will Durst, Sabrina Mathews, Henry Rollins (He doesn't consider himself a comic, but he makes me laugh 'til I cry.), Ron White, Kathleen Madigan, Tom Cotter, Bob Newheart, Kevin Pollack (His Al Pacino impressions are hilarious.), Dennis Leary, Russell Peters, and MONTY PYTHON.

RIP: Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Waylon Flowers (and Madam), Sam Kinison, Jackie Gleason, Red Skelton, Robin Williams, Gary Shandling, Jonathan Winters, Tim Conway, Don Rickles (Mr. Warmth), Groucho and Charlie Chaplin.

There are more, but this is just off the top of my head. Yes, I love stand-up. We need to laugh more and love more.

[lapucelle]

32. I was just going to type his name...

[Haggis for Breakfast]

40. He's thinking of standing for MP next year.

Can you just imagine ?

[no_hypocrisy]

31. Lenny Bruce

George Carlin
Belle Barth
Sam Greenfield

[LakeArenal]

33. Anthony Jesselnick, Brian Reagan

[NightWatcher]

35. Bill Hicks, Marc Maron, Mitch Hedberg, Ron Funches, Hannibal Burress

[Cicada]

36. Chappelle

If dead people count Carlin, Williams, Pryor we’re better. But live people? Chappelle.

[dweller]

37. Carlin, Steven Wright

and Jake Johannson

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can't find my favorite, when he cuts his nose shaving 😆

✌🏼️

[rampartc]

39. 1. george carlin

2 Rodney Dangerfield
3 callagher

[John Fante]

41. Dave Attell.

Brilliantly funny.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

43. I've just recently gotten into Kathleen Madigan.

[ChubbyStar]

55. She is wickedly HILARIOUS

I just love her.

[hibbing]

44. Dane Cook.....j/k

[Iggo]

45. Hmm...I better not.

[Rhiannon12866]

46. Love both of them, watched Trevor live tonight and Wanda Sykes was on with Seth Meyers

[bif]

48. Demitri Martin is one of the wittiest comedians working today

Absolutely bril.

[Laffy Kat]

49. My list: Maria Bamford, Lewis Black, Wanda Sykes.

I have seen both in person and was not disappointed. Going way back: Carol Burnett, Buddy Hackett, and Don Rickles (no one could get away with his insulting humor nowadays). Oh, and back to the present: Jim Gaffigan. I'm sure I'm forgetting several.

[OriginalGeek]

50. Y'all have pretty much named all my faves already

but I'll add Sarah Silverman. I think she is one of the best people on this planet.

[Hoyt]

52. Wanda Sykes was cracking me up on NPR yesterday. It was so funny, it was a driving hazard.

Truthfully, I haven't watched a lot of standup comedy in past few years.

Do like Bill Maher, for the political humor. And used to love Lewis Black's rants, and Dave Chappelle was my favorite for a longtime.

Netflix and Amazon must have 20 comedy specials I need to watch.

[nocoincidences]

53. There are a couple of obscure comedians I like

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and both do humor about the South.

Jeannie Robertson is more of a story teller than a stand-up comedian, but she is hilarious. Here's one example:

Henry Cho is a Korean who grew up in Knoxville TN and has a southern accent, which is part of some of his humor.

[mysteryowl]

59. Terrific! This thread has introduced me to some really funny comedians.

Henry Cho is hillarious. I looked him up on youtube for some more of his clips.

Thanks everyone!

[ChubbyStar]

54. Jim Jeffries

Bo Burnham
John Mulaney
Kathleen Madigan
Chris Rock

[GumboYaYa]

57. Currently John Mulaney and Mike Birbiglia are a few of my favorites

All time, Lenny Bruce gets my vote.

[TexasBushwhacker]

60. Tig Notaro

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[MicaelS]

61. George Carlin will always be #1.

Richard Pryor #2.

Sam Kinnison #3

Redd Foxx #4.

Rodney Dangerfield #5.

One problem is they're all dead.

[Flaleftist]

62. George Carlin, Lewis Black, Christopher Titus

Robin Williams, Gabriel Iglesias