Funniest Comedian

[GhostThatWalks]

[MissMillie]

1. Victor Borga

That guy could always make me laugh.

[Melodybe]

17. Of that list I'd have to go with Chris Rock

But Jon Stewart has made me laugh much more in the last 5 years.

Also Patton Oswald is a very funny comedian, he is very underrated. His recent Comedy Central special was hilarious.

"Calm down hippies, I'm taking you to Mordor then we're going right back to the shire."

[skypilot]

2. The late...

...Bill Hicks. The comedian that Dennis Leary wishes he was.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

6. agreed, bill hicks

i wish he was alive today.
it is funny how so much of his political jokes are still applicable today. he was doing material involving Bush Sr. and the first iraq war, you can listen to it now and it seems eerily up to date.

i miss bill hicks.

[skypilot]

9. It's kinda scary.

I was watching his "Bill Hicks Live" DVD this weekend and I swear to God if it weren't for him mentioning the year 1991 I could have imagined that he was talking about current events.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

15. "that guy looks hungry, shoot him a banana!"

-hicks talking about using smart bomb technology to help feed people

i got that DVD recently too
it is nice to finally have some video of a few performances
:silly:

[skypilot]

18. On a COMPLETELY different note....

..."Ladies, if men could...(you know what)...you'd be sitting here alone watching an empty stage".

I almost died when he said that.

[Magrittes Pipe]

3. Hicks.

[jonnyblitz]

5. yup

hands down. :thumbsup:

[MrModerate]

4. If we're talking 20th Century rather than 21st, there's no question . . .

Tom Lehrer.

[CanuckAmok]

7. "Vonce ze rockets come up wh cares vere zey come down?..."

"...zat's not my department!", says Wehrner von Braun.

Best. Line. Ever.

[MrModerate]

35. Not to mention some of the worst puns in the English language

. . . wonderful ripoffs of Gilbert & Sullivan
. . . brilliant monologs between his arias
. . . a deep comic wickedness that has informed my style of humor from the first time I heard him nearly 45 years ago.

and . . . "the Elements"

[bobthedrummer]

8. Johnathan Winters, but he didn't make your short-list.

:smoke:

[antigone382]

10. Lenny Bruce

OK, maybe not the funniest, but somebody had to mention him.

[jpgray]

39. Not funniest, but one of the most fun to listen to

And some of his bits like the Palladium are utterly hilarious.

[tjwmason]

11. Eddie Izzard

Cake or death?

[Melodybe]

19. I forgot Izzard

Don't forget he's an executive transvestite.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

48. the force is strong with you-as strong as a small pony!

wow-that's pretty strong, isn't it?

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. None of the Above. Jimmy Paulsen

http://www.theblowshow.com/jimmypaulsen.htm

[Skip Intro]

13. Chappelle cracks me up

from your list I guess I'd say Carlin.

[skypilot]

14. Not actually a comedian but...

...you know, Judge Judy is pretty funny when she gets really riled up.

[lpbk2713]

16. Stephen Wright, Flip Wilson

Jonathan Winters, Richard Pryor

[SheepyMcSheepster]

20. my favorite stephen wright bit - "i got a new vacuum cleaner.........."

"it sucks"

:silly:

[knitter4democracy]

23. My fave: "Why didn't you stop at the stop sign?"

"I don't believe everything I read."

*giggle*

[lpbk2713]

29. More SW lines.....

I used to live in a house by the freeway. When I went anywhere, I had to be going 65 MPH by the end of my driveway.

I turned my air conditioner the other way around, and it got cold out. The weatherman said, "I don't understand it. It was supposed to be 80 degrees today," and I said "Oops."

Last night I fell asleep in a satellite dish. My dreams were broadcast all over the world.

And even more: http://www.meer.net/~mtoy/steven_wright.html

[A HERETIC I AM]

30. A couple of my favorite Steven Wright lines......

"I dropped spot remover on my dog and now he's gone"

"I accidentally put my car key in the front door of my house and it started up! So i took it for a drive and parked in the median of a freeway. I went out on the front porch and yelled at everyone for driving in my front yard"

[maveric]

21. Now, Robin Williams. 20 years ago, George Carlin although Carlin

is my #2 choice.

[immoderate]

22. I really miss Sam Kinison.

Maybe Louis Black is the best in that tradition.

--IMM

[6000eliot]

24. What about Richard Pryor?

[Crankie Avalon]

33. Absolutely! Not even on the ballot???

[6000eliot]

37. I love your screen name

It made me laugh out loud, and I'm at school in my office.

[Lautremont]

25. Neil Hamburger is the best, end of discussion!

Why did Ronald McDonald sleep with his sister?

Because his judgment was impaired from so many years of eating junk food.


In which state did my wife first sleep with the dentinst to whom she is now engaged?

I don't know, but when I see her in court this week, Alaska.

[4_Legs_Good]

26. Bill Cosby? Bob Newhart?

those are my top two.

david

[Arkana]

27. Robin Williams

He's found that sweet spot of comedy--not as sterile as Bill Cosby, but not as vulgar as George Carlin (not that I don't think Carlin is funny--I do.)

[jus_the_facts]

28. Other...the whole cast of Monty Python....

....especially in The Meaning of Life. :7

[GOPBasher]

31. Must go with Carlin. n/t

[A HERETIC I AM]

32. Not on your list, but the late Totie Fields was hilarious

And Dennis Wolfburg.

"The craze these days is filming the birth of your child on video but since my wife and i filmed the conception, we thought it would be entirely superfluous!"

[mark414]

34. mitch hedburg and steven wright

[barackmyworld]

43. Mitch Hedburg is GREAT

I think he is the one that said "What if bigfoot IS blurry!?"

[Chalco]

36. Lewis Black, of course.

[UrbScotty]

38. George W. Bush says some funny things.

Gems like "Is our children learning?" and "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream" make him far superior to anyone on this list!

Yeah, right.

[Hardrada]

40. Chuckles the Clown: A little song, a little dance

A little seltzer down the pants!

[Hardrada]

41. Shecky Green

[steve2470]

42. Robin Wiliams, the man is a genius nt

[democracyindanger]

44. David Cross

Although his freakout at Laugh Aid was kinda weird...

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

49. i missed that

pl4ease elaborate

[democracyindanger]

50. It was years ago, obviously

but near the end of his act, he does a bit about women not washing, um, a certain part. Then he just started screaming, "Why don't women wash their *sses?!? Why don't women wash their *sses?!?" and then walked off stage.

Weird.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

45. where are eddie izzard, david cross, and janeane garofalo?

robin williams-ugh!

but of your list, I'd say steve martin. in his 70s prime, he kicked ass

[Mojambo]

46. Dat Phan makes the list but not Bill Hicks?

Strange.

My favorite current comic is David Cross. He does terrific stand-up.

[MrSlayer]

47. Richard Pryor was the best of his time.

Eddie Murphy in the early 80's
Kinison in the late 80's early 90's
Rock is currently the best.

[derby378]

51. WHERE THE HELL IS BILL HICKS?!?

His Rush Limbaugh skit earned him a spot on the poll all by itself.