Funniest Standup Comedienne

[UdoKier]

Funniest Standup Comedienne

[knitter4democracy]

1. Gilda Radner!

I still laugh at her stuff. God bless her, wherever she is.

[terrya]

2. Totie Fields

A real laff riot. God, she was funny

[skypilot]

3. From that list I'd have to say...

...Wanda Sykes.

"She kept the DRESS?!?! Case dismissed!!

---Wanda Sykes on Monica Lewinsky

[MissMillie]

4. Thank goodness you didn't include Joan Rivers

but I have to admit I used to like her Heidi Abromowitz bits

[LisaM]

5. I voted for Ellen, but Wanda is a close second

Kathy Griffin is not even close to funny lately.

[DS1]

6. I voted for Brett Butler, simply because she's next to Margaret Cho

and Margaret Cho, like a lot of other stuff rated on DU, is overhyped as fuck.

[mark414]

7. Sarah Silverman

and beautiful to boot

[Magrittes Pipe]

9. Correct on both counts.

[UdoKier]

8. I'm surprised Ellen is so far ahead.

I like her, but she reminds me of a female Bob Newhart. And I love Bob Newhart, but I guess I like humor that's a bit more - "edgy".

[flvegan]

10. Paula Poundstone

I've only seen a couple of her HBO things, but I can watch them 100 times and still bust a gut.

[Lex]

14. I caught Paula Poundstone's live show a couple of weeks ago and

she was super funny. A great show!

[libnnc]

11. Judy, Judy, Judy

come closer to the goddess, my sex puppets...:bounce:

[Crankie Avalon]

12. To be honest, I don't think any of these women are all that funny...

...and I can't think of many funny male "stand-ups," either.

I find most "stand-up comedy" pretty lame and am more amused by comic acting that is part of a bigger story rather than someone just standing and trying to tell isolated jokes. Like what goes on in Ed Wood or The Big Lebowski, say.

Just my opinion...I think most other people like stand-up a lot.

[mark414]

16. have you ever heard mitch hedburg or steven wright?

[Crankie Avalon]

20. Don't know who Mitch Hedburg is...

...but I went to college in Boston in the late 80s so I was pretty familiar with Steven Wright.

I bought all of Richard Pryor's old stand-up albums when I was a kid, and I remember seeing Dave Chappelle on a HBO Young Comedians Special before he was anybody and being really impressed with him and wondering if he would go on to become a star.

On the other end of the spectrum, I've tried sitting through that "Last Comic Standing" and oooof, was that ever unfunny!

To me, most stand-ups are closer to the mediocre "Last Comic Standing" level than to the more exceptional Richard Pryor or Dave Chappelle one.

[ElectroPrincess]

37. That's an apropos screen name for you? ... Crankie!?! LOL

"Ed Wood or The Big Lebowski?" HA! I'll raise you an "Animal House and Ferris Bueller's day off." <eg>

[RebelOne]

13. Rita Rudner. n/t

[bowens43]

15. Other: Condi Rice

[Tektonik]

17. Margaret Cho

But it's too bad that her recent political stuff is nowhere near as funny as her earlier material.

[UdoKier]

19. I think she caters a wee bit too much to her GLBT fan base.

I like that part of her humor too, but I wish she would balance it out a bit more with more universal stuff. I love the stuff she does about her mom. Reminds me of my Japanese wife's relatives & late mother. People may take it for broad ethnic humor, but anyone with an Asian mom knows that her portrayal is very close to home.

[tjwmason]

18. Jo Brand

I don't know if she's been shown at all in America, but she's excellent; dripping in sarcasm and wit (mostly directed against us males). There's information on some of her shows on the B.B.C. web-site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/b/brand_jo.shtml

[no_hypocrisy]

21. Belle Barth (Anabelle Salzman) . Oldie but a goodie.

"Shut your hole, honey! Mine's makin' money!"

Often borrowed by Bette Midler.

http://www.comedystars.com/Bios/barth_belle.shtml

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. Maria Bamford should be on the list :^D

[maveric]

23. Ellenn DeGeneres???? I dont see the appeal!

Dry, boring, but because she's gay we have to love her?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

24. Rita Rudner-ugh

she's been doing that same routine about shoulder pads and leather dresses for 14 years straight-not funny, never was

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

25. Janeane Garofalo, Sarah Silverman, Laura Kightlinger?

you're missing some names, my friend!

[maveric]

27. "Comidienne"

My friend!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

30. D'oh!

fixing

[Stop_the_War]

26. Ellen DeGeneres

Second place: Wanda Sykes

[hollywood926]

28. I can't believe only one other person voted for Kathy Griffin!

She is SOOOO funny. Her rantings about her encounters with celebrities have me in stitches!!!! Bloody hilarious!

[ElectroPrincess]

29. I don't know exactly why but ...

Judy Tenuta could make me laugh by just standing up there ... something about her look and comic style ... she never fails to crack me up. Judy Rocks :headbang: ;)



http://www.judytenuta.com/sys-tmpl/allaboutjudy/

[Locut0s]

31. George Carlin, John Stewart (standup not on the Daily Show), David Cross,

and others that I can't remember the names of.

[Locut0s]

33. Oh and Russell Peters "Somebody's going to get a hurt"!

[maveric]

34. One more time, "Comedienne!"

George Carlin, Jon Stewart and David Cross have penises!

[Locut0s]

39. Oh sorry, need to read more carefully.

[peekaloo]

32. Lily Tomlin

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

35. Lydia Lunch

not a comedian-but she can be funny at times, in between the serious moments of her spoken word stuff

[maveric]

36. WHERE'S WHOOPI GOLDGERG!

Huh?

[UdoKier]

40. OOPS.

But really, she was never a standup comic. She started out as a performance artist who happened to be very funny and went into movies and TV from there.

[BrklynLiberal]

38. Dame Edna.

:D }( :silly: