what comedians should i add to my comedy library?

[jogi1969]

i already have the holy trinity
Pryor, Carlin, Cheech&Chong
and i got robin williams, murphy, rock.
but i want to get some of newer comics
i have been reading margaret cho's blog and she is awesome
so she is on the list of must have along with dave chapell;
any opinions on who else to consider?

[KissMyAsscroft]

1. Bill Hicks!!!!!

My Lord, you have to get some hicks. If you are a DUer he is ESSENTIAL.

Google Sacred Cow Productions and order a tape. Arizona Bay I think is the name...Basically get as much as you can.

Hicks was a DUer, that's for DAMN sure.

Genius....

[jogi1969]

5. yeah bill is awesome

fogot that i have his stuff
1st heard of him during the LA riots
he had that 'step on the f**kin gas man!' skit

he was just as fearless as pryor -- damn funny

[sendero]

23. Bill Hicks...

... is a genius. Or should I say was. What an incredible talent, I don't think he has a peer.

[name not needed]

2. stephen lynch

funniest musician ever

[buddhamama]

3. Eddie Izzard

intelligent funny Man.

[eileen from OH]

6. I second that

He is hysterical and amazing.

eileen from OH

[Eccho]

4. Get some stuff from the golden age of standup (the 70's)

Steve Martin
National Lampoon Radio Show

[lpbk2713]

10. Flip Wilson, Steven Wright, Smothers Brothers

The 70's were really Golden for TV comedy.

[SmileyBoy]

7. Dane Cook, Mario Cantone, Mitch Hedberg.

All EXTREMELY funny in their own ways.

[dolo amber]

9. I second

Mitch and Dane. Mario is pretty good also, but Mitch Hedberg is borderline (if not totally) genius, and Dane Cook is completely out of his mind. :D

[Bertha Venation]

8. how 'bout a couple more who've been around a while, namely

Paula Poundstone and Rita Rudner? They're both hilarious.

[LTR]

11. Robert Schimmel

The man is OUTRAGEOUS!!!

[IronLionZion]

12. Janeane Garofalo and Todd Barry

[terrya]

13. Emo Phillips. Without a doubt. eom

[joeybee12]

14. If you can find any of Lily Tomlin's stuff--do it! Joan Rivers has only

one album/cd--What becomes a semi-legend most? Hee-larious.

Also, get all the Monty Python you can!

[peekaloo]

15. Yes to Lily and add LENNY BRUCE and the Firesign Theatre!

it's okay for Lenny to cuss now. :evilfrown:

oldies but great!

[joeybee12]

16. wasn't Bob Newhart in the Foresign????????

Or is my memory really, really bad??????????

[peekaloo]

20. no, Bob wasn't a bozo on the bus BUT

he did put out a really good stand up album "The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart" (I think that's the title).

for some fun try: http://www.firesigntheater.com

[joeybee12]

21. Thanks!

[Insider]

17. carol leifer

writer for jerry seinfeld. great stand up in her own right. she is in a couple old, old videos. funny in that long island/manhattan style.

[4dsc]

18. Larry the cable guy...

I listen to sattelite radio and he's one of the funniest person's I have ever heard..

[sasquatch]

19. Lewis Black

He's a must have along with Bill Hicks!

[jogi1969]

22. red green?

is that show still on?
are the dvd's out?

[MrBenchley]

24. Monty Python

One of their albums comes in the liner for a Beethoven symphony (with the title in crayon scribbled over it ); the back cover also has crayoned notes (and the prinnted copy underneath begins discussing Beethoven's symphony but sidetracks into his tennis career).

Another has THREE sides...(one of the sides has two grooves. It will drive you nuts on vinyl, because it's more or less chance as to which groove your needle will drop).

And of course the material is hysterical...Alistaire Cooke being attacked by ducks.....Tiger Club...the Argument Clinic....the British Being Eaten By a Crocodile Olympic Team (where today's champion is tomorrow's crocodile shit; the East Germans are cheating by putting remoulade in their shorts).

I shall have to ask you to listen to this. Take it away, Eric the orchestra leader:

Henry Kissinger
How I'm missin' ya
You're the doctor of my dreams
With your krinkly hair
and your glassy stare
and your Machiavailian schemes
All right, so people say that you don't care
You've still got nicer legs than Hitler
And bigger tits than Cher
Henry Kissinger
How I'm missin' ya
And wishin ya
Were here.....

[Spirochete]

25. Richard Belzer

Denis Leary

There are others, but I can't think right now. Got a code id by dose, and by head all stuffed up.

On Edit: David Cross is pretty good, too.