Most Overrated Comedians?

[MadBadger]

Guys or Gals who you just dont understand why people think they are funny.

Larry the Cable Guy
Bill Engvall
Dane Cook
Katt Williams

I'm sure I can think of more.

[JonLP24]

1. I like Katt Williams

Others I know do too.

[rcrush]

18. I watch his specials when they air uncensored

But he does get old after awhile.

[Ikonoklast]

2. Sarah Silverman, but I'm not sure she actually qualifies as a comedian.

I mean, she's never actually said or done anything that's funny.

[A HERETIC I AM]

15. This is pretty funny...

"I'm fucking Matt Damon"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVI8ULK3uhs&feature=related

[Mopar151]

28. I wish I did'nt agree with you.

I think she's cool, but her comedy stuff is DOA.

[tigereye]

44. her musical spoofs are actually rather funny

[flvegan]

3. Overrated? Dane Cook. He's the Nickelback of comedy.

The least funny yet most promoted moron I've ever seen. It's like there's comedy payola.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

4. The guy with all the dummies.

Jeff Daniels??? Not funny.

Flight of the Conchords? Not funny either.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

14. Jeff Dunham, who does suck.

Jeff Daniels is the actor from Dumb & Dumber.

[sakabatou]

54. I like Dunham

[Orrex]

42. He had a 1/2 routine on Comedy Central a few years back that I thought was pretty good

But he hasn't uttered a single funny syllable since then.

[tigereye]

45. it's always crappy performers who have those obsessive agents and they are

constantly on every show, newscast, what have you.

ugh.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

5. Dane Cook, Jeff Dunham, Sam Kinison, the Blue-Collar guys.

Yes, I tossed a dead comedian in there, but Kinison sucked.

[MadBadger]

6. I actually like Ron White

The rest I cant stand, though Foxworthy not as much.

[Mopar151]

31. Hey, it's just an opinion.

I'm with you on the first 2. Sam could be obnoxious, drunk, or effing brilliant - and mere mention of his name drives Mormons and Witnesses from my door. The 3 "real" blue collar guys are funny as hell - maybe you have to live in the Blue Collar world to get it.
Dan Whitney (aka Larry the Cable Guy) is running low on charm - mostly because the funnier aspects of his persona conflict with his politics.

[RushIsRot]

7. Yakov Smirnoff

[GoCubsGo]

59. Comic genius compared to Dennis Miller

Even back when Dennis was funny, he wasn't funny.

[Richard Steele]

8. Katt Williams is one of the most brilliant performers alive today.

The very IDEA that you could list him
alongside those talentless losers is offensive to me.

[MadBadger]

9. Yup, I think he's crap.

Crap, Crap, crappity, crap.

With quite possibly one of the most annoying voices in show business.

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[MadBadger]

12. if you actually put me on your ignore list, that says a lot more about you.

[Richard Steele]

30. Yes, that's kinda the ENTIRE POINT to doing it. Duh.

nm

[hippywife]

52. Did you really just get

a post deleted and put someone on ignore because they don't agree with you over a comedian? :crazy:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

13. "That ain't no motherfucking side effect. That's from Satan!"

- Katt on steroids' worst side effect. :rofl:

[bluesbassman]

10. Gilbert Gottfreid, Judy Tanuta,

Sinbad, Sandra Bernhard to name a few.

[tigereye]

46. saw Tenuta live once- she was hilarious

[dysfunctional press]

65. gilbert gottfried was the absolute funniest live show i've EVER seen...

and i've seen a LOT of comedians through the years.

[sakabatou]

16. Robin Williams

[Tabasco_Dave]

17. He used to be funny

now he's just obnoxious.

[MilesColtrane]

32. He was funny back when he was doing blow.

Now, not so much.

[tigereye]

47. really? no one can riff like he does - hell, even performances on Letterman

are amazing. He's like a one man spray can of improv.

[TheMightyFavog]

56. Robin Williams is brilliant.

I remember the first time I heard his golf bit from his 2002 show. I damn near pissed my pants.

Plus he plays D&D. I'd like to be in a group with him just once.

[tigereye]

60. he plays D and D? Hollywood folk do that?

just kidding... :rofl:

[old mark]

19. Gilbert Gotfried is one of the all time worst. He has never been amusing at all.

He is the Will Farrell of standup.

mark

[Paladin]

57. I Thought So Too, Until I Saw "The Aristocrats" Movie

What Gottfried pulls off at the end of that flick, given the circumstances involved, is just amazing. Amazing enough for him to get a permanent pass from me.......

[dysfunctional press]

66. yes, he has.

i saw him live in a club in chicago in 1988(?), and it's still the funniest show i've ever seen in person, and i've seen A LOT.

[rcrush]

20. Carlos Mencia

Steals jokes and is a walking stereotype.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

21. First name that came to me when I read the thread title...

...and for the two reasons you listed.

This guy's GOTTA have connections. That's the only explanation.

[rcrush]

22. Well I'm glad he cant get work now.

I found clips on youtube where Joe Rogan and his other comedian friends go to one of Mencias shows and basically call him out on being a hack. Joe brings up all these comedians that Carlos stole from and they call call him a theif lol. Even Carlos' buddy Bobby Lee calls him a thief haha.

Then later on theres a radio show clip where George Lopez says he punched Carlos in the face for stealing his material.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gVYfDCgYxk
Its a long clip but its pretty funny. They turn the crowd on Carlos lol.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

29. Lopez friggin' SLAYED me on Reno 911.

Yeah, the character was probably in poor taste...like EVERY other character on that show...but he just looked like he had so much FUN playing it.

I know a local mayor personally. Lopez's "Reno Mayor" was over the top, but not THAT far over the top.

[Richard Steele]

23. His real name is Ned Holness, and he speaks just enough Espanol to purchase buritos..

He's a horrid punk-assed little BITCH
who gets a free pass on his racist blather
by PRETENDING to be Hispanic.

That's reason enough to hate him right there, but
he adds to it by being NOT FUNNY.

[rcrush]

25. George Lopez punched him in the face.

Backstage at the Latin Grammys or something.

[madinmaryland]

24. Saints' fans??

:hide:

[Capn Sunshine]

26. Prop comics.

That fucking Carrot Top



and Gallagher




I'm smashing fruit! Ahahahahahahaha

[Mopar151]

27. Those guys had their 15 minutes

The original Gallagher (not his impostor brother - just f'n sad) might be worth seeing again, if he gets his mojo relined. CT is a piece of crap, always has been.

[RoyGBiv]

34. I saw Gallagher a year ago ...

My mom loves him, and I did too when I was a kid, so I took her to see him.

It was a weird night.

It was difficult for me to reconcile the image I saw before me with the huge HBO specials and what have you of what now seems to be a former life. Personally, I thought his performance was hilarious. The audience apparently agreed. People laughed so hard they fell out of chairs ... tears streaming, red faces, the kind of unrestrained laughter that causes people to make completely embarrassing noises.

He was very, very good. And the "I smash fruit" bit was a very small part of it.

But there were, maybe, 50 people in the audience. He came out after the show and just sat and talked with some of us. I mean, I sat there and had a conversation with Gallagher while he flirted with my mom.

He's a smart guy, funny ... he's got some xenophobia in him. And, I think he took himself too seriously when he was at his peak, forgetting that he was, after all, just a comedian. He actually did run for President, and it wasn't, in his mind, a gimmick.

Anyway ...

[Zomby Woof]

33. Margaret Cho

[proteus_lives]

37. +1

[stewartcolbert08]

35. I like SOME

of bill engval stuff. I cant stand dane cook, larry the cable guy, and Jeff Foxworthy! His voice is irritating as hell!

[TreasonousBastard]

36. There are none. I used to hang at the comedy clubs years ago...

and met a lot of comics before they became famous. And more who never made it.

Man, I gotta tell ya that's the hardest and most incredibly depressing life imaginable in show business. Standup comics are the only performers who never get a pass. No polite applause on an off night or for bad material-- just silence. And then you gotta start all over from scratch figgering out what went wrong. Singers, dancers, actors... all can get some kind of feedback or a standard to live up to, but the comic's feedback is just silence and blank stares.

There are comics I don't think are funny, and there are some I just don't like for one reason or another, but I just can't see any point in trashing them.

[tigereye]

48. yeah, that must be so hard honing the craft...

and the amount of material that they memorize. Impressive. And if the timing is off, nothing. God bless their courage, I could never do that.

[coyotespaw]

64. Imagine being a karaoke dj...

If you're doing a good job, people only notice your mistakes. Either you're making everything sound perfect; or you're stuck with a singer that couldn't carry a tune if it was stuck to his back, and couldn't keep time if he had a clock shoved in his head. If you make everything sound perfect, nobody notices the quality of your work, if you're stuck in one of those no win scenarios, then it's always your fault that the singer sucked; whether or not it's honestly your fault. On top of that, if you actually care about avoiding dead air, then you have to be capable of improving some comedy. We are the Last DJ's...

[rcrush]

38. Oh and Wanda Sykes to.

Shes boring.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

39. Dick Cheney.

Never got him.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

40. I appreciate George Carlin for being a pioneer of comedy, but never actually liked his work.

Except for his baseball vs. football bit. That was hilarious.

I'd also say Dennis Leary. Throwing a bunch of f-bombs around in an angry just doesn't do it for me.

Ralphie May--we get it, you are fat and you like to smoke pot.

Thankfully, I don't think Pablo Francisco has quite the name recognition to become famous, but if he ever does--him. Good lord he sucks.

[CBGLuthier]

41. Jerry Seinfeld

The Seinfeld show was brilliant but not because he is a great comedian. Went and saw his post show tour and did not laugh one single time. Not once.

Larry David was the genius of that organization.

[AsahinaKimi]

63. agree.

Never found him that funny.

[tigereye]

43. mmm, that would be Wil Ferrell...

even Jimmy Fallon is funnier than him.


Most of the current SNL cast - the skits always go on three times as long as they should. They should look at old SNL skits to see why they were funny. Tina Fey was the only truly funny person on there in years. JMO.

[we can do it]

49. Jim Carrey

[Deep13]

50. Kat Williams is one funny son-of-a-bitch.

Larry, not so much.

Dane Cook is underrated. He's not hilarious or anything, but not as bad as some people say.

[hippywife]

51. Ron White.

I can't stand his misogynistic ass. :mad:

[SoxFan]

53. George W. Bush

[ElboRuum]

55. Jeff Foxworthy n/t

[marmar]

58. Adam Sandler.....

Sincerely, WTF? :wtf:

[Pool Hall Ace]

61. I never got Andy Kaufman.

And people tell me, "Oh, you just have to see the Mighty Mouse routine!" Well, I have seen it. And I still don't find him to be funny.

Jim Carrey is another one who has never made me chuckle.

I also don't care for any of the "redneck" comedians (I don't even know their names).

I find Robin Williams funny on occasion, but not much.

[upstandingcitizens]

62. Overated?

SNL pretty much since the late 70's original cast. Even those who have gone on to become famous weren't that funny on the show.

[femmocrat]

67. Kathy Griffin .

Why is she always on TV? I click as soon as I see her.