Who is your all time favorite

[one_voice]

stand-up comedian?

George Carlin for me.

I also like

Wanda Sykes

Chris Rock

and some others.

[Initech]

1. Hard to pick between Carlin, Hicks, and Lewis Black.

I also really enjoyed the recent stand-up specials from Dave Attell and Robin Williams.

[keroro gunsou]

2. tough call

robin williams.... carlin, chris rock, richard pryor... lewis black... and i'm prolly gonna get flamed for this, jeff foxworthy, ron "tater salad" white, and bill engvall...

i met jeff foxworthy after a show in milwaukee a few years ago, he's just as dorky in person as on stage. wish i asked for his autograph... all i can remember saying was would he be coming to summerfest that year....

[Iggo]

3. Mitch Hedberg.

[Skittles]

4. ditto

I adored Mitch :thumbsup:

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. Steven Wright

One day I accidentally used my car key on my house. It started up. So I took it for a drive. I drove onto a freeway on ramp, parked it and told people to get the hell off my driveway.

[fishwax]

14. Wright is hilarious

He's definitely one of my favorites.

All those who believe in psychokinesis raise my hand. :rofl:

[MilesColtrane]

6. Pryor....Hicks...Carlin

The Holy Triumvirate

[abq e streeter]

7. +1, I mean 3

Did you ever see Hicks in Texas? I have some friends( and some were just acquaintances) that used to kind of split their time between here and Lubbock ( but Austin and Dallas too) from about the mid '70's to mid '80's called The Planets. Rock band all the way; really exceptional players. Their drummer ended up with Joe Ely for years, (but I don't know if that's a different world than you hang with there.) Hicks used to come to their gigs and do his thing during their breaks. My friend Bill ( guitar tech, roadie, stagehand etc...) remembers how he prided himself on being a really funny guy ( he is) but no matter how hard he tried , he could never get Hicks to laugh when they'd go out partying after the gig. Anyway, it's late and I'm as usual, rambling, but just wondering if you ever saw Hicks in Texas?

[MilesColtrane]

12. Unfortunately, no.

I only got hip to him about a year or so before he died, so I never got to see him do his thing live.

I'd never heard of The Planets. I wasn't plugged into the rock scene here during that time. My time was split between playing in hotel cover bands (arrrgh) and doing jazz and fusion gigs.

[abq e streeter]

16. I believe I may have found a rare tape of your old hotel band...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81qbyTgNcmI

[abq e streeter]

22. P.S.... and been there done that, drum machine and all

[MilesColtrane]

25. Hell holds no fear for me because I already did my time with Lee and Char!™ and their TR-909.

Early 80's, ruffled tux shirts, snappy stage patter, the whole deal...

[abq e streeter]

26. Sorry to laugh at other's misfortune but can't help it...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[MilesColtrane]

24. They're not dark enough or drunk enough to be the band I was in.

[stewartcolbert08]

8. Bill Maher!

Louie CK
Chris Rock
Margaret Cho
Wanda Sykes

Have you ever seen any of Jenean Garaffalos (cant spell it LOL) stand up? She is hilarious!

[one_voice]

28. Yes...

I've seen Janeane Garofalo (had to look up the spelling :-)) she's pretty funny too.

I love stand up comedy.


Edited to add: Whoopie is good too.

I like Ellen also.

[Common Sense Party]

9. Bob Newhart. Bill Cosby. Shelley Berman. Steven Wright.

Nowadays I like Jim Gaffigan and Demitri Martin.

[Richard Steele]

10. In 1000 years, no one will understand the word "comedian". Carlin will be known a great philosopher.

Because he was.
"Tell your 'Captain' that Air Marshall Carlin says GO FUCK HISSELF!!"


I like Chris and Wanda- both are very good at
rubbing our noses in TRUTH.

My favorite: Patton. Carlin's throne is his for the taking,
should he ever want it. He's blasphemously funny.

Also, I wanna mention the greatest SHOWMAN of our age: Kat Williams.
No one works a crowd like Kat. He walks on stage,
and 60 seconds later he's got 30 thousand people HYPNOTIZED.

[one_voice]

27. Agree with you

about Kat Williams. The first time I watched him, I had to watch twice cuz I laughed through half of it and missed some.

[pintobean]

35. A Standup Philosopher

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl4VD8uvgec

[LostInAnomie]

11. Dave Attell

[Forkboy]

13. Eddie Izzard and Brian Regan, though the two couldn't be more different.

[PassingFair]

21. Izzard and Chapelle.

I love them both.

[sarge43]

15. Carlin or Pryor n/t

[book lady]

17. Paula Poundstone

[Brother Buzz]

18. Jonathan Winters

[foxfeet]

19. Margart Cho and Ricky Gervais.

Bless 'em!

[one_voice]

20. I have to add..

Denis Leary

Richard Pryor

[klm55500]

23. George Carlin. RIP

[Auggie]

29. Carlin. He could it all.

[applegrove]

30. I loved Johnny Carson. He was the best.

[WinkyDink]

31. Gotta go with Jonathan Winters, though Richard Pryor and Woody Allen are tied for second!

[nickinSTL]

32. not big on stand-up generally

but, I'd say 2 I really enjoy are Eddie Izzard and Chris Rock.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

33. Hard to say. I don't know if there's any stand up comedian that I actually love.

I've enjoyed Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin James, Ellen Degeneres, a few others. My wife and I really like Lavell Crawford (who was on Last Comic Standing) and saw him live. But no one in particular stands out for me.

Never liked Carlin. I appreciate him for being something of a pioneer of stand up comedy, but never liked his style or his subject matter. (Although I did enjoy him on Bill and Ted.)

[Walk away]

34. Dave Chappelle is the last person to make me laugh so hard I cried.

[mitchum]

36. Three way tie between Bruce, Sahl, and Dangerfield