It has to be Louis CK.
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It has to be Louis CK.
:confused: Who? :confused:
Never heard of him/her.
Nor have I.
I like Dara O'Brien
Is that Conan O'Brien's wife?
Eh..... no....
Got to agree with DeanMc, Dara O'Briain is legend
Lee Evans too
Meh, I don't like Dara O'Brian. It's the same with Russel Howard, Frankie Boyle etc, I don't mind their quiz show comedy, but their stand-up is horrible.
I am really liking Rhod Gilbert at the moment... "A million candles, what the f*&k do I want with a million candles".
YouTube it ;-)
Yeah I'm not a big fan of Frankie Boyle's stand-up. Full of one-liners.
Dara is awesome though!
Bill Bailey!
I can't really say I have a favourite (all mentioned above are brilliant), but my least favourite is Andy Parsons. Possibly also Russell Howard too.
Fantastic Comedian !!Quote:
Bill Bailey!
Of current comedians I also like;
Ross Noble
Rich Hall
&
Dave Chappelle !!
Amongst others...
Many would say
Roy "Chubby" Brown
or
Billy Connelly
Roy "Chubby" Brown
ROY "CHUBBY" BROWN
are you serious, i have never laughed so little !!!
- Frankie Boyle absolutely slays me.
- Dara O'Briain is good too, although he's a bit predictable.
- Ross Noble is mildly amusing, but he labours a punchline until long after everyone has finished laughing at it. His TV shows are dreadful.
I do like Billy Connelly the most though, his old material is brilliant too.
Comedians like Jethro, Bernard Manning and Chubby Brown are not worthy of that title, because they are A) not funny, B) really not funny and C) openly prejudiced against everyone just for the sake of it. Happily though, one of those is dead.
Peter Kaye is good when he can be bothered to come up with new material, which is extremely rare. If you see two of his shows back to back (from the same tour) then you'll notice that they are EXACTLY the same, same gags in the same order with the same delivery. Phoenix nights is brilliant, Max & Paddy was not.
I agree, peter kay would have been amazing if not for the redundancy. Tommy Tiernan is brilliant too but only when doing his Irish material. Ive heard his international material and its a bit forced!
Eddie Izzard.
I like a man in a dress.:eek:
Ha ha oh yeah, the monkey in a tree!
Eddie used to be fantastic (my friends still quote his stuff from 10 years ago!), and I hope he still is after his long break for acting - because I'm gonna be seeing him live in a few weeks. :D
I got tickets to see him at the arena in Nexcastle.Can't wait
I used to Love Peter Kay but the fact is he has been using the same cliched material for years.
go in 't kitchen 'n put big light on.
That's why I said "Some" like comedians like Brown.
Anyway, good shout venerable, Izzard is awesome. Would love to see him live.
Maybe he'll be around this way soon.
Has anyone seen any of Dave Chappelle's standup, that guy cracks me up !!
He has loads of stuff on You tube !!
here is a little snippet on Kids Cartoons, however i wouldn't watch it in work with your speakers up !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUmYGLIubho
I'd say Russel Peters, he is just hilarious.
Yeah, Jeff Dunham is also brilliant! LOL!
Jeff Dunham is good in fairness
Russel Peters -- nobody cracks me up more on "race" jokes than he.
Wanda Sykes -- a bit political though.
Never heard of 'em
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Originally Posted by NeedSomeAnswers
You guys are such stand-up noobs.
Dave has been around forever, he had a TV show and been in many movies, had three hour long stand-up specials.
Jeff Dunham.... Russel Brant.... some of Dane Cook's stuff is funny... Robin Williams.... George Carlin (now there is a master).... and Gabriel Iglesias
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George Carlin would fall in the best comedian not alive category.
Eh.... Best Comedian period.... dead or alive....
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"I come from a Catholic family - they all worship Cathol." :DQuote:
Originally Posted by venerable bede
Cheech and Chong's stuff from way back made me laugh. Anyone remember Sister Mary Elephant and some of the other stuff they did back at that time. I think Jim Carey is very funny. I thought his work in Liar, Liar was very good. John Malkovich did a skit on Saturday Night Live a good number of years back that really broke me up. He can be very funny.
Oh god... Forgot about him. He makes Andy Parsons sound like a comedy god. :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by wossname
It all depends on what you as an individual find funny of course. You have to be into raunchy type comedy to think he is funny. I happen to think he is very funny (so not sure what that says about me). I was pretty upset when Lucky Louie was cancelled, it was a great show, filmed in front of a live audience no less.Quote:
Originally Posted by capsulecorpjx
Also his 'shameless' standup special is hilarious.
When it comes to comedians though, there aren't a ton of funny ones that are still alive unfortunately.
I don't really have one favourite but there is a certain bunch of comedians that I like, such as Dara, Ed Byrne, Bill Bailey, Stewart Francis, Rich Hall and many more.
I recently saw Al Murray on TV and I always assumed he was just some loud, annoying drunk bloke but he seems to be quite knowledgeable.
Jim Gaffigan would have to be the best clean comic today.Quote:
Originally Posted by kleinma
With Brian Regan a close second.
Yeah Gaffigan is funny when he does standup, I find him less funny when he is acting.
Jason Manford is good too
His Stand up is his best stuff, i think i have seen 2 of the specials in Washington & Sanfransisco, Genius !!!Quote:
You guys are such stand-up noobs.
Dave has been around forever, he had a TV show and been in many movies, had three hour long stand-up specials.
He's ok, a bit like a poor man's Peter Kay !Quote:
Jason Manford is good too
He actually went to my old School
If you say so.
I have to say though the worst stand up ever is Ricky Gervais. The man simply isn't funny
That's only my opinion, i know friends of mine that quite like him too. :)Quote:
If you say so.
I have to say i don't find Mr Gervais stand up that funny either !
Perhaps it's because he's from the blue half of Manchester?? :D
Yes!Quote:
Originally Posted by Valleysboy1978
Ricky Gervais is about the most unfunny person to every grace our sweet earth, it's almost a crime to call him a comedian!
Also his laugh annoys me, it's like the cackle you might find a torture victim lets out just before going insane. :down:
I don't know who he is but there's probably some people that think he's funny or else he wouldn't be known as a comedian at all. If absolutely no one thought he was funny how would he even be known as a comedian. It says something about how each of us responds to things differently. What one person finds funny someone else may think isn't funny. What one person considers interesting someone else considers boring and so on and so forth.
I can't believe no one has mentioned Bill Cosby. They all have taken lessons from him. :)
-Max :D
I remember growing up our family had one of Bill Cosby's records and we all enjoyed it. I remember his story about Moses.
I think Jack Black can be very funny too. He has uncanny eyebrow control. I saw him demonstrate it once. I think every comedian has times when they are on and times when they're not. Whoopi Goldberg in the movie Ghost I thought was on and she made me laugh but other times I don't find her funny at all. There are some comedians that are on a greater percentage of the time.
Hope you're wrong, because I've got tickets to see Frankie Boyle early next year. I saw Dara on his tour last year and he was fantastic, so good that we actually bought the DVD of that tour when it came out. It was worth getting - about 50% of the material was completely different to the show we'd seen. :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Valleysboy1978
Who??? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Max Peck
InvisibleDuncan > Frankie is fine, if you haven't seen his stand up before. Otherwise there's a lot of stuff he's done before.
Jerry Seinfeld is also hilarious!
If we are talking about the best comic ever dead or Alive then there is only 1 choice - Richard Pryor, no contest !!
What about Don Rickles?
Saw Frankie Boyle at the weekend and thought he was excellent, although very, very near the knuckle. There were one or two jokes that I'd heard him do on MTW, but most of it was new to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Valleysboy1978
Incidentally, he was supported by a Canadian comedian called Craig Campbell who was also extremely good. Possible even more sweary than Dara, but brilliantly funny. :thumb:
Alive? Billy Connolly, Jimmy Carr, Dave Chappelle, Jim Gaffigan, Steven Wright...
Unfortunatelly, the best are no longer alive: George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Richard Pryor... If had to choose one as the best, it would easily be Carlin.
But, the worst are still alive: Dane Cook, Carlos Mencia... ***.
EDIT: And I just see that the thread is over a year old. What's with all the bumping of ancient threads recently?!
Nostaglia... my current favorite funny man has been Gabriel Iglasias.
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It wasn't really bumped in the normal sense, there was just a long pause. Invisible Duncan mentioned back in post #49 that he was going to see a certain comedian early this year...and he resurrected the thread to report on it.
Wow. Just saw it. Now that's called devotion. Thumbs up!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I worked at the rehearsals, it looked like it would be a good show. He came across as a sound guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by si_the_geek
I like what I've seen of Tim Minchin
Edit: Oops, grave digging (was thinking it must have been a bloody long tour)
Eddie Izzard was great but not up to his old standard, which isn't surprising considering the 10 year break for acting. I'm looking forward to the next tour. :)
I've only seen a couple of minutes of Tim Minchin, but I like what I've seen so far.