- Eddie Izzard
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=eddie izzard&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=vid:1&sa=N&tab=wv
- I love CHELSEA LATELY but find her little people humor to be unfunny, degrading and overdone. That being said, I think that Jo Koy and Loni Love are both pretty hilarious, though I cannot STAND the huge whale ''mo (Guy something) and the fat, ugly-as-sin moptopped redhead. Josh Kelly says some funny things from time to time, though he always seems stoned out of his mind (and probably is). \
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I think Margaret Cho is probably the most laugh-out-loud funny comedian out there, and Joan and Kathy are always fabulous. \
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I used to love Laura Kightlinger (sp), too, but it seems as though she prefers working behind the scenes these days. A real shame.
Totie Fields
- Margaret Cho hasn''t written a new joke in about ten years.
- Cho and Griffin are my faves. Joan Rivers and Phyliss Diller crack me up too.\
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But the only comedian to ever make me pee my pants was Kathleen Madigan but it wasn''t at one of her shows...we used to hang out before she was famous.
- I didn''t even discover him until after he died, but I find that even just reading Mitch Hedberg''s jokes, hearing his unique way of inflecting words in my head, causes me to crack up.\
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I know he''s considered stoner humor, but I''ve never gotten high in my life and he still cracks me the hell up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2491LucLa1g
Mermaid
- "How do you feel about frilly toothpicks?"\
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"I''m for ''em!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YGNPwdE5MI
Mermaid
- [quote] Margaret Cho hasn''t written a new joke in about ten years.\
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And it''s been even longer since she wrote a funny joke.
- Norm MacDonald\
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Chevy Chase\
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Harland Williams\
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John Inman\
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Maria Bamford\
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Not usually my type of comedy, but Chris Farley was a riot
- Wanda Sykes and that''s about it.
The Voice of the Night
- [quote]And it''s been even longer since she wrote a funny joke.\
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And it was an entire epoch ago when she emitted a trace of the female graces.
Sam Neill
- R9 Good grief, NOT Wanda Sykes. That bitch ain''t funny.
- Steven Wright
- Louis C.K. I can watch his clips on Youtube over and over again and crack up every time.
- Props to two dead, truthful guys:\
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Bill Hicks\
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George Carlin
- I second Louis CK. Just showed my bf a clip last night
Dustin
- Joy Behar\
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Judy Gold\
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Chelsea Lately\
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Sandra Bernhard
- Jamie Foxx
- R2 and R16, being typical Chelsea Handler fans, do not realize her last name is "Handler," not "Lately."
- Paula Poundstone.
- R16 I knew some fucking moron would mention Joy Behar. A long-ago failed comedienne. She is THE worst.
- Joy Behar? You cannot be serious. Genuinely funny? Joy Behar? Get the fuck outta here.
- Jim Carrey\
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John Cleese\
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Joan Cusack
- Craig Ferguson \
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MoNique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fwjdtzk1Zs&feature=related
- Notice how the naysayers don''t have the balls to list their favorites.
- I''ve always loved Billy Connolly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-WJO0YQLOs&feature=related
- R18: Go fuck yourself. I put the TITLE OF THE SHOW in caps, which is correct, and never referred to her as "Lately" in my post. Judging from your post, you have a firm grasp on correct grammar and punctuation like me but would prefer to be a bitter cunt who is bitchy and adds nothing to the thread rather than being remotely kind or helpful. I reiterate: go fuck yourself, darling.
Totie Fields
- Try some Lynn Koplitz. Probably can find her on youtube.
- Eddie Izzard. Joan Rivers and George Carlin.\
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Actor wise John Cleese and Lily Tomlin.
- Megan Mullally
Patton Oswald
- Dave Chappelle\
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- Jim Gaffigan. "Hot Pockets" is one of my favorites.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xlN_ltZ3Ug
Hot Pocket
- I saw Joy Behar at a comedy club about 15 years or so ago in NJ and she was laugh out loud funny. She had the room going and I remember thinking she was the next Joan Rivers. \
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Despite all the face lifts and other bullshit, Joan Rivers might be the funniest woman of all time. Early Roseanne Barr was also very good as a stand up.
- Joan Rivers is great. She cracks me up with some of her Twitter posts.\
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Lewis Black is one of my favs.
- None.
- I was not a big fan before, but Wanda Sykes'' current HBO special is the funniest thing I''ve seen in a long time.
- What is wrong with you people?\
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Stephen Colbert, period.\
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Oh, & W.C. Fields.
- Julie Brown
- Sheryl Underwood
- I enjoy Alec Mapa
- Love love love Jim Gaffigan and Maria Bamford!\
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Also, Mike Birbiglia\
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Suzanne Westenhoefer\
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Stephen Lynch\
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Nick Thune\
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Paula Pounstone
- Jon Stewart\
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Steven Colbert\
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John Cleese\
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Lucile Ball
- John Roy
- Water\
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Sugar\
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and of course, Purple.
- Dave Chappelle and Eddie Izzard are the people alive.\
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Others who are hilarious:\
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Wanda Sykes\
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Chris Rock\
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Patton Oswalt\
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George Carlin\
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Jim Gaffigan\
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Suzanne Westenhoefer
- [quote][R16] I knew some fucking moron would mention Joy Behar. A long-ago failed comedienne. She is THE worst.\
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Who cay-yahs? So what?
Joy B.
- [quote]Dave Chappelle and Eddie Izzard are the people alive.\
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Whoops. I meant to type "funniest people alive".
r44
- Al Villa is a genius.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj01YNowzE4
- Suzanne Westenhoefer\
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Eddie Izzard\
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Ricky Gervais\
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John Stewart\
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Kathy Griffin\
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Stephen Colbert\
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Jennifer Saunders\
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Dawn French\
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Joanna Lumley\
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Tina Fey\
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Amy Poehler\
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Margaret Cho
- Jennifer Saunders\
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Dawn French\
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French & Saunders\
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Eddie Izzard\
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Ellen Degeneres\
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Tina Fey
- russell brand
- russell brand
- Bill Bailey\
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Mitch Benn\
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Mark Steel\
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Eleanor Bron\
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Peter Cook\
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Sean Lock\
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Alexander Armstrong & Ben Miller
- Lewis Black\
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Marc Maron\
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Patton Oswald\
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Kathy Griffen
- Previously mentioned:\
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Eddie Izzard - check\
Lewis Black - check\
John Stewart/Stephen Colbert - check\
Kathy Griffin - check\
Degeneris (in long form, not extemporaneously)\
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Not mentioned:\
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Garry Shandling (see also insane)\
Ricky Gervais\
Graham Norton
- Rich Hall
- Kathy Griffin is the only person I enjoy seeing live over and over (because her material gets updated with current gossip). Others I like are\
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Lewis Black\
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Eddie Izzard\
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Katt Williams\
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Ellen Degeneres\
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Dave Chappelle\
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Bill Maher (I enjoyed his last 2 HBO stand ups, especially the recent one)\
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And I love Jon Stewart''s show
- Ron White
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7WLfY2455oRon White
- Tater''s audience is just waiting for him to make a f*g or N joke, but he just won''t do it. I do think he''s funny but I wouldn''t go see him because his audience gives me the creeps.\
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Anyway,\
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I also like Wanda Sykes\
Dave Chapelle\
Chris Rock\
Ellen \
Margaret\
Kathy
- Frank DeCaro is hillarious!
- one more try for Ron White
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO5EFYY6P14
- Dave Chapelle\
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Eddie Izzard\
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Jennifer Saunders\
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Dawn French\
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Ricky Gervais\
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Paul Mooney
- Jeffrey Ross, Wanda Sykes, Jennifer Saunders, Tracey Ullman, Julie Brown, Roseanne, Sandra Bernhard
Barkley
- Sarah Silverman\
Emo Philips
- Buddy Hackett and Shecky Green.\
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And yes, I know...I am an old fart.
O.F.
- That show ''Last Comic Standing'', in addition to the unfunny majority, usually has some of the most original, unique and hilarious stand ups during the auditions, but the good ones almost always never make it through.\
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One time, I felt the judges picked contestants based on their looks not talent. I hate them.
- I understand what Steven Colbert is doing and I appreciate his sardonic social commentary. But literally funny, as in laugh out loud funny? Not once. He''s talented at what he does and he ends up making pointed barbs at lots of necessary targets but he is not literally laugh out loud funny. I smile but that''s it.\
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Funny? Joan Rivers is funny.
- I know this makes me a british frau, but I love Michael McIntyre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0McxNdNgpU
- I remember on "Make Me Laugh" one deadpan gal was killing the comics and heading for a win. Nothing could get her to crack a smile. Henny Youngman walked out - the last comic up - with his fiddle under his arm. He stopped six feet in front of her, tilted his chin down, and looked at her. She burst out laughing.\
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Brilliant.
- R65:\
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[quote]One time, I felt the judges picked contestants based on their looks not talent. I hate them.\
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You think?
Doug Benson
- Maria Bamford in character as her sister explaining how to stop her mother from buying you shit at Target is almost too real to laugh at, I don''t understand how she isn''t a successful character actress or voice actress at least.
- Russell Brand\
Noel Fielding (more funny strange than funny ha ha, but I like him nonetheless)\
Kathy Griffin\
Mitch Hedburg\
I once saw a really funny Janeane Garofalo stand-up routine in the early 90''s, but it was probably the last funny thing she did, sadly.\
Patton Oswalt''s KFC thing is great.
- R70, I agree. She should be huge. Even watching the clips of her on TV shows and movies(not stand-up) she is great. Absolutely hilarious in the Travolta movie Lucky Numbers as the waitress who wins the lottery.
- Wanda Sykes and George Carlin
- Dude I'm so late on this but I'll have to say 4 chan.
The whole bald for beiber has me on the floor laughing.
Chicks were cutting off their hair for him.
http://www.lipstickalley.com/f15/baldforbieber-4chan-strikes-again-444424/
- Bald for beiber
http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%26v%3Dxs_CGUVW1Xk
- Chris Rock
Patton Oswalt
David Cross
Paul F. Tompkins
- Amy Schumer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usS7_JKH0xI
- We? I'll speak for myself.
Norm MacDonald
Mitch Hedberg
Maria Bamford
That's all I can think of off the top of my head. I hate most comedians and find them unfunny, especially the kind loved at DL for the most part.
- Holy fuck, r77--good for her!
I don't like roasts, but I'm glad she dished some shit out that straight men usually can't take.
Patrice said a lot of nasty shit about (white) women and it was nice to see the tables turned for once.
I never found her that funny, but I respect her cojones here.
- Hey R79, did he rape them afterwards?
- I miss George Carlin. Imagine what he'd have to say about Mitt Romney, the Tea Party, Fox News, reality TV, etc.
- D.L. Hughley. Steven Colbert. Dave Chappelle (before he went crazy). Kathy Griffin. Lewis Black. Sinbad. Yeah, I said it. Chris Rock when he was young and edgy. Seinfeld when he was young and funny:) Jay Leno when he was young and actually DID stand up. Ricky Gervais's comedy specials. No awards shows.
- R66, I agree that he's not funny. Most people's base criteria for whether someone is funny or not is based upon whether or not they get the jokes. If they get them, they feel compelled to laugh or else they'd be afraid of being accused of not getting it. So it's wimpy and coercive, and they play along. Then they get to feel superior to others who don't laugh and attack them for not getting it, even though these people simply don't think it's funny.
It's about peer pressure.
"Oh this is political? Hilarious!!!!!"
- Jim Gaffigan- freaking hilarious.
Joan Rivers
Kathy Griffin
Sandra Bernhard
I've seen all of them live and had a blast. I thought I hated Joan Rivers, but at a tiny venue, she totally brought her A game, it was funny as shit.
- How could I forget the Queen of Comedy? Joan, you are to die for. Also props to Sarah Silverman and Bill Maher. Jimmy Kimmel is the funniest of all the late night talk show hosts. Conan and Ferguson are too self indulgent. Letterman is an asshole. And he knows it. Fallon is great at mimicry but his opening monologue is often weak.
r82
- Judy Tenuta
http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dj8YTXQgYaX8
- George Carlin was the greatest comedic titan of all time, hands down.
SickEvilFuck
- Drew Hastings
Jimmy Pardo
Chad Daniels
Tim Wilson
Kathleen Madigan
Tim Bedore
- Tommy Johnagin
- The late, great Richard Pryor. He was funnier when he worked clean. Way back in the days of The Ed Sullivan Show. He didn't believe that but it's true. I still remember a bit he did about Rumpelstilskin that killed and I was twelve years old at the time. Watching him perform gave hope to my own dream of writing comedy for a living. I loved the guy.
- r85, I agree that Letterman is a miserable old bastard but we differ in that I think this makes him the best late night personality. It pains me to admit this but I'd definitely pick Kimmel over Conan these days. Jimmy Fallon is acquitting himself pretty well as host of Late Night and the non-threatening, Let's Have Fun With Famous People vibe of his show makes me think they really need to get Ellen to snipe Leno's job when the time is right.
http://www.google.com
- John Viener is funny and is a very hot geek. He did a series of Florida Orange Juice commercials and is best known as a voice actor for Family Guy. He's handsome with a great body which you can see by typing in his name and choose Images.
Professor Moriarty
- Sheena Easton
Margaret Thatcher
Jeb Bush
- Moms Mabley!
- I liked Rita Rudner because her act was so unique and delivery so original.
- R95 - at the time yes, but now it's so overdone and tired. It's annoying.
I'll go with:
Wanda Sykes - every special I was crying from laughing so hard; saw her in concert and she delivered
Amy Schumer
Louis CK
Hal Sparks is surprisingly good - you should checkout his latest concert
Sarah Silverman - not 100%, but definitely has her moments
Ellen back in the day was hilarious
- Why are there so many lesbian but very few gay stand-up comics?
- R97 - there are some - Louis Anderson, Todd Glass, Anthony Clark, - but most are in the closet. Todd Glass came out only recently and I never had gaydar on him (although I always thought he was really cute.)
But I think it's a very macho male-dominated club circuit. But it seems like humor has evolved more in the past 10-15 years where male comedians are more vulnerable and are observation-based instead of making fun of others.
I don't think Eddie Murphy would do very well today - his comedy made fun of a lot of people and was stereotypical. Now only women can do this - Lisa Lampanelli, Amy Schumer.
- Jennifer Coolidge
- Sebastian Maniscalco, Steven Wright and o lord how I miss Sam Kinison
Ol%27%20Robb
- Dane Cook owns this thread. I would rather watch my dog vomit.
anonymous
- R 101 here.
I read the title as unfunny- I was wondering why Dane Cook wasn't mentioned in every reply and then I read the title again.
Carry on...
Hiding%20in%20shame
- Janeane Garofalo
Sarah Silverman
Kathy Griffin (from 2004 to about 2008)
Louis CK
There's an up and comer named Mike Lawrence who I think is hysterical. Really dark stuff though.
