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Richard Pryor (a must)
George Carlin (a must)
Jerry Seinfeld (his iconic TV series even featured him as a stand-up comedian probably every episode)
Jeff Foxworthy (I saw him and Trevor Noah perform live in the same night before, both crushed it)

Does Jon Stewart count? I thiiiiink so because he was a real stand-up comedian, but he's far and away more known for his work on the Daily Show than any stand-up comedy specials.

Dave Chappelle has a legitimate case for making it on because I think only he and George Carlin are in the running for having the highest number of *excellent* comedy specials. I think Chappelle Show was the best-selling DVD series at one point too, plus Richard Pryor passed the torch to him. That said, his past several specials have been a one-two combo against having him on. Sticks and Stones and The Closer in particular were much more divisive and much less funny joke-wise. He's reshaping his legacy at the moment so I'll wait.

Speaking of black comedians: Kevin Hart, Katt Williams, and Eddie Murphy could all make it on this too.

Maria Bamford's my favorite female comedian and has a lot of great and unique work, just hard to compete with some of the biggest names here plus she's not for everybody.

Rest in peace long ago to my favorite comedian Greg Giraldo, which I found out about from a Board 8 topic that I clicked while thinking it was titled "RIP Geraldo." Swerved me into oblivion.

And I just want Dave Attell's name mentioned here too.