Board 8 > Who's your favorite comedian?

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lol daxflame. The first youtuber I ever subscribed to. May his fake persona rest in peace.

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azuarc posted...
This almost sounds like it could be a good idea for a user-vote tournament.

That's...actually not a bad idea, but I don't think I have the time to lately for it. Hopefully somebody else agrees with you.

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Ive watched this clip somewhere close to triple digits and it's still funny to me.

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That'll go in his highlight reel beside his "Everyday I'm Hustling"-bit.

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russel peters

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carlin, with nobody else close.

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Louis CK is nice also like Stephen Lynch.

Mitch is nice as well, sad that he is gone now.

Russell Peters had a great bit on how racist sign language could be. I'd like to see more from him sometime.

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From: SBell0105 | #037
Weren't we both at the MSG show?

Yes, and thanks again for telling me about it, I would have missed it!

Prior to that I had seen him at Radio City in 2008, and at City Center in 2003.

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russell peters' success makes me want to upload Jason Rouse's performance from the same season. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to. I have it on tape... >_>


Rouse>>>>>>>>>>>>Peters>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"comedians" from the states who aren't funny at all yet make millions of dollars.

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Oh also, Russel Brandt (Sp?)

Don't care what anyone says, the man makes me laugh.

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Christopher Titus
Daniel Tosh
Jim Gaffigan

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From: MrSmartGuy | #006
Louis CK and Jim Gaffigan seem to trade 1st and 2nd quite a bit for me.

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Brandt's movies are funny.

Titus is one of the best sitcoms of all time. I just finished rewatching the series for like the tenth time. The funniest episodes are "hard ass" (well at least the intro) and an episode i can't remember from the second season (the one where Titus gives his dad that white truck with the blue flames on it, when Ken says, "I might as well be a black guy driving a powdered donut")
Tosh.0 is like Ray william johnson, except it's actually funny

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From: Dauntless Hunter | #059
Yes, and thanks again for telling me about it, I would have missed it!

Prior to that I had seen him at Radio City in 2008, and at City Center in 2003.

I think we were both at that Radio City show too, but unaware of each others presence and you're welcome.

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From: Inviso | #062
Christopher Titus

I loved his tv show with Stacy Keach and Zack Ward. was pretty pissed when it got canceled.

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Louis CK is probably the best comic working now, just in sheer breadth and amount of work that he puts out, all equally amazingly funny, but my favorite is probably Patton Oswalt. I'm a sucker for pop culture jokes.

Tosh, Hedburg, Burham, Doug Stanhope, Mike Birbiglia (special props to him because Sleepwalk with Me is one of the more emotionally affecting one-man-shows I've heard), Jeselnik, Brian Posehn, Galifianakis, all on my playlists as well. There are very few comedians that I can't extract a little enjoyment from, I can watch Dane Cook or the Blue Collar guys and find them funny, but the two comedians who I watch and just think "Why do people give these guys money?" are Jeff Dunham and Carlos Mencia.

Special shout-out to Marc Maron who released what might be my favorite all time stand-up album last year, go listen to This Has To Be Funny if you have some time to spare.

And of course Carlin, who was a poet. Him and Pryor are the two pillars of classic stand-up.

Also, whoever it was that said Leary has better delivery than Hicks can suck it, Bill Hicks was a genius. Not always the most funny guy (he makes jokes about that in a bunch of his acts), but that man could talk in front of a crowd like few can.

Kathy Griffin.

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Carlos Mencia and George Lopez

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azuarc posted...
This almost sounds like it could be a good idea for a user-vote tournament.

Someone do this.

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I can't name just one...

Louis CK
Joe Rogan
Bill Burr
Russell Peters
Dave Attell

in no particular order.

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Michael McIntyre, but I should really get more into comedians.

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Russell Brandt was great in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and his hour-special was okay. I'll need to see more of him.

Christopher Titus has such a great voice for his dark absurd style; I've loved all of his specials I've seen, so his show will be something to watch in the future too.

Mike Birbiglia's a fun story-teller with casual appeal to boot. "What I Should Have Said Was Nothing" is a special worth watching, especially before Bush-jokes become past their prime (even further past, anyway). I'll need to see "Sleepwalk With Me" sometime.

Brian Posehn was best on the Sarah Silverman Program. The one Roast he was in (his only one -- maybe Bob Saget's?) where he joked about replacing Lisa Lampanelli was a good appearance too.

Jeff Dunham's weird to me; I didn't care for him at first, then he grew on me, and NOW it's back to borderline-apathy. Walter and Achmed are probably my favorite puppets, but Dunham can actually be good without them when he opens a show too. It brings me joy to talk about how bad his show on Comedy Central was though; his series-opener broke CC-records with a 7.9-premiere, yet by the end of its only season it was getting ratings as low as 1.3. Stick to stand-up!

Speaking of sticking to stand-up, Carlos Mencia wouldn't be nearly as bad if it wasn't for Mind of Mencia. Many of his specials are good, including his Comedy Central Presents-episode before he really blew up...but his show, goddamn. His show was a vehicle for three things each episode: slam Bush predictably, sing songs terribly, and yell "Dee dee dee" often. It was good to see him return to stand-up recently though, even if it was one of his weaker specials.

Marc Maron is somebody I'll give another chance, but -- like Bill Mahr -- I don't care for his angle of political humor so much. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have done such a great job claiming that corner of comedy, and even then I'll take familiar correspondents from the Daily Show like Lewis Black/John Oliver/Wyatt Cenac/Rob Riggle over Maron/Mahr. Hopefully "This Has To Be Funny" turns me around on Maron.

Kathy Griffon's hard to beat on jokes of gossip and fame. She did a good job hosting the Roast of Joan Rivers, too.

George Lopez's sitcom was decent, but I don't care for his specials and dislike his talk show.

Joe Rogan tries to be a loud comedian too often, but he can get laughs and has interesting points. I still know him best for Fear Factor, which isn't exactly comedy...but I won't hold it again him!

I couldn't get into Bill Burrs much, though there are some specials of his I haven't seen yet too. I'll keep giving him a chance, I guess. He was funny as an announcer on Chappelle Show, at least.

Dave Attell's one of the best dirty-comedians today, mostly because of how he ridicules himself along the way. He was a favorite of mine growing up because his one-liners hit fast.



Don't know Ray William Johnson or Michael McIntyre.

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Mark Watson, Ricky Gervais (About 4-5 years ago), Russel Howard

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I'll also mention two people I enjoy and sometimes hear labeled "comedian's comedians," whatever that means: Norm MacDonald and especially Paul F. Tompkins. Maybe the term means they're for people who only watch a lot of stand-up, though Norm was great on Weekend Updates whether you knew the art well or not. Maybe they riff on their formulas for jokes along the way...I don't know. Norm's recent sports-show was pretty funny and used a joke I had previously put in my play ONLINE FIGHTING ("What the H?"), so it gets bonus points! He was also so bad on Bob Saget's Roast, he was somehow good for being bad. The Pod F. Tomcast-series is something I've unfortunately procrastinated on catching for a long time, so maybe that'll change soon.

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oh man, why i didnm't think of it before.

Thomas Lennon (from The State and Reno 911)

love him.

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Well Anders Matthesen, but outside of Denmark it's George Carlin. Without much doubt really.

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Well except SuperNiceDog, of course!

Thomas Lennon was a driving force in Reno 911 and I'm pretty sure I've seen him in a few bad movies since then. Haven't seen The State though.

Don't know Mark Watson, Russel Howard, or Anders Mattheson.


After thinking about Joe Rogan some more, a lot of people like him for his drug-based humor...but if you go that route, Doug Benson's arguably the man to beat. He's clever and doesn't seem to have a real chip on his shoulder about life like many comedians do. "Doug Loves Movies" is supposed to be wonderful for movie-fans too, though I can't say from personal experience with it. "The Benson Interruption" was a refreshing take on stand-up comedy, too.

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From: HaRRicH | #080
Thomas Lennon was a driving force in Reno 911 and I'm pretty sure I've seen him in a few bad movies since then. Haven't seen The State though.

O_O

Its finally all out on DVD, you msut see The State! I MEAN MUST!

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Oh wow. Forgot about Norm and Bill Burr. Burr's bit on cannibalism is top 10 bit material for me.

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Dave Chapelle

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I wouldn't put him in my favorites but I can find dane cook funny, idk why he inspires such irrational hatred in people

Demetri Martin.

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Going to say Mitch Hedberg, although that's really a hard judgment call considering how short his career ended up being.

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Demetri Martin is a talented artist and comedian; he reminds me of a sober Mitch Hedberg with his delivery. The first season of Important Things was hit or miss, but the second season learned from its past mistakes. If it had always been that good, the show likely would have had more seasons.

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As you aren't familar with Steve Hofstetter, he has a free album http://www.stevehofstetter.com/album.cfm, can't remember if it's one of his better ones though. He's a pretty clever guy.

Also, since he was mentioned, Bo Burnham's good stuff is also very enjoyable. He has some excellently clever stuff, really some fantastic wordplay. Seems like I'd hate him in real life but I will give respect where deserved.

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Norm and PFT are awesome. And yeah, Doug Loves Movies is really funny.

Maron's newest album is really not political, it's much more personal. There's the occasional shot at the Iraq war or whatever, and there's a big long bit about the Creation Museum, but it's still all through the "I'm butt**** crazy" lens.

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azuarc posted...
This almost sounds like it could be a good idea for a user-vote tournament.

That's...actually not a bad idea, but I don't think I have the time to lately for it. Hopefully somebody else agrees with you.

Has anyone set this up yet, or is planning to set it up? Did a quick search and couldn't find anything, so figured I'd ask here. If not, I think I'll try to do it. Never run a contest and I'm a big stand-up fan, so I think it would be fun. If it's all clear I'll put up a nominations topic later on in the day.

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bryans, I was the one who initially made the comment. I was waiting to see if anyone was going to step up, and for additional support. I figured if nobody else intended on doing so, I'd give it a go, but you're more than welcome to as far as I'm concerned.

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Here's my contribution to help somebody kick off such a contest -- every comedian's name mentioned in this topic so far:

Reginald D Hunter
John Bishop
Kevin Bridges
George Carlin
Andrew Dice Clay
Lewis Black
Louis C.K.
Mitch Hedberg
Dane Cook
Jim Gaffigan (10)
Brian Regan
Jason Rouse
Jean-Marc Parent
The Sklar Brothers
Rodney Dangerfield
Milton Jones
Patton Oswalt
Maria Bamford
Brian Posehn
Ron White (20)
Donald Glover
Stephen Lynch
Bo Burnham
Ricky Gervais
Eddie Izzard
Richard Pryor
Gabriel Iglesias
Nick Swardson
Bill Hicks
Denis Leary (30)
Larry the Cable Guy
Bill Cosby
Daniel Tosh
Steve Hofstetter
Zach Galifinakus
Jeff Foxworthy
Bill Engvall
Jimmy Carr
Pablo Francisco
Whitney Cummings (40)
Lenny Clarke
Adam Ferrara
Greg Giraldo
Doug Stanhope
Eugene Mirman
Dave Chappelle
Jerry Seinfeld
Jim Norton
Patrice O'Neal
Jim Jeffries (50)
Chris Rock
Dave Attell
Anthony Jeselnik
Katt Williams
Daxflame
Artie Lange
Russel Peters
Russel Brandt
Christopher Titus
Ray William Johnson (60)
Mike Birbiglia
Jeff Dunham
Carlos Mencia
Marc Maron
Kathy Griffin
George Lopez
Joe Rogan
Bill Burr
Michael McIntyre
Bob Saget (70)
Lisa Lampanelli
Bill Mahr
Jon Stewart
Stephen Colbert
John Oliver
Wyatt Cenac
Rob Riggle
Joan Rivers
Mark Watson
Russel Howard (80)
Norm MacDonald
Paul F. Tompkins
Thomas Lennon
Anders Matthesen
Doug Benson
Demetri Martin

This puts us at eighty-six comedians, so please allow me to throw in some snubs real fast:

Eddie Murphy
Lenny Bruce
Gilbert Gottfried
Steve Martin (90)
Jeff Ross
Ralphie May
Jimmy Kimmel
Jay Leno
Conan O'Brien
David Letterman
Jimmy Fallon
Craig Ferguson
Adam Sandler
Amy Schumer (100)
Dennis Miller
Kevin Hart
Aziz Ansari
Todd Barry
Nick Kroll
Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Peretti
Reggie Watts
Tom Papa
Andy Kindler (110)
Robin Williams

Do as you please from here!

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Ray William Johnson (60)



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ray william johnson?

LOL

Louis CK for me. We watched season 1 of Louie last week and told me that I have the exact mannerisms and say nearly the same things as Louie. Although I'm sure I'm no where as close to being as funny as him.

I do need to watch/listen to more Anthony Jeselnik, from about the 10 minutes I saw of him, sheer brilliance.

I recommend Jeselnik's comedy album "Shakespeare" then!

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another big snub is Jim Carrey imo

I don't like him THAT much but he's a famous comedian and definitely better than some of them on that list!

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