Well, we've got a thread for Favorite Actor and a thread for Favorite Television Show... why not keep up with the trend? List your favorite comedians (stand-up or otherwise).

Old School Eddie Murphy.

Red Skelton..he could make you laugh and not even say a word

george carlin

Old School Eddie Murphy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f04BeB0rUtc

Old School Eddie Murphy.
you took my starter so I'll play my back up.

Richard Pryor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f04BeB0rUtc

classic.

Old School Eddie Murphy.

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=5395164

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxQ2g24C1os

I am guessing embedding is turned off in this part.

I am guessing embedding is turned off in this part.
it's just the Movies and TV sub-forum.

Movies & TV All talk of movies, DVDs, TV shows, etc. go here. No spoilers, please.;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VHMXG9XNoU

All-Time Stand-Up: Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Lewis Black, Paul Mooney

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rPb0sJjfO8

Paul Mooney... you know this link is dirty. :nono:

:banned:

the loud monotone announcer tone he uses reminds me of Bill Cosby.

Of the classics I love Carlin the best.. I really really liked Mitch Hedberg and was very sad when he died. The funniest recent stand-up I've seen has to be hands-down Louis CK (who is in town this weekend)..

I know everyone loves him, but Dayne Cook just annoys me. He's the opposite of funny...

Dane Cook is pretty damn corny. Definition of stupid frat humor right there.

dave chappelle

Russell Peters

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=43610

Mitch Hedberg RIP

Mitch was the best.

David Cross
Patton Oswalt
Zach Galifianakis



Dane Cook is awful... he's just a small step above Carlos Mencia

Mitch was the best.

David Cross
Patton Oswalt
Zach Galifianakis



Dane Cook is awful... he's just a small step above Carlos Mencia

Thank you (about Dane Cook).. have you seen the David Cross DVd where he's getting into it with the owner of The Exit/In (Nashville club)?

Robin Williams

Robin Williams stand up in NY was hilarious. I had no clue he was that funny, but I love his movies.

David Cross, Harland Williams, Adam Sandler, Pauly Shore

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5riPXVp5ZFo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er1Pm37yX08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9A2I-X7b-w

I cant believe Im forgetting this dudes name, he died a yr/cpl yrs ago

OMg yea

Mitch Hedberg

2 words, 1 name, 8 letters....

Dane Cook

I'll take Eddie Murphy.

I like a lot of different comedians. Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Eddie Murphy, Redd Foxx, Richard Pryor, Jim Gaffigan, Mitch Hedberg, Katt Williams, Louis CK. The Kevin James: Sweat the Small Stuff special on Comedy Central a few years ago was probably the funniest special i've ever seen. I don't think that i've ever laughed that hard. Basically if they're funny, I probably like them (which immediately eliminates Carlos Mencia and Dane Cook.)

2 words, 1 name, 8 letters....

Dane Cook

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Z311nbjsE

[QUOTE=BigRed3]I like a lot of different comedians. Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Eddie Murphy, Redd Foxx, Richard Pryor, Jim Gaffigan, Mitch Hedberg, Katt Williams, Louis CK. The Kevin James: Sweat the Small Stuff special on Comedy Central a few years ago was probably the funniest special i've ever seen. I don't think that i've ever laughed that hard. Basically if they're funny, I probably like them (which immediately eliminates Carlos Mencia and Dane Cook.)[/QUOTE

Dead on Red about all of those names.. I love that Jim Gaffigan bit about Hot Pockets.

There is definitely a division between those here who like Dane Cook and those who don't. I watched the entire season of Dane Cook's Tourgasm and I swear I did not laugh one time. The guys loves himself that's for sure..

dane cook funny too, i like his stand ups.

Jim Gaffigan is alright...I got to hear a LOT of him a couple of weeks ago when he came to Maui...local independent radio was wearing him out. He had a few lines that cracked me up....does a lot of food humor....but his "whispering lady show critic" bit gets old quickly. I still don't know who that's supposed to be...someone actually in the audience? His mother, maybe?


Oh, yeah...faves: Hedberg, Bill Hicks, Chris Rock. And I don't care ONE BIT for "blue-collar" comedians...redneck just isn't funny to me at all.

but his "whispering lady show critic" bit gets old quickly. I still don't know who that's supposed to be...someone actually in the audience? His mother, maybe?

I think it's supposed to be what a fan in the audience is thinking. But yeah, it does sort of get old by the end of the show.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4u2ZsoYWwJA

2 words, 1 name, 8 letters....

Dane Cook
i have no idea why he is so popular. maybe it's because this generation has been deprived a truly great, young comic and hacks like carlos mencia and dane cook have been elevated to God status by default?

i have no idea why he is so popular. maybe it's because this generation has been deprived a truly great, young comic and hacks like carlos mencia and dane cook have been elevated to God status by default?

Very true. To just a casual fan of stand up, Dane Cook and Carlos Mencia are the most prominent comedians going right now. They get the most exposure on television. But there are TONS of great comedians if you scratch the surface. But since most people don't do that, you get people like Cook and Mencia that get pushed to the forefront, even though neither are really that funny (despite the fact that both have been accused of stealing jokes, you would think they would be decent comedians if they're stealing other people's material).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPBvFXf9Q2U

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

Very true. To just a casual fan of stand up, Dane Cook and Carlos Mencia are the most prominent comedians going right now. They get the most exposure on television. But there are TONS of great comedians if you scratch the surface. But since most people don't do that, you get people like Cook and Mencia that get pushed to the forefront, even though neither are really that funny (despite the fact that both have been accused of stealing jokes, you would think they would be decent comedians if they're stealing other people's material).

Dane is much easier to take in movies than onstage for me anyway. Obviously, if it makes you laugh don't deny yourself - there's folks like me who almost lost a lung laughing so hard watching Borat then there's folks that walked out of the theater saying it wasn't even comedy at all... No accounting for taste..

Dane is much easier to take in movies than onstage for me anyway. Obviously, if it makes you laugh don't deny yourself - there's folks like me who almost lost a lung laughing so hard watching Borat then there's folks that walked out of the theater saying it wasn't even comedy at all... No accounting for taste..

That's true, everyone has their own tastes. I'm not really familiar with Dane's film career. He had a small role in the movie Waiting... as a cook, and he was kind of funny I guess, probably because he was kept to a minimum. If the entire movie was just two hours of his character, that movie would have been terrible. I watched the Insomniac Tour on Comedy Central a few weeks ago, and didn't think he was that funny at all. His Vicious Circle special on HBO wasn't all that funny to me. The only thing that i've seen of Dane Cook that I thought was pretty funny was his Comedy Central Presents special, and that was before he became overexposed and his schtick became stale.

Robin Williams is the best, but all the others named rank up there close.

I thought Dane Cook was funny when people didn't know about him. His newer stuff isn't nearly as good. Like BigRed, I thought his original comedy central standup special was great.

There are a lot of very funny, lesser known comics today. Anyone in Nashville ever go to Zanies? I've seen a bunch of people there. Sadly, knoxville doesn't have a comedy club, so I have to go without during the school year.

Pablo Francisco, Stephen Lynch, Mitch Hedburg, Lewis Black, Gary Gulman, I've seen them all in person, and they're a lot of fun.

I once saw Jay Leno at Zanies. Been a while ago...

I bet.

I met a rep from Zanies earlier this summer, and bought some "supersaver" passes from him. For 20 bucks, I got 6 tickets to any non special engagement show between now and January!

Whatever happened to Andrew Dice Clay?

Lewis Black.
now there is a great comic i forgot all about. i'd say he is number three on my list right behind carlin and pryor

Moms Mabley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9FhsAPiKa0

Whatever happened to Andrew Dice Clay?



who cares..he sucked and BTW he will be in Nashville soon for a show

to bad Comedians have to use lots of cussing to get folks to laugh. Guess that is why I liked the ones from yrs ago...Red Skelton, Laurel and Hardy, Three Stooges, Abbott and Costello (who's on 1st has to ranked as one of the best skits ever)

1. Bob Zany
2. John Candy
3. Steve Martin
4. Robin Williams
5. Old Cheech and Chong albums

who cares..he sucked and BTW he will be in Nashville soon for a show

to bad Comedians have to use lots of cussing to get folks to laugh. Guess that is why I liked the ones from yrs ago...Red Skelton, Laurel and Hardy, Three Stooges, Abbott and Costello (who's on 1st has to ranked as one of the best skits ever)

I hear what your saying but sometimes a foul mouthed rant hits the spot. Chris Rock wouldn't be the same without the cussing IMO.

1. Bob Zany
2. John Candy
3. Steve Martin
4. Robin Williams
5. Old Cheech and Chong albums

Tommy Chong will actually be in town for a show in the next couple of months.

Steve Martin was great in his prime!

"And if I had four Christmas wishes..."

I hear what your saying but sometimes a foul mouthed rant hits the spot. Chris Rock wouldn't be the same without the cussing IMO.


thats probably why I haven't ever liked him. I knew he wouldn't be the same without cussing. Don't get me wrong there are some I like (George Carlin, Robin Williams, Cheech and Chong (Santa Claus story is one of my favorites), etc,etc

Never like Eddie Murphy after he left SNL, seems quite a few folks from SNL didn't have the careers they thought they would after they left..some did though

Just think about the number of comedians that got their start on SNL or Fridays (anyone remember that show)

Tommy Chong will actually be in town for a show in the next couple of months.

LOCK UP YOUR BONGS!!

Just think about the number of comedians that got their start on SNL or Fridays (anyone remember that show)

I'm too young to remember Fridays, but I do know that Larry David and Michael Richards got their start on that show.

so did http://www.neandernews.com/wp-content/themes/images/julia_louis_dreyfus.jpg

double checked and she didn't

Just think about the number of comedians that got their start on SNL or Fridays (anyone remember that show)

I loved Fridays.. I saw all that Andy Kaufman craziness happen live.. Remember the wacky pharmacist?

so did http://www.neandernews.com/wp-content/themes/images/julia_louis_dreyfus.jpg

double checked and she didn't
nope, she was on SNL in the jim belushi days during the 80's

However, any reason is a good reason to post a picture of Julia Louis-Dreyfus

The ladies of Fridays were Melanie Chartoff and Meredith Berriel

Lots of great one's named already.

Chappelle, Murphy, Carlin, Lewis Black, Louis CK, Mitch Hedberg are all great ones.

I'll add Charlie Murphy (who I saw at Zanie's) and Ron White as two comedians I really enjoy. Ron White is by far my favorite in the blue-collar group.

Robin Williams live on broadway was amazing and I've watched it several times.


Oh and Dane Cook sucks, and that's coming from a frat boy. Horrible, but a lot of people seem to like him. I don't know why.

I emailed a buddy the Zach Galifianakis/Kanye West video that I posted here in the "Funny Things You Find of The Web" thread. He sent this one back. Zach's sense of humor is so twisted I doubt he'll ever find the level of success that a mainstream hack like Cook has, but as long as he can pay the bills I doubt he's too worried about it.

(the other dude is Mr Show alum and current Sarah Silvermann show cast member Brian Posehn)

YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0mZ1azrzpc)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mVofYhqMc0

:))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHOy5gBJIm0

David Cross, if he hasn't been mentioned yet. Disturbed.

80's flashback - Steven Wright

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnxB6fEyHAk

Dave Chappelle no body can touch him.

Sam Kinison: Taken way too soon.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1GjyrQiSRs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mVofYhqMc0

:))

Damn I love that guy.. so simple, so stupid, so funny.

I forgot. Steven Wright is prob my favorite.

Brian Regan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqvIUA5_jr8

The ladies of Fridays were Melanie Chartoff and Meredith Berriel


Chartoff was off the charts!! :pant:

I loved Fridays.. I saw all that Andy Kaufman craziness happen live.. Remember the wacky pharmacist?

Dude, I swear we're hermanos!

I would dearly LOVE to see the pharmacist skits again
I can handle it....I CAN HANDLE IT!!!"

Dude, I swear we're hermanos!


Is that Spanish for gay?

Is that Spanish for gay?

Oh snap.:ha:

Is that Spanish for gay?

No, but I'm not busy this weekend :kiss:

For the people that were wondering what happened to Andrew Dice Clay, he'll be in Nashville at the Wild Horse Saloon this Saturday.

Thank you (about Dane Cook).. have you seen the David Cross DVd where he's getting into it with the owner of The Exit/In (Nashville club)?


I was there that night. Cross put on a great show.

I like David Cross
Mitch Hedberg
Carlin
Chapelle
STELLA - Wain, Showalter, Black
Steven Wright
Bill Hicks

For the people that were wondering what happened to Andrew Dice Clay, he'll be in Nashville at the Wild Horse Saloon this Saturday.

Cheers unfortunately I'm thousands of miles away.:))

My bad. I didn't remember who it was, but I remembered someone asking about him. Anyways, i'm sure the show will be nothing but jokes from 1992.

Good old Mother Goose......I f....................:ha:

Anyone see the Bob Saget special last night?

Alright, I had to resurrect the thread because I just got back from seeing Mike Birbiglia live, and I have to say it was pretty damn funny. A lot of laugh out loud moments. Weird, I bumped the thread on the one-year anniversary of the last post

Any of the Blue Collar guys and Jim Gaffigan.

Adam Sandler, Pauly Shore

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I know this thread was intended for professional comedians, but I thought I'd give props to three of my favorite forum comedians
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Pryor is the best. Russell Peters and Chappelle are the best comics alive.

I know this thread was intended for professional comedians, but I thought I'd give props to three of my favorite forum comedians
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