Best comedians?

[ElderToadstool]

I'll start.

Bill Hicks
George Carlin
Louis C.K.
Stephen Wright
Conan O'Brien
Larry David

Any other suggestions? Criticisms? I'm always looking for good comedy.

 

[merzbau]

joe rogan
ricky gervais
dylan moran
ben elton ('99 and earlier)
rick mayall
stephen fry
hugh laurie
rowan atkinson
chris morris

 

[snafupants]

Greg Giraldo
Richard Pryor
Dov Davidoff
David Cross

 

[EyeSeeCold]

Dave Chappelle - Great race comedian
Richard Pryor - Great overall
Eddie Murphy - Great overall
Ricky Gervais - Has that offbeat Brit "humour"
Russell Peters - Good race comedian
Bill Engvall (kind of funny)
some other guys whose names I did not care to remember

 

[Jedi]

I'll start.

Bill Hicks
George Carlin
Louis C.K.
Stephen Wright
Conan O'Brien
Larry David

I like your style. Though I'd add Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, Groucho Marx, Richard Pryor, and of course the Monty Pythons.

 

[EditorOne]

I kinda just gravitate now to Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart, although George W. Bush was good for laughs too.

 

[ElderToadstool]

I don't know how I left out Woody Allen when I have one of his quotes in my signature.

 

[giaduck]

Bill Bailey
Steve Hughes
Tim Minchin (My favourite!!)
Rhys Darby (He does a seriously awesome robot)

 

[DarkGreen]

Buzz Nutley.

 

[Thaklaar]

Bill Hicks, Richard Pryor, George Carlin. I'm surprised no-one's mentioned Eddie Izzard.

 

[Anchorite]

George Carlin
Bill Hicks
Eddie Izzard
Bill Bailey
Richard Pryor

I love Woody Allen films but I've only seen a very little bit of his stand-up on Youtube.

 

[ChildOfTheMushroom]

Mitch Hedberg
Demetri Martin

 

[blotfelt]

Nawma MaDwoonldfweigh...

...Gar Chandlering.

TABABA!

YouTube - Norm on the Larry Sanders Show

 

[Chimera]

Tim Minchin, Demetri Martin and Stephen Colbert.

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[FearDunn]

Dave Chappelle
and Charlie Murphy knows how to tell a story.

 

[Melllvar]

Gilbert Gottfried. His dirty jokes special was the funniest stand up I've ever seen in my life, hands down. He does great impressions too.

Also I saw Dave Attell live one time, he was hilarious too. He was headlining for Mitch Hedburg and Louis Black (or they opened for him, whichever you prefer).

 

[Stigmata]

Dave Chappelle
George Carlin
Mitch Hedberg
Pablo Francisco

 

[ScorpioINTP]

George Carlin
Chris Rock
Lewis Black
Dennis Miller (pre HBO)
Denis Leary
Steve Martin
Jerry Seinfeld

Sam Kinison was pretty good too.

 

[mono]

Seinfeld, George Carlin, Bill Maher

 

[Puffy]

Bill Cosby

 

[The Gopher]

Bob Newhart, but you need to understand the times to understand the humor.

 

[Panopticon]

Bill Hicks
George Carlin
Richard Pryor
Dave Chappelle
Louis C.K.
Jim Jeffries
Bill Burr
Aziz Ansari
Patrice O'Neal
Greg Giraldo(RIP he was underrated)

 

[ummidk]

George Carlin is far and away my Number 1
Daniel Tosh, Bill Hicks, and Bill Maher (theres more but i cant remember) are all up there as well

 

[Ex-User (4771)]

Bill Burr is fucking awesome, i saw him up in royal oak mi

 

[PapyrusAirplanes]

Brian Regan.

 

[Joz_helloworld]

Tim Minchin, Wil Anderson, Stephen K Amos, Scared Wierd Little Guys, Adam Hills, Tahir, Hung Le, Tim Minchin, Tim Minchin, Tim Minchin...
Loads more I can't think of right now, I watch a lot of comedy.

 

[EmergingAlbert]

I'm surprised I'm seeing George Carlin so much. I just really never have thought he was that funny. I haven't heard of many of these guys though.

My favorites are Jeff Foxworthy, Jim Gaffigan, Jim Carrey, and of course, my #1 favorite, Brian Regan.

 

[PapyrusAirplanes]

My favorites are Jeff Foxworthy, Jim Gaffigan, Jim Carrey, and of course, my #1 favorite, Brian Regan.

Fantastic list.

"Uuuhhh... I'm... the... map.... I'm the... map... I'm the map... I'm the map, I'm the MAP!"

 

[EmergingAlbert]

Uuuhhh... I'm... the... map.... I'm the... map... I'm the map... I'm the map, I'm the MAP!"

That's a Regan joke, isn't it?

 

[Smooch]

Demetri Martin =)

 

[Jordan~]

Stewart Lee. None of the other comedians listed here have had a routine based around getting in the phrase, "vomiting into the gaping anus of Christ".

 

[CBadfeather]

Bill Burr
Chappelle
Bill Hicks
Daniel Tosh
Michael Black
Neal Brennan

 

[Decaf]

How has no one mentioned David Mitchell?

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6sKBdWeWmo"]David Mitchell Rants - YouTube[/nomedia]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwpbpyYxIDA"]David Mitchell on Michael McIntyre's Christmas Comedy Roadshow - YouTube[/nomedia]


Well, I suppose maybe because he doesn't usually do stand up, but he's still a fantastic comedian.

 

[duke of new york]

Does nobody like Patton Oswalt or Brian Posehn? I'm not sure which one I like better, but they are my two favorites.

 

[cerebedlam]

In the realm of new jacks, JIM JEFFRIES certainly earns a seat at the head of the table...This Aussie got real comedic chops...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-RJeqyh-vI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XG-_PNS2sQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOTo-lDP77E&feature=related

 

[travelnjones]

Does nobody like Patton Oswalt or Brian Posehn? I'm not sure which one I like better, but they are my two favorites.

Oswalt is almost like a parody of himself lately.

Posehn is good for the metal stuff


I actually think Henry Rollins is hilarious for his "In" metal stuff about Dio.

I am surprised no Emo Phillips he seems pretty INTP friendly. Tosh also can throw in some nice cerebral jokes that are only for a few folks.

 

[Oedipus]

Jimmy Carr, Sean Locke, Louis CK, Dara O'Briain, David Mitchell, George Carlin.

I went to see Jimmy last Saturday. He's very good with hecklers, even drunken Scots who I couldn't understand at all. Also I hugged him and he smelled good.

 

[contextblues]

LOUIS C.K. - Hands down.

 

[ℜεмїηїs¢εη¢ε]

I don't know many comedians but I stumbled across this guy and thought he was pretty funny:

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLiEFd5b0ZY

 

[Proletar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNufInO9No0&list=UUn5EZhGBg1hJxFxba2JydBA&index=18&feature=plcp