Favorite Stand Up Comic

[mbaker]

Who's your favorite stand up comedian? Here are my favorites.

Andrew Dice Clay
Chris Rock
George Carlin
Dennis Leary
Robin Williams
Dennis Miller
Sam Kiniseon
Bobcat Goldthwait
Dana Carvey

[Shawn Hopkins]

Most likely Margaret Cho. Lately I also like Rock, Sarah Silverman and Eddie Izzard especially well.

[DJ Raza]

My favorite stand up comedian is George Carlin. Others that I really like a lot are...

Eddie Murphy
David Cross
Eddie Griffin
Chris Rock
Richard Pryor
Lewis Black

Those are the main ones I can come up with off the top of my head, but there is a lot of other stand up comedians that I like that I've seen on ComicView and Comedy Central Presents, but I can't remember any names at the moment.

[Jade_GL]

Dennis Leary
Dennis Miller
Lewis Black
Dane Cook
Henry Rollins (Ok, not a comedian, but his spoken word stuff is so funny)
Pablo Fracisco
Jeremy Hotz

And many many more. :D

[Outlander00]

Dennis Leary
Robin Williams
Eddie Murphy
George Carlin
Dave Atell

[Jade_GL]

Originally posted by Outlander00
Dave Atell

I forgot Dave Atell! I should fall on a railroad spike now and put myself out of my misery! He's so funny! :D

[Comic Book Boy]

Jerry Seinfeld & George Carlin among others

[Shnay]

There are a lot of good ones out there, but if I had to narrow it down to a small list, I'd say:

Richard Pryor
George Carlin
Chris Rock
Dennis Leary

[Andy Mancini]

Bill Cosby
Emo Phillips
Dana Carvey
Mark Eddy
Hal Sparks
Craig Shoemaker

[Galaxia]

Denis Leary
George Carlin
Jerry Seinfeld
Dave Attel
Chris Rock
Robin Williams
Dennis Miller
Colin Quinn
Tracy Morgan

[Jin Kazama]

I'm not sure if I got his last name right, but I really enjoy the specials Mitch Hendberg does for Comedy Central.

I don't really have certain favorites, as I just turn on the specials and enjoy them. I'm sure if I did a tad bit of research, though, I could come up with quite the list.

[zmanjz]

Lewis Black
Old School George Carlin
Henry Rollins
Wayne Brady
Colin Mochrie
Ryan Stiles
Greg Proops

Hmmm...

That's all I can think of who I consistently enjoy nearly ALL the time.

[James]

Eddie Izzard. He is the best. Irrelvant and very amusing - ignore his appearance in The Avengers and watch his standup!

[Outlander00]

I forgot Dave Atell! I should fall on a railroad spike now and put myself out of my misery! He's so funny!

I'm glad Im not the only one who likes Dave Attell :D

[JohnCrichton]

Eddie Murphy
Chris Rock
Bernie Mac

[Adam Tyner]

Jim Gaffigan and Zach Galifianakis (sp?) are my two favorites.

[Good Ol' Batmanuel!]

My favorite is Emo Philips.

Others: Steven Wright, Sean Cullen, Sean Keane, Bill Cosby, Howie Mandel, Martin Short, Jim Carrey.

[The Falcon]

i'm going to go with

pablo francisco
lewis black
steven lynch
nick swardson

all did stand up specials on comedy central. well, i guess there is a lot of stand up comedy on comedy central, but these four really stick out in my mind. pablo francisco with his "movie voice over man" impression. lewis black because he constantly goes off and makes it funny. steven lynch, he's one of those singer comedians. most notably known for his song "if i could be a super hero, i'd be justice man". and nick swardson, because he'll always be stronger than grandma. :)

[Cyber E.]

Mostly the greats such as Robert Kline and Jim Carrey, but I like pretty much anybody who has good humor with mild to no fowl-mouths.

[Ordinary Guy]

Eddie Murphy is my favorite, I love Raw and Delirious

Other favorites:

Sam Kinasin
Chris Rock
Dave Chapelle
Tim Allen
Denis Leary
Bernie Mac
Cedric the Entertainer
Damon Wayans
Ellen DeGeneres (pre-Ellen)
Steve Harvey
Rodney Dangerfield
Sinbad

[Yuss]

Mitch Hedberg
Lewis Black
Jim Gaffigan
Pablo Francisco
Greg Proops
Stephen Lynch
Zach Galifinakis

That's just from the Comedy Central Presents experience...

~B+:

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

I would say my Watchmen TPB is my favourite standup comic. It looks very good standing on top of my shelf. *Ba-da-bump!* :D

[Nightwing]

Hmm.....closest anyone has come with their list to being near what I'd put is probably be that of KingOfdarkness and ~B+. You guys gotta dig deeper! There are some awesome ones out there!!

I'm a big follower of comedy, so strap on your dancing shoes if you wanna deal with my list. If not, feel free to continue to the next post which I guarantee will not be boring, like this one will be. ;) Let's start with those who were already mentioned, and I'll come up with a list from my tiny little mind that hopefully measures up to the actual list in my noggin.

Zach Galifinakis
Hugh Fink
Lewis Black
Greg Proops
Dave Attell
Adam Ferrara
Dane Cook
Dave Chappelle
Nick Dipallo
Greg Girardo
Maria Bamford
Stephen Lynch
Jeremy Hotz
Lois Ramey

Ah, that's not big enough. Not nearly. I gotta go to bed though. Oh well, check those guys out if you haven't....I wish I could give more. :)

[The Penguin]

Originally posted by Outlander00
I'm glad Im not the only one who likes Dave Attell :D I like him too. That guy is great!! :cool:

[Jethro_McB]

Lewis Black - His comedy routine consists of "1. Get on Stage" and "2. LOSE IT." Luckily, he is a GENIUS. I think he's one of the funniest, if not THE funniest, stand-up today.

Mitch Hedberg - It's already good because these are the types of jokes my friends and I tell each other, but his way of sounding perpetually stoned makes it twice as funny.

Stephen Wright - Another comedian where his delivery enhances the jokes. If you've never seen him, Wright speaks in a monotone voice and never breaks character. "I tried to hang myself last night. I used a bungee cord, though...I kept almost dying."

Arj Barker - His stuff for Comedy Central is good, and the animations on his website are fantastic (especially the "Venitian Rowing Machine.") I love his "footslap" routine (there's a video on his website - you MUST WATCH IT,) I'm itching for a reason to use it.

Brian Posehn - You probably know him as the voice of the guy on "3 South," or Jim from "Mission Hill," or the mail guy on "Just Shoot Me," but Posehn is also a really good stand-up comic. I saw his Comedy Central special last Friday night, and he did this bit about how big of a nerd he is, even in his mid-30s. He told a story about when some "jocks" were looking at him funny, and about two decades of pent-up "nerd rage" were released. It's funny because I can relate, who hasn't had a "nerd rage" explosion ("WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?!?! IS IT 'CAUSE I WEAR GLASSES?!")?

[Bluntman]

Let me start by saying I love comedy. It is a true gift to make people laugh. That said, here's my list, in no particular order:

1. Richard Pryor
2. Eddie Murphy
3. Martin Lawrence
4. Chris Rock
5. George Carlin
6. Lewis Black
7. Dave Attell
8. Dave Chappelle (Check out his new show on Comedy Central)
9. Pabblo Fransisco
10. Margaret Cho
11. Sam Kinison (You are soooo missed)
12. Andrew Dice Clay
13. T-Rex
14. Mickey Cuchella
15. Jim Bruer
16. Bernie Mac
17. Cedric The Entertainer
18. Mark Voice
19. Sarah Silverman
20. Tenacious D (Jack Black is pure genius)

[moreysurf8]

Current Comedians(favorites):
Dane Cook (I don't know if any of you saw his comedy central presents special...but the man is hilarious.

Dave Atell....Again just hysterical

Lewis Black.... First saw him the Daily Show and I've Laughed ever since.


Classics:

Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor....there's nothing I can say about these guys that hasn't already been said...They've influenced generations of comics

But my all time favorite comedian is Bill Hicks
I wish he was still around, he'd have a lot to say in these times.

[Dark Vicious]

Sorry to resurrect this old thread but I just HAD to say something on this subject

Faves are:

George Carlin- A classic, practically on everybody's list, with a career in stand-up spanning 4 decades he's still funny, granted, he has lost some of his spark but he still has hillarious rants

Richard Pryor- Again, a classic, you can't say anything bad about him even if he had a drug problem, too bad he can't do stand up anymore but if he was he would be selling out arenas in a heartbeat.

Bill Hicks- Just picked up his CD on the advice of my peers, and was not dissapointed if he had lived he would be like Pryor, selling out arenas, his comedy ages like a fine wine, it gets better with age his greatest skits just come from the fact he is generally pissed off at the government.
I still maintain to this day that the government gave him cancer.


Again sorry to resurect this thread

[Colin]

Lately, my friends have been getting me into the comedy stylings of Dane Cook and Eddie Izzard... one of my friends is supposed to be letting me borrow her copy of Brian Regan's album, too.... (course, she's been saying I could borrow it for a while now, she's a wee bit forgetful ;)) So, I'll probably be adding Brian Regan to the list, too...

[Tapout]

Wow. Suprised to see so many people like Greg Proops. I have to admit I've never seen his stand-up, but from his appearances on Tough Crowd, Whose Line, and the worst game show ever, IQ, I think this guy sucks. Not only is he very likely the most pompous ass to have ever lived, he isn't funny. One of the greatest moments in Tough Crowd history was when Greg Giraldo was about to kill this guy for being such an idiot.

My list:

Jim Norton
Dave Attell
Nick DiPaolo
Rich Vos
Greg Giraldo
Lewis Black
Robert Kelly
and Dane Cook, the Inuyasha of the comedy world.

[ricktimus]

mitch hedberg
david cross
dave chappelle
lewis black
dave atell
jim norton
conan o'brien
jon stewart
steven colbert
zach galifinakis (why was late world cancelled?)

[Nick K.]

Larry David.

[MidNight Kid]

Dave Attel
Dave Chappel
And Collin Quinn

[Cogliostro]

Of course love:

Jim Carrey
Robin Williams (Got his HBO DVD)
Lewis Black - Wish he was on a DVD or something, don't get to see much of him but when I do I crack up.

[Thanos]

Lewis Black
Dave Attell
Mitch Hedberg
George Carlin


Lewis Black - Wish he was on a DVD or something, don't get to see much of him but when I do I crack up.He does. You can find it here (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000C237Y/qid=1082985017/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-9333380-6740827?v=glance&s=dvd).

[candy17]

Brian Posehn - You probably know him as the voice of the guy on "3 South," or Jim from "Mission Hill," or the mail guy on "Just Shoot Me," but Posehn is also a really good stand-up comic. I saw his Comedy Central special last Friday night, and he did this bit about how big of a nerd he is, even in his mid-30s. He told a story about when some "jocks" were looking at him funny, and about two decades of pent-up "nerd rage" were released. It's funny because I can relate, who hasn't had a "nerd rage" explosion ("WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?!?! IS IT 'CAUSE I WEAR GLASSES?!")?Brian Posehn was Todd the RA on "3 South" and Sanford's friend Dell (he sounds like Jim from "Mission Hill" when he voices Dell)

My favorite stand-up comedians are:

Dennis Miller
George Carlin
Richard Pryor
Steve Marmel (okay, he's a writer for a lot of Nickelodeon and CN shows, but I saw him on National Lampoon's Funny Money and Premium Blend with Jim Bruer doing stand-up and the guy has some cruel, yet funny, humor)
Jerry Seinfeld
Dave Chappelle
Stephen Lynch
Lenny Bruce
Lewis Black
Mitch Hedberg (God rest his soul
Jeff Foxworthy (yes, I am a fan of the "You Might Be A Redneck..." bit)

[Boy Wonder]

[QUOTE=DJ Raza]My favorite stand up comedian is George Carlin. Others that I really like a lot are...

Eddie Murphy
David Cross
Eddie Griffin
Chris Rock
Richard Pryor
Lewis Black

That would be mine, with Eddie Izzard added on to it.

[Eidan]

The Elite:

Richard Pryor
Chris Rock
Bernie Mac
Jerry Seinfeld
George Carlin
Dave Attell