Best Stand Up Comedian?

[Homercidal]

I see Rodney Dangerfield is STILL getting NO RESPECT!

I tell ya I'm alright now, but last week I was in rough shape! I went to see my doctor, Dr. Vinny Boombotz. He said, "You're sick!"

I asked for a second opinion, he said, "Ok, you're UGLY TOO!"

 

[maffewl]

The late Mitch Hedberg... and the 80's to early 90's Jeff Foxworthy.

 

[WhineinAlbany]

I see Rodney Dangerfield is STILL getting NO RESPECT!

I tell ya I'm alright now, but last week I was in rough shape! I went to see my doctor, Dr. Vinny Boombotz. He said, "You're sick!"

I asked for a second opinion, he said, "Ok, you're UGLY TOO!"

I'm not sure what it is, but I've always found Rodney Dangerfield super creepy like Chester the Molester creepy haha

 

[couplebeers]

Richard Pryor

 

[Homercidal]

Richard Pryor

Oh yeah! My friend had a cassette and we listened to that all the time! He was one of the unsung comedy writing heros of his time.

He killed with Mel Brooks in "Blazing Saddles"!

 

[Cromwell]

Interesting, not a single mention of Bill Cosby.
Seeing him live doing standup is nothing like watching him on TV.
I hurt I laughed so hard, and I almost literally fell out of my chair.

And +1 to Hedburg.

 

[Zorin]

I liked the young Robin Williams, especially the coke years, lol.

 

[user 40839]

Pryor. Oh, dear God, Pryor. And I used to love Eddie Murphy back in his Delirious/Raw days, and Dennis Leary before he started hocking Fords. These days I like Louis CK, Jim Jeffries, Lewis Black (got tickets for his In God we Rust show next month!), Dave Chapelle, and Whitney Cummings. From across the pond, Billy Connolly is fantastic, Eddie Izzard, and Tommy Tiernan are outstanding as well.

I'd pay cash money to hold Dane Cook's head under the water until the bubbles stop. I've NEVER seen such an overrated human being in my life. How anyone even considers him remotely humorous is beyond me, let alone how he's still able to sell out venues...

Also don't get the Jeff Dunham thing.

 

[McGarnigle]

Louis CK's Chewed Up helped restore my faith in stand-up a few years ago (after Comedy Central had ruined it with so much mediocrity over the years.)

But I still remember watching Buddy Hackett's HBO special as a kid and thinking it was the funniest thing ever. Old school stand-up, pre-Seinfeld, where every joke had a big, offensive punch line ("finally she says to me, you **** like a Jap").

 

[McGarnigle]

I'd pay cash money to hold Dane Cook's head under the water until the bubbles stop. I've NEVER seen such an overrated human being in my life. How anyone even considers him remotely humorous is beyond me, let alone how he's still able to sell out venues....

Dane Cook strikes me as the sort of guy who was popular in high school, which pretty much eliminates any chance of him being a good stand-up.

 

[weirdboy]

Wow almost four pages of posts and not one mention of Don Rickles?

 

[MrNic]

My favorite is David Cross.

 

[j1laskey]

You should all be ashamed of yourselves for failing to name Bill Hicks. With an honorable mention of Gilbert Gottfried.

 

[dfess1]

Jon Caparullo is pretty damn funny.

 

[maffewl]

Jon Caparullo is pretty damn funny.

+1 Saw him in Nashville and got to chat a little with him afterwards, he was cracking me up the entire time.

 

[Homercidal]

Pryor. Oh, dear God, Pryor. And I used to love Eddie Murphy back in his Delirious/Raw days, and Dennis Leary before he started hocking Fords. These days I like Louis CK, Jim Jeffries, Lewis Black (got tickets for his In God we Rust show next month!), Dave Chapelle, and Whitney Cummings. From across the pond, Billy Connolly is fantastic, Eddie Izzard, and Tommy Tiernan are outstanding as well.

I'd pay cash money to hold Dane Cook's head under the water until the bubbles stop. I've NEVER seen such an overrated human being in my life. How anyone even considers him remotely humorous is beyond me, let alone how he's still able to sell out venues...

Also don't get the Jeff Dunham thing.

Right on. Although I did find Dane Cook somewhat funnier on video than just listening to him. Either way I just don't get his appeal.

 

[GodsStepBrother]

I like this guy, "you put me in a cage with anything! anything! for a week and I'll F*** it! F*** pandas!"
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eqUtK61SOs]Jim Jefferies On Pandas - YouTube[/ame]

 

[JonM]

+1 to Carlin, Dangerfield, Cosby, Murphy and Robin Williams. How about Redd Foxx?

And, while he's not one of the biggies, I've always liked The Amazing Jonathan.

 

[Reno_eNVy]

If I say "Dane Cook" does that make me the best comedian?

But I'd say my top ten are (in no particular order):

1) Demetri Martin
2) Jim Jefferies
3) Mitch Hedberg (RIP my friend)
4) Meagan Mooney
5) Jim Gaffigan
6) Steve Byrne (the dude got started on winning a myspace content. He's hilarious and on netflix)
7) Daniel Tosh
8) Steven Wright
9) Adam Ferrara
10) Steven Lynch

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Jim Jefferies on Jesus
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoXxF-1ZMAU]Jim Jefferies - Jesus is a Tiny Arab Jew - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Bobby_M]

My favorite is David Cross.

I always forget about Cross but for sure, he's funny as hell.

 

[Jacob_Marley]

Rodney Dangerfield was a classic. In stand-up and in his movies too ... “Honey, there’s a Messerschmitt in the kitchen, clean it up for me will ya”, killed me.

I’ve got a hilarious special from Bobcat Goldthwait from sometime in the early or mid 90’s on tape. (yeah tape ... and I still percolate my coffee too).

Though it’s not exactly stand-up, the Shmenge Brothers bit was great. Their song “Cabbage Rolls & Coffee” is a classic. RIP Yosh.

John Lovitz was hilarious. Funny without even saying anything.

So many others.

 

[JonM]

Rodney would tell joke after joke after joke with that pitch-perfect pacing and then when the audience couldn't take any more, he'd point at himself with his thumb and say "I know a lotta f**kin' jokes!"

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Rodney would tell joke after joke after joke with that pitch-perfect pacing and then when the audience couldn't take any more, he'd point at himself with his thumb and say "I know a lotta f**kin' jokes!"

Yeah, his timing was impeccable

 

[944play]

Maria Bamford. Or maybe David Cross. Patton Oswalt is up there too.

 

[Bulls Beers]

I myself are partial to the older comedians, like Pryor, Murphy, Rodney. For some of the newer guys, I think Greg Giraldo was one of the funniest...When he would do the comedy central roasts, they were friggin hilarious....

 

[Jayblefty]

My favorite is David Cross.

David Cross is the Man! Have you read "I Drink for a Reason"? Hardest I ever laughed at a book was the "Sitting on a Pole Trying to win Some Money" chapter! My Wife thought I was losing it!

 

[cracked1]

In no particular order:

Denis Leary
Ron White
Robin Williams
George Carlin

4 of the funniest people on the planet.
Regards, GF.

Leary and Williams = two of the biggest joke thieves in the game (Behind Mencia of course... )

You should all be ashamed of yourselves for failing to name Bill Hicks. With an honorable mention of Gilbert Gottfried.

Yes, you are correct, and I am ashamed of myself.

 

[Scruffy1207]

Louis C.K.

I'm going to have to agree, I love all of his work. tosh, older dane cook stuff, jim jeffries is really funny. I'm blanking right now.

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Maria Bamford. Or maybe David Cross. Patton Oswalt is up there too.

Oh crap, forgot about Bamford and Oswalt. Amazing stuff. But which voice is Bamford's real one?