Best Stand Up Comedian?

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Irishman Dave Allen was awesome.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxo81Ok9Urk]Dave Allen on Religion - YouTube[/ame]

 

[BOBrob]

George Carlin.... I saw him on the "Ed Sullivan Show" when I was a kid. He never spoke a word, Just looked at the audience and they cracked up! I later heard he was so stoned he forgot his lines. But hay that was the 60s. Who ended all his shows with God Bless...... he also had a silent character he played.

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Bill Cosby. He is hilarious without having to drop an F-Bomb every other word. This is the same reason I like the Blue Collar guys, with the exception of Ron White.

 

[wailingguitar]

I love Carlin, but he got a little too bitter in the end... still a soft place for him though

My fave is Eddie Izzard. He slips seamlessly from the cerebral to the banal and mingles them in just the right proportions. He is thinking man's comedy that you don't have to think about!

 

[EdWort]

Sam Kinison, RIP, was AWESOME!

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Sam Kinison, RIP, was AWESOME!

SAM KINISON - ON RAP MUSIC - YouTube

Ice T in the audience. Cool.

 

[Danbreeze]

Patton Oswalt!

His new CD (Finest Hour) is hilarious

 

[BOBrob]

No mention of......... Cosby, Rickles, Carlin, Pryor, Rodney, Gleason, and more all took lessons from the great "Red Skellton". Cheers

 

[HankyPanky]

Have to say right now for me it has to be Kevin Hart!

 

[Scruffy1207]

Have to say right now for me it has to be Kevin Hart!

Kevin hart is hilarious. I didn't know what to do, I panicked, so I licked his palm

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Nobody has mentioned Jeff Dunham. I am not a big fan, but my kids & GF love him

 

[hamiltont]

No mention of......... Cosby, Rickles, Carlin, Pryor, Rodney, Gleason, and more all took lessons from the great "Red Skellton". Cheers

Red was the MAN hands down!!!!!

 

[lex990]

My top FAvs are in no order

George carlin
Bob marley (Maine guy)
Joe rogan
Rodney carrington
Tosh

 

[jgln]

Nobody has mentioned Jeff Dunham. I am not a big fan, but my kids & GF love him

Because it is about "The best" ?

 

[jgln]

Always cracked me up how certain comedians go on a talk show, do their act, then sit down and continue their act and never get interviewed. Rodney Dangerfield and Don Rickles come to mind.

 

[jgln]

Seinfeld "The Comedian"

...."You Jerry, are no comedian"

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7kKXWuXnfU&feature=player_embedded]Seinfeld- The Comedian - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bad coffee]

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[BOBrob]

No mention of Bob Hope yet.

 

[TomHanx]

Jim Gaffigan
Mitch Hedberg
Tosh

BTW anybody else suprised to see so many people answering Mitch Hedberg? He was never really that mainstream when he was alive and even after he died. Not too mention i always imagined the demographic of HBT to be too old to enjoy some Hedberg

 

[Fusorfodder]

Didn't see anyone mention Vic Henley, he's a damned funny guy.

 

[maffewl]

Gallagher

 

[Bernie Brewer]

Gallagher

Oooh, good call! He was awesome in his day! whatever happened to him?

 

[jgln]

I like Bo Burnham. Not saying he is the best or anything I saw him once and thought he was funny especially for such a young kid.