Favorite Stand-Up Comedian

[Hoofbite]

I haven't seen Bill Hicks or Patrice O'Neal mentioned yet. Or Louie. That one's surprising.

Never watched much of Patrice, but Hicks and Louie were/are both great.

 

[Hoofbite]

Steven Wright
Lewis Black

Well done.

 

[Hoofbite]

One thing I can't stand is vulgarity and sadly most comedians use it for the sake of using it and to push the envelop.
Spencer Kimball said once: profanity is the effort of a feeble brain to express itself forcibly.So I would listen to someone as long his or her jokes are clean.
I love George Carlin and not for his comedy but for his awareness and his cynical views the man always spot on.He was an intellectual treasure.

I think most profanity in comedy is simply for emphasis. Beyond the age of 9, profane words aren't all that funny on their own.

 

[Hoofbite]

Donnie Baker.
his bit makes me cry.
he posts videos on "youtubes".

Vonda! Harvey!

 

[Hoofbite]

Since most are already mentioned, I'm gonna throw Brian Regan in the list. Doesn't use profanity at all and is absolutely fantastic. Save him live once and even though I knew a good bit of his routine, I was still rolling.

Dave Attell is also very good. Went to one of his shows once.

 

[Idgit]

Have you watched F is for Family on Netflix?

No. I've only seen the clips when he's done the rounds. Is it a must-see?

 

[Idgit]

If you like your comedy dark, Doug Stanhope is an absolute trainwreck if you've never listened to him.

 

[SlammedZero]

The late great Bill Hicks.
Rich Hall.

“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Here is Tom with the Weather.”

One of my favorite quotes. Always stuck with me.

 

[The Fonz]

The fact Amy schumer labeled as a comedian is an insult to comedy.

 

[Hardline]

Rodney Dangerfeild
Don Rickles
Redd Foxx
Bob Hope

 

[blindzebra]

No. I've only seen the clips when he's done the rounds. Is it a must-see?

Funny as hell, but very dirty.

 

[PBCCowboy]

No Robert Schimmel?
No Paul Mooney?

 

[GhostOfPelluer]

Rickles, Dangerfield, Pryor, Murphy, Dice, Ron White. The short list.

Bob Saget is actually really funny, his goofy TV persona not withstanding.

Jack and Jill went up the hill with each a buck and a quarter. Jill came down with 2.50. - Dice

I was drunk in a bar. They threw me in public. - White

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

I haven't seen Bill Hicks or Patrice O'Neal mentioned yet. Or Louie. That one's surprising.

First saw Patrice on Tough Crowd which used to be on the Comedy Central before it went down the tubes. He was pretty funny...
Also saw some other good ones on there as well, Nick DiPaolo, Neil Giraldo, Rich Vos and Keith Robinson.

 

[Tabascocat]

Any love for Howie Mandel? I always liked that odd bird

 

[CouchCoach]

In the latter day stand ups, I like Iliza Sheslinger and Tom Segura. And Ryan Hamilton has a really sharp wit and he manages to do it without profanity, which is difficult for most of them.

One of my real regrets in life was never seeing Richard Pryor, the best of the best. I saw Carlin twice but the second time he'd given into his cynicism and become really more bitter than funny. He made us feel uneasy, not entertained.

As far as pure wit and story telling, couldn't find any better than Jerry Clower and Brother Dave Gardner and my all time favorite really out there guy was Jonathan Winters. He showed just how close to the sanity line we really are because he crossed it at least twice.

 

[Melonfeud]

Any love for Howie Mandel? I always liked that odd bird

His greatest comedic claim to fame was putting that surgical rubber glove half way over his head and blowing it up like a balloon by exhaling thru his nose,,, then years later he shaves his head bald
* he had some pretty thick hair back when he was doing that glove routine

 

[Quickdraw]

Red Skelton

Now there's a guy who could make you laugh without all the cuss words.

 

[csirl]

John Bishop

Read his autobiography. Took up comedy in later life after his wife left him. Was reunited with her after she went to a comedy gig where, unknown to her, he was one of the acts. He spoted her in audience while joking about the ex-wife!!!!

 

[CyberB0b]

In the past: Pryor, Murphy, Martin Lawrence on Def Jam/You so Crazy, Rodney Dangerfield
Current: Louis CK, Bill Burr, Chapelle, Dave Attell, Mike Epps, and Joey Diaz.

Solid list.