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Favorite Comedian(s)
 

I just got back from watching Ralphie May, and that dude is super hilarious. What Comedian(s) do you guys like?

So far for me:
Ralphie May
Gabriel Iglesias
Ron White
Josh Blue

Funny you ask. :)

I just discovered my new favorite comedian a couple of months ago.

Louis C.K.

If you haven't seen his HBO sitcom "Lucky Louie" (I highly recommend it!)

Russel Howard & Lee Evans are both funny

i LOVE Jeff Dunham, he is a ventriloquist and stand-up comedian

lee evans peter kay and the old skool eddie murphy haha

Kevin James
Will Ferrell

will ferrell is funny as fck

Any Canucks :pound:

Tommy Cooper

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:thumb:Brilliant

He only had to come on stage and I started laughing - even saw him live once at Blackpool

RIP Tommy

i remember watching him as a kid...i thought he was funny then

Have you guys seen Pearl the Landlord? A VERY FUNNY skit! :D

LOL legend that guy man...

saw tommy die live on stage, when I was a little kid - not my type of comedian though...

sometimes watch mock the week, some of them are funny, used to like reeves and mortimer...

eddie murphy IS KING though

mock the fookin week

love that show:thumb:

the regular panelists are all jokas in their own right

Russell Peters

I'm not a USA citizen but i really like George Denis Patrick Carlin

I can't believe nobody mentioned Dave Chappelle or Mitch Hedberg.

This is for comedians....

this guy killed it with his meat on the face stuff

i watched the whole show on telly and i was in stitches laughing...was first time i saw him too

YouTube - Louis C.K. - YouTube

Bill Burr is funny


Patrice O'Neal


Hannibal Buress

is lee evans a comedian GTB ;-)

trapstar eddie murphy is doing a coule of stand up gigs next year as he did in RAW & delerious

im a big stand up fan go checkout Andrew Lawrence hes an up and comer FANTASTIC lots on you tube

any UK guys the comedy store at manchester is WELL worth a visit and a good value evening

"I beg your pardon? I will slap you in the mouth with my dick."
Richard Pryor

I don't know where you're from or how old you are but Dave and Mitch are two of the best stand-up comedians to ever grace the stage and I'm not the only one who'd agree to that.

I see you listed Kevin James, and if you think he is funnier then Dave then that is actually the funniest thing I ever heard so you might be the best comedian lol :pound:. Go watch Zookeeper.

this is a trick question

yes he is among other things

legend regardless

George Carlin
Pablo Francisco

A net worth of 30 mil compared to a net worth of 80mil and counting....While king of queens one of the top comedy sitcoms on tv, dave chapelle, is leaving the us, because he is on crack.

Keep it funny can't you :doh:

Ok, sorry GB gonna have to respond to this one. Plus I'm gonna go by playground rules and say that he started it with that totally uncalled for comment.

So according to you net worth is an indication of how funny someone is, so I guess Carlos Slim and Bill Gates are the greatest comics of all time lol. Besides that if you want to go technical here we go. I can't even believe I'm gonna do this but, it's 4am and I have nothing to do so.

Let's take a look at scores shall we? All taken from IMDB.

First let's look at there actual stand-up shows
Dave Chappelle:
Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth (TV 2004) - IMDb For What it's Worth 8.3
Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly (TV 2000) - IMDb Killin' Them Softly 8.7
Kevin James:
Kevin James: Sweat the Small Stuff (TV 2001) - IMDb Sweat the Small Stuff 8.0
Looks like Dave wins this category, oh by the way user submitted scores for Daves shows are over 2000 while Kevins user submits are 500.

Let's take a look at their tv shows now, you were pretty intent on mentioning King of Queens, Dave had a TV show too one he created:
Dave Chappelle:
Chappelle's Show (TV Series 2003–2006) - IMDb Chappelle's Show 8.8
Kevin James:
The King of Queens (TV Series 1998–2007) - IMDb King of Queens 7.6
Dave wins this as well.

Let's look at their latest comedy movies in which they were both writers and starred in:
Dave Chappelle:
Half Baked (1998) - IMDb Half Baked 6.4
Kevin James:
Zookeeper (2011) - IMDb Zookeeper 4.9 < --- lol
Oh and Half Baked had a budget of 8 million while Zookeeper had 80 million, in fact I would list all of Kevin James movies which by the way none scored over 6 and were at best mediocre besides Hitch. Half Baked also became a nationwide cult classic.

You see Dave isn't a sell out like so many other Hollywood celebrities so his net worth might be stunted. You know what, I'm going to go even further so let's take a look at some lists:

Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-ups of all time:
Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of all Time@Everything2.com
Comedy Central 100 Greatest Standups of all Time | Listology

Now besides the fact that Dave is listed at 43 and Kevin is listed at 89, take a look at the user submitted comments below:
Le Monotreme
04/27/2010
"No Mitch Hedberg? Come on!"

jgalloway79
06/28/2010
my top ten would be:
1) richard pryor
2) george carlin
3) eddie murphy
4) lenny bruce
5) bill cosby
6) dave chappelle
7) robin williams
8) dennis miller
9) redd foxx
10) don rickles

rizzo432
04/05/2011
WOW no mitch hedberg? really?? and ****ing roseanne is in the top 10? mitch hedgerg was a comedic genius. he deserves to be high on this list.

Kostro12
04/22/2012
Y isn't Dave Chappelle #1!!!!!!

Let's look at another list:
C&L's Top 100 Stand-up Comedians of All Time! | Crooks and Liars
Looks like Dave Chappelle is listed at 43 again and Mitch Hedberg at 55 while Kevin James is absent and not even mentioned at all. Dave and Mitch are again mentioned at least a dozen times. Shall we take a look at the comment section below? Probably no need, I think I've made my point, Dave Chappelle and Mitch Hedberg were comedians, great ones in fact. Not even gonna respond again to this thread you can rebuttal, I'll read it and probably laugh.

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the above post by jamblix deserves a round of applause IMHO

has anyone checked out the meat on the face dude

the randomness was class...he had that theater rocking with the most random sh*t

This guy from boiling points Mtv is still my favorite, unfortunately most of his videos aren't available.

Nice Work Jamblix,,,Saved me the Trouble,,,my only thing is that I Personally would have included,,,Rodney Dangerfield and George Lopez,,,Who I think is Hysterical,,

This thread proves we all have a sense of humour anyway - no matter how bizarre

another round of applause for GT :clap:

exactly love

Daniel Tosh. He is hilarious. Racist, but hilarious.

Haven't experienced many others

Tosh is just politically incorrect, the guy isn't afraid to say what he think is funny.

A new Tosh.0 is coming on tonight; you should watch it, haha.
Don't tell me that you don't find some of the stuff he says funny. That's impossible