Who are your top 5 favorite stand up comics of all time? Mine - 1. Chris Rock 2. Eddie Murphy 3. Robin Williams 4. George Carlin 5. Richard Pryor I also really like Bernie Mac, Rodney Dangerfield, Gilbert Gottfried. Katt Williams is one new comic I like too.
1. Carlin 2. Murhpy 3. Dangerfield 4. Seinfeld 5. Rock Chappelle is great too, that guy has neverending sets.
I'll give five of my favorites, but they are in no particular order. Mitch Hedburg, Zach Galifianakis, Jim Gaffigan, Dave Chappelle, Robin Williams.
Not my top 5 of all time but the following are the five I have enjoyed the most over recent years: Frankie Boyle Ed Byrne Colin Quinn Rich Vos Jim Norton
1. Richard Pryor -- Number one by a mile. My favorite thing about him is that he would tell stories about his life, and they were funny but they were also true and warm in a strange way. He really made you like him and pulled you onto his side in his stories. He's a brilliant storyteller and so funny. 2. Eddie Izzard -- Comedy + history and brains + french = I likey. 3. Steven Wright -- It takes serious guts to do sets like his. 4. Dave Chappelle -- Best young comedian today. Shame he seems to have given it up. 5. Bill Hicks -- Something to say, funny way of saying it. Honorable mention to Ellen Degeneres -- her material is totally G-rated and still hilarious, which is extremely difficult to do. Norm McDonald is the worst stand-up comedian alive. He is not funny at all.
Robin Williams Eddie Murphy Richard Pryor Rodney Carrington- ( mostly because he is a personal friend that I went to school with) but he is funny.. Chris Rock.
In no particular order, Mitch Hedberg, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, and Bill Hicks. Unfortunately 3 out of the 5 were taken way too soon. Bill Hicks is probably my favorite because of how cutting edge he was at the time, and didn't give a crap about how dirty his material was or if anyone was offended by it.
In no particular order Dylan Moran [youtube]IoLIU2NI66w[/youtube] [youtube]wlLpCh-lE54&NR[/youtube] Jack Dee [youtube]A2eVIcXHI7M[/youtube] Bill Hicks [youtube]-qmglGWMsdk[/youtube] Mitch Hedberg [youtube]_bESBs3Lg7M[/youtube] Tommy Tiernan [youtube]gcoATksKweY[/youtube] P.S. Ed Byrne is shit.
Eddie Murphy- Raw is one of my favorite stand ups Dave Chappelle- Probably my favorite Pryor-Legend Robin Williams-Big fan of his work Kat Williams-Only saw his last stand up on HBO and I almost pissed myself laughing.
I like him, but he became way too commercial. His early stuff, before he was Mr TBS or TNT or whatever, was very funny. Course, i don't think he'll ever get on this thread, unless we change it to top 200 of all time.
I dont know about top 5, but I find Jimmy Carr halerious. I saw his acts on Comedy Central, and with his British accent its great! One of his openers was something like this: "Yes I have an accent, but then do I? I am English. This is just how things sound when they are pronounced correctly" I dont know I love English accent, and he always acts so proper and English like, then when he is talking about nonsense comedian stuff it just sounds even funnier http://youtube.com/watch?v=YXLbuR9GS0A
