Greatest Comedians

AlexdeLarge · 07-02-2008, 07:03 AM

My favorite are:

George Carlin
Rodney Dangerfield
Don Rickles
Steve Martin
Bill Maher
Jackie Gleason
Chris Rock

phenweigh · 07-02-2008, 11:33 AM

Gilda Radner and Carol Burnett.

AlexdeLarge · 07-02-2008, 12:08 PM

Jesus H. Christ, this post has been up for 5 frickin' hours and only one Goddamn hit?? I know most you SOB's didn't have a sense humor (God knows the Mods don't) but damn this is worse then I thought. I think most you find only yourself funny, that might be part of the problem

bigheadache · 07-02-2008, 12:18 PM

I just took Alex off my list of funniest comedians.

apicalbodscan · 07-02-2008, 12:31 PM

Here are an additional few of my faves as well...

Steve Landesberg
Ron White

baidaho · 07-02-2008, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigheadache

I just took Alex off my list of funniest comedians.

I just added BHA.

Cochise22 · 07-02-2008, 01:42 PM

Mitch Hedberg was one hell of a funny comedian.

nanwynn · 07-02-2008, 01:59 PM

The word "comedians" applied to both sexes usually carries the connotation of stand-up. If we stretch that out to include wit, quickness, creativity [including use of media] & imagination, I'd include:

Johnny Carson

Ernie Kovacs

Steven Wright

Charlie Callas

Kathy Griffin

and two giants in comedic acting:

Peter Sellers

Alec Guinness

jtur88 · 07-02-2008, 04:11 PM

John Candy and Rosanne Barr. Each had something visceral in their personality (very different from each other, though) that enabled them to be hilariously funny just by letting us know what they thought was funny. That is an unusual gift. One tended to laugh WITH them, rather than to laugh at what they were doing.

SugarBaby · 07-02-2008, 04:46 PM

Steve Martin
Mike Myers
Martin Short
Don Knotts
Jackie Gleason
Art Carnie
Jane Meadows
Dean Martin

Cochise22 · 07-03-2008, 12:50 AM

Eddie Izzard
Demetri Martin

There was a comedian who my Improv Troupe performed after who I thought was absolutely hillarious. His name is Jordan Carlos and he is probably best known as Stephen Colbert's black friend. He has a pretty funny video on youtube called BA-L-ACK Obama.

Nat · 07-03-2008, 08:42 AM

George Carlin
Richard Pryor
Rodney Dangerfield
Don Rickles
Buster Keaton
Groucho Marx
Chris Rock

vtred · 07-03-2008, 09:21 AM

Bonnie Franklin
Linda Lavin
Shirley Booth
Nancy Dessault
Georgia Engel

Nat · 07-03-2008, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vtred

Bonnie Franklin
Linda Lavin
Shirley Booth
Nancy Dessault
Georgia Engel

Haven't heard of any of them, but I do enjoy Betty White...and Lisa Lampanelli.

Big 4 Country · 07-23-2008, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cochise22

Mitch Hedberg was one hell of a funny comedian.

AGREED! He is my favorite.

People ask me, what was it like when you used to trip on acid. I say, sometimes I would see beams of light. Every now and then I would hear funny noises...they sounded like car horns!

ROTFLMAO!

07-02-2008, 07:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
AlexdeLarge Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: England Posts: 1,057	Greatest Comedians My favorite are: George Carlin Rodney Dangerfield Don Rickles Steve Martin Bill Maher Jackie Gleason Chris Rock __________________ On a dusty pew in a vestibule Sits the Devil playing pocket pool He's waiting for the next poor fool Who forgot that it was Sunday John Prine

07-02-2008, 11:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
phenweigh Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Westfield, MA Posts: 789	Gilda Radner and Carol Burnett. __________________ I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. - Thomas Paine

07-02-2008, 12:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
AlexdeLarge Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: England Posts: 1,057	Jesus H. Christ, this post has been up for 5 frickin' hours and only one Goddamn hit?? I know most you SOB's didn't have a sense humor (God knows the Mods don't) but damn this is worse then I thought. I think most you find only yourself funny, that might be part of the problem __________________ On a dusty pew in a vestibule Sits the Devil playing pocket pool He's waiting for the next poor fool Who forgot that it was Sunday John Prine

07-02-2008, 12:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
apicalbodscan Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,125	Here are an additional few of my faves as well... Steve Landesberg Ron White __________________ How can John McCain justify voting against his fellow veterans 80% of the time? How sleazy is that?

07-02-2008, 04:11 PM	#9 (permalink)
jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,702	John Candy and Rosanne Barr. Each had something visceral in their personality (very different from each other, though) that enabled them to be hilariously funny just by letting us know what they thought was funny. That is an unusual gift. One tended to laugh WITH them, rather than to laugh at what they were doing. __________________ ------------------ When people ask what I hope to see before I die, I answer that I've already seen too much.

07-02-2008, 12:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
bigheadache Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roswell, NM Posts: 762	I just took Alex off my list of funniest comedians.

07-02-2008, 01:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
Cochise22 Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 181	Mitch Hedberg was one hell of a funny comedian.

07-02-2008, 01:59 PM	#8 (permalink)
nanwynn Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 458	The word "comedians" applied to both sexes usually carries the connotation of stand-up. If we stretch that out to include wit, quickness, creativity [including use of media] & imagination, I'd include: Johnny Carson Ernie Kovacs Steven Wright Charlie Callas Kathy Griffin and two giants in comedic acting: Peter Sellers Alec Guinness

07-02-2008, 04:46 PM	#10 (permalink)
SugarBaby Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,821	Steve Martin Mike Myers Martin Short Don Knotts Jackie Gleason Art Carnie Jane Meadows Dean Martin Last edited by SugarBaby; 07-03-2008 at 03:39 AM.

07-03-2008, 12:50 AM	#11 (permalink)
Cochise22 Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 181	Eddie Izzard Demetri Martin There was a comedian who my Improv Troupe performed after who I thought was absolutely hillarious. His name is Jordan Carlos and he is probably best known as Stephen Colbert's black friend. He has a pretty funny video on youtube called BA-L-ACK Obama.

07-03-2008, 08:42 AM	#12 (permalink)
Nat Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,177	George Carlin Richard Pryor Rodney Dangerfield Don Rickles Buster Keaton Groucho Marx Chris Rock __________________ Brush the dirt off ya shoulders... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZJex9Ge2-Q

07-03-2008, 09:21 AM	#13 (permalink)
vtred Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 366	Bonnie Franklin Linda Lavin Shirley Booth Nancy Dessault Georgia Engel

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