Your Stand Up Comedian Mt Rushmore

[Dove]

Really thinking here....I have a strong lean toward an all-time fave, Richard Lewis. Dangerfield is automatic.

My Rushmore comin'...

 

[Demo Square]

Anyone have the misfortune of listening to a Kat Williams set?

Can someone tell me why anyone would find Kat Williams funny? Besides funny looking?

Hey Mr. Wonderful,

I know what you mean about Kat Williams. He's filthy, & that I like. But his humor is not very smart past the shock value (he's the "M-F" king) & he's too racially-concentric in his topics, not universal. It's pretty lame, in fact.
Good call.

Father Demo

 

[karstenkibbe]

Seinfeld
Chapelle
Richard Lewis
Dana Carvey
Elon Gold

 

[ClifSpliffy]

Anyone have the misfortune of listening to a Kat Williams set?

Can someone tell me why anyone would find Kat Williams funny? Besides funny looking?

i like kat. a lot. also cable guy, jeff dunham, fluffy, cheech and chong, and chappelle.
ff;
mostly from tv, movies;
red fox - sanford and son
mel brooks - stuff
chris rock- everybody hates chris
richard pryor

 

[superjohn]

Hey Guys,

To stir the opinion pot further here: WHICH POPULAR COMIC'S DON'T YOU REALLY LIKE?

Though I know their comedy well, three comic's that never rang my bell for the longrun are: Jerry Seinfeild, Richard Prior & Bob Newhart.

Go ahead, take a swing!

Father Demo

Seinfeld never did it for me at all. Richard Pryor is a weird one, I recognize he's the biggest stand up ever and he's pretty much every great standups favorite/hero, I've seen some really great stuff from him and some stuff I found uncomfortably bad. I like Bob Newhart but not sure I've ever actually seen his stand up.

Anyone have the misfortune of listening to a Kat Williams set?

Can someone tell me why anyone would find Kat Williams funny? Besides funny looking?

Katt is pretty hilarious.

 

[wheelerdog]

Jerry Seinfeld
Richard Pryor
Stephen Wright
George Carlin

 

[MTHusky]

Surprised no one mentioned Red Skelton, my all-time favorite. Second would be Robin W.

 

[Hoophound]

I don't find that funny. At all.

I think Lampanelli is hilarious. Surprised you don’t.

I like the brash ones. Bill Burr and Bert Kreischer are great.

Nare Bargatze is awesome, and clean. Great when the family is in earshot.

 

[Dove]

Done.

Dovian Rushmore is:

George Carlin
Rodney Dangerfield
Richard Lewis and...
Chris Rock (...How much for just a lick?)

 

[Dove]

Funniest woman...

Rosanne Barr. She just killed me.

 

[UConniki]

Robin Williams...... wins hands down...... he was a comedic genius. Followed by Carlin ......JMHO

 

[jleves]

Someone really needs to take all the names mentioned and start a different thread with a poll with 4 votes allowed. Love to see how that would turn out.

 

[OkaForPrez]

Someone really needs to take all the names mentioned and start a different thread with a poll with 4 votes allowed. Love to see how that would turn out.

I will once we get enough juice

 

[BugsyCT]

George Carlin
Richard Pryor
Don Rickles
Rodney Dangerfield

Plenty of others I'd add if it weren't only 4.

 

[Hoophound]

Rickles was hysterical. Probably the best ever IMO. Buddy Hackett was funny too.

 

[JakeTheDog]

Chappelle is the best working today and prob my fave of all time.
Carlin
Hedberg
Dangerfield probably

I really enjoy Murphy, Burr, Hicks, Gaffigan, Pryor, Louis C.K, Wright, Robin Williams. Anthony Jeselnik is one who I absolutely love but definitely not everyone's style. I also never understood the Seinfeld love. Some good bits but not an all-timer for me.

Edited to add: Chris Rock. Don't know how I forgot him. He rounds out the top 5 for me.

 

[XLCenterFan]

Attending stand up comedy used to be my thing. I've seen so many of these acts. I also really appreciated the random no names at random clubs in the Village in NYC or places like City Steam. My favorites have to be Chappelle/Rock/Carlin.

One name I haven't seen mentioned much that I really liked was Chris Tucker. Ralphie May too.

I met Tracey Morgan at Caroline's. Smoked in the parking lot with Mike Epps after he absolutely tore the place down at the Hu Ke Lau in Chicopee. Saw Seinfeld at Symphony Hall in Springfield. So many shows at the casinos. Dave Attell at some down low spot in NYC where he was making jokes about tsunami victims right after that tsunami and some fans tried to go after him. Saw Jamie Kennedy at the Funny Bone at Buckland Hills. Memories...damn the good ol days.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Seinfeld never did it for me at all. Richard Pryor is a weird one, I recognize he's the biggest stand up ever and he's pretty much every great standups favorite/hero, I've seen some really great stuff from him and some stuff I found uncomfortably bad. I like Bob Newhart but not sure I've ever actually seen his stand up.

Katt is pretty hilarious.

Katt Williams used to be hilarious and then at some point he became a complete weirdo. I went to see Seinfeld when he went back on the road a few years ago and I don't think I even cracked a smile once. Huge fan of the show, and I've enjoyed his standup in the past, but this didn't do it for me.

I'm a big fan of Chappelle and Bill Burr. I was a big Louis CK fan and now I'm not. It doesn't have anything to do with the perv stuff - I'm not trying to be friends with these people so I don't really care what they do in their down time - but it seemed like his reaction to the pervy stuff coming out was to become a complete hack which was a bummer to see.

Another guy that I love who hasn't been mentioned is Gary Gulman. I have a lot of respect for the guys who work clean and rely on wit, and he's hellaciously funny.

 

[jdb50]

Jonathon Winters and Don Rickles. Winters was different in his affect and no one was quicker than Rickles in off the cuff put downs.

 

[MexicoHusky]

I saw Dave Cross live a couple years ago. He was a machine. Over an hour of non stop material. Very fast pace. He never seemed to milk the same bit for very long. He seemed to have a mountain of material. I was very impressed.

 

[jleves]

I saw Dave Cross live a couple years ago. He was a machine. Over an hour of non stop material. Very fast pace. He never seemed to milk the same bit for very long. He seemed to have a mountain of material. I was very impressed.

Can't stand him - so far to the right that it makes his comedy a political message. Most comedians are leaning right, but he's so over the top that it gets in the way of the material.

 

[superjohn]

Katt Williams used to be hilarious and then at some point he became a complete weirdo. I went to see Seinfeld when he went back on the road a few years ago and I don't think I even cracked a smile once. Huge fan of the show, and I've enjoyed his standup in the past, but this didn't do it for me.

I'm a big fan of Chappelle and Bill Burr. I was a big Louis CK fan and now I'm not. It doesn't have anything to do with the perv stuff - I'm not trying to be friends with these people so I don't really care what they do in their down time - but it seemed like his reaction to the pervy stuff coming out was to become a complete hack which was a bummer to see.

Another guy that I love who hasn't been mentioned is Gary Gulman. I have a lot of respect for the guys who work clean and rely on wit, and he's hellaciously funny.

The last Louis CK show I saw live was just pretty bad. I've never seen such a hilarious person lose it like that. It started off good with him making funny jokes about what happened and then it turned into him being angry, bitter, and not very funny.

 

[superjohn]

Can't stand him - so far to the right that it makes his comedy a political message. Most comedians are leaning right, but he's so over the top that it gets in the way of the material.

David Cross is so far to the right and most comedians are leaning right?!?? This has to be a comedy bit right?

 

[Deepster]

I've seen some great stand ups in person. Steven Wright, Chappelle, Louis CK, Hannibal Burress, Nick Swordson, Kevin Nealon, Bill Burr...and Chappelle was on a totally different level.

I've seen Louis CK in person several times, he was brilliant but his last show after the Me too stuff and his material was much worse, which was surprising.

He is a victim of the times. Comedians live on that edge and he owned that metoo real estate until metoo happened and he got sucked away in the tide.

 

[TGW93]

This is harder than I thought.

I still watch videos of Rodney Dangerfield tearing it up on Carson.
Jay Leno was my favorite guest on Late Night with David Letterman - he was a seriously great standup comic.
I love the way Bob Newhart would tell a story and get you to stop and listen - and laugh.
Norm is great, George Carlin makes me think and Chappelle makes me laugh out loud.

But, ultimately, this list is based on who made me laugh as a kid.

My Mt. Rushmore is:
Steve Martin - when I was 8 I could recite "Let's Get Small" almost verbatim.
Andy Kaufman - as Tony Clifton
Joan Rivers - pay attention or you'll miss the joke
Bill Cosby - I once fed my kids chocolate cake for breakfast and kept singing this to them

And I would play this on loop for people while they were waiting in line for tickets.