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superjohn said:
What are you talking about? Killin' Them Softly is the best stand up special ever.
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The AIDS bit in For What It’s Worth might be the best 5 mins of comedy ever
 
Chin Diesel said:
I don't find that funny. At all.
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Hey Chin Diesel, The bit was funny because it was completely in the "insult" spirit of the Hasselhoff Roast it was a part of. Lisa Lampanelli had the nerve to insult to Hulk Hogan to his face. And Hulk was wearing a feathered boa?!? Here's the whole bit:




Obviously, I love raunchy roasts. I mean sure, I loved Hope, Benny, Burns & Allen, Youngman, Jackie Mason, & all the classic old time borscht-belt comedy kings. But it wasn't til Richard Prior challenged sensorship & made comedy raunchy in the 70's (along with Red Foxx) that I really started to gut laugh at some of the edgier comic's who embraced the more fearless, harder-edged styles of comedy. Especially in the 80's! Man, I just loved Sam Kinison's early stuff.

Different strokes!

Father Demo
 
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For me Carlin, Pryor and Cosby are locks. Then there are some old guys like Albert Brooks, and going further back Rickles, Klein.. etc., and I have trouble putting Williams or Murphy ahead of one another. I'd probably have to go with Newhart because with his delivery and unusual presence, he could go minutes without saying anything and still be funny.

I think you have to have a Rushmore for different eras. The more modern era would have to have Seinfeld, Rock... and maybe throw Murphy and Williams up on there. I also love Burr. My favorite though is Gaffigan. They guy basically talks about food and family 90% of the time and is still funny.


Sadly 95% of them will be canceled in a few years. No one can take a joke anymore.
 
Carlin, Pryor, Chappelle & Robert Klein

Carlin & Pryor are 1 & 1a locks. After that it's personal humor preference.
 
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Pryor, Chapelle, CK and dont have a 4th

Runners up include:
Dangerfield
Murphy
Redd Foxx (saw him live in Vegas @ 16), Steven Wright "got this powdered water, now I don't know what to add"
 
Deepster said:
There's a certain vein of stand up that's roasting. Don Rickles. Greg Giraldo. Jeff Ross. There's a skill to really hitting a nerve. Lisa Lampanelli is pretty raunchy.

I like standup to be a set, personally. Like I said above with Chappelle. Take the audience on a mental ride of stuff they didn't think of before.
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Demo Square said:
Hey Chin Diesel, The bit was funny because it was completley in the "insult" spirit of the Hasselhoff Roast it was a part of. Lisa Lampanelli had the nerve to insult to Hulk Hogan to his face. And Hulk was wearing a feathered boa?!? Here's the whole bit:



Obviously, I love raunchy roasts. I mean sure, I loved Benny, Burns & Allen, Jackie Mason, & all the classic old time comedy kings. But it wasn't til Richard Prior got things raunchy in the 70's that I really started to gut laugh at some comic's who embraced the harder-edged styles of comedy. Loved Sam Kinison's early stuff.

Father Demo
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You drooling imbeciles.

I found it not funny because you referenced an 18 year putting bofa's on Hulksters ex-wife's CHIN.

And for some reason a poster named CHIN Diesel said he didn't think it was funny.
 
Spaceman213J said:
For me Carlin, Pryor and Cosby are locks. Then there are some old guys like Albert Brooks, and going further back Rickles, Klein.. etc., and I have trouble putting Williams or Murphy ahead of one another. I'd probably have to go with Newhart because with his delivery and unusual presence, he could go minutes without saying anything and still be funny.

I think you have to have a Rushmore for different eras. The more modern era would have to have Seinfeld, Rock... and maybe throw Murphy and Williams up on there. I also love Burr. My favorite though is Gaffigan. They guy basically talks about food and family 90% of the time and is still funny.


Sadly 95% of them will be canceled in a few years. No one can take a joke anymore.
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I agree on Newhart. I think he's brilliant. He's just too quirky to be in the discussion for Top 4. Same goes for Andy Kaufman. If you really watch what Kaufman did with "Tony Clifton", it's nuts. It was Borat before there was Borat.
 
Stephen Wright for me, but he’s obviously a unique style.

“I was walking down the street with my friend George. Guy comes up behind us with a gun and says give me all your money. So I turned to George and said here’s the 20 bucks I owe you.”

complete deadpan

also Pryor, Murphy and Carlin

and today? Maniscalco above all others
 
Rodney Dangerfield
Robin Williams
George Carlin
Dave Chappelle

I'm also a big Jim Breuer fan. He had the best set I've ever seen live, with a pretty long improvised bit with a table near us. My sides hurt.
 
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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.
 
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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 Pryor & Bob Newhart.

Go ahead, take a swing!

Father Demo
 
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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?
 
Demo Square said:
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
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Louis CK, even before the whole fiasco I never got all the buzz. Just didn't find him remotely funny
 
Really thinking here....I have a strong lean toward an all-time fave, Richard Lewis. Dangerfield is automatic.

My Rushmore comin'...
 
Mr. Wonderful said:
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?
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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
 
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Mr. Wonderful said:
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?
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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
 
Demo Square said:
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
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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.
Mr. Wonderful said:
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?
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Katt is pretty hilarious.
 
Jerry Seinfeld
Richard Pryor
Stephen Wright
George Carlin
 
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Surprised no one mentioned Red Skelton, my all-time favorite. Second would be Robin W.
 
Chin Diesel said:
I don't find that funny. At all.
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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.
 
Done.

Dovian Rushmore is:

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

Rosanne Barr. She just killed me.
 
Robin Williams...... wins hands down...... he was a comedic genius. Followed by Carlin ......JMHO
 
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.
 
jleves said:
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.
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I will once we get enough juice
 
George Carlin
Richard Pryor
Don Rickles
Rodney Dangerfield

Plenty of others I'd add if it weren't only 4.
 
Rickles was hysterical. Probably the best ever IMO. Buddy Hackett was funny too.
 
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