Who is/are your favorite comedian/comedians?

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[cloudbase]

1. Johnny Carson, Joan Rivers, and Robin Williams.

Quickest wits on earth.

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2. Agree. They were so funny.

[Coventina]

3. Jim Gaffigan

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4. Yes, forgot about Jim and George Carlin too.

[Mark.b2]

20. Love him...seen him twice in person. Nt

[underpants]

5. Jake Johannsen

I always liked his delivery and content.

Honestly, I grew memorizing Bill Cosby albums and loving Woody Allen movies. 😬😳

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34. underpants. Thank you. Bill Cosby has fallen so low. I liked his albums, but I couldn;t listen know. Which is sad

because he was talented.

[rsdsharp]

6. John Pinettte. Sadly, he's no longer with us.

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77. Ty rsdsharp

[Coventina]

7. Bob Newhart!!

I love his stand up!!

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[Permanut]

55. "Nutty Walt is bringing us a boatload of leaves".

[Coventina]

60. LOL!!!

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75. Thank you Permanut,

[Upthevibe]

61. Coventina,,,,,,

I also really enjoy Bob Newhart! Here's on of my favorites:

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78. TY Coventina.

[Cartoonist]

8. Charlie Chaplin

Buster Keaton
Mark Bros.
Richard Pryor

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76. Ty Cartoonist.

[KarenS]

9. George Carlin Richard Pryor plus,,,

I used to think Sam Kinison was funny until I watched him again with older eyes,,, good grief not sure why I thought he was funny,,,,

on edit,,,,

add Dick Van Dyke, Smothers Brothers, there are so many,,,,,

[blm]

16. He was funny for a young audience who could relate

To his sophomoric stylings, which is a large demographic. It is different looking back, but, he really was a kinder, sweeter fellow than he portrayed in his act.

[KarenS]

18. I'm in Phoenix Metro area

I saw Sam Kinison at the Celebrity theater must have been in 1991 (I just looked it up),,, I was 42 at the time

saw George Carlin in Tucson it looks like that would have been in 1999,,,,

never saw the others live.

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79. TY KarenS

[Mr.Bill]

10. Of all time I would say George Carlin.

Currently I really enjoy Amy Schumer and Louis CK.

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35. Thank you, Mr. Bill.

[LudwigPastorius]

11. Pryor, Carlin, Steven Wright, Bill Hicks, Maria Bamford, Sarah Silverman

...and of course, Rodney Dangerfield

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36. Thank you LudwigPastorius. They will keep you laughing

[Basic LA]

12. From early TV days: Sid Ceasar

Along with his crew, Carl Reiner & Imogene Coca.

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37. Thank you, Basic LA. They were so funny.

[leftieNanner]

96. Imogene Coca!

I saw her with Rene Auberjonois in San Francisco in The Foreigner. Funniest thing I've ever seen!! I couldn't breathe.

Saw Bill Cosby at the Circle Star Theater once too. Very funny but sad and twisted the way it turned out.

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98. Ty, leftieNanner.

[Basic LA]

106. What a crew!

Sid Ceaser, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner (Rob's dad), & Howard Morris. They were doing live 90-minute shows each week. Later it went to an hour and Nanette Fabray replaced Coca.
And of course they had Neil Simon, Mel Brooks, & Woody Allen as comedy writers.
I didn't know of Coca's subsequent stage work, but would love to have seen that.
And, well, Bill Cosby had everyone laughing until he didn't. Who could've known.

[LoisB]

13. Richard Pryor, Katt Williams, George Carlin, Robin Williams

equally, well maybe a slight edge to Carlin.

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31. TY LoisB, all are great comedians.

[cayugafalls]

14. Buster Keaton and Dick van Dyke were my idols growing up.

I tried emulating them at every turn.

I got into a lot of trouble but by the age of ten I could do a prat fall that looked incredibly real and was doing comedic stunts on my bike a la Keaton.

I once jumped a modified banana seat bike with ultra extended forks over a 2 foot 30 degree incline ramp into a bedsheet that we suspended between the alley. Needless to say, the sheet wrapped around me and the bike and when I landed it took everything I had to maintain control and stop, but everyone watching thought it was the funniest thing they ever saw...

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30. Thank you cayugafalls. I really love silent movies. Buster Keaton and Dick van Dyke are great.

[elleng]

15. Roseanne Rosaannadanna!!!

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29. Ty elleng. Loved and miss, Gilda.

[no_hypocrisy]

17. Mike Nichols & Elaine May, Lenny Bruce and

Belle Barth

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28. thank you no_hypocrisy.

[madamesilverspurs]

19. Jonathan Winters, Robin Williams

Way back when, on our old black and white TV, Winters would have "improv" minutes with suggestions from the audience. He was quick, and unfailingly hilarious. And he could do more with facial expressions than others could do with words.

Williams -- no explanation required.


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24. Yes, to both. TY madamesilverspurs.

[Mark.b2]

21. Russell Peters is my fav....

His bit on the different kind of Asians (of which he's one) is side-splitting. He can do the best accents.

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25. Thank you Mark,b2

[OldBaldy1701E]

22. Wow... so many...

I cannot pick just one, but there are several who rank as legendary...

Johnathon Winters
Mel Brooks
Carl Reiner
Bill Hicks
Richard Pryor
Steve Martin... just to name a few...

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26. Oh wow, Yes there are so many. but they all made us laugh. TY OldBaldy1701E.

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[OldBaldy1701E]

66. Almost forgot...

Carol Burnett
Billy Hayes
Madeline Kahn
Irene Ryan
Lucille Ball

(Almost embarrassed to say I realized that first list was completely male... I will not forget those great female comediennes of the past and present. I didn't forget you, Catherine O'Hara... not right after St. Paddy's Day!)

[BOSSHOG]

23. A Drag Queen doing a show off Bourbon Street

In New Orleans during Mardi Gras early 90s. I thought I was going to die laughing along with everyone else in the street. Lots of profanity, lots of put downs. Not child friendly. But I’ve never laughed as hard then or since.

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27. Thank you, BOSSHOG. You sound like you really enjoyed yourself . Laughter is the best medicine.

[BOSSHOG]

32. We found it incredibly

Difficult not to enjoy ourselves when we visited New Orleans, which was often. We lived 40 miles away. I’m too old for the fun now but we have the memories. And the pictures.

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39. Thank you BOSSHOG. Great memories are the best.

[elleng]

33. and Carol Burnett!!!

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40. How could I forget Carol. Her show was LOL funny. Thank you elleng.

[Squeaky41]

38. Mercy Percy

Ernie Kovacs

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41. Don;t remember the show, but I have seen clips of them. Another LOL show. TY, Squeaky41.

[yellowdogintexas]

43. OMG Kovacs was a comic genius! I am old enough to remember his show

He pretty much perfected sketch comedy.

Also Steve Allen - a certified genius and multi talented man

[Permanut]

56. And the Nairobi Trio!

[yellowdogintexas]

42. I am going with current because all my favorite comedians from the past are no longer here

Trae Crowder, Drew Morgan and Corey Ryan Foster.(AKA The Liberal Rednecks)
Stephanie Miller
Frangela
Hal Sparks
John Fugelsang
Bob Cesca (technically not a comedian but he might as well be)
The Banana Boys: Kurt Braunoler and Scotty Landis

I listen to a number of hilarious podcasts but I don't list the hosts as comedians because they are doing other things with their lives.

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74. Ty yellowdogintexas

[3catwoman3]

44. Phyllis Diller was pretty damn funny...

...way back when.

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80. Ty, 3catwoman3

[The Wizard]

45. Mel Brooks and

Rupert Pupkin, Carlin, Pryor, Lewis Black

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81. TY, The Wizard

[Lunabell]

46. George Carlin, Hannah Gadsby and Tig Notaro

In that order. RIP George, you were hilarious. And if you haven't seen the other two, you gotta see their acts.

[limbicnuminousity]

51. Tig is fun to watch

in ST: Discovery. Loved her one special I managed to catch.

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82. TY Lunabell

[AllaN01Bear]

47. paul winchell ,(vaudaville, radio and tv.) red skelton(early tv) lucy ball.(tv).. without her, thered be no star trek

bob hope, bing crosby) vaudaville, radio. movies and early tv. dick van dyke . mary tyler more . list gos on and on.

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91. Ty, AllaN01Bear

[Xolodno]

48. Lot of oldies have been mentioned. But I'll go with a newer one.

Gabriel Iglesias, aka, Fluffy,. He brings a comedic view of what actually happens to him. For example, once the police asked for identification right in front of the poster at a theatre featuring him that night. So he pointed to it and did the pose he did for the poster.

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92. TY, Xolodno

[Tikki]

49. Rhys Darby...

He is funny and, also, a clever physical comedian.


Tikki

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94. TY Tikki

[limbicnuminousity]

50. Neal Brennan, Iliza Schlesinger.

Of course Robin Williams, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, but for anything close to this century it has to be Brennan and Schlesinger. Brennan's Blocks special is pretty amazingly good.

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97. TY limbicnuminousity.

[rubbersole]

52. Kathleen Madigan and Trea Crowder.

[Upthevibe]

63. rubbersole......

I LOVE both Kathleen and Trea!

Do you listen to Kathleen's pubcast? Are you a Termite? I LOVE her pubcast (it's very different than typical ones. She does it just for fun with no advertising),

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70. I haven't heard it, but I'm going to now. Thank you!

I first heard both of them on the Stephanie Miller Show. Kathleen thinks in funny. A remarkable gift.

[Upthevibe]

73. rubbersole ..............

Her pubcast is on Wednesdays.

It's just her sitting at a desk/table going through various notes with things she wants to talk about that are completely light hearted. She stays away from politics. She's having a cocktail and will sample various snacks that she's gotten or been given during her touring. She has one person that we never see who she can talk to (along with us). It's a woman who Kathleen has nicknamed Paddles.

She calls her listeners "Termites" because when one of her comedian friends stays with her, at the end of the day he'll say, "Night, night, Termite" (and she got a kick out of that). I went back to some of her earlier shows (which started during the Pandemic) to get some context.

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118. Thank you, Utv!

I also told the missus about her pubcast. She's even a bigger fan than I. Thanks again!

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99. TY rubbersole.

[RandySF]

53. Whoopee Goldberg when she used to do standup.

Yes, a long time ago.

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100. TY, RandySF

[C Moon]

54. Phil Hendrie. I can't count the times he's had me laughing so hard that I couldn't breathe.

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103. TY, CMoon.

[returnee]

116. Thanks for all the reminders.

My favorites: Stephen Wright, Steve Martin, John Fugelsang, and John Mulaney. Probably others I can’t remember.

[NJCher]

57. Wanda Sykes

Eom

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109. TY NJCher

[lapfog_1]

58. Robin Williams, George Carlin, and Tom Poston

Tom was always the "setup man" in a comedy skit in Mork and Mindy plus the Bob Newhart Show.

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108. TY lapfog_1

[brush]

59. George Wallace, Lewis Black, George Carlin and Richard Pryor.

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110. Ty brush

[Elessar Zappa]

62. Robin Williams.

Wish he was still here.

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111. Thank you Elessar Zappa, Me too.

[Mad_Dem_X]

64. Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, George Carlin

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112. Thank you Mad_Dem_X

[Stuart G]

65. Why Mel Brooks is ....VERY, VERY, IMPORTANT...Mel created movies so you could see his comedies . (you can also learn

Mel's comedic tricks if you watch enough times. )

[lpbk2713]

68. Over the years I've gotten the most laughs from The Smothers Brothers

I had most of their LPs



Ed: Sorry ... I meant for this to be a stand-alone thread.

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90. Every is fine. Ty lpbk2713

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113. Agree, Ty Stuart G.

[Polybius]

67. Dennis Wolfberg

A damn shame no one remembers him.

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89. Thank you Polyblus.

[malthaussen]

69. Mel Brooks.

His movies have never failed to make me laugh.

As for stand-up, I don't follow it much at all. George Carlin, maybe, or Tom Lehrer if we stretch the definition of "stand-up."

-- Mal

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86. TY Mal

[Emile]

71. Rodney Dangerfield, George Carlin and Joe E Brown

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85. TY Emile

[Rebl2]

72. Robin

Williams, Smother Brothers, George Carlin.

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83. Ty Rebl2

[Jrose]

84. Chris Rock. Kate McKinnon, Richard Pryor, Eddy Murphy, Steve Martin

All, by the way, appeared or starred on SNL at least once!

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115. TY Jrose

[FalloutShelter]

87. Everyone previously mentioned and

Eddie Izzard.

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88. Ty, FalloutShelter.

[Doc_Technical]

93. Art Metrano

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105. TY Doc_Techical

[MichMan]

95. Rodney

Two of his routines stand out to me from an old appearance with Johnny Carson

1) "Johnny I need to cut down on my smoking. My wife and I agreed that we would only light up after sex. I am still smoking the same pack I've had since 1976, but she's up to three packs a day!"

2) This is my favorite;

"Johnny, thought I would check out a gay bar this week for the first time. What a meat market ! There were at least 10 guys for every guy"

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101. Ty, MichMan

[Emile]

117. Both jokes are hilarious 😂

[thucythucy]

102. Lenny Bruce

This is a show from early 1961.

His jokes on the Kennedy inauguration are hilarious.

Plus so many classics: Christ and Moses, Tits and Ass, a Black Black Woman and a White White Woman...

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104. Ty thucythucy

[ibeplato]

107. Mitch Hedberg

He used to be my favorite comedian. He still is, but he used to be too.

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114. TY ibeplato.

[ailsagirl]

119. Sid Caesar on "This is Your Life" with Carl Reiner

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120. Thank you, allsagirl

[GP6971]

121. I would also include

Abbott & Costello.

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122. agree Thank you GP6971

[Stuart G]

123. My favorite 2 comedians are the first ones. Lucille & Ricky from ..."I Love Lucy"