The DU Lounge

WCGreen

(45,558 posts)

38. Jon Stewart

Reply to charlie and algernon (Original post)

Fri Mar 16, 2012, 05:03 PM

Mar 2012

The Unknown Comic
Don Rickles
George Carlin
Richard Jeni
Sam Kineson

I saw Jerry Lewis in a john in Vegas back in 1979, but he was relieving and not entertaining.

And a whole mess of local guys who were pretty funny but never made it big.

I worked at a radio station for a while and went to a whole lot of comedy shows.

Out of all of them, I would have to say Don Rickles was by far the best and then Carlin. Stewart tends to mummble and he was very hard to hear.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

62 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

What COMEDIANS have you seen live? [View all] charlie and algernon Mar 2012 OP

Jay Medicine Hat Ohio Joe Mar 2012 #1

Paula Poundstone and Jerry Seinfeld. RiffRandell Mar 2012 #2

Seinfeld was good tk2kewl Mar 2012 #3

We saw him in the early nineties. RiffRandell Mar 2012 #5

Mitch Hedberg. Iggo Mar 2012 #4

Oh I am so envious nadine_mn Mar 2012 #32

Seinfeld. Lewis Black. Dave Attel. Mitch Hedburg. Codeine Mar 2012 #6

Bill Cosby, way back in the early '70s The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2012 #7

Eddie Izzard Amaril Mar 2012 #8

i has a jealous OriginalGeek Mar 2012 #30

Make a wish, OG............. Amaril Mar 2012 #46

George Carlin, Rodney Dangerfield, Redd Foxx... bluesbassman Mar 2012 #9

Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy, Louie Anderson, George Carlin, Jerry Van Dyke, Gallagher. ohiosmith Mar 2012 #10

No one famous. geardaddy Mar 2012 #11

not many fishwax Mar 2012 #12

Wanda Sykes, Margaret Cho and Kathy Griffin. n/t racaulk Mar 2012 #13

Martin Mull and Paula Poundstone graywarrior Mar 2012 #14

Robin Williams. nolabear Mar 2012 #15

I almost passed out from laughter zbdent Mar 2012 #23

Robin Williams is the one current comedian I HAVE to see live before I die charlie and algernon Mar 2012 #27

Jeanne Garofalo and Cheech & Chong arcane1 Mar 2012 #16

Sam Kinison hifiguy Mar 2012 #17

That must have been awesome. n/t RiffRandell Mar 2012 #18

It was. hifiguy Mar 2012 #20

Dave Attell and Vic Henley Dirty Socialist Mar 2012 #19

George Carlin and Peter Bergman (Firesign Theater) MiddleFingerMom Mar 2012 #21

off the top of my head ... zbdent Mar 2012 #22

I saw George W. Bush speak one time LynneSin Mar 2012 #24

Abbie Hoffmann and Ralph Nader. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #25

I saw Al Sharpton once and he was intentionally funny charlie and algernon Mar 2012 #28

Groucho Marx Ptah Mar 2012 #26

Really? Honest to God? Groucho? Do tell! nolabear Mar 2012 #42

It was during my only year at Northwestern University. Ptah Mar 2012 #44

Lewis Black, Hal Sparks, John Pinette, dana_b Mar 2012 #29

Steve Martin in the late 70s... Scout Mar 2012 #31

Lewis Black nadine_mn Mar 2012 #33

Steven Wright, Boston, Oct. 1985 LNM Mar 2012 #34

I saw Rodney Dangerfield once. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2012 #35

Argh, I don't do that.... Umm... Bob Hope with my parents decades ago Motown_Johnny Mar 2012 #36

I've seen : Initech Mar 2012 #37

Jon Stewart WCGreen Mar 2012 #38

George Carlin (x2), Ellen DeGeneres, Sinbad Auggie Mar 2012 #39

George Carlin barbtries Mar 2012 #40

Eddie Izzard and Lewis Black twice... Eyerish Mar 2012 #41

Gallagher, George Carlin, Louise Anderson Generic Brad Mar 2012 #43

Red Skelton oftheforest Mar 2012 #45

To name two, Henny Youngman and Carrot Top... GReedDiamond Mar 2012 #47

None, unfortunately sakabatou Mar 2012 #48

Jackie Mason at the Fountainbleu on Miami Beach. RebelOne Mar 2012 #49

Funny you should ask. Brigid Mar 2012 #50

Pee Wee Herman Kingofalldems Mar 2012 #51

George Carlin.. 78 or 79. Great show , loved him then and now. rip George crunch60 Mar 2012 #52

Bill Cosby (2X), George Carlin (3X), Gallager, Steve Martin (nt) pokerfan Mar 2012 #53

Steve Martin n/t trackfan Mar 2012 #54

George carlin in Reno, Lewis black in SF marlakay Mar 2012 #55

Lewis Black 2 times Bombero1956 Mar 2012 #56

Only Greg Giraldo. And he killed. NT Simo 1939_1940 Mar 2012 #57

Carlin. And dozens at Comedy Clubs. alphafemale Mar 2012 #58

Dick Shawn, Spaulding Gray, Richard Lewis, Bill Maher, Conan O'Brian�. tainted_chimp Mar 2012 #59

Not many, but a couple of names everyone knows DFW Mar 2012 #60

"The Sexy Liberal Show" Stephanie Miller, Hal Sparks and John Fugelsang. mucifer Mar 2012 #61

Woody Allen in 1968 in Baltimore Glorfindel Mar 2012 #62