Favorite comedians?

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Original post by geo2004 What are some of your favorite comedians? I love watching/listening to comedians, and would love to find some that I haven't heard.

Probably the most entertaining and funny thing to listen to (by a long way) for me is the Ricky Gervais XFM show with Karl Pilkington and Stephen Merchant. This is quite literally hours upon hours of unscripted comedy gold and I can practically guarantee that if you listen to a few episodes you will end up listening to every single one religiously.

Otherwise:

Eddie Izzard (agreed!)
Dara O'Briain
Rich Hall
Tim Minchin
Bill Bailey

I've been watching a few skits from Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry recently on YouTube. Also,

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I'm a big fan of

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What? No Dave Chappelle? No George Carlin? No Richard Pryor? No Robin Williams? No Bill Hicks?

Back when I was in college I went into downtown San Diego with a few buddies to check out another buddy's jazz band and Robin Williams staged an impromptu performance in the bar next door. A huge crowd gathered outside to listen, us included. He was great. That was around 1990.

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I forgot Rodney Dangerfield.

I think my current favourite comedians are Dylan Moran and Bill Bailey.

Probably my all-time favorite is Patton Oswalt. I've only got one of his CD's and I've listened to it many times and always laugh.

Notable mentions also include Lewis Black, Zach Galifianakis, Brian Posehn, and Nick Swardson.

Of course just about all the other comedians already mentioned are pretty outstanding from what I've seen.

Dang, I forgot a few on my list. I want to add Lewis Black, Nick Swardson, and Kevin Hart (saw Kevin Hart live, he's hilarious!).

Demetri Martin. But don't watch his show.

Eddie Izzard is the only one I like.

Steve Coogan
Al Murray
Lee Evans
The panel of I'm Sorry I Havn't A Clue
Jack Dee

No Frankie Boyle? woot!!! \o/

Seth Rogen! How to make a career of comedian by not actually saying anything funny, but by just looking funny! :P

Hm...seriously now...I always liked Peter Sellers. And I suppose he's not considered a 'quality' comedian(I'm not sure though) but I immensely enjoy watching Chevy Chase in pretty much anything...I don't know what is it, he just seems to have like a bubble of surrealism around him or something like that...is it his facial expressions or his voice, I don't know...he delivers lines and you think 'this isn't THAT funny but I just cannot stop laughing my ass off!'. Or that's how I am, anyway. :)

OTOH, Zach Galifianakis, I just don't get him. I've seen him in Hangover(which bored me to death) and Youth in Revolt(in a small role). Ok so he's fat, he has a beard, he farts and burps and stuff...that's it? I don't see how he's funny. Anyway...

On a slightly related note, does anyone find this whole Judd Apatow thing to be a bit overrated? 40 yrold virgin - ok, some decent laughs, but not anything spectacular. Knocked up - kinda seemed like an one-joke movie: "chubby loser hooks up with gorgeous carreer woman'. Funny people - well actually I enjoyed that the most, but it wasn't really so much of a comedy, I think. Like I said, Apatow is ok, but IMO he's being praised too much.

Yeah I agree about Apatow. 40yo Virgin was great. It was crude, but it had some sweetness. A lot of laughs. Everything else? Meh.

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Original post by mikemanOTOH, Zach Galifianakis, I just don't get him. I've seen him in Hangover(which bored me to death) and Youth in Revolt(in a small role). Ok so he's fat, he has a beard, he farts and burps and stuff...that's it? I don't see how he's funny. Anyway...

More often I think it's his social ineptitude, general lack of understanding, bluntness, almost heartfelt innocence, and overweight physique that combine to make him funny--to me at least. It's definitely not the physique alone, though.

I mean, I don't think he's a phenomenal comedian nor is he one of my favorites, but I do find him pretty funny. I really enjoyed The Hangover more or less just because of his character.

Patton Oswalt
Brian Regan
Louis C.K.
Jim Gaffigan
Nick Swardson
Mitch Hedberg

I really like Brian Regan and Jim Gaffigan. I have a recollection though of a few times in which Jim Gaffigan had a bit very similar to Regan's after Regan had done it. I only remember one specific example, but I know there were at least two jokes that looked like he may have ripped off from Regan.

Greg Giraldo used to be good, but I think he went a bit down hill the last few times I've seen him.

I like Ron White, but he is the only one I can stand from the Blue Collar Comedy guys.

Daniel Tosh is another good one. I love Tosh.0 and I think he was really funny on his early Comedy Central Presents gig. I loved the line, "Sometimes girls say to me 'I'm not religious, but I'm spiritual.' I like to reply, 'I'm not honest, but you're interesting.'"

No love for Dane Cook?

And Sarah Silverman?

And Doug Benson. I saw Sarah about a week before I saw what was one of Carlin's last performances. She blew him out of the water. But they all lose to Demetri.

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