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Rowan & Martin

Flip Wilson

*** The Smothers Bros. !!

LOL.........I loved Laugh-In. I think that is what it was called????

My favorite stand up comedy was Eddie Murphy's "Raw" and "Delirious"

Especially Raw. I remember watching that for the first time on an airplane. Not sure when it was, by I was in college. I laughed the whole flight. The person next to me must have thought I was a total weirdo, but I just couldn't help myself.

Other stand up skits I've always loved was one by Dave Chapelle, another by the "Fluffy" guy, and Dana Carvey's famous special

Another one that died just as he reached his prime was Robin Harris. Most famous for "Bebe's Kids", but almost everything else he did was even funnier.

Scrolling through, I only saw Carol Burnett mentioned once, and Lucy hasn't been mentioned.

What's up with that?

Man, a lot of really good ones in this thread already.

I agree with a lot of what has been said about Robin Williams, but he was overall an incredible talent. His acting in serious roles was on par with some of the all-time greats. The world lost a lot because of his tortured soul....

I'll mention one I have not seen yet: Howie Mandel. He did great stand-up and did a lot of stuff off the cuff in his live act. Very witty and quick.

Yes, Eddie Murphy's Raw and Delirious were freakin' great! Back when they came out I saw them multiple times. Loved 'em.

Since I was a kid, I've always liked comedians that did impressions. Guys like Rich Little, Frank Gorshin, and Frank Caliendo. I remember a skit from the old MadTV show, with Caliendo and Will Sasso depicting Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro trying to decide what flavor ice cream they wanted at a Baskin-Robbins store that was both dead-on and ridiculous at the same time. Lots of SNL types were good at imitation too; John Belushi as Joe Cocker, Eddie Murphy as Stevie Wonder, James Brown or Michael Jackson, Dana Carvey's George HW Bush, Darrell Hammonds' Bill Clinton, Phil Hartman's Ronald Reagan, and Will Ferrell as George W Bush ... good stuff. I think Caliendo is the best I've seen, though, because he can do so many.

Dennis Leary's "coffee flavored coffee" is to me the funniest bit of all time.I put it on when I really need a laugh.
Mel Brook's best movie was "History of the world,part 1".
Maybe Blazing Saddles is better,hard to say.

One last word on impressionists. I just thought of this old SNL skit with Eddie Murphy as Stevie Wonder and Joe Piscopo as Frank Sinatra, singing "Ebony and Ivory" ... SNL at its best.

I'll elaborate more on my favorites later but just wanted to throw Tom Wilson (Biff Tannen from Back to the Future) as both clean and hilarious also.

Here's some more I thought of that are pretty decent:

Henry Cho
Kathleen Madigan
John Pinette
Rodney Carrington
Ralphie May
Brian Posehn
Flip Wilson
Chris Tucker

I have to buy my wife the Carol Burnett show on DVD some day soon. Watching Tim Conway go off script was one of the funniest parts of the show.

Watching Carol or Vicky Lawrence try to keep from completely losing it was always one of the best parts of the show. He was incredibly funny.

Yup. The dentist skit was possibly one of the best.

Or, the elephant story.

They were really funny

Hey Pastor, seeing your name reminded me of Father Guido Sarducci. Anyone remember him?

Look up Moms Mabley if you want Old Time funny !

That was great! (that one, and another 2 hours lost in YouTube)

"I wuv triple time harch" History of the world.

BTW

Favorite comedian: Sam Kinison

And the cast of Fire Sign Theatre

I know a lot of people probably didn't watch it, but Hee Haw was a great comedy show too. The Pickin' and Grinin' was some of the best one liners on TV.

Pickin: My mother in law has the most beautiful long dark hair.
Grinin: Really, I never seen it.
Pickin: She wears long sleeves to cover it up.

That was a great comedy show.

We used to go to my uncle's house on Saturdays, when I was a kid. He had Hee Haw on every Saturday night, and it was always funny, and occasionally hilarious. I was never a fan of the music, but it was funny.

I was looking for a clip of that scene w/Madeline Kahn and the black sheriff and came across something kinda funny/crazy. Brooks had originally had the sheriff say: "that's my arm you're sucking on" when Kahn uttered the "Oh, it twue...." line.

Guess that was a bit too risky in 1974.

Btw.........Harvey Korman was great in that movie. I mention that because he was a big part of the Carol Burnett show that arch brought up just a bit ago.

so was Slim Pickens... but I am biased Blazing Saddles is my all time favorite comedy

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As far as classic guys go, Pryor and Carlin are probably my favorites.

I love Jim Gaffigan. I know 90% of his stuff is about food, but it's hilarious. He does it all pretty much clean too, which is impressive.

There's a newer guy who's been getting more love recently (especially on Netflix) named Tom Segura. I'd give him a listen. He does a podcast with his wife that is great.

Sam Kinison was so good. He left us way too early. What a talent.

We went and saw John Caparulo (ohio guy) a year ago at Zany's. He was so good. It was our first show at a true comedy club.

I saw Dane Cook when he was just coming up. He played Northwestern's basketball arena. I know he's frowned upon by a lot, but he brings a ton of energy to his shows, and his material at the time was really good. I remember tuning into one of his comedy central specials some years back and he tried to go political. Just so bad.

We saw Lewis Black at the Chicago Theater some years ago. He was also good. I hate politics but I don't mind him because he doesn't really take sides and just rips everyone.

Lisa Lampanelli cracks me up just because she will cross the line constantly.

Richard Pryor
Steve Martin
Sam Kinison
Robin Williams

I am impressed with the ones on the improv shows, like Whose Line. Ryan Stiles, Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie, Greg Proops, Brad Sherwood.

There are some comedians on the other end of the spectrum for me, I do not see them as funny - George Lopez, Richard Lewis, Garry Shandling.

Gallagher.

Do people think Letterman was a comedian? I was researching some of the people mentioned on this thread and a lot of Letterman clips came up. I watched a few....and man.........what an arrogant jerk! I didn't think him humiliating his guests was funny at all.

Dave started out in standup.

Few of my faves:

Eddie Murphy
Steve Martin
Hedberg
Jim Carrey
Phil Hartman

I'm late to the party, I'm at a conference in Vegas and haven't had much free time.

I wouldn't put this guy on my all time favorite lists, but he was one of our keynote speakers... funny with the obviously written parts, but hilarious on the parts that were ad hoc. He did a small, obviously unscripted, Jiminy Glick skit with one of the execs from the company putting the conference on. That'd be Martin Short. My goodness was he funny - to the point of tears in my eyes I was laughing so hard.

This being said, I've always liked Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams. Another guy I like a lot is Peter Kay - he does a great set with misheard lyrics. I'd add a link but he's got a couple things that are PG13 that may go beyond our rules.

Look up "Peter Kay - Funny Song Lyrics" on google.

Older guys.... George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Jeaneane Garoalo, Robin Williams- to name a few.

As far as who is still active, Lewis Black, Hannibal Burress, Patton Oswalt, Kyle Kinane jump out.

Yeah, Lewis Black is good.

That reminds me of Ron White's bit about "Tatter Salad", "The Tatter".

They finally caught "The Tatter". (from the Blue Collar Comedy Tour with Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy and Bill Engvall)

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If you've ever filled your deer tag on the golf course.

You might be a redneck if you go sailing with Cap’n Morgan in the mornin’.

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(Been there, Done that)

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Help me I can’t stop.

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Your parakeet knows the phrase "Open up, Police!”

Your dad is also your favorite uncle.

During your senior year you and your mother had homeroom together.

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