Best Comedians Ever???

allydylan

some of my favourites are
Dylan Moran
Jimmy Carr
Dara O'Brien
Russell Howard
Ed Byrne
Ricky Gervais

emmmmm there's more but i can't think of them at this time

i used to love frankie boyle but he's just rude without being funny at this point in my opinion, never liked Billy Connolly

There's alot of new/fresh/young comeidans i like but they couldn't be considered the ''best comedians ever'' so i'd be going off topic if i mentioed them

Wompa1

Mitch Hedberg
George Carlin
Richard Pryor
Louis CK
Norm MacDonald
Harland Williams

Irish: Ed Byrne even though I don't like him as a person and Dara O'Brian

BlastedGlute

Doug Stanhope
Bill hicks
Reginald d hunter


And a guy called Micky flanagan. Cracks me up to no end, situational humor, very very funny guy, seems so easy to him!

allydylan

i'm going to see Jimmy Carr next month can't wait!!
and Dara O'Brein next Febuary

emm the only decent female comedian i can think of is Joan Rivers. and my other favourites are listed in my post about 2 above

EarlERizer

BlastedGlute wrote: »

And a guy called Micky flanagan. Cracks me up to no end, situational humor, very very funny guy, seems so easy to him!

He's brilliant, was only watching him (again) last night on the comedy channel.

My alltime favs would read (In no particular order)....

Bill Hicks
Richard Pryor
Eddie Murphy (delirious was near perfect)
Billy Connolly
Dylan Moran
Jimeoin
Emo Philips

and this guy ...... Andrew Lawrence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWZhTIVcp-8

Oh, almost forgot ..... Ed Byrne is shyte!!!!

Mental Mickey

Tommy Cooper
Billy Connolly
Rich Hall

old hippy

I suppose its all very subjective (what isn't) and depends on whether you feel the comedian is speaking to you.

I balk in horror at the likes of Frankie Boyle but apparently many people think he's the funniest thing since sliced bread.

The only way you can get a feel for comedians is sample their live work, either at the gig or on a DVD... forget the panel shows which are intermittently amusing but mostly the wrong vehicle to showcase their talent.

WastedSpace

I think I have an estranged taste....

Richard Pryor
Andy Parsons
Dom Joly
Dave Chapelle
Ricky Gervais
Billy Connolly

crash davis

WastedSpace wrote: »

I think I have an estranged taste....

Richard Pryor
Andy Parsons
Dom Joly
Dave Chapelle
Ricky Gervais
Billy Connolly

I think you looked up a thesaurus or something and lost the plot. But yeah, Richard Pryor has no equal.

bogmanfan

Emo Phillips

green day rule

Jimmy Carr

fearbainne

For me.. Peter Kay

think his dvds are feckin hilarious n saw him in the o2 there n thot he was brilliant! keeps it simple, doesn't havta be controversial and vulgar like most comics now but he can make ya laugh at simple things like drinking tea!

krudler

fearbainne wrote: »

For me.. Peter Kay

think his dvds are feckin hilarious n saw him in the o2 there n thot he was brilliant! keeps it simple, doesn't havta be controversial and vulgar like most comics now but he can make ya laugh at simple things like drinking tea!

and he's been rehashing the same material for years, its stuff your mam would find funny, its comedy that has a place alright, he just needs new material.

old hippy

Sarah Milican cracks me up. Would like to see her live.

pappyodaniel

This is an excellent parody of Stewart Lee, pointing out his 'superior' style of comedy.

allydylan

I'm liking Des Bishop these days

wp_rathead

Dylan Moran
Tim Minchin
Eddie Izzard
Stewart Lee
Bill Hicks

Used to like Bill Bailey, but has gotten extremely blah

Worztron

Dave Allen
Dylan Moran
Ed Byrne

micropig

Pablo Francisco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Qvv8SMTyAgk


& Jimmy Carr

mattjack

Thomas Cooper

0strich

Akrasia wrote: »

I would include John Cleese (RIP)

Is he dead???

krudler

Louis CK, the man is in a league of his own right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnDH-RXCptY

guitarzero

The only reason people couldnt have Mitch Hedberg as one of their favourite comedians is because they may not have heard of him. I simply couldnt believe how funny this guy was.

Even though there isnt much of his material on around, Zach Galifinakis is simply hilarious. I knew from watching The Hangover this guy was genuinely hilarious.

Dylan Moran, his narrations, observations and analysis are consistently hilarious and often close to the bone which makes him quite unique.

Kat Williams, his off the cuff humour and wit is just surreal.

Chris Rock

Dave Chappelle

biko

Jen Grant is pretty good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJPMxodwKq8

deiselack

Billy Connolly
Dylan Moran

Borboletinha

Dylan Moran is the funniest man alive! I can watch his stuff over and over again and still have a laugh! Love him!!! Oh, and im not irish so not bias.

Also like Louis C.K very much. But Dylan Moran is second to none!!

Rabidlamb

Jim Jefferies for me, thought the first hour of Alcoholocaust was peerless.

Worztron

Borboletinha wrote: »

Dylan Moran is the funniest man alive! I can watch his stuff over and over again and still have a laugh! Love him!!! Oh, and im not irish so not bias.

Also like Louis C.K very much. But Dylan Moran is second to none!!

I couldn't agree more. Dylan Moran is hilarious.

Owen_S

I must be the only person who doesn't find Dylan Moran or Stewart Lee very funny.

Jimmy Carr will go down as one of the best of his generation.

Mental Mickey

Owen_S wrote: »

I must be the only person who doesn't find Dylan Moran or Stewart Lee very funny.

Jimmy Carr will go down as one of the best of his generation.

Don't find any of those 3 funny at all.