Best Stand Up Comedians of All Time

[KillerVee]

Mike Birbiglia has had some great stand-up too.

 

[NativeWebfoot]

Bill Cosby - Himself, was hilarious. I think thats what it was called from the mid 80's I believe...

Try listening to Bill Cosby - 100 MPH from the late '70s. He's one of the best and Red Skelton is also one of the best (and always clean). Gallagher before getting stuck in his sledge-o-matic schtick. That got old and boring. Seemed like he quit trying to come up with original "comedy" and settled for trying to get the audience wet with whatever he could smash. Johnny Carson was pretty funny too.

 

[NativeWebfoot]

how about Comedy duos?? Mel brooks and rob reiner?? the Sklar brothers??- I am a fan of both... clearly Brooks and reiner are the best duo team of all time, not sure if that is debateable...

Funniest that come to my mind are the Smothers brothers, Rowan & Martin, and pick almost any 2 from the Carol Burnette Show. They'd start going off each other and scripts were out the window.

 

[Nosferatu]

Tim Conway and Harvey Korman were as good as it gets. The Carol Burnett show was the funniest show in television history IMHO...

 

[wood20ks]

I voted Eddie Murphy.............Raw is absolutley hilarious.

Chris Rock is another fave along with Frank Caliendo and Andrew Dice Clay of old.........

Seen Frank at the Monte Carlo in vegas...........ever get a chance,don`t miss his act,its a show stopper.

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned him or not, but Bill Burr is my favorite for newer comedians...

Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin, Ron White & Dave Chappelle are some of my favorite older comedians.

 

[RobBase]

Bill Hicks is the biggest omission IMO.

I still can't decide if Hicks was a comedian or a philosopher. I love the song Tool did about him.

 

[RobBase]

I used to work security at a comedy club called Connextions in East Lansing and then another one called Chaplin's here closer to home. I can tell you first hand most comedians are total psychos and all of them do hard drugs. Every night two security guys were in charge of the comedians drug room. One to watch over the guy while he did his drugs in the back room and another to guard the door so no fans ever got back there.

One time I was Pauly Shores bodyguard for a 48 hour bus trip from MI to Ohio and watched him snag two mom's in MI, get them on the bus to Ohio, bang them both, then leave them at an IHOP in Ohio when they went to the bathroom to freshen up. Good times.

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

I used to work security at a comedy club called Connextions in East Lansing and then another one called Chaplin's here closer to home. I can tell you first hand most comedians are total psychos and all of them do hard drugs. Every night two security guys were in charge of the comedians drug room. One to watch over the guy while he did his drugs in the back room and another to guard the door so no fans ever got back there.

One time I was Pauly Shores bodyguard for a 48 hour bus trip from MI to Ohio and watched him snag two mom's in MI, get them on the bus to Ohio, bang them both, then leave them at an IHOP in Ohio when they went to the bathroom to freshen up. Good times.

Why does none of this surprise me... Esp the Pauly Shore story. Crazy story!

 

[night]

My all-time favorites:

Jerry Seinfeld
Bill Hicks
Richard Pryor
Chris Rock
Dave Chappelle
Todd Barry
Louis CK
Robert Schimmel

 

[RoboticDreams]

Jerry Seinfeld is in no way funny. I've never understood what people liked about his nasally voice and/or comedy. It's not highbrow or intellectual in anyway, but his fans seem to think differently. It's just not very funny, IMO.

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Jerry Seinfeld is in no way funny. I've never understood what people liked about his nasally voice and/or comedy. It's not highbrow or intellectual in anyway, but his fans seem to think differently. It's just not very funny, IMO.

Aside from the TV show, I have never enjoyed Jerry Seinfeld.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Jerry Seinfeld is in no way funny. I've never understood what people liked about his nasally voice and/or comedy. It's not highbrow or intellectual in anyway, but his fans seem to think differently. It's just not very funny, IMO.

He was an OK standup... But you have to realize that people base there love of a comedian on other things beside standup...

We have said many times on this thread how most of us dont like Robin Williams, while others were surprised because of his success elsewhere...

I didnt like Eddie murphy's stand up at all, but i like him a lot elsewhere too... we sometimes cant differentiate!!!

 

[beardown07]

Eddie Murphy's Delirious is a top 10 standup performance IMO.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Eddie Murphy's Delirious is a top 10 standup performance IMO.

My problem with eddie murphy's standup was that he was too much of a performer... if that makes sense to you...

 

[beardown07]

fair enough

 

[Nosferatu]

Eddie Murphy's Delirious is a top 10 standup performance IMO.

I agree that was freakin hilarious but Eddie has now become what he used to make fun of.

 

[beardown07]

I agree that was freakin hilarious but Eddie has now become what he used to make fun of.

Ya...kids and a wife will do that to ya.

 

[packerzrule]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned him or not, but Bill Burr is my favorite for newer comedians...

Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin, Ron White & Dave Chappelle are some of my favorite older comedians.

check this out - funnier than hell

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss0XNOWvzlU]Bill Burr - John Lennon, Chuck Berry, and Yoko Ono Performance - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bigred472]

Apologies if this has been done before. Just talking to some buddies at work and this topic came up. So who are the best stand up comedians of all time?

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I have nothing against your list but how could you leave off Robin Williams?