favorite standup comedian

[sully]

Anybody have the HBO specials Billy did in the early 90's?
He seems to have fallen off the radar.

i remember that special. one of my favorite parts was when he was talking about the airline safety instructions; he said something to the extent about going into the ground like a feckin darrrrt.

[neilli]

Yeah, that was the one about getting the passengers to put the inflatable life preservers on to confuse the resue party....

[TommyD]

favorite standup comedian

"Tommy Davidson. He was on in living color ,that guy is naturally funny. You'll laugh just looking at him."


> Yeah,I was in Booty Call too. Tommy D.

[rjohnstone]

#1 Robin Williams
#2 George Carlin
#3 Sam Kinison
#4 Richard Pryor
#5 Eddie Murphy (anything before RAW)
Then there's Ron White, Carlos Mencia and the rest of the Comedy Central regulars.

[Thrust]

George Carlin is the KING IMHO.

I really enjoy(ed) Mitch Hedberg

Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy (Raw & Delirious are hilarious)

Bill Cosby was a funny dude

Rodney Carrington

[rjohnstone]

I almost forgot one.
The Amazing Johnathan.
Can't remember is last name.
Best bit ever was when his wife/assistant comes on stage holding a 6 foot piece of garden hose and a golf ball and says "Here ya go honey... I got it all the way through."

[Bengal65]

1. Frank Caliendo-outragous stuff of John Madden, Pacino, Robbin Williams, Bush, DiNero (sp?) and others. You should hear/see the skit he does with Al Pacino and Robin Williams in the Ice Cream Store.
2. Ian Gillian and any of the guy's from Monte Python.
3. John Candy
4. Abbott and Costello
5. Dangerfield
6. Chris Farley (Would have been something to get John Candy and Chris Farley together at the same time. I think I would die from laughing, literally).

[Deneb]

Louis Black (he's great) Dennis Leary, and a lot of the people listed above.

[donf]

George Carlin always makes me crack up. :ROTF:

[chrisgUK]

Peter Kay! cant believe he hasnt been mentioned yet. Observational stand up comedy genius. His two stand up DVDs are the best I have ever seen, never a dull moment. To be fair a lot of it wont mean that much to people who dont live in the north of england!
His TV series Phoenix Nights is also top drawer stuff.

[jjw]

Peter kay is funnyby luck last night i saw Eddie murphys stand up comedy set RAW on sky-i 1st saw this and his 1st one years ago but man it still rules these days.He improvises like no one else,and has perfect timing

check out his clip here where he talks about Italians who have just saw Rocky!man its funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Vp_sqOAcE&search=eddie%20murphy

or another

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXp1y5JFmWc

[VitaminG]

2. Ian Gillian and any of the guy's from Monte Python.

do you mean Deep Purple? Or Terry Gilliam?

[Emthrax]

Hot pockets!
And Gaffigan's entire Pope routine!

Did anyone mention Brian Reagan? Bwahahaha! Oh man.
And Nick Swardson just cracks me up all to hell, his routine about how he wants his funeral to go is hysterical!

Oh Oh Oh... and Jim Breur, David Spade, and Mitch Hedberg (may he RIP), "donuts do not need receipts". Bwahahahaha!

[jeff300]

Gee, so much repetiton. Check out these guys for something different.

Russell Peters
Angelo Tzarouchas

Both of them have a lot of material available on the web.

[Bengal65]

do you mean Deep Purple? Or Terry Gilliam?

Yea I meant Terry. Too much music on the brain. Anyway all the guy's in Monte Python! Want to start an "argument"?, or my favorite the "Parrot Sketch".