Favorite Comedians

[Tarheels.]

Well we've got the what you don't think is funny thread, but what about some of your favorite comedians. Personally I love Mitch Hedberg, Daniel Tosh, and Demetri Martin. Dane Cook is one of my favorites, but those three are above him if I had to list them in order.

[Skummy]

My personal favourite comedian is probably Eddie Izzard, closely followed by Bill Hicks. Beyond that...I'm a fan of Ross Noble, Bill Bailey, Dylan Moran, Noel Fielding and Rob Newman. As a rule, I tend to dislike the majority of observational humour, as it's just dull, over done, and for the most part not funny, I also don't like the majority of American comedians as they tend to be brash and obnoxious for the sake of it, and THAT'S THE JOKE in itself. I prefer surrealism above all else, which is the general basis of most of the comedians I've listed, and the route I've taken in any of the stand-up I've done.

[NobBe Nobbs]

Mitch Hedberg for American comedy, and to a degree Stephen Colbert as well, and Ricky Gervais this side of the pond.

[JStarr]

Love the old school stuff, like George Carlin, Richard Pryor...and I really miss Eddie Murphy busting out some raunchy stand-up.

Today, I like some of Dane Cook's and most of Eddie Izzard's. Don't see too much of Bernie Mac doing stand-up anymore, and I miss him, too.

[Fitzy]

George Carlin, Dane Cook, and Jim Norton.

[Rashid]

I really like a lot of Comedians. I love Stand-Up I love improv, I love comedy movies. My favorites are Adam Sandler, Rodney Dangerfield, Chris Rock, Roseanne Arnold/Barr, John Goodman, Sara Metcalf, Eddie Murphy , and Michael Myers to name a few.

[Farmer Reil]

Hedburg, Hicks and Kinison, but they're all dead

I love Bill Bailey and Justin Lee Collins. Also Ed Byrne. I love me some Byrne. I like Dara O'Briein on TV, but never seen his standup. The Scottish bloke and the South Western bloke from Mock The Week. And the bloke that plays the doctor in My Hero, he's hilarious on Mock The Week too. In fact, nobody who's been on Mock The Week has ever been unfunny ¬_¬.

And Jethro, of course.

Edited January 13, 2007 by Farmer Reil

[apsham]

Lewis Black and David Cross mainly.

Then for non-traditional comedians, Colbert and Stewart.

Then I like me some Dane Cook.

Izzard's religious and historical stuff, I like. The whole "I'M A CROSSDRESSER!" thing... not so much.

[Damian WayLNKe]

Dane Cook, Lewis Black, Doug Stanhope, Jerry Seinfeld, Daniel Tosh, Jim Norton, Denis Leary, and Brian Regan. I'm sure I'm probably forgetting somebody.

[YI]

Ross Noble.

[Olive the other Jiberdeer]

Okay, yes, everyone loves Dane Cook, Mitch Hedburg, Colbert and Stewart. Yes. We established this.

I've been digging George Carlin a LOT since I bought his last book.

For my Canadian roots, I'm quite about Kathy Jones, Shawn Majumbder, Rick Mercer...the like.

[Guest Titocoolace]

Patton Oswald, Zach Galifianakis, and Brian Posehn.

Actually, add Maria Bamford and say all four from the Comedians of Comedy.

Oh, and Hedburg and Mike Birbiglia.

[Buford Ripley]

Patton Oswald, Zach Galifianakis, and Brian Posehn.

Actually, add Maria Bamford and say all four from the Comedians of Comedy.

Oh, and Hedburg and Mike Birbiglia.

[GhostMachine]

Lewis Black, Patton Oswald, Denis Leary, and George Carlin. I also like Jim Gaffigan, but his stuff tends to be more hit or miss than the others (I hate those lame ass Pale Force cartoons he keeps bringing on Conan.....), and I can't think of his name at the moment, but that guy who plays the guitar while doing his routine.

[Guest Titocoolace]

Lewis Black, Patton Oswald, Denis Leary, and George Carlin. I also like Jim Gaffigan, but his stuff tends to be more hit or miss than the others (I hate those lame ass Pale Force cartoons he keeps bringing on Conan.....), and I can't think of his name at the moment, but that guy who plays the guitar while doing his routine.

[ROC]

Lewis Black, Patton Oswald, Denis Leary, and George Carlin. I also like Jim Gaffigan, but his stuff tends to be more hit or miss than the others (I hate those lame ass Pale Force cartoons he keeps bringing on Conan.....), and I can't think of his name at the moment, but that guy who plays the guitar while doing his routine.

Stephen Lynch.

[GhostMachine]

Lewis Black, Patton Oswald, Denis Leary, and George Carlin. I also like Jim Gaffigan, but his stuff tends to be more hit or miss than the others (I hate those lame ass Pale Force cartoons he keeps bringing on Conan.....), and I can't think of his name at the moment, but that guy who plays the guitar while doing his routine.

Stephen Lynch.

Edited January 13, 2007 by GhostMachine

[ROC]

Lewis Black, Patton Oswald, Denis Leary, and George Carlin. I also like Jim Gaffigan, but his stuff tends to be more hit or miss than the others (I hate those lame ass Pale Force cartoons he keeps bringing on Conan.....), and I can't think of his name at the moment, but that guy who plays the guitar while doing his routine.

Stephen Lynch.

Edited January 13, 2007 by ROC

[Skummy]

Izzard's religious and historical stuff, I like. The whole "I'M A CROSSDRESSER!" thing... not so much.

Really, though, other than the odd skit, he never plays up on that too much, and it's fairly excusable when he does because...well...you can't miss it, can you? But it would be so easy for him to just be lazy with it and work his whole comedy around that, but he barely ever references it, and I think that's part of why I like him so much.

[Matt]

Dave Spikey, Paul Merton and the Two Ronnies.