EWB's Top 50 Stand-Ups: Voting Thread

[Bigal]

Okay, here's something that to the best of my knowledge hasn't been done before on EWB.

Stand-ups, yay!

Anyway, you know the drill, but just in case:

1. You have 10 votes.

2. Number your votes 1-10. 1 will receive 10 points, 10 will receive 1, and so on. Also going with YI's idea of multiplying the points by the number of people who voted (Y)

3. All votes must be made in this thread.

4. Any stand-up is eligible for voting, alive or dead.

7. Any edits, post a reply to let me know about it.

Edited November 12, 2007 by Biggles The Clown

[GoGo Yubari]

How broad is the term in this case? Just stand-up, or do comedic actors/sketch comedy actors count too?

[Bigal]

I'm going to limit it to stand-ups. I see comedic actors as actors rather than professional comedians.

[Kyle_]

1. Jeff Dunham

2. Demetri Martin

3. Christopher Titus

4. Jeffrey Ross

5. The Amazing Jonathon

6. Dane Cook

7. Dave Chappelle

8. Jim Gaffigan

9. Lewis Black

10. Ralphie May

Edited November 13, 2007 by Kyle_

[Damian WayLNKe]

1. Lewis Black

2. Brian Regan

3. George Carlin

4. Jerry Seinfeld

5. Chris Rock

6. Jim Gaffigan

7. Daniel Tosh

8. Doug Stanhope

9. Jim Norton

10. Mitch Hedberg

[TFA]

1. Jeff Dunham

2. Bill Engvall

3. Rodney Carrington

4. Ralphie May

5. Lisa Lampanelli

6. Dane Cook

7. Jim Gaffigan

8. Mitch Hedburg

9. Ron White

10. Bruce Bruce

Edited November 12, 2007 by TFA

[NobBe Nobbs]

This is going to be nearly impossible, but nothing ventured.

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1) RICKY GERVAIS - I can't believe I forgot him first time around because his Politics show is the only thing I've ever watched that made me laugh so hard I wet myself a little.

2) Jethro - I went with some of my relatives because my dad was away with the TA and my mum had an extra ticket. My expectations were pretty low, but I'll be damned if it wasn't good stuff.

3) Mitch Hedberg - I actually feel bad that Mitch isn't first because he's fantastically funny.

4) Chris Rock - The guy's stuff appeals to me, I'm not sure why.

5) Conan O'Brien - The fact he was part of the Simpsons team earns him extra points there

6) Jerry Seinfeld - This is more because of Seinfeld the series than Seinfeld the comedian, but what little I've seen of his act has been good

7) George Carlin - I first watched the guy after seeing his appearance in Dogma, but I haven't seen nearly enough

So, seven. I really should go to more comedy clubs and shit.

Edited November 13, 2007 by De

[Future-Shock]

1. Lewis Black

2. Mitch Hedburg

3. Jeremy Hotz

4. John Pinette

5. Derek Edwards

6. Lee Evans

7. George Carlin

8. Ron White

9. Daniel Tosh

10. Drew Carey

[TheRyno]

1 - Patton Oswalt

2 - David Cross

3 - Mitch Hedberg

4 - Brian Posehn

5 - Dave Chappelle

6 - Jim Gaffigan

7 - Dane Cook

8 - Dave Attell

9 - Gabriel Iglesias

10 - Lewis Black

Yeah, I know I'm missing some pretty big names like George Carlin (who I've never been a huge fan of, sorry), Richard Pryor or Eddie Murphy (both of which I enjoy) but there's some different names I want to get on the list. Seriously, if you're not listening to any Patton Oswalt, something is wrong with you.

[BlackFlagg]

1.George Carlin

2.Bill Hicks

3.Lewis Black

4.Mitch Hedberg

5.Jim Gaffigan

6.Larry Miller

7.Patton Oswalt

8.Jim Norton

9.Dave Chappelle

10.Bill Maher

[DMN in the House]

1. Richard FUCKING Pryor

2. Eddie FUCKING Murphy

3. George Carlin

4. Rodney Dangerfield

5. Chris Rock

6. Eddie Izzard

7. Dane Cook

8. Sam Kinison

9. Ron White Katt MOTHA FUCKIN' Williams

10. George Lopez

Some of these lists are shockingly horrible. Really. I'm going on record now. If lists like these continue, I'm going to rip some shit up when the list comes out.

Edited November 13, 2007 by DMN

[NobBe Nobbs]

Is "ripping shit up" your answer to everything Syco?

[BlackFlagg]

damn, just naming 10 is tough...I'm looking through several list going d'oh, can't believe I forgot him...

[DMN in the House]

Yes.

[NobBe Nobbs]

Well, if it works it works.

[thuganomic]

1. Chris Rock

2. Richard Pryor

3. George Carlin

4. Mitch Hedberg

5. Robin Williams

6. Patton Oswalt

7. Stephen Lynch

8. Rodney Dangerfield

9. Lisa Lampanelli

10. Demetri Martin

Edited November 13, 2007 by thug

[zero]

Two number one votes for a ventriloquist is terrifying. And can we negate any votes for Carlos Mencia just like we negated votes for Alter Bridge in the music list?

1. George Carlin

2. Richard Pryor

3. Bill Maher

4. Christopher Titus

5. David Cross

6. Lewis Black

7. Chris Rock

8. Rodney Dangerfield

9. Dave Chappelle

10. Katt Williams

[DMN in the House]

To be fair, Jeff Dunham is pretty funny, even if I'm not sure he belongs.

And fuck, I forgot Katt Williams.

*runs to fix list*

[zero]

Dunham doesn't do anything for me, but I'm a comedy elitist.

[DMN in the House]

And how the fuck did I forget Rodney Dangerfield!

Fuck, this is hard.

Dunham is funny to me, but, to be fair, 90% of the times I've seen him, I was high.