Topic: Stand-up Comedians (Read 30990 times)

arkhym · « **on:** 16 Feb 2009, 18:57 »

favourite stand up comedians, who makes you laugh (these aren't in any order):

1) Rhod Gilbert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bjrHqu7NWg&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_JrSPUXb2s&feature=channel_page

2) Billy Connelly (early material)

3) Mitch Hedberg

4) Jeff Dunham

5) Ed Byrne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJF6u9u9Pd8

6) Dara Ó Briain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YIzoLkStDM&feature=related

Watch the clips I have posted, hopefully they will make you laugh. If not oh well, if you have any clips please post them as well

Dazed · « **Reply #1 on:** 16 Feb 2009, 19:49 »

Eddie Izzard live standup is far and away the funniest thing I have ever seen.

Alex C · « **Reply #2 on:** 16 Feb 2009, 20:03 »

I've seen a fair amount of comedians and performers live before, and the most amazing thing about Eddie is the fact that the man puts on a dress and cracks jokes in front of an audience with more confidence than other comedians probably order meals with. The dude seems completely and utterly at ease with having an audience in front of him, to the point where it's almost surreal. Sure, other comedians may fearlessly throw out shocking material to get a rise out of their audience, but that's a different kettle of fish than seeming as serene as Izzard does. The dude is like the Anti-Mitch in that respect. I really don't know how to even explain it.

Dimmukane · « **Reply #3 on:** 16 Feb 2009, 21:21 »

Yeah, I'm also gonna have to say Izzard is a favorite of mine.

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #4 on:** 16 Feb 2009, 21:36 »

Bill Bailey.

yelley · « **Reply #5 on:** 16 Feb 2009, 22:56 »

demetri martin.

Inlander · « **Reply #6 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 00:07 »

I really like Josie Long. There are funnier comedians out there, but she's pretty much completely adorable and she manages to be really funny without taking any cheap shots or being mean about anyone.

the_pied_piper · « **Reply #7 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 06:32 »

Quote from: Cartilage Head on 16 Feb 2009, 21:36

Bill Bailey.

Bill Bailey is brilliant live, his wackiness just adds to his jokes.

Also, Ben Bailey [deadpan american stand-up] and Stephen Lynch [i know its musical but he still performs as a comedian].

sandysmilinstrange · « **Reply #8 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 06:53 »

Todd Barry

Kathleen Madigan

Jackie Kashian

Sue Murphy

Paul Mecurio

Demetri Martin

Retta

No particular order. I tend to enjoy lady comedians a lot, which I guess is why I did it for a while, but there are some really funny men in the comedy business, too.

arkhym · « **Reply #9 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 07:53 »

How the hell did I forget about Eddie Izzard.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #10 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 08:08 »

Eddie Izzard
Demetri Martin
The Late George Carlin

And then a couple comedians whose names I cannot remember because my co-worker played them on YouTube a while ago.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #11 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 10:44 »

Demetri Martin
Mitch Hedberg

that guy with the puppets is pretty funny too but i wouldn't dare put him on the same list as Mitch and Demetri (plus i forgot his name).

valley_parade · « **Reply #12 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 11:39 »

Jeff Dunham? My dad and his friends are obsessed with that dude.

(Mark me down on the "Mitch Hedberg/Demetri Martin/Eddie Izzard" bandwagon)

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #13 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 11:48 »

Demitri Martin is pretty funny, but now my favorite by any means. Mitch Hedburg was great. Also, Dave Chappelle's stand-up is much funnier than his show. I also love Zach Gilifianakis.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #14 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 12:13 »

Jackie Kashian
Kristen Schaal
Flight of the Conchords

BlahBlah · « **Reply #15 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 12:19 »

Dylan Moran was hilarious, he's not so good now though.
Bill Hicks was great.

Eddie Izzard is probably my favourite too.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #16 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 12:48 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 17 Feb 2009, 11:39

Jeff Dunham? My dad and his friends are obsessed with that dude.

I really don't think that guy's all that funny.

Alex C · « **Reply #17 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 13:19 »

Quote from: Cartilage Head on 17 Feb 2009, 11:48

Also, Dave Chappelle's stand-up is much funnier than his show.

Dave Chappelle kind of frustrates me. I think the guy has a kind of manic charisma that really works for him, but a lot of the time I'm not all that interested in his material itself. That's why in a way I'm sorta happy about the way his show turned out in the end, even if it was sad to watch a guy slowly become more disillusioned. I kinda hold out hope now that he may retool his act and come up with something that doesn't make him feel socially irresponsible AND fits my own sensibilities a bit better, because I think that could be really something.

SirJuggles · « **Reply #18 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 15:06 »

Oh man I'm kinda surprised no one's put in Christopher Titus yet. Though admittedly the terrible TV series his old routine was based off of did seem to turn off a lot of people.

And if you get the chance to watch Denis Leary's old stand-up routine, it is highly amusing. It's what first got me into stand-up.

Dimmukane · « **Reply #19 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 16:43 »

I am seconding Zach Gafilianakis as well.

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #20 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 18:20 »

Maria Bamford. Paul F. Tompkins. Zach Galifianakis. Andrew Daly.

I am a big comedy nerd.

Ozymandias · « **Reply #21 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 18:50 »

MARIA BAMFORD!

I was trying so hard to remember her name.

tlunden · « **Reply #22 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 20:34 »

George Carlin, Richard Pryor, and Eddie Izzard.

Bill Hicks, Bill Cosby, and Demetri Martin are also very talented.

Katherine · « **Reply #23 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 20:59 »

Demetri Martin is funny, but have you seen that he has a new show coming out? It does not look funny. It makes me sad.

I am a fan of the comedic stylings of George Carlin, Mitch Hedberg and Lewis Black. I also enjoy John Pinette but I haven't really seen much of him around in the past few years. I haven't really been looking very hard, though, to be honest.

Boro_Bandito · « **Reply #24 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 20:59 »

Funny little before they were famous anecdote, Jeff Dunham as described earlier in this thread performed at my elementary school when I was a kid (act cleaned up of course, or perhaps before he started using profanity). He's a lot funnier now than he used to be.

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #25 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 21:20 »

EDIT: Nevermind, I misread some people's posts. Let the record show, however, that Jeff Dunham is terrible.

Lummer · « **Reply #26 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 21:24 »

Quote from: Boro_Bandito on 17 Feb 2009, 20:59

Funny little before they were famous anecdote, Jeff Dunham as described earlier in this thread performed at my elementary school when I was a kid (act cleaned up of course, or perhaps before he started using profanity). He's a lot funnier now than he used to be.

That just frightens me. He is painfully unfunny now, so I feel deeply sorry for anyone who's seen his weaker material.

Eitherway; Bill Hicks, goddamnit.

Boro_Bandito · « **Reply #27 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 21:30 »

Heck man I find him funny, I suppose to each his own.

jimbunny · « **Reply #28 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 21:36 »

Guys, outside of Dressed to Kill, Eddie Izzard just isn't that great.

Alex C · « **Reply #29 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 21:38 »

The obvious rebuttal here is that he did, in fact, do Dressed to Kill.

Dazed · « **Reply #30 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 21:49 »

Saw Izzard last April at the Orpheum in Boston. It was the single funniest thing I have ever seen, by a fairly huge margin. The guy is getting better and better.

tweetles · « **Reply #31 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 21:56 »

I find Russell Brand to be amazingly funny.

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #32 on:** 17 Feb 2009, 23:47 »

I'm honestly amazed that Lenny Bruce hasn't been mentioned yet.

I guess he's a bit before our time and there isn't a whole lot of his recorded material floating around, but still. He's a legend.

Ã¶de · « **Reply #33 on:** 18 Feb 2009, 07:59 »

Quote from: Inlander on 17 Feb 2009, 00:07

I really like Josie Long.

She's awesome! I first saw her at a festival and heard jokes no-one else will! She was on Never Mind the Buzzcocks too!

allison · « **Reply #34 on:** 18 Feb 2009, 11:11 »

I like Russell Peters' first release, Outsourced. His second (Red, White and Brown) was good, but not AS good. I think I like him more because he's a hometown boy. Er, home-next-town-over boy?

Jim Gaffigan also makes me laugh very, very hard.

Gemmwah · « **Reply #35 on:** 18 Feb 2009, 15:46 »

Victoria Wood, Bridget McManus, Lucy Porter. Suzanne Westenhoefer

Lucy Porter's a new favourite, but the other two I draw such inspiration from, and give me the guts to do my own stand up.

Suzanne Westenhoefer is just plain amusing.

Dissy · « **Reply #36 on:** 18 Feb 2009, 15:54 »

Greg Warren
Mike Armstrong
Drew Hastings

Although, Daryl should be a stand-up comedian

Ozymandias · « **Reply #37 on:** 18 Feb 2009, 20:25 »

Oh man, I definitely should've thrown Rollins up there too.

Cartilage Head · « **Reply #38 on:** 19 Feb 2009, 11:12 »

I forgot John Waters. What he does on his "This Filthy World" one-man show is pretty much stand-up. Hilarious stand-up, at that.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #39 on:** 19 Feb 2009, 11:40 »

i just read this thread as "Stand-up Canadians"

it gave me an interesting mental image of guy walking on stage at a club or something and just saying "i'm canadian" followed by the audience laughing for like 45 minutes straight while he just stands there smiling.

Yakob · « **Reply #40 on:** 19 Feb 2009, 11:46 »

Like this, minus the laughing

TheViscount · « **Reply #41 on:** 20 Feb 2009, 02:13 »

In no particular order:

1. Mitch Hedberg - Dead
2. Pablo Francisco - In his first shows
3. Richard Pryor - Dead
4. Dave Chapelle - Before he dissapeared off the face of the earth
5. Robin Williams - I haven`t seen him in ages.
6. Jim Norton - God this guy is fucking hilarious.

Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine on 19 Feb 2009, 11:40

i just read this thread as "Stand-up Canadians"

it gave me an interesting mental image of guy walking on stage at a club or something and just saying "i'm canadian" followed by the audience laughing for like 45 minutes straight while he just stands there smiling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1-XbZL7Lns&feature=channel_page This is what it would look like when a Quebecois goes up.

bicostp · « **Reply #42 on:** 20 Feb 2009, 08:24 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 17 Feb 2009, 12:48

Quote from: valley_parade on 17 Feb 2009, 11:39
Jeff Dunham? My dad and his friends are obsessed with that dude.

I really don't think that guy's all that funny.

Some of his stuff is. When he's just doing stand-up without the puppets, it's kinda "meh". Walter's hilarious. Achmed gets old after a while. I can't stand Peanut.

I think his main problem is he stalls for time a lot. For example, during the Achmed segment of "Spark of Insanity", he repeats the "shocked look at the audience" and "SILENCE! I KILL YOU!" stuff too much. And during the Walter segment he repeats the suicide bomber joke about 10 more times than he should.

Seriously? NOBODY'S mentioned George Carlin yet?

Dimmukane · « **Reply #43 on:** 20 Feb 2009, 08:56 »

Quote from: tlunden on 17 Feb 2009, 20:34

George Carlin,

Quote from: imapiratearg on 17 Feb 2009, 08:08

The Late George Carlin

Don't worry, it's been covered.

Harun · « **Reply #44 on:** 01 Mar 2009, 22:50 »

Louis CK

LucyStag · « **Reply #45 on:** 02 Mar 2009, 06:40 »

Most stand up comedians are intensely hit or miss. Mainly miss. Mitch Hedberg puts me in hysterics. I keep forgetting to watch more Eddie Izzard, but he's glorious.

pulpfiction21 · « **Reply #46 on:** 02 Mar 2009, 08:54 »

Dave Chappelle - Killing' Them Softly is the funniest thing I have ever seen.

pharmmajor · « **Reply #47 on:** 02 Mar 2009, 10:09 »

- Jeff Dunham

- Maria Bamford

- Denis Leary

- Mitch Hedberg

- Demetri Martin

- Retta

- Robert Schimmel

There are more I like, but these seven I consider the funniest of all.

JD · « **Reply #48 on:** 02 Mar 2009, 10:24 »

I watched D.L. Hughley recently and I could not stop laughing

Quote from: pharmmajor on 02 Mar 2009, 10:09

- Denis Leary

I don't find this guy that funny.

Ã¶de · « **Reply #49 on:** 08 Mar 2009, 11:41 »

That's because he's just not very good at delivering Bill Hicks lines.

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