Your Favorite Stand-Up Comedians

[JSTA]

mitch hedberg, dane cook, nick swardson; just some of the many

JSTA Reviewed by JSTA on 04-24-2005. Your Favorite Stand-Up Comedians I love stand-up comedy when I'm high. There's nothing like chilling with a bowl and some snacks and listening to jokes. So who do you think is funniest? My top five would be: Bill Hicks Lewis Black Dave Chappelle George Carlin Dana Carvey Rating: 5

[llamaman666]

dennis o'leary
dave chappelle is hilarious, but its not really stand up

[LOVElife]

Well im English so i'd have to say:

Peter Kay
Roy Chubby Brown
Lee Evans
Jack Dee
Ricky Gervais

[RIP ODB]

Hey-

Not to be disrespectful but I never thought Hedberg was really that great.

Here's a REAL top 5.

(In no particular order)

Richard Pryor
Rodney Dangerfield
George Carlin
Eddie Murphy
Chris Rock

honorable mention:
Dave Chappelle (llamaman- he does have a couple stand-up DVDs and they are both great)
The Original Kings of Comedy
George Wallace
Henny Youngman
Martin Lawrence
Jeff Foxworthy
Dana Carvey
Steve Sweeney
Dennis Leary
Stephen Wright


And I know I have a Boston bias. So what. And don't try to tell me about Dane Cook, either... He's not that funny. Also I think Black comedians are hilarious because black jokes are great, especially when coming from a black dude. Umm Sam Kinnison wasn't that great either.


EDIT: Great thread, by the way.

[F L E S H]

ooohh.. I love stand up!

this is really in no order whatsoever:
Dave Chapelle
Ron White
Lewis Black
Russell Peters (if you're canadian, you might know him... Not that big yet, but fucking hilarious!)
Eddy Izzard
Eddy Murphy (in the good ol' days)
Chris Rock
Jerry Seinfeld


There are others, but I don't remember their names cause they're pretty small time still... If you enjoy stand-up, go support them at your local comedy club! Sure sometimes you get some guy who really sucks, but most of the time you'll have a blast, especially stoned...

[Lulu]

Tommy Tiernan - Great standup, few decent parts, you may know him as the suicidal priest in 'Father Ted'

Dylan Moran - Another hysterical guy, co-writer and star of 'Black Books', he was also the shoplifter in the book store in 'Notting Hill'

Hector O'hEochagain - You'll either love him or want to smash his face in - I swing between the two, but he is amusing in a very manic way.

[DonnieDarko]

Not yet mentioned ....

Andy Kauffman
Sam Kinnison
Andrew "Dice" Clay

These guys were WAY over the top.

[tir na nog]

Original kings of comedy.. that shit is so funny. the dvd is completely impossible to git in ireland tho

Eddie Murphy
Dave Chappelle
D.L Hughley
Tommy Tiernan

Any funny funkers really!!!

[RIP ODB]

Not yet mentioned ....

Andy Kauffman
Sam Kinnison
Andrew "Dice" Clay

These guys were WAY over the top.

I mentioned Kinnison, I even went so far as to say he "wasn't that great".

Kaufman was pretty good, a little wierd...

Dice Clay - Good call on that one, I forgot him. He was great.

-Dirt Dogg

[DonnieDarko]

I mentioned Kinnison, I even went so far as to say he "wasn't that great".

Yup, I missed that one, RIP.

I agree that the black comedians are the funniest, mostly because they aren't afraid to talk about race. And they don't sugar-coat shit.