Whom Are Your Favourite Comedians?

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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I wasn't familiar with George Carlin, but thanks to this thread I've watched quite a few of his routines on youtube, and think He's brilliant. My king of stuff. :)) So a big thanks. {[]
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  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,107MI6 Agent
    I wasn't familiar with George Carlin, but thanks to this thread I've watched quite a few of his routines on youtube, and think He's brilliant. My king of stuff. :)) So a big thanks. {[]

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  • minigeffminigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent
    Chris Rock is really funny. -{ and I know what you mean By Deadpan being tough for a total set.
    Watched a Tim Vine dvd and it did get a bit stale quite quickly.
    Rich Hall is another funny guy. along with Reg D Hunter. The Only one I'd have a disagreement with
    would be Russell Brand, just don't get his humor, yet find his sister Jo very Funny. :D

    My bad, I meant Russell Howard :))

    Russell Brand is a knob.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :)) I have to agree minigeff, that's my view of him to. Russell Howard is fantastic. {[]
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
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    I find Steve Colbert hilarious!

    I agree! And clearly smarter than most of the politicians he satirizes. -{
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    I wasn't familiar with George Carlin, but thanks to this thread I've watched quite a few of his routines on youtube, and think He's brilliant. My king of stuff. :)) So a big thanks. {[]

    If you like Carlin and you are not familiar with Richard Pryor, you must check him out. Many comedians, including Carlin, name Pryor as one of the greatest of all time. Pryor's movies by and large fail to do him justice except his concert films. That's where you really get to see his genius.
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    Louis C.K.

    Eddie Izzard

    Gabriel Iglesias

    Colin Mochrie
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  • rebentonrebenton Birmingham ALPosts: 276MI6 Agent
    Mitch Hedberg

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  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,107MI6 Agent
    Chubby Brown is awesome
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  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    I wasn't familiar with George Carlin, but thanks to this thread I've watched quite a few of his routines on youtube, and think He's brilliant. My king of stuff. :)) So a big thanks. {[]

    If you like Carlin and you are not familiar with Richard Pryor, you must check him out. Many comedians, including Carlin, name Pryor as one of the greatest of all time. Pryor's movies by and large fail to do him justice except his concert films. That's where you really get to see his genius.

    Agree, many people think Richard is just an actor, but he was one of the funniest men alive
    only he could do what most critics would say was racist material , he took no prisoners both black and white
    sheer genius ,observation humor at its best ,I loved him in Stir crazy with Gene Wilder :x
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I know from watching the special dvd of "Blazing saddles" that R Pryor worked on the script and was due to play the sheriff, but at the time he was doing so much drugs that he was too unpredictable. I do remember seeing one of his Stand up Videos but that would of been in my teens ( which was a long time ago ) :))
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  • DaltonFan1DaltonFan1 The West of IrelandPosts: 503MI6 Agent
    Dave Chappelle is hilarious and very insightful. I urge AJBers to check him out.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KhuEQpz0VU

    Also Lee Mack, Dylan Moran and Rhod Gilbert all tend to provoke tears of laughter from me.
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  • PmaloyPmaloy Posts: 47MI6 Agent
    Billy Connolly - best British comedian ever
    Doug Stanhope
    Bill Hicks RIP
    Kevin Bridges
    Sean Lock
    Derek and Clive (Moore and Cook)
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    I advise you catch on iPlayer part one of the Imagine: Woody Allen doc that was on yesterday, that said, though What's New Pussycat was slated by Allen, due to the studio interference, and regarded as a salutory lesson, there is no mention at all of Casino Royale, which I think was the real salutory lesson, and came after.
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,690MI6 Agent
    Stewart Lee for sure. If you don't know who he is, go and Google/You Tube him. He's the Jacques Derrida of comedy - he deconstructs it as he goes along in his excellent stand-up routines. There have been three series of Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle (2009, 2011 and 2014) which was where I first discovered him!
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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,564Chief of Staff
    I've tried to like Stewart Lee, I really have...I just don't find him funny...the odd gag is ok...but not consistent enough for me...
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Some of my current favourites..... ( some strong language ) ;)
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BNWP04p7Rig. Andy Parsons.
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1W45t3kTXHM. Mickey Flanagan
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oDGoWNXq7hg Sean lock
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_qBbjNmkdis. Jimmy Carr
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,690MI6 Agent
    Sir Miles wrote:
    I've tried to like Stewart Lee, I really have...I just don't find him funny...the odd gag is ok...but not consistent enough for me...

    Yes, I accept that he is very unconventional and not very popular as a result - as I say he a deconstructor of comedy to its barest components and not everyone digs that. He does really tell "jokes" as such either. In fact, during his 2011 Comedy Vehicle show people actually walked out which he suggested could be his version of the much more popular Michael McIntyre's cutting away to laughing celebrities! As he said himself "This is not a mistake. This is actually my act!" :))
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I think he's quite funny, in a " University Student" way ( and I don't
    Mean that as an insult) , I find him very witty and clever with his
    Observations but find myself smiling at his humour rather than
    Laughing out loud.
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wOb2KQHr7V0
    He had a radio show Lee and Herring in various formats which I also
    Enjoyed, sometimes you'll hear it on bbc4 extra.
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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,564Chief of Staff
    Sir Miles wrote:
    I've tried to like Stewart Lee, I really have...I just don't find him funny...the odd gag is ok...but not consistent enough for me...

    Yes, I accept that he is very unconventional and not very popular as a result - as I say he a deconstructor of comedy to its barest components and not everyone digs that. He does really tell "jokes" as such either. In fact, during his 2011 Comedy Vehicle show people actually walked out which he suggested could be his version of the much more popular Michael McIntyre's cutting away to laughing celebrities! As he said himself "This is not a mistake. This is actually my act!" :))

    You should try Mark Thomas - a very funny guy who doesn't get the credit he deserves as he doesn't really tell 'jokes' either...but he's a million times better/funnier than Stewart Lee - in my opinion -{
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Mark Thomas, very funny {[] and plenty of facts to embarrass the
    Establishment. He's had some fantastic shows on bbc4 radio. -{
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  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    I have a very wide range of tastes regarding what makes me laugh in no particular order I like
    Spike Milligan , Richard Pryor, Peter Cooke &Dudley Moore along with their alter egos (Dereck &Clive)
    Rodney Rude, Benny Hill, Harry Hill,Tommy cooper, and Rodney Dangerfiled,
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    The trouble with this thread is people keep reminding
    Me of other comedians, I'd forgotten ! :))
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  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,205MI6 Agent
    Morecambe and Wise.
    Frankie Howerd.

    Laurel & Hardy in timeless movie classics.

    I dislike "blue" comedians - anyone who has to revert to constant swearing for laughs really does not have any talent at all.
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  • OrnithologistOrnithologist BerlinPosts: 584MI6 Agent
    The title of this thread is "who are your favourite comedians?" It keeps reverting itself every time i edit the title

    I was just about to post this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7YpRLpstjE :))
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    whom-are-your-favourite-comedians?

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  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,777MI6 Agent
    Oh Pussy is def on my list. Though I still haven't forgiven that prehistoric Thunderbirds joke!

    Best of the amateurs...

    Sir Eddie Izzard
    Miranda Hart
    Lee Evans
    Victoria Wood
    Bill Bailey
    Billy Connolly (DVDs for my Dad.)

    As a kid I loved Dave Allen, the Two Ronnies and of course, Morecambe and Wise.
    Honourable mention to the Monty Python and Carry On gangs.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    It would be quicker for me to list the comedians that I didn't
    Like, the usual suspects. ;)
    Even in the early days of alternative comedy, I made no difference
    With the older comedians and the new ones. If something is Funny,
    it's funny. :))
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  • PeppermillPeppermill DelftPosts: 2,860MI6 Agent
    Eddie Izzard; although I found his last two shows not as amazingly super fantastic as his older stuff.
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