Best comedian. Ever.

[Skyryder]

What with this HOG rally on and us 'wannabe's' not there I thought a bit of fun and games might be the ticket. So who's tops and cracks ya ribs with mirth and merriment. As many as you like but I'm gonna take the first name as your preffered choice and later pick the first ten and do a poll. Brit, American, Australian Kiwi...........shit there is only one. So for me the greatest ever is

Bob Hope.



Skyryder

[crazyhorse]

We're off to see Strassman on Wednesday - so that should be a good night :niceone:

[Big Dave]

George Carlin.

[T.W.R]

Bob Hope.



:crazy:

What???

with the wait till the audience gets the punchline approach....you've got to be kidding right :shit:

that sort of era of comedians any of the crew off Jokers Wild would piss all over Bob Hope

[crazyhorse]

ok. In a roundabout way, Kevin Bloody Wilson is my favourite. he does it through his music. i love it :yes:

[rapid van cleef]

George Bush

[oldguy]

Harry Enfield

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08BqaSuEE_w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS37SNYjg8w



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-II284PnJo

[rapid van cleef]

In no particluar order

Billy Conolley

Bill Bailey

Steve Coogan Live............awesome

Emo.............er................no hes a twat!

Ricky Gervias

Chris Rock

Chubby Brown............yes hes rascist/sexcist etc, but with him, everyone is a target..........so all good....and it is funny!

Lee Evans

Peter Kay

Thats what i think!

[Berries]

Bill Hicks.

Dennis Leary.

Bernard Manning.

+1 for Chubby.

Are Derek and Clive allowed ?

[Skyryder]

:crazy:

What???

with the wait till the audience gets the punchline approach....you've got to be kidding right :shit:

that sort of era of comedians any of the crew off Jokers Wild would piss all over Bob Hope



But would they last the distance??

Hope was a comedian for a generation, two generations. Sure his style was different than those of today.

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Skyryder

[Edbear]

Could add,

Victor Borge and Wes Harrison to the list...

[zahria]

Dave Allen

[FJRider]

For something completely different ... just dont mention the war ...

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[Laava]

We're off to see Strassman on Wednesday - so that should be a good night :niceone:

Take a raincoat if you are sitting in the front row! DAMHIK

[Maha]

George Carlin.

Is he the dude who came up with 'The Seven Words You Cant Say On TV'?....

And Tits shouldnt even be on the list!

[golfmade]

Is he the dude who came up with 'The Seven Words You Cant Say On TV'?....

And Tits shouldnt even be on the list!

That's him alright.

Do you mean best comedian on TV, in films, or on stage in front of a live audience?

Some of my favorites in terms of in front of a live audience are Mitch Hedberg (R.I.P. Mitch!) and David Cross.

[nallac]

Billy T James...no one could take the piss outa Maoris like he did.

[Murray]

Going back a bit but I always found Les Dawson from "jokers wild" very very funny along with Dave Allen.

But alltime favourite skit was this

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[CookMySock]

I went to see Rodney Rude some years back. He was fucken rude alright.. not sure what was funniest, him or sooooo many people in the audience who just didn't know which way to look..

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rodney+rude

Don't for fucks sake wear a funny hat or anything like that at his events, or he will destroy you in front of the audience. :whistle:

edit: if this guy ever gets into politics we are all seriously fucked.

Steve

[Hawkeye]

Eric Morecambe / Tommy Cooper / Les Dawson - 3 absolute genius's (sp?) and never once needed to use expletives.
Then of course there is Sid James

[crazyhorse]

Billy T James...no one could take the piss outa Maoris like he did.

You are right. The one and only who could do it and it was accepted nationwide. Excellent comedian, and a shame he was taken so young

[Zuki lover]

What about the two ronnies etc..... always were funny, back in the old days

[Hawkeye]

What about the two ronnies etc..... always were funny, back in the old days

Ronnie Barker - yes, Ronnie Corbett - always thought he was carried for years.
Now Ronnie Barker and David Jason in Open all hours....classics

[Maha]

Freddie Starr

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[oldguy]

Angry Frank.......Harrry Enfield

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sorry cant think of any one standup comedian that stands out for me.

[golfmade]

I'll have to divide my favorites up by area as my memory sucks and things come and go as they please in my head.

As for the UK area some of my favorites are:
Steve Coogan
Chris Morris
Dylan Morran

AND above all my favorites are Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry, especially this bit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNoS2BU6bbQ

But my personal favorite of Fry and Laurie is Jeeves and Wooster

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYf5YPNnfRY

[Boob Johnson]

If I had to choose the best it would be Eddie Izzard, no one comes close to him, a very unique style. John Cleese said he was the funniest man in Britain not long ago.

His best two pieces would be "Dress to Kill" & "Glorious", the more you watch them the more his depth is reveiled, absolute genius of a man & very very inteligent.

[Schrgd]

Stand up live..... there are so many!

Recent time's...Jimmy Carr
Russell Peters
Ricky Gervais
Rhys Darby
To name just a few,

Eddie Murphy, Raw and Delirious (Sp)
Bill Cosby was pretty good live,
George Carlin
Billy Connelly.


There are so many!!

[Leseid]

Eddie Izzard
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Ross Noble
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These two guys make it up as they go along.

[Skyryder]

Who was the 'spastic' guy that did standup. Australian I think.

And no one has mentioned Dame Edna. Shame on us all.


Skyryder

[Skyryder]

Who was the 'spastic' guy that did standup. Australian I think.

And no one has mentioned Dame Edna. Shame on us all.

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Skyryder

[ynot slow]

Robin Williams.

Billy T James,brilliant,ahead of his time and be seriously frowned upon now,very sad.

[taff1954]

Maybe showing my age, but... Tony Hancock. Anyone remember the blood donor and the ham radio sketches?

And Milligan. Met him when I was about 15 or 16. Such an insane genius.

Skyryder - you're thinking of Steady Eddie, I believe?

[rapid van cleef]

ross noble......funny guy. he was in the same class as an old mate of mine in school(different school to me)

[Big Dave]

Bob Newhart had probably the best line about Comedy.

'They all laughed when I said I wanted to be a Comedian. Well, here I am on stage and they're not laughing now.'

[T.W.R]

Who was the 'spastic' guy that did standup. Australian I think.



Steady Eddy


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[rapid van cleef]

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[Winston001]

Eddie Izzard

John Cleese

Rowan Atkinson

Ronnie Barker

With honourable mentions for Harry Enfield, Sid James, Billy T, etc