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Your Top 5 Comedians (Worldwide)

frantic_mel · 2004-04-22 12:58:28

Well so far here are my Top 5 Stand Up Comedians 1. Peter Kay 2. Eddie Murphy 3. Chris Rock 4. David Spade 5. Lee Evans Any recommendations are also welcome Mel

22-04-2004 12:58pm

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Well so far here are my Top 5 Stand Up Comedians

1. Peter Kay
2. Eddie Murphy
3. Chris Rock
4. David Spade
5. Lee Evans

Any recommendations are also welcome

Mel

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#2 22-04-2004 4:06pm

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Bill Hicks.

That is all.

(heard he got voted only #19 on some recent 'worlds best' poll - which I find mildly offensive.)

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#3 22-04-2004 4:10pm

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Tommy Tiernan
Deirdre O' Kane

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#4 22-04-2004 4:30pm

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erm ? hello ? billy connelly tbh

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#5 22-04-2004 4:32pm

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David O' Doherty!

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#6 22-04-2004 4:51pm

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In no perticular order:

Bill Hicks,
Peter Kay,
Billy Connelly,
Tommy Tiernan,
David O Doherty

Flogen

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#7 22-04-2004 5:00pm

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Bill Bailey!

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#8 22-04-2004 5:55pm

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Eddie Izzard,
Billy Connolly,
Bill Bailey,
Tommy Tiernan,
Dara O'Brian.

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#9 22-04-2004 8:43pm

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Bill Hicks
Bill Bailey
Billy Connely
Peter Kay
Dylan Moran

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#10 22-04-2004 10:07pm

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Billy Connolly
Bill Hicks
Peter Kay
Bill Bailey
Lee Evans

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#11 23-04-2004 1:40am

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how has anyone not mentioned dennis leary?

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#12 23-04-2004 2:52am

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Originally posted by michaelanthony

Deirdre O' Kane

Deirdre O'Kane ??? ... WTF ...

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#13 23-04-2004 3:20am

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Bill Hicks
Rich Hall
Bill Bailey
Tommy Tiernan
Dennis Leary

:ninja:

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I've had my fun and thats all that Matters

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#14 23-04-2004 9:02am

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Dylan Moran
Peter Kay
David Spade
Eddie Murphy
Richard Pryor

Other greats would include:

Denis Leary
Lee Evans
Chris Rock
Jerry Seinfeld

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#15 23-04-2004 9:55am

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how has anyone not mentioned dennis leary?

because Dennis Leary is a fraud and an idiot.

Flogen

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#16 23-04-2004 10:18am

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I would have to say, in no particular order...

Jerry Seinfeld
Chris Rock
Jeff Green
David O Doherty
Bill Hicks

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#17 23-04-2004 10:25am

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Peter Kay
Bill Hicks
George W. Bush
Tommy Tiernan
Jimmy Carr

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#18 23-04-2004 4:34pm

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Billy Connolly
Peter Kay
Chris Rock
Jack Dee
Lee Evans

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#19 23-04-2004 4:38pm

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Eddie Murphy
billy connolly
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pat short
tommy tiernan

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#20 23-04-2004 7:16pm

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anyone remember a comedian named Phil Kay? He had a show about five years ago on channel4 and network 2 called "Phil Kay feels..." thought he was very good in that and i saw him live and wasn't disappointed either.

Seriously michaelanthony Deirdre O' Kane?????? She's got to be the least funny of all people never mind comedians.

Pat short wouldn't get a vote from me either, not proven as a solo preformer yet.

Tommy Tiernan would definately make my list and i imagine would make pretty much anyone's list.

Rich Hall's earlier material is alot better than his new stuff which is one of the reasons he's mentioned very rarely thus far i guess.

David O'Doherty is a very good comedian and has definately got a future on the circut, but he's still relatively new on the scene.

Jerry Seinfield is a legend thus is on my list

Chris Rock is very good, except when he over states his accent and becomes almost incomprehendable.

Don't like the way Dara O'Brian ends every joke by drowning out the audience with a loud "Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh" (watch for it next time u see him,u'll notice it immediately if u haven't done already)

Could keep commenting but i'm a little tired and have gone on for long enough

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#21 24-04-2004 7:05pm

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Don't like the way Dara O'Brian ends every joke by drowning out the audience with a loud "Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh" (watch for it next time u see him,u'll notice it immediately if u haven't done already)

I have noticed that and I really really hate it. Graham Norton does it to a degree aswell but not as loud as Dara.

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#22 25-04-2004 8:25pm

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No one has mentioned Jack Dee ??? . Lee Evans is very funny too . Peter Kay's live at the top of the tower was the funniest thing i had ever seen , but live at alberts hall (sp? ) was only ok .

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#23 25-04-2004 9:13pm

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I think Lee Evans is a complete and utter tool. Ooooh, you make funny faces and fall alot.

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#24 25-04-2004 9:14pm

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Bill Hicks (best by far)
Billy Connolly (goes without saying)
David Cross (why has no-one mentioned him yet?)
Tommy Tiernan (best irish comedian at the moment)
Dennis Miller

Denis Leary is a Bill Hicks wannabe. Deirdre O'Kane is NOT FUNNY.

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#25 27-04-2004 7:10pm

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bill hicks
tommy tiernan
billy connolly
ricky gervais
bill bailey

also

dylan moran
ed byrne
david o'doherty*

*(cringe-worthy flash back of his gig in UCD when he said he had to go to Vicar St to see Michael McDonald and i drunkenly yelled out "ah my dads at that!"....scarlet!)

oh and how could i forget..........the writers of fair city!

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#26 27-04-2004 10:10pm

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+Eddie Izzard

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#27 28-04-2004 8:57am

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Originally posted by Big Ears
No one has mentioned Jack Dee ??? . Lee Evans is very funny too . Peter Kay's live at the top of the tower was the funniest thing i had ever seen , but live at alberts hall (sp? ) was only ok .

I did here

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#28 28-04-2004 9:06am

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Well at least some1 else other than me did .

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