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World's Top Stand Up Comedians

[Deleted User] · 2009-05-08 14:45:50

I seen the 100 top comedians on E4 last week and seen that Billy Connelly was number 1 on the chart, although he's good I didn't think he would be number 1.. Who are people's top stand up comedians My top 5 would be:* Lee Evans * Tommy Tiernan * Dara O Briain * Chris Rock * Peter Kay

08-05-2009 2:45pm

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I seen the 100 top comedians on E4 last week and seen that Billy Connelly was number 1 on the chart, although he's good I didn't think he would be number 1..

Who are people's top stand up comedians

My top 5 would be:
Lee Evans

Tommy Tiernan

Dara O Briain

Chris Rock

Peter Kay

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#2 12-05-2009 8:19pm

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saw

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#3 12-05-2009 9:06pm

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squidgey wrote: »

saw

What?

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#4 13-05-2009 12:44am

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#5 13-05-2009 8:27am

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RobbieBonham wrote: »

Originally Posted by squidgey
saw

Is there something I'm not aware of here fellas?

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#6 13-05-2009 8:35am

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No idea either OP, but things are pretty cliquey on this board so I wouldnt worry about it. Anyways my picks

1 Dave Chappelle
2 Dara O'Briain
3 Ricky Gervais
4 Eddie Izzard
5 Mitch Hedberg (RIP)

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#7 13-05-2009 9:40am

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The cheeky feckers are just laughing at your spelling mistake. :pac:

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#8 13-05-2009 10:10am

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Dord wrote: »

The cheeky feckers are just laughing at your spelling mistake. :pac:

Ah i get it now, I should have said saw instead of seen. WOW

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#9 13-05-2009 10:17am

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Deleted User wrote: »

I seen the 100 top comedians on E4 last week

That is what they were laughing at ^^. It should be "I saw the top 100 comedians.....

Anyway

Bill Hicks,Richard Pryor,Mitch Hedberg,Billy Connolly and Doug Stanhope.

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#10 13-05-2009 5:00pm

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Dord wrote: »

The cheeky feckers are just laughing at your spelling mistake. :pac:

I was not. I was laughing at Squidgey's observation of it. :pac:

For the record: Billy Connolly, Dave Allen, Stewart Lee, Johnny Vegas, Me (I'm not saying I'm in the top 5, I'm just saying I'm my own fifth favourite)

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#11 15-05-2009 1:52pm

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It was more a grammar mistake than a spelling one.

Anyway ...

1. Louis C.K.
2. Ricky Gervais
3. Richard Pryor
4. Mitch Hedberg
5. Billy Connolly

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#12 15-05-2009 2:31pm

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Ricky gervais wouldn't liven up a funeral. nor would billy connolly.
Frankie Boyle. hes your man.

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#13 15-05-2009 2:35pm
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Deleted User wrote: »

Who are people's top stand up comedians

My top 5 would be:
Lee Evans

Tommy Tiernan

Dara O Briain

Chris Rock

Peter Kay

Sorry, but I don't agree with any of those! Too shouty and obvious for my liking (jesus, that makes me sound like a right c*nt! Sorry!).

My two to add would be Stewart Lee and Doug Stanhope. (And Bill Hicks, though he's dead.........aw....)

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#14 15-05-2009 11:48pm

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Oh, forgot about Stanhope. Put him on my list instead of me!

And G-whizz, why would anyone WANT to liven up a funeral? And if indeed enlivenment was required, it's not an easy task for anyone. It's like saying 'he couldnt organise a piss-up in a rehab clinic'.

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#15 16-05-2009 10:45pm

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I just found a website which is compiling a list of the top 100 stand up comedians. Seems incredibly American biased, David O'Doherty is the only Irish act I can spot on the list. Anyone want to indulge in the old popular Irish past-time of poll rigging?

http://www.shayne-michael.com/greatestComics.php

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#16 17-05-2009 9:17am

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i love the fact that that poll is greatest stand ups of 2009 and the top 5 is

Richard Pryor
Steve Martin
Johnny Carson
Bill Cosby
George Carlin

because they all had/are having prosperous stand up careers in 09 :rolleyes:

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#17 17-05-2009 1:27pm

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#18 17-05-2009 11:53pm

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Some of the choices on that list are bizarre, Woody Allen? has he even done a standup show in the past 20 years? and Adam Sandler is on there but Mitch Hedberg isnt? bollocks!

anyway I'd have (past and present)

1.Bill Hicks
2.George Carlin
3.Mitch Hedberg
4.Chirstopher Titus
5.Richard Pryor

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#19 17-05-2009 11:56pm

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Ricky Gervais
Bill Bailey
Dara O'Brian

And the rest to me are all the same! Oh and Tommy Tiernan isnt funny.

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#20 18-05-2009 12:01am

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Gosh. Lists are exciting.

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#21 19-05-2009 12:32am

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1. Doug Stanhope
2. Bill Burr
3. Louis C.K
4. Bill Hicks
5. David Cross

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#22 23-05-2009 10:53pm

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Dord wrote: »

The cheeky feckers are just laughing at your spelling mistake. :pac:

Grammar mistake.

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#23 23-05-2009 11:04pm

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RobbieBonham wrote: »

Oh, forgot about Stanhope. Put him on my list instead of me!

And G-whizz, why would anyone WANT to liven up a funeral? And if indeed enlivenment was required, it's not an easy task for anyone. It's like saying 'he couldnt organise a piss-up in a rehab clinic'.

The analogy is half-apt.
A piss up would indeed be inappropriate at a rehab clinic.
Elicitation of a laugh would also be inappropriate at a funeral.
These are similar.

A piss up however would be easy to arrange in a rehab clinic.
A laugh would not be easy to elicit at a funeral.
These are dissimilar.

Some of my favourites FWIW:
Stewart Lee
Ricky Gervais
Rich Hall
Steven Wright
Bill Bailey

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#24 23-05-2009 11:10pm

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chin_grin wrote: »

Sorry, but I don't agree with any of those! Too shouty and obvious for my liking (jesus, that makes me sound like a right c*nt! Sorry!).

Shoutiness is, generally speaking, inversely proportional to funniness alright.
Examples i can think of would be Tommy "shouty" Tiernan and Jonny "unfunny" Vegas.

Don't mind Peter Kay though from that list and Chris Rock isn't the worst tbh.

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#25 25-05-2009 1:52am

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Nice to see Louis CK get some props here, balances out nicely the view that Dara O Brian is one of the top 3 or 5 stand ups of all time lol.

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#26 25-05-2009 11:57am

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tech77 wrote: »

A piss up however would be easy to arrange in a rehab clinic.

Not any that I've ever been in...lol

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#27 26-05-2009 10:37pm

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5 that make me laugh the most these days.

1. Louis CK
2. Stewart Lee
3. Ricky Gervais
4. Bill Burr
5. Jim Jeffries

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#28 27-05-2009 8:41am

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1 brendan grace
2 lee evan
3 Peter kay
4 Dusty young
5 Bill Baliey

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#29 30-05-2009 9:14pm

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bill hicks

sam kinnessan

george carlin

lenny bruce

pryor

connollly

dane cook

dylan moran

bill bailey

jerry sadowitz

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#30 07-06-2009 7:23pm

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I'm delighted Bill Bailey got a mention in here, the man is a comic genius, Mitch Hedberg also, the one liner king

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#31 12-06-2009 5:29am

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This seems to be the 'name-drop your favourite dead comic' thread.

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#32 16-06-2009 12:09am

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Rented Mule wrote: »

This seems to be the 'name-drop your favourite dead comic' thread.

Not really theres been George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Lenny Bruce, Sam Kinison, Richard Pryor, Mitch Hederg and Dave Allen were the only dead comic's mentioned and at least one of them usually makes someones top comedians list not because they're dead but because they were good.

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#33 16-06-2009 12:17am

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david mitchell is genius!!!
and bill bailey!!!

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#34 25-06-2009 11:28am

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Hmmmm....

1. Richard Pryor
2. Eddie murphy (before he sold out to "the man")
3. Marcus brigstocke
4. Bill Bailey
5. Steve Martin

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#35 29-06-2009 5:08pm

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Tommy Tiernan is poor IMO. I haven't really watched that much Lee Evans, the look of him and his voice put me off.

My top 5 would be:

1. Frankie Boyle
2. Billy Connolly
3. Jimmy Carr
4. Dara O'Brian
5. Gervais/Kay ??

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