Your current and all time favourite comedians

IvaBigWun

Currently I think Louis CK is untouchable, he's gone from "who's he?" 5 years ago to stand up specials for HBO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-JFPePh6yM

The best of all time is a trickier one, George Carlin, Chris Rock and Eddie Murphy would all be contenders but I think Richard Pryor takes the gold

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmZm2HBMtTQ

Who's your current and all time favourite comedians?

starlit

Mostly from fr ted really. Exception mrs brown and few irish comediens. I like brendan g and pat s and john kenny but not tommy t his gags not great anymore.

George Carlin

Fox_In_Socks

Kevin McAleer, with his long rambling stories involving mundane stuff like watching TV in the 90s.

Classic, so droll!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii6KY87xwWI

jjbrien

To me has to be Tommy Tiernan he is a national treasure to us and always makes me laugh my misses likes him too and shes a yank so its saying something

kaimera

Bill Hicks

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starlit

Mostly those from irish, uk and american sitcoms have a few as mentioned previously but zoe d in new girl is v funny and neil patrick harris. Eddie murphy and chris rock are gas too.

D1stant

Eddie Izzard

Tombo2001

Wont be the 'hip' choice....

...but Peter Kay is a funny man.

Others

I do like Dave Chapelle.

Tombo2001

Dylan Moran my favourite of the Irish comedians.

Also, Foil, Arms and Hog are incredibly funny.

guillespe

Roy Chubby Brown

rob w

Current is Micky Flanagan

All time is a tough one but maybe Eddie Murphy!

guillespe

guillespe wrote: »

Roy Chubby Brown

about 20 years ago maybe...

Cosmicfox

dylan moran or kevin bridges

WIZE

Frankie Boyle

kaimera

OP did say current and all time fav

Dave Chappelle yea, he's making a come back to standup isn't he?

WIZE

jjbrien wrote: »

To me has to be Tommy Tiernan he is a national treasure to us and always makes me laugh my misses likes him too and shes a yank so its saying something

I f%^king hate him

MurdyWurdy

Bill Hicks, Trevor Noah and Russell Peters. I love stand-up but those are comedians where I can watch their stuff over and over again.

MickFleetwood

Carlin, Pryor and C.K.

Never found Hicks to be that funny, very intelligent just not hugely comedic, at least in my opinion.

I honestly never heard of the Louis CK guy until he was mentioned here a few days ago, must look him up

Legs.Eleven

Adam Buxton. So many great clips to choose from I didn't know which one to go for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP1rmsCPbQU

frozenfrozen

Dave Allen

IvaBigWun

A great Chris Rock clip here, as far as I know he's only played Ireland once?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dGhsRsHXP8

dark crystal

Billy Connolly is my all time favourite.

I also love Joan Rivers, Chris Rock and Bill Burr.

claypigeon777

Bernard Manning.:D

forgotten password

roy chubbt brown, not my fav comedian but def. makes me laugh the most:D:D

The Backwards Man

Tommy Cooper, just has to appear on screen and I burst out laughing.

Wouldn't want to see him in a live show though.

IvaBigWun

claypigeon777 wrote: »

Bernard Manning.:D

Manning and Roy Chubby Brown are from a long gone style of comedy.

Thanks be to fúck.

mitosis

Woody Allen was a true great at stand up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuCufsHa8wU

Currently I like Frankie Boyle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTF-cyYOfUc

Muise...

current: Dylan Moran

all time: Spike Milligan

claypigeon777

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Manning and Roy Chubby Brown are from a long gone style of comedy.

Thanks be to fúck.

You mean funny comedians?
Any of the so-called comedians knocking about today spend half their time walking up and down backwards and forwards telling a long winded story with a crap unfunny punch line.
If a comedian cannot fire out the laughs like a machine gun and he/she cannot go into a prison with the psychopathic scum of the earth or go into the Royal Albert Hall and make both audiences laugh at the same material then he/she is not a comedian.
I've seen jokes on sickipedia posted by anonymous jokers that are ten thousand times funnier than the family friendly PC crap that is served up as comedy these days.
I like sophisticated humor as much as the next man but the best comedy is still the primitive crude rude filthy demeaning humor people have always laughed at.
Frankie Boyle is the only living comedian I would have time for.
His humor is disturbing vile evil misanthropic and sociopathic and hilarious.

lahalane

Current and all time favourite, both Louis CK.

Legs.Eleven

I haven't seen much Louis CK. Have to check him out.

Pug160

I thought Boyle's shock humour was funny initially but he's starting to become a bit desperate now. It's almost like the act is getting a bit old. George Carlin impressed me the most. Crude but very intelligent. Very articulate as well.

ciano1

Jim Jefferies!

IvaBigWun

claypigeon777 wrote: »

You mean funny comedians?
Any of the so-called comedians knocking about today spend half their time walking up and down backwards and forwards telling a long winded story with a crap unfunny punch line.

No, they're just combining life observations with humour. The way all the great ones do.

Bernard Manning and Roy Chubby Brown are ok for Blackpool maybe

Sgt. Al Powell

Not sure if they qualify as comedians, but Mike Murphy and Dermot Morgan's early stuff was hilarious:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR2WgD_Ignk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bUxGylJLDk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p6tuhGdfCw

fruvai

George Carlin
Richard Pryor
Mitch Hedberg

SherlockWatson

kaimera wrote: »

Bill Hicks

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The best thing that ever happened to him was being censored by Letterman!

It's a shame he was taken so early, a truly fantastic comedian.

Ihatecuddles-old

I'm loving Jerry Seinfeld lately. I thought I would hate him, but after watching one of his shows I really liked him.

I hate George Carlin. I love Peter Kay, always have and always will.

I'd be here all night if I listed who I like. Quicker to say who I hate. Sarah Millican and every other female comedian. Lenny Henry, the Irish guy who always sounds drunk, somebody Moran. I cant stand him.

stretchdoe

There are many.

Funniest of recent years that no-one has posted a video of yet is Dave Chappelle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUmYGLIubho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q-cKpxY67Q

markomuscle

Tim McGarry, I have an odd sense of humour so he may not be for everyone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AkCey6Jcp0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15vmPM6McWI

thefasteriwalk

Current: Frankie Boyle

All-time: Bill Hicks

Bipolar Joe

I can't stand Bill Hicks. It's not so much comedy as having opinions, and the occasional conspiracy, shouted at you, then clapping because you agree. It's a stage, not a soap box. Also, Tommy Tiernan is balls. Much like music, loud does not equal good. It equals loud.

Best, currently and all time, is Mike Birbiglia. Fantastic diary-style comedy that doesn't need to be caustic to be funny (Not that he doesn't do less light things sometimes). Listening to Two Drink Mike on the bus years ago had me in tears laughing.

blow69

Louis C.K.

A great stand up. And his TV show, Louis, which he writes and directs is hilariously dark and weird.

dobman88

Curent- Kevin Bridges, went to see him last December on a Saturday, went for a pint on the Sunday with my girlfriend, bumped into him in a pub and ended up on the lash with him and his mate. Sound bloke and I think hes funny so thats why I like him.

All time- I am too young to remember them in their hey day but The Two Ronnies. I watch the show whenever its on telly. Classic stuff

.jacksparrow.

Tommy Tiernan all day long, the chap always cheers me up!

Yes he went bad for 3 years but his stuff is genius!

Daveysil15

Currently Russell Peters:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8FISjAZXEI

All time fave, probably Tommy Tiernan or George Carlin.

Arawn

All time?? Bill Hicks, love me some mike wilmot too

bnt

All-time, no way I could choose just one. Names like Bob Newhart, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Denis Leary*, George Carlin, Bill Hicks.

Bill Cosby? Really? Yes, before he became a sitcom star.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSyg4uHjWMc

These days, Kevin Bridges is up there, as is Nina Conti, Bill Maher, Jim Jeffries.

* not kidding. Yes, I know about the bit he "borrowed" from Bill Hicks and recorded - it's now a knee-jerk reaction whenever his name is mentioned, an almighty screw-up on his part. But there's a lot more to him than that.

stealinhorses

Joey Diaz