Funniest stand up comedy you've seen

Cianos · 24-02-2012 01:09AM

Dave Chapelle has good.

Links234 · 24-02-2012 01:11AM

Bill Bailey, Tim Minchin, Stewart Lee

24-02-2012 01:11AM

Johny vegas in cork

Glico Man · 24-02-2012 01:12AM

Rhod Gilbert, Dylan Moran, Dara O'Briain, Billy Connolly, Reginald. D. Hunter

Jake187 · 24-02-2012 01:12AM

Finally someone mentioned Dave Chappelle.

FouxDaFaFa · 24-02-2012 01:20AM

Bill Hicks, Louis CK, Tim Minchin.

George Carlin was fantastic too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ8hefESt7c

More recently, Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler have a great double-act going. So bizarre, but brilliant.

pragmatic1 · 24-02-2012 01:24AM

Louis CK is the best right now. Jim Norton, Bill Burr also very funny. In general US stand up is miles ahead of anything from Ireland or the UK.

Darius.Tr · 24-02-2012 01:24AM

George Carlin was one of my favourites, Dane Cook has a few good acts aswell.

mackg · 24-02-2012 01:26AM

Some great ones mentioned already. I'll add Daniel Tosh never heard of him until a friend showed me some clips on youtube, really funny.

krudler · 24-02-2012 01:33AM

another vote for Louis CK, think he's the best comedian in the world right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnDH-RXCptY

Bill Burr too, underrated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLHjvQJ9y_w

I really like Gabriel Iglesias, really funny Latino comedian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbppTv4pCGQ

K-9 · 24-02-2012 01:34AM

Live:

Dermot Morgan trying out new stuff about 1995, very sharp and alive to hecklers.
Ed Byrne in the late 90's used to be funny!

Colm Murphy and surprisingly Andrew Maxwell were quite good.

Ardal O'Hanlon picked on me for wearing a striped shirt that tied in with his pyjama joke. Males start and end life wearing pyjamas which is true. Spotted my striped shirt when doing the toilet dash and he just pointed "pjjamas". Baxtard!

Worst, Patrick Kielty.

DVD:

Dylan Moran. (I'd love to see him live)
Jimmy Carr from 4/5 years ago.

krudler · 24-02-2012 01:37AM

Darius.Tr wrote: »

George Carlin was one of my favourites, Dane Cook has a few good acts aswell.

I think Dane Cook's problem was he got too big, his show at Madison Square Garden is hard to listen to due to amount of women screaming at him the whole way through it, he's a rock star comedian, he's very fratboy humour but does have some very funny bits.

Peetrik · 24-02-2012 01:38AM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Louis CK is the best right now. Jim Norton, Bill Burr also very funny. In general US stand up is miles ahead of anything from Ireland or the UK.

Are you from the US yourself? Some of the cultural differances from Ireland or the UK might not travel well and vice versa of course. A lot of the US comedians are fantastic but TBH I regularly find some US comedians to be a little... obvious.

K-9 · 24-02-2012 01:46AM

Tim Minchin is excellent as well from what I've watched on TV.

PhlegmyMoses · 24-02-2012 01:48AM

Anybody who thinks that Eddie Murphy's Raw and Delirious shows were the best (both awesome, I agree) should check out Richard Pryor. The likes of Murphy and Chris Rock wouldn't ever claim to even be as good as him. He pretty much gave birth to that kind of comedy.

His ability to tell stories about the grimmest things that happened to him - growing up in a whorehouse, setting himself on fire after trying to freebase cocaine whilst spilling rum on himself, shooting up his girlfriend's car, having a heart attack - in such a humourous and candid way was nothing short of amazing.

He was also a great actor on stage which greatly added to his Live shows. He'd play out dialogue between multiple characters, giving them clearly defined personalities and voices in a way that most comedians could only aspire to. Absolute genius. Can't help but feel that his work has been diluted a bit by so many people playing the magpie with his work but he was a revolutionary in the comedy world.

Other great comedians I would advise everyone to check out are Mitch Hedberg and Demetri Martin. Very funny and very clever.

Fluorescence · 24-02-2012 01:51AM

This thread doesn't have enough Bill Bailey. The man's a genius

I also love Dylan Moran and Dara O Briain. To a lesser extent: Sean Locke and Michael McIntyre.

cruiser178 · 24-02-2012 01:51AM

crazygeryy wrote: »

Billy connolly in the early 90s at the theatre royal in limerick.hes not great today but back then he was the funniest comedian on the planet.

If memory serves me right, was'nt there a lot of up roar about how disguistingly vile Billys language was at that concert, afaik there was even talk about banning him from Limerick, which is a bit rich.

Joan rivers cracks me up every time, 79 next birthday, she is a fúcking LEDGEND.

krudler · 24-02-2012 01:54AM

cant believe I forgot Mitch Hedberg, insanely funny guy, such a pity he died so young.

sample jokes "so my pants are holding up my belt, but my belt is holding up my pants, so whos the real hero down there?"

"I saw a wino eating some grapes and I was like "dude, you gotta wait"

ah just youtube him, brilliant stuff.

Rothko · 24-02-2012 01:56AM

George Carlin

Davey Devil · 24-02-2012 01:56AM

Last gig I went to was Ross Noble. Very funny.

Curly Watts · 24-02-2012 01:56AM

Martin Laurence' stand up is brilliant imo

RonMexico · 24-02-2012 01:58AM

I remember seeing Billy Connolly in U.L. in Limerick a few years ago. He walked onstage and the first thing out of his mouth was - "Limerick, it's good to be back. It's not quite the ****hole it used to be.":D

Saw Tommy Tiernan about 6-7 years ago and he was also hilarious.

Bill Bailey has some great shows. Love this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98xNx87hRbU

Rich Hall is good, love his Otis Lee Crenshaw routine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p4oQXIWmiU

Also Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Bill Hicks

Tim Minchen is a twat though.

strobe · 24-02-2012 02:00AM

Richard Pryor: He can do really tame family friendly stuff that has you in stitches

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6IQgR4ehJY

and two minutes later go into heavy adult stuff about hardcore drug use, the mafia, racism and sex and still be just as clever, funny and insightful as with the softer stuff. Just a fucking legend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu-MKSmVT7s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN1y9ZlOPf4

Shryke · 24-02-2012 02:05AM

Dylan Moran,
Bill Bailey,
Dara O' Briein,
Bill Hicks,
Stewart Lee,
Richard Pryor,
and Jimmy Carr all do it for me.
Sean Lock is good but better suited to panel shows. The same for Frankie Boyle.

One comedian I really really dislike is Michael Mcintyre..

Great bit that Stewart Lee did on Frankie Boyle (who I don't mind at all):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft2TXXuQrTo

And a classic bit of Dylan Moran:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNKoH84ioz0

cruiser178 · 24-02-2012 02:07AM

krudler wrote: »

cant believe I forgot Mitch Hedberg, insanely funny guy, such a pity he died so young.

sample jokes "so my pants are holding up my belt, but my belt is holding up my pants, so whos the real hero down there?"

"I saw a wino eating some grapes and I was like "dude, you gotta wait"

ah just youtube him, brilliant stuff.

just did, very good.

pragmatic1 · 24-02-2012 02:12AM

Peetrik wrote: »

Are you from the US yourself? Some of the cultural differances from Ireland or the UK might not travel well and vice versa of course. A lot of the US comedians are fantastic but TBH I regularly find some US comedians to be a little... obvious.

No I'm Irish. I find a lot of UK and Irish comedians too tame and afraid to be un -Pc.

krudler · 24-02-2012 02:12AM

Patton Oswalt too

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

dagdha · 24-02-2012 02:15AM

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Anybody who thinks that Eddie Murphy's Raw and Delirious shows were the best (both awesome, I agree) should check out Richard Pryor. The likes of Murphy and Chris Rock wouldn't ever claim to even be as good as him. He pretty much gave birth to that kind of comedy.

His ability to tell stories about the grimmest things that happened to him - growing up in a whorehouse, setting himself on fire after trying to freebase cocaine whilst spilling rum on himself, shooting up his girlfriend's car, having a heart attack - in such a humourous and candid way was nothing short of amazing.

He was also a great actor on stage which greatly added to his Live shows. He'd play out dialogue between multiple characters, giving them clearly defined personalities and voices in a way that most comedians could only aspire to. Absolute genius. Can't help but feel that his work has been diluted a bit by so many people playing the magpie with his work but he was a revolutionary in the comedy world.

Other great comedians I would advise everyone to check out are Mitch Hedberg and Demetri Martin. Very funny and very clever.

+1
I remember watching The Original Kings Of Comedy a good few years back and I thought it was one of the funniest things I'd ever seen. I then watched a couple of Richard Pryors shows a few years later and pretty much every joke in The Original Kings Of Comedy was one of Richard Pryors or a rip off of one that he had done about 20 years previously. Richard Pryor was one of the funniest comedians ever and his shows were hilarious.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 24-02-2012 02:21AM

Its a toss up between George Carlin and Mitch Hedberg for me. They had contrasting styles and brands of humour and they both were brilliant.

ricero · 24-02-2012 02:23AM

I'm shocked kevin bridges has not been mentioned yet he's my favorite at the moment. I also love eddie murphy and peter kay. I detest lee Evans

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