Favorite Comedians?

[Obscuraphile]

Joe Rogan
Ricky Gervais
Robin Williams
And Dara O'Brian

Now your turn.

[Razade]

Louie C.K
Bill Hicks
Dimitri Martin
George Carlin

[Obscuraphile]

I know two of those. Help me Googlefu!

Also Steve Hofstetter

[-D-]

Bill Hicks
Robin Williams
George Carlin

I like my comedians how I like my poets - Dead and mostly born in different century.

[ben-zayb]

Key & Peele (Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele)
Jon Stewart
Jim Carrey
Bill Murray
Betty White
Rowan Atkinson

[JoshL]

Emo Phillips
Eddie Izzard
Patton Oswalt
Emo Phillips again, just in case

[Peelee]

Rodney Dangerfield, Mitch Hedberg, Rowan Atkinson, Jon Stewart.

[Kyberwulf]

Richard Pryor
Eddie Murphy
Eddie Izzard
Robin Williams.

[The_Ditto]

in no particular order ..

Robin Williams
George Carlin
Bill Murray
Tim Conway
Rick Moranis
John Candy
Martin Short
Steve Martin


In fact, I think my all time favorite Comedy movie has to be "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" .. I feel Steve Martin and Michael Cain were perfectly cast, and did a phenomenal job in that movie :)

[thorgrim29]

Key and Peele, Mitchell and Webb, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Jefferies, Sugar Sammy, Robin Williams, George Carlin.

And if we spread it to comedy writers I'd add Tina Fey and Amy Pohler.

[Peelee]

I am a terrible person and forgot Norm MacDonald. Hoo boy, do I love me some Norm MacDonald.

[MikelaC1]

Alonzo Bodden
Sadly, todays comedy has become far too political and has strayed from jokes to flat out vitriol.

[thompur]

The Marx Brothers
Laurel & Hardy
Abbot & Costello
Bill Cosby
Woody Allen
Bob Newhart
George Carlin
Robin Williams
Jeff Dunham

[Peelee]

The Marx Brothers

Oh man, I feel bad for forgetting them. Groucho absolutely deserved all the fame he got, the man was a comic genius.

[MikelaC1]

I also forgot to mention the Monty Python troupe, especially John Cleese

[Rater202]

Gabriel Iglesias. Hands down.

Jeff Dunham and the Blue Collar Comedy boys(Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Daniel Lawrence 'Larry The Cabal Guy' Witney, and Ron White) are all guilty pleasures.

[Kyberwulf]

Huh, What do you think of Actors as Comedians or Comedians as Actors?

I see some people on here, and I keep thinking... Those aren't comedians, those are actors. I mean, they can be funny actors, but actors nonetheless.

I mean, some of them are Comedians, and can be Comedic Actors (and vice verses), but it's hard to say they excel at both.

[Some Android]

Coincidentally 3 of my favorite modern comedians all voice the Belcher children on Bob's Burgers:

-Eugene Mirman
-Kristen Schaal
-Dan Mintz

I also like Demetri Martin. I haven't heard that much from Chris Rock, but I love this one bit he has about gay marriage, and that alone ranks him pretty high.

[Bohandas]

for standups:

Mike Birbiglia
John Mulaney
Jim Gaffagin
Aziz Ansari
Eugene Mirman
Patton Oswalt
Craig Ferguson
Daniel Tosh
George Carlin
Jen Kirkman
Kathleen Madigan

[Peelee]

Huh, What do you think of Actors as Comedians or Comedians as Actors?

I see some people on here, and I keep thinking... Those aren't comedians, those are actors. I mean, they can be funny actors, but actors nonetheless.

I mean, some of them are Comedians, and can be Comedic Actors (and vice verses), but it's hard to say they excel at both.

Wheeeeeee!

When you're in Hollywood and you're a comedian, everybody wants you to do other things. All right, you're a stand-up comedian, can you write us a script? That's not fair. That's like if I worked hard to become a cook, and I'm a really good cook, they'd say, "OK, you're a cook. Can you farm?"

[Some Android]

When you're in Hollywood and you're a comedian, everybody wants you to do other things. All right, you're a stand-up comedian, can you write us a script? That's not fair. That's like if I worked hard to become a cook, and I'm a really good cook, they'd say, "OK, you're a cook. Can you farm?"

Really? I feel that way about let's players. Seriously: a bunch of idiots accumulate a bunch of subscribers on youtubes making dumb, unscripted comments while playing video games and all of a sudden that makes them qualified to be actors. I'm convinced anytime a person who is famous for being a let's player appears on something scripted it's just to boost rating:

"OH WOW! That one person who makes dumb comments while playing video is cameo-ing on this show! I'll watch it!"

Seriously, it's like when a professional athlete cameos in something. It's like when Shaq starred in films in the 90s.

[Peelee]

Really? I feel that way about let's players. Seriously: a bunch of idiots accumulate a bunch of subscribers on youtubes making dumb, unscripted comments while playing video games and all of a sudden that makes them qualified to be actors. I'm convinced anytime a person who is famous for being a let's player appears on something scripted it's just to boost rating:

"OH WOW! That one person who makes dumb comments while playing video is cameo-ing on this show! I'll watch it!"

Seriously, it's like when a professional athlete cameos in something. It's like when Shaq starred in films in the 90s.

That's happening? That's... huh. I don't watch Lets Plays, but yeah, I would generally agree with you. If there are any people among them that can successfully transition to acting (like the great Terry Crews. I love me some Terry Crews), more power to 'em, but being a big youtuber alone is hardly a qualification.

[Some Android]

That's happening? That's... huh. I don't watch Lets Plays, but yeah, I would generally agree with you. If there are any people among them that can successfully transition to acting (like the great Terry Crews. I love me some Terry Crews), more power to 'em, but being a big youtuber alone is hardly a qualification.

You didn't hear about PewDiePie's South Park cameo? The animators didn't even bother to animate PewDiePie. All his scenes are completely live action. I get South Park has in the past blended animation with live action, but considering Korn, Wing, and others have guest starred on the show and they were animated it makes it seem as though the creators just did it to boost ratings.

Arin Hanson appeared on an episode of Rick and Morty. He voiced a monotone, borderline soulless cyborg that honestly I believe I could have delivered that line just as well. Jon Oliver, Stephen Colbert, and David Cross to name a few have all appeared on Rick and Morty and their characters were in the majority of the episode. But a let's player only has one scene and honestly Justin Roiland or literally anyone could have done that part.

Yeah, I'm convinced let's players only appear in other works to boost ratings.

[Manga Shoggoth]

I also forgot to mention the Monty Python troupe, especially John Cleese

If we are going for the greats, then we should mention The Two Ronnies and Morcombe and Wise.

[Wraith]

Billy Connelly - Stories of an eccentric life
Phill Jupitus - The epitome of sarcasm
Dylan Moran - Jaded and bewildered with just a touch of alcoholism
Bill Bailey - Surreal and musical in equal measure

[Bohandas]

I also forgot to mention the Monty Python troupe, especially John Cleese

They're definitely my favorite in terms of sketch comedy, with Mister Show, All That, and The Hollow Men coming in at a distant second. I don't like Saturday Night Live though, while a lot of the individual sketches are hilarious just as many of them fall completely flat, and furthermore the show is mostly filler (the host, the musical guest, etc).

[Velaryon]

In no particular order, and separated by category:

Stand Up:
Eddie Izzard
Dave Chappelle
Rowan Atkinson

Sketch Comedy:
Key and Peele
Monty Python

Musical Comedy:
Weird Al Yankovic
Stephen Lynch
Garfunkel and Oates (I just found them a few days ago and I'm now obsessed).

Improv:
Ryan Stiles
Colin Mochrie

In spite of myself, I kinda enjoyed Sarah Silverman's Netflix special... even though I have never really been a fan of her.
I also used to like John Pinnette many years ago, but his material really hasn't aged well. It's pretty much just racial impressions disguised as jokes about food.

[Bohandas]

musical comedy:

*Weird Al
*Dr.Elmo
*Tom Lehrer
*Voltaire

[Some Android]

musical comedy:

*Weird Al
*Dr.Elmo
*Tom Lehrer
*Voltaire

No love for Flight of the Conchords or Axis of Awesome?

[Brother Oni]

I'm a big fan of Dave Gorman, where I first encountered him on his Are you Dave Gorman? show where he goes around the world, meeting other people also called Dave Gorman in an attempt to win a bet that the name is very common (the goal was to stay between 300-500 miles travelled per Dave Gorman).

His Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure show is a surprising rollercoaster of emotion (he goes to meet the authors of various googlewacks, who give him further googlewacks for him to meet in order to reach an unbroken chain of 20 googlewacks) and his America Unchained series where he attempts to drive from the West Coast to the East Coast of America without using any corporate of chain style businesses may be of interest to American readers.