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Drop a list of the Comedian's whom you consider as falling into the

category of most influential in making you laugh, & or make honorable

mention of those who came close but no cigar, giving insight if necessary.

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In no particular order:

Legendary

Richard Pryor

Mitch Hedberg

Steven Wright

Rodney Dangerfield

George Carlin

Chris Rock

 

Belly Laughs Guaranteed

Dave Chapelle

Louis CK.

Eddie Murphy

Katt Williams 

 

Funny AF

Nick Swardson

John Leguizamo

Natasha Leggero (So hot and funny)

Amy Schumer

Kevin Hart

Wanda Sykes

Ricky Gervais

Jon Stewart

Joan Rivers

 

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Legendary Comedians

Wildman Steve

Corey Holcomb

Patrice O'Neal

Richard Pryor

Redd Foxx

Dave Chappelle

Rodney Dangerfield

Sam Kinison

George Carlin

Katt Williams

Eddie Griffin

Honorable Mention

Bill Burr

Ralphie May

Gabriel Iglesias

Dennis Miller

Bill Maher

Jon Stewart


 

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Robin Williams

George Carlin

Stephen Fry

Hugh Laurie

John Oliver

Will Ferrell

Sarah Silverman

Kevin Hart

Louis C.K.

Ricky Gervais

Jerry Seinfeld

 

Some are pure stand-up comics, some are just clever-funny and some can just act funny, doesn't really matter, as long as I get a good laugh or they put a smile on my face and make me feel good with some intelligent (not necessary haha funny) humour. :)

I've seen quite a good number of other stand-up comics few years ago, a few pretty good and funny, but I guess not enough to remember their names.

 

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My problem with Amy Schumer is that she steals other comedians jokes constantly, I didn't know about her until that happened.

It dampened my views about her right out the gate, though I really didn't watch her material outside a video showing the correlation

of the jokes she rehashed. 

 

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9 minutes ago, Smurf said:

My problem with Amy Schumer is that she steals other comedians jokes constantly, I didn't know about her until that happened.

It dampened my views about her right out the gate, though I really didn't watch her material outside a video showing the correlation

of the jokes she rehashed. 

 

I just like women that say pussy every other sentence. lol. 

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Stewart Lee

His routine about vomiting into the gaping anus of Jesus is hilarious. And it's like 45 minutes long.

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1 minute ago, LimeGreenLegend said:

Stewart Lee

His routine about vomiting into the gaping anus of Jesus is hilarious. And it's like 45 minutes long.

I'll YouTube that. I can appreciate that. lol

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Just now, Con said:

I'll YouTube that. I can appreciate that. lol

It's all related to the hate he got after writing Jerry Springer: The Opera :D

His series Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle is on Netflix (in the U.K at least) and is well worth a watch if you appreciate dry dark humour and lots of repetition.  Repetition is his thing, will repeat a phrase a couple dozen times in a row and it gets funnier each time.

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Spike Milligan

Bill Bailey

Eddie Izzard

Dara O'Brien (great routine about how crap he is playing Metal Gear Solid)

Sean Lock

Paul Merson

 

 

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Just now, djw180 said:

Spike Milligan

Bill Bailey

Eddie Izzard

Dara O'Brien (great routine about how crap he is playing Metal Gear Solid)

Sean Lock

Paul Merson

 

 

Cool! Love discovering new comedians! 

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Billy Connolly 

John Oliver

Trevor Noah

Jim Jeffries 

Reginald D Hunter

Many more but others have listed them already tbh 

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most have been mentioned by Lime, DJ and Ally. 

Tim Vine

Jimmy Carr

Lee Evans

Frankie Boyle

Jason Byrne

So many more!

 

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Don Rickles just passed away today at 90. I always liked him.

Bill Cosby. Probably very un-PC of me to choose him but as a kid I listened to his records to the point I could recite his bit word-for -word. In a case like this one has to separate the person from their art. There are many examples of this with athletes, actors, musicians, leaders, etc. 

Steve Martin

Louis CK

Adam Carolla Maybe not legendary. I think you used too strong a word there for the topic @smurf

I like a lot of the comedians mentioned already but few I would call "legendary."

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11 minutes ago, Beez said:

Don Rickles just passed away today at 90. I always liked him.

Bill Cosby. Probably very un-PC of me to choose him but as a kid I listened to his records to the point I could recite his bit word-for -word. In a case like this one has to separate the person from their art. There are many examples of this with athletes, actors, musicians, leaders, etc. 

Steve Martin

Louis CK

Adam Carolla Maybe not legendary. I think you used too strong a word there for the topic @smurf

I like a lot of the comedians mentioned already but few I would call "legendary."

I didn't choose Bill Cosby, not because of his rape accusations, but because of his bullshit about judging comics that use swear words to be funny. It's like, no Bill, I would hate to have all Rate G stand-up comics. That would suck. 

And true, Smurf did say Legendary.  I'll go edit my list a bit. 

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1 hour ago, Beez said:

Don Rickles just passed away today at 90. I always liked him.

Bill Cosby. Probably very un-PC of me to choose him but as a kid I listened to his records to the point I could recite his bit word-for -word. In a case like this one has to separate the person from their art. There are many examples of this with athletes, actors, musicians, leaders, etc. 

Steve Martin

Louis CK

Adam Carolla Maybe not legendary. I think you used too strong a word there for the topic @smurf

I like a lot of the comedians mentioned already but few I would call "legendary."

I picked the word legendary because I wanted everyone to soul search & pick their brains to identify the few that comes to mind after a process of elimination, even if you have to research forgotten Comics dead or alive. Also in my 1st comment I mentioned that a honorable mention would be great as well. 

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A couple of my favourite Stewart Lee routines.

First, ten minutes on Top Gear (he's not a fan :D)

And nearly half an hour on the phrase "give it to me straight, like a pear cider that's made from 100 percent pears".  He also rants at the audience for a while.

If you have the time I think these are worth a watch :)

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