Smurf 947 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 (edited) 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. Edited April 6, 2017 by Smurf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con 5,703 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 (edited) 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 Edited April 6, 2017 by ConGamePro 1 Quote RSC FILM CLUB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf 947 Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 (edited) 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 Edited September 16, 2017 by Smurf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmurko 7,622 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 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. 3 Quote S U N D A Y R A C I N G L E A G U E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf 947 Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con 5,703 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 (edited) 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. Edited April 6, 2017 by ConGamePro Quote RSC FILM CLUB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeGreenLegend 4,175 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 (edited) Stewart Lee His routine about vomiting into the gaping anus of Jesus is hilarious. And it's like 45 minutes long. Edited April 6, 2017 by LimeGreenLegend 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con 5,703 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 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 1 Quote RSC FILM CLUB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeGreenLegend 4,175 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 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 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djw180 6,839 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Spike Milligan Bill Bailey Eddie Izzard Dara O'Brien (great routine about how crap he is playing Metal Gear Solid) Sean Lock Paul Merson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con 5,703 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 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! Quote RSC FILM CLUB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford1872 2,580 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Billy Connolly John Oliver Trevor Noah Jim Jeffries Reginald D Hunter Many more but others have listed them already tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryannosaurusRex 1,173 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 most have been mentioned by Lime, DJ and Ally. Tim Vine Jimmy Carr Lee Evans Frankie Boyle Jason Byrne So many more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jjss924 576 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Eddie Murphy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beez 5,091 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 (edited) 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." Edited April 6, 2017 by Beez 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con 5,703 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 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. Quote RSC FILM CLUB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf 947 Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 (edited) 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. Edited April 6, 2017 by Smurf 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaD_GooN 1,312 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 George Carlin Bill Hicks Sam Kinison Dennis Leary Jim Gaffigan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinister 2,578 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Most of the my favorite comedians are indeed legendary because they are dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Righteous 130 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Carl Barron. I can never get enough of him 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf 947 Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 (edited) R.I.P Charlie Murphy Edited April 14, 2017 by Smurf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeGreenLegend 4,175 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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