Funny People wrote:
Paul Mooney
Bernie Mac
Sacha Baron Cohen
I can't think of any funny women other than maybe Elaine from Seinfeld.
Joan Rivers, fashion police
Funny People wrote:
Paul Mooney
Bernie Mac
Sacha Baron Cohen
I can't think of any funny women other than maybe Elaine from Seinfeld.
Joan Rivers, fashion police
Robin by far..............everyone else is second place.......
It's funny (pa dump), but Robin Williams was the best at his best in the 1970s to 1990-ish, then waxed and waned as good, okay, medium, great, amazing, depending on drugs, depression and if he was touring or doing movies from then on. There was a time in the mid-to-late 1970s that Steve Martin was considered one of the best.
George Carlin
Bill Cosby
Jim Carrey*
Lenny Bruce
Richard Prior
Bill Burr
Jonathan Winters
Louis CK (but his last couple of years were actually not great).
Eddie Murphy (for delivery not content)
Chris Rock (For delivery not content)
Dave Chapelle
Rodney Dangerfield
Redd Foxx
That's 13, but I take extra because Carrey hasn't toured in years and was funny, but would be way better today. Rock is commercially successful and has a great delivery, but his content is weak. Dangerfield sometimes I loved him, sometimes I didn't....that's on me, I guess.
Louise K.
If you're looking for a funny female stand-up, check out some clips of Maria Banford
Stewart Lee
Andy Kaufman
Jackie Gleason
Redd Foxx
These three were undeniably pure genius. You didn’t laugh at their work because someone told you that you’re supposed to find it funny; you laughed because it was genuinely side-splitting funny.
Nice Joan Rivers clip:
My parents hated me. All I ever heard growing up is "Why can't you be like your cousin Sheila?! Why can't you be like your cousin Sheila?!"
Sheila had died at birth.
That's comedy gold.
Don Rickles has to be on any list. No one in comedy has ever been as sharp on the fly as Don Rickles.
Woody Allen was actually a brilliant stand up comedian before he started making movies. His moose routine is amazing and still kills decades later.
Zach Galifiniakis had a great stand up routine before he started acting all the time.
Todd Barry's crowd work shows are worthy of a modern day Rickles comparison. He is one of a number of living legends. Dave Attell, Artie Lange and Jeff Ross can pick up a microphone on any day or night in any city or town and just crush it.
James Adomian is a massive talent. He does some of the best impressions of anyone today or possibly all time and can do amazing improv riffs on the people he impersonates. Check out is Elon Musk routine.
Great list but no Red Skelton or Brits?
Don’t forget the great Jonathan Winters.
coach wrote:
Great list but no Red Skelton or Brits?
I'm sure there are a couple more than Skelton that I missed.
Not a fan of Brit comedy and although some names come to mind I do not enjoy them.
KudzuRunner wrote:
And ridiculously sexist. Not one woman?
Come on, dude.
There isn't one, single female "comedian" who even makes the Top 25.
Rosanne Barr makes the Top 50.
Then no other female makes the Top 100.
Then it doesn't even matter after that.
"Female Comedian" is an oxymoron.
What about Phil Hendrie, the one from whom you stole the real man thing?
norm macdonald - i'm not telling any tales out of school, but this guy is a real jerk!
Cant think of 10 but Eddie Izzard has to be on there, and Steven Wright near the top.
Funny People wrote:
I can't think of any funny women other than maybe Elaine from Seinfeld.
Marilyn Monroe was hysterical in 'Bus Stop' & 'Some Like It Hot.'
Tuesday Weld in 'Soldier in the Rain' (Jackie Gleason & Steve McQueen)
No particular order...
Louis C.K.
Dave Chappelle
George Lopez
Bill Burr
Chris Rock
Richard Pryor
Kevin Hart
Jim Gaffigan
Brian Regan
Doug Stanhope
coach wrote:
Great list but no Red Skelton or Brits?
As I said earlier, Stewart Lee.
wineturtle wrote:
The BIGGEST Elephant in the room is Cosby
Cosby's room will be in The Big House for the next 3 to 10.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/25/us/bill-cosby-sentence-assault/index.html