Richard Pryor or David Cross

Rotten Tanx wrote:There's an Irish comedian called Dylan Moran who I've only seen ten minute clips of on a comedy variety show but he's hilarious. However as soon as he got mildly famous he went into sitcoms and I havent seen anything new from him since.

That seems to be the way though.

He's amazing in "Black Books". Give it a go if you haven't already.

BronxCheer wrote:Can't believe this thread got three pages thick and nary a mention of Mr. Patton Oswalt. He's king of the nerds, and well worth anyone's time.
He's got an album on Mercury called "feeling Kinda Patton" and Chunklet put out a double cd called "222" which is the unabridged version of "Feeling kinda patton."

Seriously, motherfucker's a pants pisser.

The part about how Bush should Dr. No it up is great. Vagina Fantastic!

had this been during Eddie Murphy's prime, i would say him

Delirious is probably one of the few things i can re-watch and still just about piss myself from laughing

My vote goes to Bill Cosby; he's been making me shit my pants with laughter since it was socially acceptable for me to do so.

Robin Williams is sort of a close second, but he's more on the genius level-- like so-funny-its-almost-not-funny. But definitely genius.

Dane Cook... i don't get it. hopefully this doesn't sound too assholish, but i just can't understand why he's funny. but i have yet to meet someone else who shares my sentiment. anyone... anyone?

Jordan wrote:My vote goes to Neil Hamburger.

me also...

instant_zen wrote:Robin Williams is sort of a close second, but he's more on the genius level-- like so-funny-its-almost-not-funny. But definitely genius.

Robin Williams is the Eddie Van Halen of comedy in a bad way.

On Dylan Moran:

sparky wrote:He's amazing in "Black Books". Give it a go if you haven't already.

I loved that show, and I wish Comedy Central would show them again, because it was incredibly funny.

Besides the usual suspects mentioned here (Lewis Black, Pryor, Izzard) I have to praise Paul Mooney. He's been on Chappelle's Show a lot, and he was a writer for Richard Pryor back in the day. I'm not usually a fan of racially-based humor, but in his case, it's turned on its ear. Go see his standup act if you can.

I also have a weakness for Rich Vos. I can't explain why.

There was one other guy I thought was funny, but then I found out that he's one of Carrot Top's writers, and that was the end of him in my book.

I despise Carrot Top.

burun wrote:I despise Carrot Top.

Carrot Top is amazing to me...he blows my mind and drops my jaw as i think "people find this funny"...he's great to heckle too...okay, easy...but, of course, once the family sitting behind you gets mad and you have to stop it becomes too painful to bear...i own Chairman of the Board...someone thought it was a good idea to make that movie, i do not disagree...

Whilst in college, much to my chagrin, I had to "deal with" Carrot Top.

It was a nightmare.

The story about what transpired the night he came to campus has been the bane of my existence ever since it happened, over *fifteen years ago*. People meet me, and say "Oh, so *you're* Jodi! Tell me the Carrot Top story!"

I tried to put an end to it by reading it at an open mic night, but that only fuelled the fire. I fear that it will be engraved on my tombstone or something: "She told the Carrot Top story"

My near-hatred for Carrot Top is strengthened with my disdain for prop comics in general. There are very few (Pee Wee Herman is one notable prop comic who rises above the fact that he's a prop comic) who can transcend the chronic unfunny that is prop comicry.

Don't even get me started on comedy magicians.