favourite comedians

[Captain Flashman]

Couldn't find a topic like this so i'm going to start one, who are your favourite comedians

Saw Mike Wilmot a couple of years ago and i had a blast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2c4nImVyuk&fea...

i also love dan kitson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbUqhxPGFXY&fea...

and greg fleet is a great aussie comic, this isn't really comedy but its worth a watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LLZLMqVl5Y

[Cupid Stunt]

I think Lee Evans is the funniest man alive

[Thankyou4calling]

Dont know if Dennis Leary still does stand up but he was fantastic.

[khevolution]

Cupid Stunt said:

I think Lee Evans is the funniest man alive

+1

Seen him a couple of times and he is fantastic live


Although this topic has come up a few times im sure

[Stu R]

If we're talking stand up comedy Bill Hicks, Richard Prior, Billy Conolly and Dave Chappelle.

Also worthy of note are Eddie Izzard and Dara O Briain, and Jim Jeffries and Reginald D Hunter on the mere mortal scale.

[ArtVandelay]

Billy Connolly did the best stand up routine I've ever seen. It is the only thing I've ever watched that had me laughing on the floor. Excellent (though it was from the early 90s, possibly late 80's)

[The Riddler]

Stu R said:

If we're talking stand up comedy Bill Hicks, Richard Prior, Billy Conolly and Dave Chappelle.

Also worthy of note are Eddie Izzard and Dara O Briain, and Jim Jeffries and Reginald D Hunter on the mere mortal scale.

Can't really agree with Billy Conolly or Eddie Izzard, but throw Frankie Boyle into that mix and its all good.

[Emsman]

Lenny henr....

Oh, hang on, best?

Frankie Boyle for me, or Jack Dee- just my sense of humour

[Cupid Stunt]

I hate Billy Connolly, the man is scum.

I saw Frankie Boyle on the telly a while ago & was surprised at how funny he was. I love Mock The Week & he was always funny on that but he always seemed to go for the controversial joke but there's a lot more to him than that, he was excellent

[Jasandjules]

I saw Lee Evans live and I could only just walk out of the theatre because my eyes were streaming tears of laughter. Mind, I thought Chubby Brown was hilarious (except for a few bits were he just stepped over the line, but then he was also inviting abuse from the audience which was fun), and I also saw Billy Connoly live (I didn't really like him myself but it was a work thing so I felt obliged to go) and I was in hysterics, to the extent that my jaw and stomach hurt the next day I was laughing so much.

[Phooey]

Peter Kay

Edited by Phooey on Tuesday 22 June 20:27

[anonymous-user]

Billy connolly

Lee Evans

Dennis Leary when he did his stand up

Steven Lynch - maybe not everyones idea of a comedian but makes me laugh


And last but by no means last, and i cant remember where i saw this, but it was a hell of a long time ago

Brion James stand up routine was really funny

[khevolution]

A new favourite of mine currently is ross noble, i watched his latest DVD recently and really is LMAO stuff

[grumbledoak]

George Carlin, Bill Hicks, and though Leary stole Hick's act, he's still up there. Jack Dee also good for a darker view of life. Eddie Izzard had some fantastic sets, so cleverly constructed.

Lenny Henry was actually funny on the radio all those years ago. He struggled with the transition to TV, and his largely repeated act didn't work as well, but Chef was quite good. I think he gets an undeserved rough ride now.

[Guvna]

Cupid Stunt said:

I saw Frankie Boyle on the telly a while ago & was surprised at how funny he was. I love Mock The Week & he was always funny on that but he always seemed to go for the controversial joke but there's a lot more to him than that, he was excellent

He is sharp as a razor and proper funny. I have not seen his stand up but his form on mock the week is top.

I also like the old Eddie Murphy stuff.

[Killer2005]

Guvna said:

Cupid Stunt said:

I saw Frankie Boyle on the telly a while ago & was surprised at how funny he was. I love Mock The Week & he was always funny on that but he always seemed to go for the controversial joke but there's a lot more to him than that, he was excellent

He is sharp as a razor and proper funny. I have not seen his stand up but his form on mock the week is top.

I have seen Frankie live, and I was a little disappointed tbh. His crowd work was hilarious, as was a large amount of his stuff, I just felt sometimes he was trying too hard to be controversial.

Have also seen Russell Howard live and he was very good

[khevolution]

Tim Minchin is also very good

[D14 AYS]

No one has never made me laugh like Bernard Manning did when I have seen him live.

[Emsman]

Frankie Boyle is VERY contoversial.
Personally, I don't mind- I will laugh at anything, but his opening line was:

2000 people, it's going to be a great night, but wait, who's looking after maddie.
It got worse from there

[goldblum]

Lee Evans is the poor mans Norman Wisdom.Totally ripped him off.

And Norman Wisdom was only a bit funny.

Lee Mack had me in fits for the first time in years.