favorite comedian

[R4ptur3]

It has to be either peter kay, michael mcintyre, or al murray.

 

[JokerCrowe]

EDDIE IZZARD!! There is no other.

 

[snide_cake]

I'm going to assume there was no search here.

Haha yes I have already commented on a thread about this but it can sometimes be good to revisit, especially with comedians.

My favourites include Akmal Saleh, Umbilical Brothers, Noel Fielding, Wil Anderson (he's such a bloke's bloke), Kitty Flanagan, and Lenny Henry.

But my most favourite comedian of all time is Ross Noble. I have been to see his live shows 3 times and NEED to see him again. He's genius.

I also like Bill Bailey and Tim Minchin.

And how could I forget them? And Dylan Moran.

I have a fondness for comedy it seems.

 

[SomeBoredGuy]

The lack of Charlie Brooker in this thread disturbs me.

 

[Sonicron]

Michael Mittermeier, hands down.

It's not surprising that you don't know him if you're not from Germany, he's a Bavarian stand-up comic.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Jerry Seinfeld and Rowan Atkinson

 

[Jonesy911]

RICKY GERVAIS! One of the cleverest comedians alive and also one of the very few celebrities that would never sell out. For the same reasons I also like:

EDIT: Stephen Merchant obviously
Billy Connoly
Bill Mahr
Bill Hicks (lots of Bills eh?)
Eddie Izzard

Yea i like him too but he would totally sell out. Well he kinda did already selling "the office" to the usa. Oh and all the other comedians are awesome too. You have good taste.

Selling the office to the USA isn't really selling out, since he created it and he didn't do it for the money. I consider selling out to be when you peddle another persons product for money.

The thing I like most about Gervais is that he never does anything purely for the money. He was really reluctant to star in his tv shows but had to when no one could fit his characters better than he could.

 

[Jonesy911]

Narrowing it down to one or two people is pretty hard. I suppose Frankie Boyle and Jimmy Carr. But there's a lot more.

Spoiler: A bigger list.

Frankie Boyle
Jimmy Carr
Sean Lock
Russell Howard
Dara O' Briain
Ed Byrne
Alan Davies
Jack Dee
Lee Mack
Reginald D. Hunter
Paul Merton
Frank Skinner

Dude, I saw Frankie Boyle live in Sheffield. He is a total asshole, he tore into a kid (who couldn't have been older than 14) about how his parents were divorced and how his step dad 'shagged his mum', no one laughed. I don't think he was trying to be mean but saying that to a kid just for a few laughs? Fuck him.

 

[tzimize]

Chris Farley (RIP) preferably with his partner David Spade

Tommy Boy (the movie) is godlike.

 

[JohnnySex]

George Carlin all the way

 

[Superior Mind]

Eddie Izzard. It's amazing how quickly I got used to watching a man wearing women's clothing.

All about Eddie. He doesn't do the transvestite thing so much nowadays. He says he goes through phases.

 

[fishman279]

Has to be Billy Connolly

The Big Yin is a comedic genius.

Billy Conolly is a legend

Other than him, it's got to be Frankie Boyle.

 

[DefunctTheory]

Bill Cosby is awesome, I don't see why everyone finds him boring.

I'm with you there.

Lewis Black is hilarious.

And Louie Anderson is actually hilarious when he does real stand up.

 

[BuchalBainne]

I've always been a bit of a Lee Evans fan.
Plus he was in The Fifth Element....... :L

 

[ezeroast]

Doug Stanhope
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkgDhDa4HHo

LOL i love doug stanhope and i hadn't seen that clip before

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8APlx9btTn8

seen his take on pedophilia?

lol yea he's always right but in the worst possible way. Bill hicks reincarnation or something. Only more dirty and i think a bit better.

Edit: oh and i love his version of "The aristocrats" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKGuh44_LBc

 

[Lemon Of Life]

Eddie Izzard. And all the marathons he did, that was incredible.

 

[Druss the Legend]

Im surprised no-ones said Danny Bhoy.
Am i the only one who finds him hilarious?

 

[AhumbleKnight]

Tim Minchin.

 

[DragonsAteMyMarbles]

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[Enigmers]

George Carlin, Lewis Black, Lee Mack, and Stephen Colbert.

I heard a bit of Bill Hicks' stuff over at a friend's house and he seemed pretty funny, but I haven't heard enough to call him a favourite yet.