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Top 5 Comedians
I was just looking to see what Mel Brooks films are in the library as I've only seen the recent version of The Producers and I thought I should see some more of his work.
This came about because I found out that Larry David is supposidly gonig to star in the next Woody Allen film. Confirming this IMDB fact on wikipedia (through a cited reference) I noticed that Mel Brooks is cited as an influence of Larry David. This was not a surprise as Mel Brooks appears frequently in series 4 of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
It got me thinking, who are my five favourite comedians of all time? Here is my list (in no particular order):
1) Woody Allen
2) Larry David
3) Bill Hicks
4) Simon Pegg
5) French and Saunders*
*to make the list slighlt less male-orientated, could easily have been Victoria Wood
Now, I'm sure I've probably missed a few people who would make the list but this is all I can think of at the moment. I would like to give special mention to Bill Bailey, Jack Dee, Dylan Moran, Chris Barrie, Groucho Marx, Gene Wilder, and the main cast of Ghostbusters (who tend not to do comedy anymore (Bill Murray) or tend to not appear in movies any more (Dan Ackroyd, Harold Ramis)).
Edit: further mentions go to Ricky Gervais and Jimmy Carr, Dave Gorman (duh!), Steve Coogan
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Re: Top 5 Comedians
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Now, I'm sure I've probably missed a few people who would make the list but this is all I can think of at the moment. I would like to give special mention to Bill Bailey, Jack Dee, Dylan Moran, Chris Barrie, Groucho Marx, Gene Wilder, and the main cast of Ghostbusters (who tend not to do comedy anymore (Bill Murray) or tend to not appear in movies any more (Dan Ackroyd, Harold Ramis)).
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1. Bill Hicks
2. Robin Williams
3. Billy Connolly
4. Chris Rock
5. Jimmy Carr
That's my current favourites, subject to change based on my mood.
Dan Ackroyd and Harold Ramis are currently writing a script for a Ghostbusters pc game. It's set to feature voice-over performances from all the original cast with the exception of Sigourney Weaver.
Dan Ackroyd's best role in my opinion was in the Blues Brothers. I still have the OST on cassette and CD lol, I love it. When I found out it wasn't just a film and that they'd had a slot on the Saturday Night Live(?) show, I was quite pleased.
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Dan Ackroyd and Harold Ramis are currently writing a script for a Ghostbusters pc game. It's set to feature voice-over performances from all the original cast with the exception of Sigourney Weaver.
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I am aware of this and I'm interested but seeing as I've not played a PC game since C&C: Red Alert 2 I doubt I'll be buying it.
I'ts always nerve-wrecking when people bring things back after nearly 20 years.*
*no, Extreme Ghostbusters doesn't count
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Re: Top 5 Comedians
not in any particular order:
Billy Connolly
Frankie Boyle
Jimmy Carr
Jack Dee
Bill Bailey
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not in any particular order:
Billy Connolly
Frankie Boyle
Jimmy Carr
Jack Dee
Bill Bailey
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I agree with this list with the exception of Jimmy Carr whom i would swap with Denis Leary or Doug Stanhope, probably Leary.
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17 Feb 2008, 19:21
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Re: Top 5 Comedians
I'm pretty funny
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17 Feb 2008, 19:24
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I'm pretty funny
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17 Feb 2008, 21:13
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I don't get it....
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Everything about him is a joke.
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18 Feb 2008, 02:33
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Re: Top 5 Comedians
Bill Hicks
Jimmy Carr
Craig Ferguson
Steven Wright
George Carlin
Honorable mentions to Lewis Black, David Cross, Dimitri Martin, Dave Gorman and Ron White.
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18 Feb 2008, 11:33
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Re: Top 5 Comedians
I never laugh.
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18 Feb 2008, 14:42
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Bill Hicks is amusing but should be nowhere near any top 5 comedian list.
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18 Feb 2008, 14:43
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I've also just noticed french and Saunders and Victoria Wood in the O.P.
It should be noted that their inclusion is the only thing funny about them!
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I've only seen stuff by roughly half the people in this thread. On the plus side, it has inspired me to watch Bill Hicks - who is excellent.
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Re: Top 5 Comedians
Royston Vasey
Jimmy Carr
Al Murray
The Late Bernard John Manning
and that weird ex forum member Bbud2
I suppose the last wasn't a comedian but made me laugh so it counts.
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and that weird ex forum member Bbud2
I suppose the last wasn't a comedian but made me laugh so it counts.
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Neither was Bernard Manning, it didn't stop you there did it?
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19 Feb 2008, 20:53
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Neither was Bernard Manning, it didn't stop you there did it?
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Last time i checked Bernard Manning was a comedian? Simon Pegg was a failed stand up comedian turned actor. But that didn't stop you did it?
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Neither was Bernard Manning, it didn't stop you there did it?
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Bernard Manning is one of the most famous brittish stand-ups of all time. Love him or hate him, but he was primarily a stand-up comedian and he did his gigs for some 40 years before passing away.
Ps. What the hell? Nobody else is mentioning George Carlin? Seriously, he's a legend, and still going as strong as ever. Also is it just that people don't know who Steven Wright is, or do you find him hard to get into? For me, he's one of the most ingenious comedians around, a master at wordplay and mixing concepts. His dry delivery is impeccable aswell.
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Bernard Manning is one of the most famous brittish stand-ups of all time. Love him or hate him, but he was primarily a stand-up comedian and he did his gigs for some 40 years before passing away.
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What ASG was trying to say is that although Manning's brand of humour was acceptable when he first started out in working mens' clubs in the 50s/60s, society has changed. Society now generally abhors his racist performances, which only now appeal to a certain type of person.
I refuse to condemn any stand-ups for doing it in that era. It was the way of the times. But society changed and Manning didn't - he was the only one that kept going with the same performance for the next 40 years despite the country in which he lived changing completely.
To still go for the racist humour, even in this decade, means that I have no sympathies whatsoever. Screw Manning.
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Trying not to mention someone All Systems Go has already, even though I agree (except Woody Allen - not funny).
Eddie Izzard
Emo Philips
Jeff Green
Alan Davis
Lucy Porter
With a special mention to Lee and Herring.
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anyone thinking about not following T&F's link for whatever reason: you are fools. I was about to post PRECISELY the same link, making you fools twice over.
Stephen K Amos
Colin Ince
Mark Thomas
Mark Steel
Marcus Brigstocke (or any vehicle thereof)
Stew Lee and Dylan Moran are both stupidly great standups but have been covered. Frankie Boyle's already been mentioned, Bill Bailey's standup is shit compared to his TV work, and everyone loves Dara O'Briain anyway. Continuing a theme, Russell Howard's standup is worth catching once, but not twice (I don't like Mock the Week, but the regulars are all excellent standups left to their own devices) Anyone with freeview should watch whose line is it anyway a lot because the hit rate for great improv/slapstick comedy was huge throughout. Even though it means prostrating yourself to rebranding exercises and watching UK Gold DAVE! WE'RE CALLED DAVE FOCUS GROUPS SAY ITS A GOOD NAME DAVE THE CHANNEL
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Re: Top 5 Comedians
I don't know the names of many comedians but I think I'll check out some of the people mentioned in this thread.
Some of my personal favourites:
- Pablo Francisco
- Gabriël Iglesias
- Chris Rock
- Dave Chapelle
- Eddy Murphy
If anybody here understands dutch there are 2 that I'd recommend (but most people that speak dutch probably allready know these):
- Hans Teeuwen
- Theo Maasen
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Stewart Lee is quite funny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltT9dMGiFjI
I assume we are talking about stand-up and therefore I am not sure Simon Pegg can really be called the best. It has been said by many that Steve Martin is a stand-up legend. And then of course there is Richard Pryor.
The funniest female comedian I know of was the late Linda Smith.
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It's all rather up in the air to be perfectly honest. I've not seen Larry David do stand up but I think Curb Your Enthusiasm is so funny that he couldn't not be on the list.
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Is this Sun_Tzu, calling for people to be more humble? Brb, dying of laughter.
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Is this Sun_Tzu, calling for people to be more humble? Brb, dying of laughter.
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Oh shaddap ;P Humility doesn't preclude forceful debating ;P
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I've seen many comedy festivals, but gone blank when faced with such a simple question. From the top of my head:
Steven Wright
Greg Propps
Dane Cook
Mitch Hedberg
Jeff Green
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Original kings of comedy, with Bill Hicks in particular, are pretty darn funny.
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Pater Kay's whole act is 'look at me I'm chubby yet happy and my whole act is for people who want to relive the 1980s'.
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Pater Kay's whole act is 'look at me I'm chubby yet happy and my whole act is for people who want to relive the 1980s'.
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Nonsense. His social observation is second to none. If you didn't have a northern working class upbringing then you probably won't be able to relate to his act, but that would seem to me to be a pretty weak basis on which to dismiss him entirely. There are plenty of southern/ethnic commedians who I don't really 'get', but I can respect their stuff.
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Nonsense. His social observation is second to none. If you didn't have a northern working class upbringing then you probably won't be able to relate to his act, but that would seem to me to be a pretty weak basis on which to dismiss him entirely. There are plenty of southern/ethnic commedians who I don't really 'get', but I can respect their stuff.
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I'm pretty sure that none of the comedians I listed are from Wales, yet I 'get' their comedy. The problem with Peter Kay is that he's just not that funny. Period.
His social observation is trite. 'Don't people dance at funny at weddings?' It's hardly at the cutting edge of comedy.
His jokes come from the 1980s. I can relate to what he says but it's just not funny. I've watched his stand-up DVD, Pheonix Nights and Max and Paddy. The guy is just not that funny.
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We shall have to disagree to agree.
Also, I never knew you were from Wales.
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I'm pretty sure that none of the comedians I listed are from Wales, yet I 'get' their comedy. The problem with Peter Kay is that he's just not that funny. Period.
His social observation is trite. 'Don't people dance at funny at weddings?' It's hardly at the cutting edge of comedy.
His jokes come from the 1980s. I can relate to what he says but it's just not funny. I've watched his stand-up DVD, Pheonix Nights and Max and Paddy. The guy is just not that funny.
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Okay you started a thread stating in your own opinion top 5 comedians, i guess me and a few others must not have stated our opinions on our top 5 comedians correctly as you keep seeming to say that they are not funny or not a comedian? Thanks for the advice but i am sure we all feel our opinions are correct, oh and just a note i also noticed Pablo Francisco and Chris Rock mentioned. You might want to add that they are bigoted racists too?
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Okay you started a thread stating in your own opinion top 5 comedians, i guess me and a few others must not have stated our opinions on our top 5 comedians correctly as you keep seeming to say that they are not funny or not a comedian?
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Peter Kay isn't funny.
Bernard Manning is a racist/bigot/homophobe/sexist/**** etc
Just because you like him doesn't mean everyone else is so bigoted.
'You and a few others' = you + MM.
The difference however, is that whilst MM likes an overhyped northerner you like a fat, dead racist.* There is a difference.
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That doesn't mean they are, or that they should be considered to have equal merit.
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Peter Kay is a bigoted racist? I must have missed the racial overtones proclaiming the white supremacy of 'garlic bread?'
I've no idea about Franciso, so lets look at Chris Rock.
Black man says truthful things to other black people. Well apart from the obvious racism there (not to mention the self-hatred that only a Jew could top) I think you've (unsurprisingly) missed the point.
Chris Rock was making social commentary.
Nigga #1: I take care of my kids.
Rock: You're supposed to you dumb ****!
He was criticisng an attitude that is prevelant amongst some black people. The equivelent would be a white person criticising chavs or something.
Bernard Manning didn't like black people. Period. He didn't like homosexuals and had no respect for women. He was in short, a ****.
That you have tried to compare the two shows either a complete lack of knowledge or insight, or an overwhelming amount of ignorance.
God damn!
*so does MM, but in a different, creepier way
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All Systems Go said almost all I needed to say. Need to spread some rep around, sadly. Sun Tzu, your response was appallingly bad and you really should be ashamed of it
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Hmm
Ross Noble
Bill Bailey
Ryan Stiles
Colin Mochrie
Josie Lawrence
Need to stop watching Dave and FiveUS so much
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Ernie Kovacs
Graucho Marx
Peter Sellers
Elaine May
Al Gore
not necessarily in that order.
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too many mentions for dave gormon. i quite liked that are you dave gorman thing he did but i recently watched that thing where he drove accross america. abysmal, not funny at all. came accross as a really boring man.
best stand ups i have seen live are stewart lee (brilliant a couple of years ago, saw him last year though and he wasnt nearly as good) richard herring (seen his 'someone likes yoghurt' tour) and dylan moran.
btw - not getting all the ricky gervais loving. having seen one of his standup dvds - which was utterly shit - i have come to the conculsion that stephen merchant is the real talent.
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btw - not getting all the ricky gervais loving. having seen one of his standup dvds - which was utterly shit - i have come to the conculsion that stephen merchant is the real talent.
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I think the problem with Stephen Merchant is that he can't really hold it on his own. He needs someone to play off, his humour is self-depricating rather than observational, so I don't think he could do stand-up.
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I think the problem with Stephen Merchant is that he can't really hold it on his own. He needs someone to play off, his humour is self-depricating rather than observational, so I don't think he could do stand-up.
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well i dont think he can be any worse than ricky gervais. what he did wasnt even standup, all he did was
1) makes jokes about a cripple (ironically of course!)
2) retell some bullshit 'anecdotes' about mates being caught having a wank or people shitting themselves on trains that i heard in the school playground 15 years ago
3) rip off lee and herring from when they did the fable sketch on fist of fun in the mid 90s
just baffles me how people thing he's good at standup comedy (admitedly his other shows might have been better, i havent bothered watching them)
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well i dont think he can be any worse than ricky gervais. what he did wasnt even standup, all he did was
1) makes jokes about a cripple (ironically of course!)
2) retell some bullshit 'anecdotes' about mates being caught having a wank or people shitting themselves on trains that i heard in the school playground 15 years ago
3) rip off lee and herring from when they did the fable sketch on fist of fun in the mid 90s
just baffles me how people thing he's good at standup comedy (admitedly his other shows might have been better, i havent bothered watching them)
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too many mentions for dave gormon. i quite liked that are you dave gorman thing he did but i recently watched that thing where he drove accross america. abysmal, not funny at all. came accross as a really boring man.
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May I recomend Dave Gormans Important Astrological Experiment? A 6-part series for brittish television in which Dave undertakes to follow the guidance of the stars for a month. Comedy gold tbfh.
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too many mentions for dave gormon. i quite liked that are you dave gorman thing he did but i recently watched that thing where he drove accross america. abysmal, not funny at all. came accross as a really boring man.
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That wasn't supposed to be funny, it was a documentary exploring the way chains are destroying society as we knew it. It was imho a very interesting documentary that used the setting and the concept well to really highlight how much individuality these chains are removing from society by making every town and city look and feel the same by driving the independent retailers out.
If you want to Dave Gorman at his best check out the following
Visual Media
Dave Gormans Astrological Experiment
Dave Gormans Googlewhack Adventure
Books *Evehttp://pirate.planetarion.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=3140033n if you have seen the live shows or the tv shows the books are a must*
Are You Dave Gorman
Dave Gormans Googlewhack Adventure
Radio
Genius
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4 Mar 2008, 18:04
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Re: Top 5 Comedians
One of the major benefits of digital radio is BBC 7.
While flicking through channels the other day I came across Lee and Herring on BBC 7! It wasn't classic Lee and Herring, but it was definitely funny. Tomorrow there's a Alan Partridge interview show, too.
I highly recommend digital radio. Or you could simply listen to the new BBC radio channels online. Whichever.
Oh and had I have paid attention to, read and partaken in this thread I would have mentioned Paul Merton, newt. Although he hasn't done anything I'm aware of in a long time. I'm excluding HIGNFY and Room 101 as those don't proffer large amounts of creative effort.
I'd include Chris Morris and Mark Thomas as well. Spike Milligan, too. Lee and Herring are clearly married and so only count as one. There are so many others though, and actually I'm not sure I'd include Paul Merton if I spend much more time remembering more comedians, but hey.
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7 Mar 2008, 15:36
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Re: Top 5 Comedians
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have come to the conculsion that stephen merchant is the real talent.
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Funnily enough, I found out he is doing some low-key stand up shows. I now want to see it.
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27 Feb 2008, 16:12
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Re: Top 5 Comedians
Top 5 in no particular order (based on the fact these make me laugh the most)
Graham Chapman
Billy Connolly
Eddie Izzard
Bill Bailey
Lee Evans
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29 Feb 2008, 22:04
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Re: Top 5 Comedians
George Carlin
Bernie Mac
Dane Cook
Lewis Black
Daniel Tosh
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29 Feb 2008, 23:55
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Re: Top 5 Comedians
Bill Hicks
Frankie Boyle
Chris Rock
Russell Howard
Stewart Lee
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Re: Top 5 Comedians
1. Peter Kay
2. Ricky Gervais
3. Jack Dee
4. Frankie Boyle
5. Paul Merton (can't believe no one has mentioned him yet!)
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6 Mar 2008, 19:01
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Re: Top 5 Comedians
wouldnt really put lee and herring as one since they havent worked together (afaik) since tmwrnj (except for a charity thing last year which i did have a bootleg recording of) instead both are continuing to persue independent stand up careers.
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Re: Top 5 Comedians
Someone mentioned Marcus Brigstock. He was on Question Time last night and managed to fit a few jokes in, the funniest i've ever seen him (which admitedly isn't that much).
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Re: Top 5 Comedians
George Carlin
Chris Rick
Carlos Mencia
Bill Engvall
Rowan Atkinson
Those are the comedians I have laughed at the most.
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