comedians, past and present.

[MacTheKnife]

hey escapists, i was wondering:
who is your favorite comedian of all time?
dead or alive. whats their show? if you are indecisive like me, do a top 3 or 5 or whatever.
mine are eddie izzard, dave chappelle, and george carlin.
so, who makes you laugh?

 

[Bagaloo]

Lee Evans. The man is hilarious.
I also like Chris Rock's standup.

 

[ellimist337]

This has been done and done and done (try searching), but George Carlin, Chris Rock, Don Rickles, and Richard Pryor for me.

 

[ChocoCake]

The man in your avatar makes me laugh, a lot. Peter Sellers was probably the best to me, too bad he wasn't around long enough to make more Pink Panthers. Other then that, I would probably pick Robin Williams, Russel Peters (some), and Monty Python. I say the whole group because they are all hilarious, but if I had to pick one of them, it would be John Cleese.

 

[Say Anything]

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Come on, now.

 

[MacTheKnife]

oy, come on. ill search next time. lay off.

 

[Jamanticus]

For either the fourth or fifth time, Victor Borge is my all-time favourite comedian.

Other comedians I really like are Eddie Izzard, Bill Bailey, Hugh Laurie, and Brian Regan.

 

[Revernd Awesome]

Ed Byrne
Dylan Moran
Dara O'Briain

The Irish seem to have it in the bag when it comes to comedy.

 

[Shivari]

In defense of people who don't use the search button, the search feature on this site is rather shitty.

 

[KarmicToast]

Mitch Hedberg...R.I.P.

 

[RAWKSTAR]

Boo and an angry face at this thread

Bill Bailey.

/thread

 

[JokerGrin]

Probably Eddie Izzard or practically any Irish comedian.

 

[EeveeElectro]

MacTheKnife is a newbie, he probably doesn't know to search the forums before posting yet.

But anyway, I like Russel Howard, Micheal Macintyre (sp?) Alan and Jimmy Carr, Lee Evens and Peter Kay.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

George Carlin, Bo Burnham, and Bill Burr.

Oh yeah, and Cosby.

 

[gibboss28]

George Carlin, Eddie Izzard, Bill Hicks, Bill Bailey, Ed Byrne & Dylan Moran. Theres a tonne more but meh...cant be bothered to list all of them.

 

[new_age_reject]

Bill Bailey.

 

[Baonec]

Bill Bailey, Dane cook, Dave chappelle, Mitch hedburg, Dylan moran, Frankie boyle ... few more too.

 

[Ronwue]

Bill Hicks is my number one favorite.
Lagging at 1.1 is Ricky Gervais.
I also like Jeff Foxworthy and his pals from the blue collar tour who I forget.