Favorite Comedians

[Danman1]

Mine are
George Carlin
Bill Hicks
Dimitri Martin
Doug Stanhope
and the most original, funny man on earth
Carlos Mencia



... just kidding MItch Hedburg

Edit- Oh Yeah I forgot Jimmy Carr and Sarah SIlverman

 

[Christemo]

all of the following is danish comedians:¨

anders matthesen
jan gintberg
dan andersen
brian mørk and simon jul
rune klan and mick øgendahl
frank hvam
casper christensen

also, i like achmed the dead terrorist ---> jeff dunham. tho ive never heard anything except achmed, so i dont know him completely.

 

[The Young One]

Can I ask, what do people see in Dane Cook?
I'm not knocking anyone's taste, I'm just asking

He's hip and fresh and cool. He catches all of today's kid's attention.

Just kidding, I think he's a total douche.

I can see this causing controversy with his fans
I don't honestly see what's remotely comical about him.

Well his jokes are just dull. They're not dry, because that can actually be funny sometimes. They're just really really boring.

Where are his fans, in his hour of need?

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

Bill Bailey
Ross Noble
Michael McIntyre
Dara O'Brien
Frankie Boyle
Jimmy Carr
Stephen Lynch

Easiest list I ever made. Great comedians, all of them

EDIT: I forgot - Eddie Izzard!

 

[Kawakta4890]

I would say:

Rowan Atkinson
Dagfinn Lyngbø (Norwegian Comedian)
Monty Python

 

[RavingPenguin]

Jimmy Carr
Demitri Martin
Bo Burnham
Russle Bran
Paul Mercurio

EDIT: Hmmm.. This seems to have turned into a list thread

 

[Hedberger]

A swedish guy named Magnus Betner.

He knows exactly what he's talking about and he's extremely funny.

Seconded.

And Robert Gustavsson another swedish comedian.

 

[ghostsprite9]

Uhh

Michael McIntyre (if I spelt it right)
Frankie Boyle
Billy Connolly
Jimmy Carr
Don't know his name but he's an aussie with hair like Bill Bailey.
Lee Evans

I'm from UK and I might be missing some names.

this eddie izzard
ross noble
jo brand
and anyone on the world stands up ( that show is funny as hell)

i could go on but i wont because im lazy so...yeah

 

[The Young One]

I would say:

Rowan Atkinson
Dagfinn Lyngbø (Norwegian Comedian)
Monty Python

Rowan Atkinson is pretty funny
I liked him in Blackadder and The Thin Blue line, not so much in Mr Bean and definitely not the Mr Bean movies.

 

[hopeneverdies]

Demetri Martin, Jim Gaffigan, kinda Jeff Dunham

 

[Jast]

I like Brian Regan. I like being able to listen to a comedian who isn't ridiculously nasty.

 

[Jamash]

There's quite a few comedians I like who have already been mentioned, but my overall favourite is Chris Morris.

 

[Nexus424]

Lewis Black (Only one I have seen Live. Aww that was great)
Jeff Dunham
Dave Chapelle
Demetri Martin
Carlos Mencia (Sometimes)

uhhh I'm sure there are others

 

[Audemas]

George Carlin, Lewis Black, Richard Jeni, Mitch Hedburg, Dennis Leary, Richard Pryor, Dave Chappelle, Jon Stewart, The Amazing Jonathan, Nick Swardson, Carlos Alazraqui, Cedric Yarbrough, Robin Williams, Stephen Lynch.

 

[WittyName]

Bill Bailey, Billy Connolly or Jimmy Carr.

 

[Crash486]

Demetri Martin is alright, it seems like he tries for a mitch hedberg of comedy, but doesn't quite hit the nail on the head.

I'm sorry but Demetri Martin is not going for the Mitch Hedberg style. He has a style completely to his own. At least I think it is. If you watch his show as well as his special "If I..." I think you'll realize how completely different they are as comedians.

Every comedian has their own "style" per say, but Demetri Martin's style is influenced heavily from Mitch Hedberg/Steven Wright's style of comedy. Demetri has a different style of presenting the joke, but it's the same formula.

1. One liner jokes, most of which tend to be a play on the english language.
2. No segeways in between jokes.
3. Occasionally put to low key musical accompaniment

These are the three defining qualities behind Mitch Hedberg, Steven Wright, and now Demetri Martin's style of comedy. Comedians influence each other all the time, and I'm not saying Demetri ripped Mitch off. But their style of comedy is very similar. While demetri is good, his prose and play on the english language is not quite as good as Mitch's in my opinion.

 

[Rory]

Eddie Izzard is my favorite but Dylan Moran, Chris Rock and Lee Evans also make me laugh quite hard.

 

[Remleiz]

Eddie Izzard
Jasper Carrot
Ed Byrne
Dara O'Brian

 

[Lord Freya]

Bo Burnham
George Carlin
Lewis Black
Demetri Martin