Good comedians
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Aww how could I forget them!dt61 said:
This is what made me love them:
First thing I saw by them. Loved it.
Well, I'll use a little of existing things and a little of my own -
First, Amazing Johnathon is top notch, but it's mostly a one-view type of thing. He's hilarious, but he doesn't do much new usually. Puts on a GREAT show though.
Eddie Izzard is all over the place hilarious. If you can follow his train of thought, he can be one of the most rewarding comics out there.
Gabriel Iglesias isn't necessarily extremely funny, but he's a GREAT storyteller. In a similar vein, the puppet guy whose name eludes me at the moment is even less funny, but he's a GREAT puppeteer.
Mitch Hedberg is a classic and needs to be seen by anyone who likes stand up, and if you want his modern protege who also dabbles in some weird artistic stuff, definitely go for Dmitri Martin.
I've always had a thing for Brian Posehn - something about his goofy voice and weird attitude always struck me as being interesting.
I guess I'll have to end with Jimmy Carr, who can be offensive at times, but he's great at making some slick jokes.
Which reminds me, for a good sort of variety of stand up stuff with a little plot between, I highly recommend Dr. Katz. Love that show, and the small cast of regulars just have such great, er, voice chemistry, that I can't get enough of them. H Jon Benjamin of course being one of them. It's hard to be mad at him, even when he does something so mindbogglingly stupid you can't believe it.
First, Amazing Johnathon is top notch, but it's mostly a one-view type of thing. He's hilarious, but he doesn't do much new usually. Puts on a GREAT show though.
Eddie Izzard is all over the place hilarious. If you can follow his train of thought, he can be one of the most rewarding comics out there.
Gabriel Iglesias isn't necessarily extremely funny, but he's a GREAT storyteller. In a similar vein, the puppet guy whose name eludes me at the moment is even less funny, but he's a GREAT puppeteer.
Mitch Hedberg is a classic and needs to be seen by anyone who likes stand up, and if you want his modern protege who also dabbles in some weird artistic stuff, definitely go for Dmitri Martin.
I've always had a thing for Brian Posehn - something about his goofy voice and weird attitude always struck me as being interesting.
I guess I'll have to end with Jimmy Carr, who can be offensive at times, but he's great at making some slick jokes.
He does stand up? Oh god I must see it! I'm looking this stuff up immediately!Casual Shinji said:
Which reminds me, for a good sort of variety of stand up stuff with a little plot between, I highly recommend Dr. Katz. Love that show, and the small cast of regulars just have such great, er, voice chemistry, that I can't get enough of them. H Jon Benjamin of course being one of them. It's hard to be mad at him, even when he does something so mindbogglingly stupid you can't believe it.
I don't really care all that much for comedians. However, I would recommend Steve Hughes, and Tim Minchin. Especially Tim Minchin. I love Tim Minchin.
He-hey. That's the guy from The Sketch Show or something.The Cheezy One said:
OT: Eh, I don't really watch stand-up... but, man, Eddie Izzard's fucking funny.
Most of the people here probably hate him because he's main stream. They'll likely flame me with other reasons and not admit that their hatred of mainstream is their primary reason. Actually maybe now that I've said that they won't. I dunno...
Anyway, Dane Cook is my favorite. His jokes aren't all about the punch line (although most of them do have very funny punch lines) they are more about how he tells them.
Someone shit on the coats! Probably my favorite joke from him.
Dave Chappelle is also fantastic.
Anyway, Dane Cook is my favorite. His jokes aren't all about the punch line (although most of them do have very funny punch lines) they are more about how he tells them.
Someone shit on the coats! Probably my favorite joke from him.
Dave Chappelle is also fantastic.
