Your top 5 stand up comedians?

[Throwitawaynow]

Dane Cook, Jeffrey Ross, Greg Giraldo, Lisa Lampanelli, Carlos Mencia.

See what I did there?

 

[sma_warrior]

Eddie Murphy!!!

Seriously, I am shocked he has not been listed yet! The others I'd mention have already been said.

 

[dorkette1990]

Welcome to the escapist! Refreshments are in the pantry, and see that door? Pretend you don't. The basement is... forget I said anything!

This is a tough one, so I'll go in no particular order here:
Dave Attell
Louis C.K.
Bill Burr
George Carlin
...Can't place another, I'll come back to this one.

Dave Attell, hot and hilarious.
Also Martin Person (not hot, just hilarious)

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

It's funny, 80% of these I don't know. Could be because they seem to be mostly American.

Imma gonna saya that cast of Good News Week. They're always good laugh. Especially on the Great Debates.

 

[MindBullets]

1. Ross Noble
2. Dara O'Briain
3. Ed Byrne
4. Russell Howard
5. Adam Hills

 

[Polaris19]

#1 - Lewis Black
#2 - George Carlin
#3 - Chris Rock
#4 - Christopher Titus
#5 - Patton Oswalt

 

[jowl]

not in any specific order:

Lewis C.K.
Jim Carrey
Rowan Atkinson
Eddie Murphy
Russell Peters

 

[lee1287]

Lee Evans


No1 else.

 

[Edorf]

1. Dylan Moran
2. Robin Williams
3. Ricky Gervais
4. Bill Bailey

There are no more, those are the only decent stand up comedians I've ever come across...

 

[Doomdiver]

1. Bill Bailey
2. Dylan Moran
3. Dara O'Briein
4. Lee Mack
5. John Bishop

 

[Polyg0n]

Gekidan Hitori
Downtown (a duo)
Hannya (a duo)
Ninety-Nine (a duo)
Tunnels (a duo)

Yes, I have a very wierd taste of humor and yes they're all japanese.

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Louis CK
Richard Pryor
Dave Chappelle
Mitch Hedberg
Tim Minchin

I can't tell you how many times I've watched the stand up specials of the first 3.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

1. Ross Noble
2. Bill Bailey
3. Dylan Moran
4. Magnus Betnér
5. Eddie Izzard

 

[tristow]

Dave Chapelle
Eddie Izzard
Bill Maher
Eddie Murphy
Dylan Moran

 

[Jack_Uzi]

Bill Hicks
Hans Teeuwen
Theo Maasseen
Robin Williams
Jochem Meijer

 

[SenseOfTumour]

Eddie Murphy!!!

Seriously, I am shocked he has not been listed yet! The others I'd mention have already been said.

Sadly I imagine most young people don't even know about his early stand up career, only knowing for being the cheap option in crappy comedy movies, as he's willing to play every role himself and save on actors.

It's a shame because he WAS a great stand up comedian, I have a lot of respect for early Murphy, shame he went all Norbit.

 

[Fridge]

in no particlar order.

Bill Baily, Billy Connely, Eddie Izzard, Rich Hall and Chris Rock.

 

[SenseOfTumour]

Just because this thread is lacking in examples, I'm going to try to pull out some names that don't show up in every thread, even tho they've made it enough to get a bit of telly:






and as Tim Minchin's come up a fair bit, here's a musical comic who's not so well known...I give you Wilson Dixon (He's in New Zealand, just so the early banter makes sense)