Your favorite comedian?

Illadelphia said:

Thought this would be a cool topic as everyone has a different style they like. Myself, well, my favorite comedian of all time passed away a little over 7 years ago, Mitch Hedberg.

Nowadays, I love to watch/listen to:

Jim Gaffigan
Mike Birbiglia
Kevin Hart

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Wish Mitch was still with us loved him. Robin Williams still cracks me up.

Jbum said:

Robin Williams still cracks me up.

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+1 ... he's just as talented when he's NOT doing comedy ... for the last decade or so, he's mostly been playing dark, spooky, dramatic roles ... but he switches back to his Laugh-Riot mode whenever he goes on talk shows for an interview.

Ralphie May & Lavell Crawford.

Bob Newhart
Steve Allen
Jonathan Winters
Stan Freberg
Jim Gaffigan

Conan O'Brian is my favorite of the late-night hosts. He has that sense of silliness that Carson, Paar and Allen had. Letterman, Fallon, Kimmel and Ferguson are fun, too. I can't stand Leno....boring, smug and JUST NOT FUNNY! I watched him last year, and he was STILL telling Lewinsky jokes!

Here's a clip of the old Steve Allen Show, with Louis Nye, Don Knotts, Tom Poston, Martha Raye and Don Adams.

dpm802 said:

+1 ... he's just as talented when he's NOT doing comedy ... for the last decade or so, he's mostly been playing dark, spooky, dramatic roles ... but he switches back to his Laugh-Riot mode whenever he goes on talk shows for an interview.

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He played the creepy guy really well in "One Hour Photo".

Don Rickles is another favorite comedian.

I watched Donald Glover "Weirdo" yesterday and thought it was hilarious

Going to add a thumbs up for Gabriel Iglesias as well.

Illadelphia said:

Going to add a thumbs up for Gabriel Iglesias as well.

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Forgot about Gabriel. That guy has been making me laugh for a while now, I can watch the same clip over and over and still laugh my head off.

Sam Kinison
Jeff Dunham
Pablo Francisco
Triumph the Insult Dog

CrotalusHH said:

Sam Kinison
Jeff Dunham
Pablo Francisco
Triumph the Insult Dog

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+1 on Pablo for sure. His "movie guy voice" is epic

Any one who can be funny without dropping a choice word every other word.

louis ck, i'll put him up there with best ever. I still love carlin, pryor, mitch, and others. But right now no one can touch louis

Russell Peters
DeRay Davis
Wanda Sykes
Bill Maher

xXClockwork said:

Any one who can be funny without dropping a choice word every other word.

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Agree 100%, which is why Katt Williams would never make my list.

xXClockwork said:

Any one who can be funny without dropping a choice word every other word.

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what constitutes a choice word

jochums said:

Eddie Murphy: [as Bill Cosby] Yoouuu cannot say filth flarn filth flarn filth in front of people!
Eddie Murphy: And I said, "I never said no filth flarn filth! I don't know what you're talking about! I'm offended that you called! ....Youuuuu can't say..........

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From the same stand up, Richard Pryor's advice to Eddie:
"Tell him to have a coke and a smile and shut the up"

oc_in_fw said:

From the same stand up, Richard Pryor's advice to Eddie:
"Tell him to have a coke and a smile and shut the up"

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If there's anything worse than censorship ... its **********.

Some of my favorite comedians:

Buster Keaton
Laurel & Hardy
Jim Gaffigan
Emo Philips
Brian Regan
Jimmy Fallon

My favorite comedy is clean. I think it demonstrates much more talent to make people laugh without the shock value of crude language.