Who are your favorite comedians of all time? Mine include ...

1. Bob Hope
2. Jerry Lewis
3. Milton Berle
4. Sid Caesar
5. Jackie Gleason
6. Red Skelton
7. Lucille Ball
8. Groucho Marx
9. Jimmy Durante
10. Jack Benny
11. Bill Cosby
12. Bob Newhart
13. Flip Wilson
14. Carol Burnett
15. Andy Griffith

Richard Pryor
Redd Foxx
Eddie Murphy
Martin Lawrence
Robin Williams
Dave Chappelle

Who are your favorite comedians of all time? Mine include ...

1. Bob Hope
2. Jerry Lewis
3. Milton Berle
4. Sid Caesar
5. Jackie Gleason
6. Red Skelton
7. Lucille Ball
8. Groucho Marx
9. Jimmy Durante
10. Jack Benny
11. Bill Cosby
12. Bob Newhart
13. Flip Wilson
14. Carol Burnett
15. Andy Griffith

Great list with the exception of Carrol Burnett, I just can't find her funny. I have tried watching her show but I just can't enjoy her. If I rearrange the order a little bit and add Don Rickles and Phil Silvers in there and take Carrol Burnett out and I say my list would be the same as yours.

Richard Pryor
George Carlin
Chris Rock
Groucho Marx
Rodney Dangerfield
Eddie Murphy

Richard Pryor
George Carlin
Chris Rock
Groucho Marx
Rodney Dangerfield
Eddie Murphy

I can't believe I left Chris Rock off. He would be on my list before Dave Chappelle. I do like Chappelle, but Chris Rock is better.

All-Time Favorite Comedians


Carroll O'Connor
Jackie Gleason
John Ritter
Don Knotts
John Candy
Will Ferrell
Mike Meyers

George Carlin
Cheech & Chong
George Lopez
Chris Rock
Carlos Mencia
Lucille Ball

Carroll O'Connor
Jackie Gleason
John Ritter
Don Knotts
John Candy
Will Ferrell
Mike Meyers
I forgot to put Vicki Lawrence on my list.

Wow.
Carol Burnett is my favorite of all time! She's hilarious.
To each his own, I guess.

Great list with the exception of Carrol Burnett, I just can't find her funny. I have tried watching her show but I just can't enjoy her. If I rearrange the order a little bit and add Don Rickles and Phil Silvers in there and take Carrol Burnett out and I say my list would be the same as yours.
I forgot Phil Silvers, one of the best comics from the fifties (and possibly of all
time). I also like Don Rickles. I haven't really seen Carol Burnett's classic show
too many times myself but liked the few I have seen (albeit in their chopped up,
syndicated form); and I thought that I should include at least two funny women
in my list.

Jackie Gleason
The Three Stooges
Red Skelton
Bob Hope
Johnny Carson
Jay Leno
Dave Letterman
Sid Caesar
Jack Carter
Rodney Dangerfield
Shelly Berman
Jackie Mason
Sheky Green
Frankie Pace (not well known, but he is very, very funny)
Jerry Seinfeld
Robert Kline
Dick Shawn
Tim Conway
Harvey Corman
Dick Van Dyke
Jerry Van Dyke
John Ritter
Jackie Vernon
Ernie Kovak
Steve Allen
...among others, but these are the first people I thought of

I only included solo acts, but if we are going to bring comedy teams in (as some other posters have), then I would have to include (in order of preference):

The Three Stooges
Laurel & Hardy
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
Abbott & Costello
Rowan & Martin
Stiller & Meara
Burns & Schreiber
The Marx Brothers
Burns & Allen

(I omitted Bob Hope & Bing Crosby because--as Leonard Maltin pointed out in his book MOVIE
COMEDY TEAMS--they were not really a team per se; they were just two stars who happened
to work together from time to time.)

Richard Pryor
Rodney Dangerfield
Eddie Murphy
Chris Rock
Jerry Seinfeld
Robin Harris
Sinbad
Dane Cook
Bill Cosby
Don Rickles
Totie Fields
Cedric the Entertainer
Kevin James
JB Smoove
James Gregory
J. Anthony Brown
Ricky Smiley

Well, it's a no-brainer who my favorite is...
Jerry Seinfeld of course! Absolutely the best in my opinion!:p
Second would be Gary Shandling (just watched his 1984 special "Alone in Las Vegas".... what a riot! :brent) Just curious... I've noticed he's done quite a few movies and wondered if he still does stand up or not? Anyone know?
Dave Chappelle is hilarious
Mario Joyner is another fave. Saw him open for Jerry Seinfeld in 1995 and I was laughing so hard by the time he finished his set that I was sure I would bust a gut by the time Jerry was done! :brent
George Carlin (sad to think he's no longer with us....:( :rip: )
Bill Cosby
Ellen DeGeneres


Andrea

(I omitted Bob Hope & Bing Crosby because--as Leonard Maltin pointed out in his book MOVIE
COMEDY TEAMS--they were not really a team per se; they were just two stars who happened
to work together from time to time.)

Oh wow, it's been DECADES since I last read that book. And I remember Maltin making that observation. MCT was one of this first books on film history I ever read. (The very first was William K. Everson's The Films of Laurel and Hardy.)

Freddie Prinze
Johnny Carson
Steve Martin
George Lopez
Bill Cosby
George Carlin
Richard Pryor
Robin Williams
Jeff Foxworthy
Jeff Dunham
the original cast of SNL, as well as Eddie Murphy
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie
the cast of Monty Python's Flying Circus

Dane Cook...he rocks IMO in movies and stand-up.

Oh wow, it's been DECADES since I last read that book. And I remember Maltin making that observation. MCT was one of this first books on film history I ever read. (The very first was William K. Everson's The Films of Laurel and Hardy.)

I still have my copy, although it is pretty dog-eared and the spine had to be
mended with tape long ago. But, for a 38-year-old book, it isn't in too bad
shape. A great reference.

Lucille Ball
Carol Burnett
Bob Newhart
Cheech & Chong
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
Don Knotts
Tim Conway

Bob Newhart

The Marx Brothers
Martin and Lewis
George Burns
Jack Benny
Johnny Carson
Laurel and Hardy
Lucille Ball
Don Rickles
Carol Burnett
Dick Van Dyke
Danny Thomas
Bob Hope
Steve Martin
Steve Allen
Robin Williams

Bob Newhart
Lucille Ball
Jerry Seinfeld

My faves are as follows: (in no particular order)

Robin Williams
George Carlin
Richard Pryor
Mo'Nique
Cheech Marin
Tommy Chong
Dennis Miller (before he went commercial)
Mel Brooks (okay, he's a writer but most of his stuff is hilarious!)
Milton Berle
Ernie Kovacs
Bob Hope

I'm gonna add

Rodney Dangerfield
David Brenner

:lol: :D

Who are your favorite comedians of all time? Mine include ...

1. Bob Hope
2. Jerry Lewis
3. Milton Berle
4. Sid Caesar
5. Jackie Gleason
6. Red Skelton
7. Lucille Ball
8. Groucho Marx
9. Jimmy Durante
10. Jack Benny
11. Bill Cosby
12. Bob Newhart
13. Flip Wilson
14. Carol Burnett
15. Andy Griffith
These would be my picks too with the addition of Burns & Schreiber.