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Check these out, but watch the whole thing they are awesome and thought provoking.

War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDkhzHQO7jY

The Planet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eScDfYzMEEw

Religion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o

You Have No Rights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWiBt-pqp0E

I really liked him. He was my husband's favorite. I won't name him to give others a chance to find out for themselves. My favorite is Jerry Seinfeld. He makes me laugh so hard at his stand up routines that my stomach muscles hurt afterwards!

my favorite George Carlin bit was the baseball one :lol:. Charles/Zoneboy might enjoy that clip as well ;). He was great though, besides that. I loved his material

My favorites are

Jim Gaffigan
Chris Rock
George Carlin
Jackie Martling
Robin Williams
Adam Sandler
Eddie Murray
Richard Pryor

the first one may not ring an immediate bell, especially compared to the rest on my list of favorites, but seriously- Jim Gaffigan is f*cking funny, he's hilarious! Check him out ;). I'll find some links.

Btw, you know who is a great, funny, unexpected funny stand up comedian?








































Ellen DiGenerous

Eddie Murray

Eddie Murray, the Hall-of-Fame first baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and a few other teams? :confused:

I think you meant to say Eddie Murphy! :lol:

Eddie Murray, the Hall-of-Fame first baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and a few other teams? :confused:

I think you meant to say Eddie Murphy! :lol:

No I meant Mr. Oriole ;) :lol:

:brent yeah I did. I meant to say Eddie MURPHY lol. The guy in those fat movies now all of a sudden. Seriously, he's either in a movie with a fat woman, or about animals now. I'm always getting names mixed up lol- too many confusing, sound alike names! haha

my favorite George Carlin bit was the baseball one :lol:. Charles/Zoneboy might enjoy that clip as well ;). He was great though, besides that. I loved his material

My favorites are

Jim Gaffigan
Chris Rock
George Carlin
Jackie Martling
Robin Williams
Adam Sandler
Eddie Murray
Richard Pryor

the first one may not ring an immediate bell, especially compared to the rest on my list of favorites, but seriously- Jim Gaffigan is f*cking funny, he's hilarious! Check him out ;). I'll find some links.

I like Jim Gaffigan!! I've seen his act on Comedy Central, I like when he's talking about something and his voice goes up, and it also sounds like he's whispering. I think that's alot of his act. He's hilarious when he's on Conan.

Oh, and sorry to rub this in, but my sister & I are going to see Robin Williams on the 23rd, and we are going to be able to meet him!! We've been waiting for this since Jan., when I ordered the tickets. We were supposed to see him this past March, but a couple days before our show, he had his health incident, and the show was postponed.

And George Carlin ROCKS!! We got to see him, too, a while back. Never got to meet him though.:p

It's amazing of all the things he was able to remember in his act, especially that baseball bit that you mentioned!!

My favorite "comedian" is Groucho Marx. I'm a big fan of word play and I just love the way Groucho plays with words! :groucho "That's the silliest thing I ever Hoid!"

I like the legends plus these guys:

Bob Hope
Jack Benny
George Burns
Bill Cosby
Eddie Murphy
Chris Tucker
George Lopez

I've been watching non-stop George Carlin stand up videos all night on youtube, since this thread. The dude is absolutely hilarious. Not to mention he's the GOAT.

Another top class comedian I really like is Don Rickles. He was on all the Dean Martin Roasts and he just makes rolf.

Bob Hope Roast:
"There's no booing, there's nop booing!!! One more outburst and we're gonna let Bob Hope get up and do his jokes!!!":lol:

Frank Sinatra:
"My wife is a Jew. She wears so much jewlery she can't keep her head up."
(drops head on podium)

Jimmy Stewart:
"Jimmy, I spoke to the family you're doing WELL. Hey, Jimmy good morning!!!"

I could go on forever.

My favorite "comedian" is Groucho Marx. I'm a big fan of word play and I just love the way Groucho plays with words! :groucho "That's the silliest thing I ever Hoid!"
I agree. Groucho Marx was a genius!

In addition to Groucho, I also like Woody Allen, Bob Hope, Rodney Dangerfield, David Letterman, and Jerry Seinfeld.

Frank Sinatra:
"My wife is a Jew. She wears so much jewelry she can't keep her head up."
(drops head on podium)

I could go on forever.

LMFAO :lol: :brent

Frank is great. I love whatever he does. sing, joke, be himself.

I take it we're just talking about stand-up?

Anyway, George Carlin was great. And oh man, Ellen Degeneres with her stand up? Sooo funny. I also like:

Kathy Griffin
Dane Cook (deal with it, most people my age think he's hilarious)
Lewis Black
Jon Stewart (I've seen him do stand-up live in 2005, it was awesome)
Lisa Lampanelli
Chris Rock

Probably others I can't think of.

Without a doubt


Richard Pryor. He is the only stand up comedian that never bored me.

My favorite is Bill Cosby. He is hilarious without being vulgar. He nails children/family situations right on!:lol: I personally don't find cussing and vulgarity funny. Real life situations are really funny and he does it so well!:D

Richard Pryor for me. Miss him very much.

Some of my favorites:

Kathy Griffin
Kathleen Madigan
Lisa Lampanelli
Ellen DeGeneres
Wanda Sykes
Margaret Cho
Jeffrey Ross
Greg Giraldo
Ricky Gervais

Some great artists listed here. No one has mentioned Sara Silverman. I think she is very good. Kinda reminds me of Carlin in her subject matter and delivery.

I've been watching non-stop George Carlin stand up videos all night on youtube, since this thread. The dude is absolutely hilarious. Not to mention he's the GOAT.

It's great isn't it!!!:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

Some great artists listed here. No one has mentioned Sara Silverman. I think she is very good. Kinda reminds me of Carlin in her subject matter and delivery.
Yes! I was going to mention her but I hadn't seen anything of hers in awhile so I didn't. I always found her hilarious. Some people can't take the crude humor but I love it lol.

Yes! I was going to mention her but I hadn't seen anything of hers in awhile so I didn't. I always found her hilarious. Some people can't take the crude humor but I love it lol.

Hey PT check this classic Silverman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40qTXlNJj9s


and then there is this one...lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPiFhjCxXpk

Hey PT check this classic Silverman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40qTXlNJj9s


and then there is this one...lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPiFhjCxXpk
haha

I've been watching non-stop George Carlin stand up videos all night on youtube, since this thread. The dude is absolutely hilarious. Not to mention he's the GOAT.


He was great. I was totally shocked when I saw that he had died. My husband and I were in Vegas of all places and I forget which hotel we were in. We were checking out one of the buffets. I noticed Jerry Seinfeld being interviewed on their TV's on Larry King. I ran over to watch it and my jaw about dropped when I read the news on screen! I know I've told that story before but wanted to share it again. Turns out Jerry was being interviewed about George Carlin.

Check out this NY Times article that Jerry Seinfeld wrote about George Carlin. Very nice tribute, and the ending is absolutely hilarious! George would have loved it!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/opinion/24seinfeld.html

Comedy like all things in the universe must be able to stand the test of time. 50 years from now will any of the present day comedians, movies or Tv be remembered as great?, doubt it but take duos like Laurel and Hardy. Their careers began in the mid 20's and still remain 80 years later as one of the, if not the finest comedy pair of all time. Abbott and Costello 70 years later are stil great. No one had better timing then Jack Benny. Watch some of his Tv shows. Red Skelton, Sid Ceasar, and Jackie Gleason had such talent and 50 years later are still revered. All three did stand-up, mime and sketch work. For most of today, it's a off color script, curse a little and wait for the laughter.

Harvey

He was great. I was totally shocked when I saw that he had died. My husband and I were in Vegas of all places and I forget which hotel we were in. We were checking out one of the buffets. I noticed Jerry Seinfeld being interviewed on their TV's on Larry King. I ran over to watch it and my jaw about dropped when I read the news on screen! I know I've told that story before but wanted to share it again. Turns out Jerry was being interviewed about George Carlin.

Check out this NY Times article that Jerry Seinfeld wrote about George Carlin. Very nice tribute, and the ending is absolutely hilarious! George would have loved it!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/opinion/24seinfeld.html

Yeah it sucks, and yeah I've heard about Jerry writing a story in the paper about him. Never read it until I have it now. Thanks for the link Andrea.

That was a very good article on George, Andrea. Jerry did a fantastic job writing and getting it published. His thought process, what George was thinking- is very interesting and unique.

Comedy like all things in the universe must be able to stand the test of time. 50 years from now will any of the present day comedians, movies or Tv be remembered as great?, doubt it but take duos like Laurel and Hardy. Their careers began in the mid 20's and still remain 80 years later as one of the, if not the finest comedy pair of all time. Abbott and Costello 70 years later are stil great. No one had better timing then Jack Benny. Watch some of his Tv shows. Red Skelton, Sid Ceasar, and Jackie Gleason had such talent and 50 years later are still revered. All three did stand-up, mime and sketch work. For most of today, it's a off color script, curse a little and wait for the laughter.

Harvey

I absolutely agree. Some other comics who have stood the test of time
include: Lucille Ball, Jerry Lewis, The Three Stooges, Bob Hope, Steve
Allen, Milton Berle, Phil Silvers, Groucho Marx, Bill Cosby, Bob Newhart,
Carol Burnett and Flip Wilson. None of the legends of comedy had to
resort to cheap laughs or vulgar language to get laughs.

I absolutely agree. Some other comics who have stood the test of time
include: Lucille Ball

I had the I Love Lucy marathon on last weekend on Hallmark channel. It never gets old.


The Three Stooges

I can't believe I didn't think of them!! And I was just quoting to one of my co-workers yesterday a funny line that Curly said in a short.

Bob Newhart

Weird, because I usually didn't watch his TV shows but I always loved his deadpan humor.

Carol Burnett:rock:

Flip Wilson

I remember watching his show when I was a kid, too!

None of the legends of comedy had to
resort to cheap laughs or vulgar language to get laughs.

Amen to that!!

I absolutely agree. Some other comics who have stood the test of time
include: Lucille Ball, Jerry Lewis, The Three Stooges, Bob Hope, Steve
Allen, Milton Berle, Phil Silvers, Groucho Marx, Bill Cosby, Bob Newhart,
Carol Burnett and Flip Wilson. None of the legends of comedy had to
resort to cheap laughs or vulgar language to get laughs.

Great stuff. Bob Newhart from his TV shows was one of the great commedians. The thing that made him great was that he could deadpan all his jokes and just have you rolling. What was funny was his pause... you'd know the joke was coming, you'd probably even know what he was going to say and you'd laugh in anticipation.... then you'd laugh more and harder after he said it.

He was one of the few artists where anticipating the joke was half the fun. Bill Cosby was much the same way.

Great stuff. Bob Newhart from his TV shows was one of the great commedians. The thing that made him great was that he could deadpan all his jokes and just have you rolling. What was funny was his pause... you'd know the joke was coming, you'd probably even know what he was going to say and you'd laugh in anticipation.... then you'd laugh more and harder after he said it.

He was one of the few artists where anticipating the joke was half the fun. Bill Cosby was much the same way.

Newhart always credited Jack Benny for his timing. Was a big fan of Benny.

Newhart always credited Jack Benny for his timing. Was a big fan of Benny.


I know of Jack Benny and I think I seen a clip of him on the Johnny Carson at one time, but I know he was a huge inspiration to a lot of commedians. He is one of the greats.

speaking of ground breaking commedians. Did anyone like Red Skelton or Buddy Hacket? I thought they were both hilarious and very underrated today. I know back in the 70's and ealry 80's they were considered greats.

speaking of ground breaking commedians. Did anyone like Red Skelton or Buddy Hacket? I thought they were both hilarious and very underrated today. I know back in the 70's and ealry 80's they were considered greats.i like buddy hackett but i can only take red skelton in small doses

There's so many, but here's a few. :)

Ron White
Bob Hope
Wanda Sykes
Larry the Cable Guy
Richard Pryor

Peter Sellers