Andrew Dice Clay, was from Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn, Poor guy wanted to be an Italian form South Brooklyn, he really made a fool of himself ;D

Red Skelton

Jonathan Winters

Robin Williams

Bill Cosby

George Carlin

Lucille Bal      

Carol Burnett

Eddie Murphy

Jim Carrey

Adam Saddler

Tim Conwayl

Thanks Bass Brat I forgot Jonathan Winters: pure genius!

Andrew Dice Clay, was from Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn, Poor guy wanted to be an Italian form South Brooklyn, he really made a fool of himself ;D

Thought you'd like that referance ;D

Oh and he did that as his main shtick, would he have sold out the garden twice if he was a little jewish boy from Brooklyn or made the millions of dollars he made? I don't think so

I'm felling you. He was at a gig I was playing and when we were on break he came up to the band and said A,O, we said you forgot E<I AND U, he walked away

Mitch Hedberg

George Carlin

Dennis Miller

Rodney Dangerfield

Dave Chapelle

George Carlin, especially early to mid eighties. George Carlin at Carnegy Hall was hilarious. Alot of politics in his bits back then, but usually right on and funnier than he!!

Dane Cook, Chris Rock, Dan Cummins, Nick Swardson, Christopher Titus

Thanks Bass Brat I forgot Jonathan Winters: pure genius!

You quoted me earlier but you must have missed Jonathan Winters in my post that you quoted. Speaking of the RIFFS and paying homage to former comedians, Robin Williams was inspired by and based much of his style on Jonathan Winters. Pretty cool.

That is a good observation Ed. I respected Mr. Winters , he fought a lot of dens and for me his best message was to enjoy whatever type of insanity may be affecting you. 8-)

Dimitri Martin's stand up act with the huge drawing pad is hilarious. I also like the Flight of the Chonchords. There stuff is simple but well executed.

Thanks Bass Brat I forgot Jonathan Winters: pure genius!

You quoted me earlier but you must have missed Jonathan Winters in my post that you quoted. Speaking of the RIFFS and paying homage to former comedians, Robin Williams was inspired by and based much of his style on Jonathan Winters. Pretty cool.

I've seen Jonathan and Robin do stand up comedy together a few times , they were marvelous together.

Jonathan played Robins son I believe on the old Mork and Mindy sit-com.

Jeff Dunham for sure! or as peanut would say "Jeff-f-f-a"

(I was scrolling down fast I had to double take, I thought it said favorite Canadians)

Thanks Bass Brat I forgot Jonathan Winters: pure genius!

You quoted me earlier but you must have missed Jonathan Winters in my post that you quoted.  Speaking of the RIFFS and paying homage to former comedians, Robin Williams was inspired by and based much of his style on Jonathan Winters.  Pretty cool.  

If anyone is familiar with Robin Williams,  if you ever get to see any old Jonathan Winters,  you will see how Robin style is very familiar.

No particular order:

John Pinnette

Lewis Black

Jeff Dunham

Brian Regan

Bobby Collins

Jackie Martling

Ron White

Mitch Hedburg

Rodney Carrington

George Lopez

Denis Leary

Brian Regan for sure.

I like his clean style of comedy.  I go to comedy clubs a lot and the comedians that rag on the audience the whole time just get old.  Don't get me wrong, it's funny as hell, but I think anyone can make fun of people, good comedians can come up with their own bits.  Brian Regan isn't one of those comedians who lays down the "F" bomb 5 times in every sentence.  He has bits that relate to everyday things.  If you haven't heard of him, you should definitely check him out.

Robin Williams on Broadway is hard to beat.

Hey ZEL, welcome back IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU! 8-)

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Robin Williams is the man. He does stand up at a very small venue in my hometown once in a while. He proceeded to do an extra hour of standup entirely about a women in the crowd's furry scarf which she claimed was made of "rabbit balls." Needless to say it was hilarious.

Dimitri Martin's stand up act with the huge drawing pad is hilarious. I also like the Flight of the Chonchords. There stuff is simple but well executed.

I like Dimitri too - "I prefer to call fishing what it is: tricking and killing."

Haha, the killing part doesn't apply to us C&Rers, but it's still funny.

Brian Regan for sure.

I like his clean style of comedy. I go to comedy clubs a lot and the comedians that rag on the audience the whole time just get old. Don't get me wrong, it's funny as hell, but I think anyone can make fun of people, good comedians can come up with their own bits. Brian Regan isn't one of those comedians who lays down the "F" bomb 5 times in every sentence. He has bits that relate to everyday things. If you haven't heard of him, you should definitely check him out.

Agreed.  If I did see him at a show, I'd want to sit close, though.  His facial expressions add so much to his routine.  Another good clean comic is Thorr Ramsey.

I haven't read all the pages of the thread, but I've always enjoyed Jerry Clower and his clean southern humor.  I actually got to meet the guy and have a 1/2 hour discussion with him in the lobby of a hotel once.  Class act!  He passed away about a year later.

;D

Ralphie May

I couldn't remember his name, so I Googled "fat comedian."  Sure enough, there he was.

My favorite comedian of all time, though, was Red Skelton.  I enjoyed the fact that he would get tickled at his own jokes.

I can't believe there are only two votes for Mitch Hedberg!  Not only is he hilarious, he is the only one with good fishing related jokes.

Dane Cook? Seriously? :-?

No kidding.  I've said it before, but it's worth repeating: if I had the resources, I'd stick Dane Cook and Ryan Reynolds on a rocket and shoot it straight at the sun.

Another vote for Red Foxx.

Mitch is good, like that dimitri feller also. All time would be G Carlin, his late work was as funny as his early stuff. Robin Williams? He was funny his first year, THAT'S IT! Lopez never wrote a joke in his life. Dane is funny for about 10 minutes at a time. Chappelle is great, Wanda is good also. Kinison, Pryor, Cheech&Chong. In my early youth (60's) Bill Cosby had a bunch of funny albums.