The Best Comedian Today?

Dedpuhl

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I'm listening to Dave Chappelle's Killing Them Softly and started thinking. He is really funny, but is he the best that is out right now? I don't get a chance to watch Comedy Central that much, so I don't see the newer comedians.


Who is currently the best comedian?
 

Cougar

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Ah, but there are many good comedians out there.

My current favorites are:

Robin Williams (ok, he doesn't really do any stand up any more but he still cracks me up)
Eddie Izzard <----- Every time I listen to him my side hurts from laughing so hard
Dave Chappelle is pretty good
Eddie Izzard
Dennis Miller

Ummm, that's all I can think of for now.

edit...

added Dennis Miller
 

agnitrate

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Dave Attell is pretty funny imo. Not always the best but he has some good lines.

silver
 

Renob

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Joe Rogan yes I now he is the guy from Fear Factor...
Go check out his website at joerogen.net

Also download some of his stuff off morpheus.........

I saw him about a year ago and he had me rolling on the ground.
 

chechi

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Dave Chappelle is really funny. I have always liked Bill Murray. Robin Williams, Jim Carey. Alot, to many to list, and decide who is the best.
 

Ronstang

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Ross, the sexually ambiguous intern..........................NOT! He is just funny being himself though.
 

tm37

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I enjoy watching Dennis Miller Every Week!

Fridays at 11:30 10:30 central!
 

Cougar

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<< I enjoy watching Dennis Miller Every Week!

Fridays at 11:30 10:30 central!
>>




ooooo....how could I forget Dennis Miller? Add him to my list :)
 

tm37

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Also Robert Schimel(sp?)

I almost busted a gut listening to him dicuss "sex and your heart attack"

Hillarious!
 

Ns1

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chris rock

"i love black people but booooooy do i hate a great person"

rofl
 

Sestar

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Eddie Izzard, I mean theres no contest :-D
"I like my women like I like my coffee, with a spoon in them"
 

AaronP

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I've always found Robin Williams' humor to be very forced and really not all that funny.
 

yellowperil

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I'd say Chris Rock. Not only for his stand up but for his writing on his HBO show (better than most of the stuff on network TV). Dave Chapelle also, he is very funny in interviews and Half Baked (which he co-wrote) is a pothead masterpiece.

There's this comic on Comedy Central a lot named Mitch Hedberg. He wears shoulder length hair and looks at the floor most of the time, but his one-liners are hilarious. You really have to see him to get the full effect, but here are some quotes I found:

-The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall.
-I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality.
-I got an ant farm...them fellas didn't grow sh!t.
-A yellow light means slow down, while a green light means go. It's totally opposite on a banana. Yellow means go ahead and eat me, green means, whoa, don't eat me I'm not ready. A red banana means where the f*ck did you get that banana?
-I opened up a can of yogurt, and the bottom of the lid said "Please Try Again." Because they were having a contest I was unaware of. But I thought I opened it wrong. Or perhaps Yoplait was trying to inspire me. "Come on, Mitchell... don't give up! Please try again!" A message of inspiration from your friends at Yoplait. Fruit on the bottom, hope on top.
-I was standing in a casino when a guy came up to me and said 'Excuse me, sir. You're gonna have to move. I'm afraid you're blocking the fire exit.' As though if there was a fire, I wasn't gonna run. If you are flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit.
-Because of dropping acid, I now know that butter is way better than margarine. I saw through the bullsh!t.
-I like vending machines, because snacks are better when they fall.
-I got in an argument with a girlfriend inside of a tent. That's a bad place for an argument, because I tried to walk out, and had to slam the flap.
-Last week I helped my friend stay put. It's a lot easier than helping someone move. I just went over to his house and made sure that he did not start to load sh!t into a truck.
-I got my hair highlighted, because I felt some strands were more important than others.



 

MaxDSP

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My mix...

Dave Cgapelle
Chris Rock
Eddie Izzard
A Puerto Rican guy I saw on Comedy Central (forgot his name, but his impressions had me on the foor spilling my guts)
Seinfeld (saw his HBO special a while ago, so not really current)


BTW, are there any sites that have transcripts of HBO and comedy central's comedians?
 

lykaon78

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My list:

Chris Rock
Dave Chapalle
Lewis Black

Lewis Black occassionally does his rant on Jon Stewart's Daily Show. I think hes doing a tour this spring/summer.

He is by far on eof the wittiest comics around. Poignant material too.

-Lykaon78

 

MaxDSP

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<< I got in an argument with a girlfriend inside of a tent. That's a bad place for an argument, because I tried to walk out, and had to slam the flap. >>




LOL :D
 

Cougar

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<< Eddie Izzard, I mean theres no contest :-D
"I like my women like I like my coffee, with a spoon in them"
>>




Ahh, another Eddie Izzard fan. I was nearly in tears when I saw his Dressed to Kill special on HBO. I need to track down that special on tape or DVD 'cause it's been too long since I last saw it. His bits on the Heimlich Maneuver and Stonehenge always kills me.

 

MaxDSP

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<<

<< Eddie Izzard, I mean theres no contest :-D
"I like my women like I like my coffee, with a spoon in them"
>>




Ahh, another Eddie Izzard fan. I was nearly in tears when I saw his Dressed to Kill special on HBO. I need to track down that special on tape or DVD 'cause it's been too long since I last saw it. His bits on the Heimlich Maneuver and Stonehenge always kills me.
>>



LOL....thanks for reminding me of those classics...I am now proceeding to laugh my @ss off remebering that stuff


:D
 

KokomoGST

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I dunno, I find Chris Rock rambles and whines a bit too much. I like Jamie Foxx a bit more...
There's also Dana Carvey and Jim Breuer. Most folks the good SNL casts are great stand-up comedians too. So nobody's mentioned Jim Carrey yet... I wonder why... :D