I may have started this exact same thread at some point over the years, but let's do it again.

Mine are:

1. Seinfeld and Brian Regan (tie)
3. Louis CK, Jim Gaffigan, Mike Birbiglia, Mitch Hedberg (tie) (using ties are how I break my own rule and include six instead of five)


Just missed the cut: Bill Cosby, Sebastian Maniscalco, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle

Favorite albums from my top guys:

Seinfeld: well he's only done one album that I know of, which is a shame.

Brian Regan: I know his first album is the one that gets quoted the most and it is truly great, but I'd probably still pick I Walked on the Moon

Louis CK: Hard to pick. I'll go with Chewed Up.

Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale

Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend's Boyfriend

Mitch Hedberg: Mitch All Together

Eddie Murphy Raw.

George Carlin has to be on any top 5 list.

I need to listen to him. I know how respected he is in the comedy community but I have never heard his stuff.

Andrew Dice Clay - Dice Rules Madison Square Garden

Bill Cosby: Himself was probably the hardest I laughed as a kid

Katt Williams

No order:

Eddie Murphy- Raw
Dave Chappelle-Killing them Softly
Bill Cosby-Himself
Eddie Izzard-Dressed to Kill
Robin Williams-An Evening with Robin Williams

I'm seeing Izzard Saturday in Austin.

Just have never found Robin Williams funny. Obnoxious? Yes. Annoying? Certainly. Funny? No.

My top 7 in no particular order...

Cosby (early stuff )
Murphy
Rock
Rickles
Carlin
D Martin
G Wallace

In no particular order:

Hicks
Murphy
Pryor
Carlin
Sienfeld

Lenny Bruce needs to be in the conversation, too, as does Redd Foxx.

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Pryor
Murphy
Carlin
Cosby
Steven wright

5 Comedians who have made me laugh so hard that I cried:

- Tom Papa
- Kevin Hart
- Ron White
- Lewis Black
- Patton Oswald

I judge comedians by how hard they make me laugh, not how groundbreaking they are. Carlin has never made me more than chuckle, so he's not on my top.


Honorable Mention: Kathleen Madigan, Russell Peters, John Pinette, Chris Rock (Live in DC), Jim Gaffigan, Cedric the Entertainer, Steve Harvey

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Richard Pryor's Mudbone-Little Baby Feets may be the funniest thing I've ever heard.

Steven Wright is my favorite ever. I have a pony is sooooo funny.

George Carlin

Red Foxx

Dennis Miller

Eddie Murphy

Carlos Mencia.

Dane Cook.














Everyone else.

I know there's a plenty to hate, but that first Dane Cook album is really funny. Mencia on the other hand, has never uttered a funny line I've ever heard.

I know this an all time kind of list, but since most of the icons have been mentioned, I'll give my current favorites:

John Mulaney
Jimmy Pardo
Chris Fairbanks
Maria Bamford
Myq Kaplan


Oh and as for Legends that haven't been mentioned, I'm pretty sure my favorite comedian of all time is Norm Macdonald. His latest special is on Netflix, and it's just incredible.

Agree on Norm Macdonald. Greatness.

Oh and btw, if you're a fan of comedy and aren't watching @Midnight, it's a great way for up and coming guys to get exposure and it's hilarious. Guys like Nate Barghatze, Ron Funches, Kyle Kinane, etc. have been great on the show

In no order

Adam Sandler- his earlier albums...Heeey Goat!!
Carlos Mencia - saw live n never laughed so hard
Eddie Murphey - just greatness
Chris Rock - see above
George Lopez
Dave Chappelle

Ron Funches on @Midnight has been the funniest thing in 2014

Carlin
Rock - Bring the Pain
Chappelle - Killing them Softly
Patton Oswalt

Louis CK - two tubs of Hagen Das
Patton Oswalt - Star Wars rant
Aziz Ansari - cousin Harris
Seinfeld - hotels
Brian Posehn - punch my baby

5 is too few.

Cosby - Himself
Brian Regan - Epitome of Hyperbole
Gaffigan - Beyond the pale
Steven Wright - HBO special
Patrice O'Neal - Elephant in the room
Chapelle - Killing them softly
Chris Rock - Bigger and Blacker
Russell Peters - show me the funny
Mike Birbiglia - what I should have said was Nothing.

Great list

and I forgot

Bob Newhart: The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
Bill Burr: Why I do this.

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Arnez J, Corey Holcomb, Kevin Hart, Katt Williams Pimp Chronicles Vol 1, and Aries Spears.

And to the guy that went so far as to say Mencia hasn't uttered a funny sentence...really?

I didn't say he's never said a funny thing, I jut haven't ever heard him say anything funny.

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Oh, now I get it...

Just saying everytime I've ever caught any of his standup act I thought it was really awful. Maybe I just saw the wrong parts.

Can't believe Dice Clay gets no respect.

Can't believe Dangerfield gets no respect.

Great thread, discovered Steven Wright.

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