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grandpa · Oct 9, 2006, 12:51 pm

Bill Hicks would have to rank high on my list.

Grandpa h.

Nathan Struth · Oct 9, 2006, 02:38 pm

Dave Chappelle, Carlos Mencia

Fysk · Oct 11, 2006, 05:32 pm

I'm a big fan of Eddie Izzard - he's pretty offbeat with his subject matter and keeps breaking out into mime or conversations with himself, and he's also a very funny man.

Bill Bailey is, if anything, slightly weirder (he has a strange fascination with small animals, it seems) and every bit as funny. Part Troll always makes me laugh, and his songs are decent too.

Jimmy Carr's another favourite, but his humour's a lot harsher and more dry and sarcastic than that of the other two. He's hilarious if you take some of the things he says with a grain of salt, as I'm pretty sure he does too.

Stephen Fry is also brilliant, but I haven't seen him doing proper stand-up yet - just appearing on, or writing for, thing.

Autolykos · Oct 12, 2006, 09:19 am

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Dane Cook sucks. I can't stand him.

BLASPHEMER!

*Gives Kubedawg the Su-Fi!*

Oh, and Dave Chappelle and Eddie Izzard are hilarious, too.

- Rob

lsbskins1 · Oct 12, 2006, 09:57 am

Eddie Izzard makes me laugh my ass off. "Do you have a flag?" Lewis Black and Margaret Cho.

underbear1 · Oct 15, 2006, 12:09 am

Wanda Sykes has a wickedly funny new HBO special I just caught the last half hour of it , and had tears streaming from my eyes laughing so hard. I hope they re-run it soon so I can tape it. She did a bit about women having a removable p*ssy, that is one of the funniest routines I've ever heard. She does some pretty funny lines about gay marriage too.

HBO: WANDA SYKES: SICK & TIRED
the DVD will be available 10/17

G. Adams · Oct 15, 2006, 09:01 am

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Eddie Izzard makes me laugh my ass off. "Do you have a flag?" Lewis Black and Margaret Cho.

In America you say 'erbs, while in England we say herbs, because there's a fucking H in it.

Eddie Izzard (past it these days though), Bill Bailey, Dylan Moran is a smaller god, Bill Hicks, Lee Evans is 50/50, Jenny Eclaire was good. Outside of standup, the Smack the Pony girls are good, Steve Coogan and Chris Morris are fantastic.

underbear1 · Oct 15, 2006, 09:37 am

Last night on Real Time with Bill Maher he did a new rule and final rant about Mark Foley not the biggest threat to your kids from this Congress.
Bill Maher ranted that it's wrong for Foley to ask kids to measure their penises, but your fat little kids haven't seen their penises in years. Then he said In schools there are people stalking your kids for death, they're called recruiters. He whacked Pfizer and Merck about parents getting their kids on anti-psychotic drugs,(up 400%) my favorite line was...."There are so many larded out little junkies it looks like Rush Limbaugh had puppies."

Halofan48 · Mar 22, 2008, 11:07 pm

In regards to OP
For me:
Eddie Izzard
Lewis Black
Dane Cook
Gabriel Iglesius
Robin Williams

those are my top 5

Compugasm · Mar 23, 2008, 04:37 am

Mitch Hedburg
Patton Oswalt
Steven Wright
Laura Kightlinger
Pablo Francisco
Maria Bamford
Stephen Lynch

gela · Mar 24, 2008, 06:32 pm

Dylan Moran

Black humor all the way.

Black Books is the funniest series ever made.

Oct 9, 2006, 12:51 pm	#21 (permalink) (top)
grandpa blasphemer Location: Michigan Posts: 7,244	Bill Hicks would have to rank high on my list. Grandpa h. Political language ... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. – George Orwell

Oct 9, 2006, 02:38 pm	#22 (permalink) (top)
Nathan Struth don't care Location: NY Posts: 267	Dave Chappelle, Carlos Mencia I'm just a fool caught in the rat race of life (Nathan Struth) please help me solve world hunger, It's hard to do it alone.

Oct 12, 2006, 09:57 am	#25 (permalink) (top)
lsbskins1 Redskins Rule Location: South-Western Virginia Posts: 2,416	Eddie Izzard makes me laugh my ass off. "Do you have a flag?" Lewis Black and Margaret Cho. All I see when I look down, something jumpin' on the ground, Scratchin' dirt, cluckin' in the barnyard - Tell me, could that be you? John Kay

Mar 22, 2008, 11:07 pm	#29 (permalink) (top)
Halofan48 Seeking the Unknown Location: Southern California Posts: 1,160	In regards to OP For me: Eddie Izzard Lewis Black Dane Cook Gabriel Iglesius Robin Williams those are my top 5 Knowledge is power, and with it comes responsibility, use it well.

Mar 23, 2008, 04:37 am	#30 (permalink) (top)
Compugasm Son of X51 Location: San Diego Posts: 3,585	Mitch Hedburg Patton Oswalt Steven Wright Laura Kightlinger Pablo Francisco Maria Bamford Stephen Lynch I'd like to thank Charlie Hodge, bringing me scarves and water.

Oct 11, 2006, 05:32 pm	#23 (permalink) (top)
Fysk Sedimentary Rock Location: England Posts: 15	I'm a big fan of Eddie Izzard - he's pretty offbeat with his subject matter and keeps breaking out into mime or conversations with himself, and he's also a very funny man. Bill Bailey is, if anything, slightly weirder (he has a strange fascination with small animals, it seems) and every bit as funny. Part Troll always makes me laugh, and his songs are decent too. Jimmy Carr's another favourite, but his humour's a lot harsher and more dry and sarcastic than that of the other two. He's hilarious if you take some of the things he says with a grain of salt, as I'm pretty sure he does too. Stephen Fry is also brilliant, but I haven't seen him doing proper stand-up yet - just appearing on, or writing for, thing.

Oct 15, 2006, 12:09 am	#26 (permalink) (top)
underbear1 BANNED Posts: 2,630	Wanda Sykes has a wickedly funny new HBO special I just caught the last half hour of it , and had tears streaming from my eyes laughing so hard. I hope they re-run it soon so I can tape it. She did a bit about women having a removable p*ssy, that is one of the funniest routines I've ever heard. She does some pretty funny lines about gay marriage too. HBO: WANDA SYKES: SICK & TIRED the DVD will be available 10/17

Oct 15, 2006, 09:37 am	#28 (permalink) (top)
underbear1 BANNED Posts: 2,630	Last night on Real Time with Bill Maher he did a new rule and final rant about Mark Foley not the biggest threat to your kids from this Congress. Bill Maher ranted that it's wrong for Foley to ask kids to measure their penises, but your fat little kids haven't seen their penises in years. Then he said In schools there are people stalking your kids for death, they're called recruiters. He whacked Pfizer and Merck about parents getting their kids on anti-psychotic drugs,(up 400%) my favorite line was...."There are so many larded out little junkies it looks like Rush Limbaugh had puppies."

Mar 24, 2008, 06:32 pm	#31 (permalink) (top)
gela Vampire Location: Newcastle, Australia Posts: 859	Dylan Moran Black humor all the way. Black Books is the funniest series ever made. "A geek is a person, male or female, with an abiding, obsessive, self-effacing, even self-destroying love for something besides status." --D.B. Weiss, Lucky Wander Boy