Who are your favorite comedians?

[Merlin4458]

yeh thats the same lee evans i watched, i was laughing on my own which was a bit sad... peter kay has run out of material but iwatched him at bolton and he was well funny

[BlackDwarf]

Rich Hall. Very funny.

Bill Bailey for teh win!

[pr0p4g4nd4]

Bill Bailey, Ross Noble, Dylan Moran and Peter Kay (not that funny anymore).

[ACiD303]

I saw Bill bailey last month - after 2 years of sell-out events at Edinburgh Fringe - was well worth the wait!

Up until two years ago, Ross Noble was my favourite - saw him again last year and not only was his material stale, but I kinda thought a bit desperate and scraping the barrel.

Dara O'Brien has always had me in stitches tho, as had Omid Djalili . . .however, the one person who has made an impression on me this year is Doug Stanhope - perhaps the most unpolitically correct person that can get away with what he says/does. Though if he has a series of gigs, it seems better to catch him at the beginnning rather than the end of his stint because apparently he requires much more alcohol and gets a bit desperate.

Bill Hicks is a classic legend - however, it disappoints myself that I couldn't actually experience him. Rich Hall does a good show, though only seen him twice, but he manages to appeal to whichever crowd he gets.

[Jonny]

Al Murray is so funny, and so so right.

Bill Bailey is just funny.

Lee Evans is sometimes funny, but always wrong. I hate it when people make observational humour and haven't actually got anything logical to make jokes about.

In conclusion;

Al Murray > *

[Stigggeh]

Al Murray is so funny, and so so right.



Al Murray > *

I went to see him in newcastle a few month back, pure legend imo , show was top class.

nice chap too, After the show he offered to sign stuff and have photos taken , ... he must have been there an hour, i was close to the back and he was still jolly at the end of the que.

(got a tee-shirt signed and a photo )

[ikonia]

Bill Hicks, Robert Newman, David Baddiel, Steve Cogan, Eddie Izzard.

[mike_w]

Ooh, too many to choose from! Well, first of all the regulars from I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, Tony Hawks, Graham Norton, Peter Kay, Ross Noble, Dara O'Briain, Bill Bailey, Stephen Fry, Chris Langham, Ian Hislop (if he counts!), Linda Smith...

Paul Merton is a genius though. Went to see him live with some of the comedy store a little while ago, the best £20 I ever spent!

[Smokey21]

Billy Connolly obviously

I cannot stand that ******. What was that seriously wrong comment he made a few years ago? it was about the Ken Bigley wasn't it? the guy who was executed in Iraq.

My fav comedians, are Al Murray, Jimmy Carr, and Lee Evans.

[99Flake]

Got to be Eddie Izzard!

[Daymonkey]

ricky gervais, peter kay, chris tucker and jimmy carr.

[dave87]

Jimmy Carr, Chris Rock, Billy Connelly are my favourites atm. Never really got into Ricky Gervais' style of comedy. Also a fan of Lee Evans, though you can't beat the oldies - such as Jasper Carrot

[Anders]

I cannot stand that ******. What was that seriously wrong comment he made a few years ago? it was about the Ken Bigley wasn't it? the guy who was executed in Iraq.
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This was widely reported but some sources say Connolly denies saying it. The last link gives an interesting analysis of the joke.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/m.../10/do1010.xml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Connolly
http://www.stewartlee.co.uk/writing/...g_con2004.html

[Million]

Loving Bill Bailey at the mo, plus Dylan Moran is very funny, and i've always loved Jack Dee's stuff (kinda surprised not many people have mentioned him in this thread)

[harry1]

jack dee, ricky gervais. dont find connely funny, nor peter kay really.

[Mike Fishcake]

Ross Noble is someone I have great respect for - seems like one of the people that can actually genuinely come out with material off-the-cuff.

I do actually like Billy Connolly, even though he has lost some of his edge in the past couple of years.

Stewart Lee is another good one, has a brilliant command of the English language, as does Robin Ince. In the past, Robin has caused me to almost literally (yes, really literally, not that fake literally that people sometimes use) choke from laughing so much.

Although I don't particularly like Johnny Vegas' material, I can't help but admire his ability to go on stage with no actual prepared material and absolutely slay the audience. He's one of those people that just seems genuinely funny.

Alan Carr's standup material is excellent - another genuinely likeable person, but saying that, The Friday Night Project is awful, cringeworthy TV. Any time I see a trailer for it, I just want to shake him, screaming "WHY ALAN, WHY?!?!?!"

I've never been a fan of Peter Kay for many, many reasons; I don't particularly like his material (I swear I will kill the next person that quotes "garlic bread" at me) and he's a completely fake and shallow person - nothing at ALL like his onstage persona. A mate of mine used to live across the road from him and the jolly, happy and friendly attitude he puts over on the stage couldn't be further from the truth. Also (and I had heard these stories before he became famous, so you can't accuse anyone of being 'jealous') he used to act incredibly selfishly and arrogantly towards other acts, 'borrowing' their best material to use in his act. I also don't like his controlling attitude, although some may disagree with me on this - the way he has to control every single aspect of anything to do with anything he's created. And then of course there's the DVD release of a gig with the same material as the last live DVD he released. Finally, I don't like the fact that he accepted money from John Smiths to advertise their beer, despite him being a 'strict' teetotal apparently due to his father's alcoholism. But hey, he's not exactly the first celebrity to abandon their principles for cash, is he?

There are other comedy circuit acts that I admire as well. Not household names, but I thoroughly reccommend them - Dan Nightingale (probably my favourite non-household name act - brilliant, brilliant, brilliant), Toby Hadoke (Dr Who geek and good friend, so I am biased :-)), Seymour Mace (Strange looking Geordie bloke - appeared in "I Deal"), Gary Delaney (absolute MASTER of the one-liners) and probably loads more that I can't think of.

Yes, I'm a comedy freak :-P