# Best stand-up comedy acts of the last decade?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stand-up-comedy-acts-of-the-last-decade/558517>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 27, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stand-up-comedy-acts-of-the-last-decade/558517 "2010-10-27T14:22:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 5

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stand-up-comedy-acts-of-the-last-decade/558517/81 "2010-11-01T18:09:08Z")

</div>

Seconding Katt Williams. His delivery slays me, and his physical work is excellent. I got into him through the show Boondocks (he does the voice for A Pimp Named Slickback), and whenever I flip past one of his shows airing on Comedy Central at night, I’ll stop and watch some. But don’t bother if it’s been edited.

I think one of the things I like about him is that he does that sort of overplayed pimp/stoner schtick, but also plenty of material about raising his kids as a single father.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stand-up-comedy-acts-of-the-last-decade/558517/82 "2010-11-02T15:23:44Z")

</div>

I have to second Russell Peters. I saw his special while in the hospital after my c-section and I was crying laughing and clutching my stomach. Probably not the best thing to watch after abdominal surgery, but it was really funny.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stand-up-comedy-acts-of-the-last-decade/558517/83 "2010-11-03T05:01:15Z")

</div>

> [@Pliny\_the\_younger](#):
>
> Eddie Izzard x 10. Best is “Dress to Kill” followed by “Definite Article” and “Glorious” (this is in order of my favorites.) I don’t know how pitiful it is to admit this but I can do DTK word for word. My goddaughter and I used to break out in random riffs of it and the husband used to say that when he had no clue what we were talking about, he realized it was Eddie-code.  
> Good stuff.
> 
> (My username is taken from just one of those riffs on Definite Article)

Let me chime in for my love for Mr Izzard. All I have to do to crack my husband up is yell “I’m covered in BEEEEEESSS!!! HEEELP!!” His humor just slays me every time.

I’d also like to put my vote in for George Carlin. Classic, classic, classic. And dearly missed.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stand-up-comedy-acts-of-the-last-decade/558517/84 "2010-11-03T05:52:44Z")

</div>

A vote for John Caparulo

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/G-8f_kqmwmU/hqdefault.jpg "John Caparulo - Just For Laughs 2006") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-8f_kqmwmU)

Doug Stanhope is incredibly offensive, but at times hilarious

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ExAw4hIhRIU/hqdefault.jpg "Doug Stanhope - Would you Believe") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExAw4hIhRIU)

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-stand-up-comedy-acts-of-the-last-decade/558517.md?page=4)