# Best standup clip on youtube? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624 "2010-01-12T05:10:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/1 "2010-01-12T05:10:31Z")
I’ve been obsessing on standup clips on youtube the last couple weeks. I’ve watched literally hundreds. Possibly in the thousand+ range. So far, [this](http://bit.ly/hedberg)is my favorite. What are some others that stand above the rest? ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/2 "2010-01-12T14:38:34Z")
Bill Bailey’s Kraftwerk hokey cokey: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeNLlC64HCY) (it comes in at about 1.50, though the rest is funny too) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/3 "2010-01-12T14:54:01Z")
From the UK: Rhod Gilbert: [Luggage Problems](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGAD1uTR1SY) Jimmy Carr: [Fuck Buddies](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wurs7WTYGjo) (NSFW, obviously) - this one’s less standup and more “how to completely destroy a heckler with wit and aplomb” From Ireland: Dylan Moran: [Dissing Germany](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoLIU2NI66w) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/4 "2010-01-12T15:24:40Z")
[Demetri Martin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IbhWG2LLAA) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/5 "2010-01-12T15:44:04Z")
George Carlin - [A Modern man](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkCR-w3AYOE) Even at the end, he still had it. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/6 "2010-01-12T15:44:21Z")
Ricky Gervais [takes the piss out of the Bible](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_EXqdJ4L7I). ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/7 "2010-01-12T15:58:58Z")
> [@PookahMacPhellimey](#): > > Bill Bailey’s Kraftwerk hokey cokey: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeNLlC64HCY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeNLlC64HCY) > > (it comes in at about 1.50, though the rest is funny too) That’s the problem with modern life, not enough comic Theremin duets. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/8 "2010-01-13T00:31:18Z")
> [@PookahMacPhellimey](#): > > Bill Bailey’s Kraftwerk hokey cokey: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeNLlC64HCY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeNLlC64HCY) > > (it comes in at about 1.50, though the rest is funny too) Took me a while to figure out what you were talking about. It comes in at about 2:50, and it’s the Hokey Pokey. At least in the U.S.; I’ve never heard it referred to as the Hokey Cokey. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/9 "2010-01-13T00:40:11Z")
[Louis CK](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpaCQKJpE9k) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/10 "2010-01-13T00:45:43Z")
This is a classic from the 1980’s. It is Bob Nelson’s football stand-up routine. It has aged well: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BerJdS2VJhA/hqdefault.jpg "Bob Nelson Football Routine - Funniest standup act EVER!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BerJdS2VJhA) ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/11 "2010-01-13T01:16:07Z")
Ok, hard to pick a favorite here so instead, I just queued a string of [Lewis Black.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUCxoeGZ_Js&feature=PlayList&p=520403C3ECD1A04D&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=25) (NSFW on most of them) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/12 "2010-01-13T01:22:13Z")
I’ve always been quite fond of the [Pachalbel Rant](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM). ---
**Author:** ![Manwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/13 "2010-01-13T01:35:59Z")
Stewart Lee, the 41st best stand-up comedian. I don’t know which clip to pick, but [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MroAtQKHu8) is pretty funny to me. ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/14 "2010-01-13T01:57:06Z")
I’d never heard of this guy til recently - Brian Regan - just a very silly and funny routine [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/89frRi8GgGA/hqdefault.jpg "brian regan UPS") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89frRi8GgGA) - ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/15 "2010-01-13T02:20:46Z")
Eddie Izzard: (Covered in bees): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs-tl6GBOBo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs-tl6GBOBo) (US vs UK films): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjC3R6jOtUo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjC3R6jOtUo) Tim Minchin’s story of Tony the Fish: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DXl68NF\_uI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DXl68NF_uI) ---
**Author:** ![Imasquare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/16 "2010-01-13T02:30:50Z")
John Pinette is a very funny fellow: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XUosUk6X9gE/hqdefault.jpg "John Pinette") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUosUk6X9gE) ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/17 "2010-01-13T02:56:47Z")
> [@Imasquare](#): > > John Pinette is a very funny fellow: > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUosUk6X9gE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUosUk6X9gE) [His bit on France and Italy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpMkRIXhLH0&feature=related) is easily one of the funniest stand-up bits I’ve ever witnessed outside of Christopher Titus. [Speaking of Titus!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yA2kCdeSG0) I’d link to the full _Norman Rockwell Is Bleeding_ act, but that’s probably not kosher. It’s easy enough to find, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/18 "2010-01-13T03:05:34Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > [His bit on France and Italy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpMkRIXhLH0&feature=related) is easily one of the funniest stand-up bits I’ve ever witnessed outside of Christopher Titus. > > [Speaking of Titus!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yA2kCdeSG0) I’d link to the full _Norman Rockwell Is Bleeding_ act, but that’s probably not kosher. It’s easy enough to find, anyway. Cool. I’m one of the few people who will admit to being a Titus fan. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/19 "2010-01-13T03:23:28Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > [His bit on France and Italy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpMkRIXhLH0&feature=related) is easily one of the funniest stand-up bits I’ve ever witnessed outside of Christopher Titus. I’m not usually a fan of this dude, but this bit is pretty effin funny, ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624/20 "2010-01-13T03:35:26Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I’ve always been quite fond of the [Pachalbel Rant](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM). I came to throw this one in the ring as well, so I guess I’ll give a hearty second. Dude’s from my hometown. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-standup-clip-on-youtube/524624.md?page=2)