# Funniest Living Comedian? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 8, 2000, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494 "2000-08-08T00:34:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/41 "2000-08-09T07:48:34Z")
Yeah, let me amend the Amazing Johnathon to my post. That Comedy Special is hilarious. Also, can I add an anti-funny vote for Dennis Miller? Man, that guy is the most unfunny induhvidual I’ve every seen. I have no idea what people see in him. ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/42 "2000-08-09T13:26:25Z")
George Carlin! “And have you seen that wife of his, Marilyn Quayle? She looks like Prince Charles! Tell me, does he actually have to f\*\*\* that woman? I wouldn’t f\*\*\* her with a stolen dick!” ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/43 "2000-08-09T13:38:51Z")
I’d have to agree with most of you here: Eddie Izzard, George Carlin, and the Amazing Jonathan are the best right now. When I saw an Izzard special a while ago, I was literally crying on the floor. Jman ---
**Author:** ![jb\_farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/44 "2000-08-09T14:15:38Z")
no particular order- Jon Stewart, Ed Byrne (i think that’s how it’s spelled), and Louie CK. Three of the god-awfullest funny people i have ever seen. Haven’t seen any Eddie Izzard yet, but he came to town a little while ago and there were some great articles about him. As for being alive, were it not for cancer, we would still have the funniest person EVER with us. Mr. Bill Hicks. damn he was good. screw that, he was fucking fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Smasho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f9ae1b/32.png) [@El\_Smasho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Smasho)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/45 "2000-08-09T15:43:47Z")
I have to second (or third) Jay Mohr. He looks like a normal guy and all, but he’s one of the most morally deficient people on the planet. And, of course, living in New Jersey means that I find that kind of stuff hilarious. I hardly ever get to see him perform stand-up, but on any random day he’ll be on the Opie and Anthony radio show on WNEW 102.7 in New York. He doesn’t “plug” anything, he just hangs out. Also, speaking of Jay Mohr and Opie and Anthony, I want to just drop the names of Otto and George. The sickest “ventriloquist” act I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Scribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Scribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribe)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/46 "2000-08-09T18:32:18Z")
Hard to pick, but for standup comics, I like: Steve Martin Jonathan Winters (I have his first 2 albums…He’s amazing…) Bob Newhart Robin Williams and Bill Cosby (I grew up with his records playing in the house…and he was pretty funny when I went to go see him.) ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/47 "2000-08-09T21:39:51Z")
Chris Rock and Paula Poundstone. If anyone hasn’t yet watched Chris Rock’s HBO comedy hour, I suggest it. “Nigga’s vs. Black people” is soooo funny: > [@](#): > > Can’t have shit! You can’t have no big screen TV. You can have it but ya better move it in at 3 o’clock in the morning. Paint is white and hope niggas think it’s a bassinet. Can’t have shit in your house. Why? Cause niggas will break in your house, niggas will live next door to you, break in your house, and come over the next day and go, “I heard ya got robbed!” [quote] “I take care of my kids.” You supposed to, ya dumb motherfucker! “I ain’t never been to jail!” What, you want a cookie? YOu ain’t supposed to go to jail, you low-expectation having motherfucker! [quote] Paula cracks me up too. Her Harvard special makes me laugh so hard I cry. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/48 "2000-08-10T00:19:48Z")
Nobody said Sam Kinneson! That was one funny dude. ---
**Author:** ![scarface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@scarface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarface)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/49 "2000-08-10T00:41:43Z")
Richard Pryor Billy Conolly (Big Yin) George Carlin ---
**Author:** ![Baglady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baglady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baglady)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/50 "2000-08-10T01:17:16Z")
He used to leave me in stitches when I watched _[the Merv Griffin Show](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0055691)_, _[the Mike Douglas Show](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0170980)_ or his own sitcom, _[CPO Sharkey](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0073969)_. As he got older his humor got a little less sharp (and more insulting), but it was GREAT hearing his voice in Toy Story and Toy Story 2 as Mr. Potato Head. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/51 "2005-05-27T20:12:14Z")
I just wanted to renew this thread, becasue I’m looking for some new, terrific stand-up comedy. Two worth mentioning are Jake Johanssen and Brian Regan. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/52 "2005-05-27T20:21:09Z")
I vote for Stephen Wright. Of my three all-time favorite stand-up comics, the other two are dead (Bill Hicks and Mitch Hedberg). ---
**Author:** ![NE\_Texan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e99b99/32.png) [@NE\_Texan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NE_Texan)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/53 "2005-05-27T20:33:02Z")
Wayne Brady. That dude has some serious talent. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/54 "2005-05-27T20:45:08Z")
George Carlin. Robin Williams & Wayne Brady. ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/55 "2005-05-27T20:55:31Z")
I vote for Steven Wright, and Jon Stewart. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/56 "2005-05-27T21:08:51Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Does anyone else know who Mitch Hedburg is? Disqualified. ☹☹☹☹☹☹☹☹☹☹ ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/57 "2005-05-27T21:29:20Z")
Another vote for Eddie Izzard. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/58 "2005-05-27T21:29:48Z")
Billy Conolly with Eddie Izzard a very close second ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/59 "2005-05-27T22:45:50Z")
Lewis Black cracks me up. So does Paula Poundstone, especially when she interacts with audience members. ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494/60 "2005-05-27T23:15:53Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > I just wanted to renew this thread, becasue I’m looking for some new, terrific stand-up comedy. > > Two worth mentioning are Jake Johanssen and Brian Regan. Wow. I remember seeing Jake Johanssen like fifteen years ago on TV, and he was great. Haven’t seen nor heard anything from him since. Brian Regan - he has one half-hour routine they show occassionally on Comedy Central. Freakin’ hilarious, just unbelievably so. But I’ve never seen anything else by him. I don’t go to comedy clubs, obviously [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-living-comedian/28494.md?page=4)