# My Favorite Comedian **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 22, 2000, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082 "2000-09-22T00:57:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wildest\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/21 "2000-09-22T19:10:46Z")
George Carlin is definetely funny. Richard Prior also cracks me up especially his old albums about the witch that peed in a pot. And the Eddie Murphy “Delirious” video is definetely funny funny funny. Honorable mention that no one has put down Bob Hope. He is such a character and I love his expressions and delivery. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/22 "2000-09-22T19:19:50Z")
Adam Corolla. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/23 "2000-09-22T20:14:23Z")
Patton Oswalt. You can see him on “King of Queens”…he plays Doug’s whiny, heavyset friend. He is an incredibly funny, underrated stand-up. He appears frequently on Conan O’Brien and the last time I caught him on that show he did an impression of a Carvel Ice Cream commercial that had me shooting milk out my nose. ---
**Author:** ![aenea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@aenea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aenea)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2000, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/24 "2000-09-22T20:31:35Z")
Ok, kudos also have to go to that guy on MAD TV, who plays 'Kevin" the spastic kid. Bill Cosby does indeed deserve that lifetime comedy award. As does Bob Hope. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/25 "2000-09-23T01:09:54Z")
Judy Tenuta Rita Rudner ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/26 "2000-09-23T02:48:48Z")
Got to be George Carlin. His Parental Advisory album is my all time favorite comedy record. I like him both from the mellower old days and current bitchy and mean days. And of course I borrowed my seldom seen sig from him. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/27 "2000-09-23T02:49:03Z")
**Eddie Izzard** _Imitating a bee keeper flirting with the new girl in the office_ “Ha ha haaaaa… I like my coffee like I like my women: covered in bees!” **Kevin Meaney** _Imitating his mother_ “That’s not right! We’re gonna lose the house!” **Steve Martin** “I believe I made a mistake when I bought a thrity-story, 1-bedroom apartment.” **Steven Wright** “Last night I had a dream that all the babies prevented by the Pill showed up. They were mad.” **Mark Lowry** “You ever bite into a vitamin pill? They taste horribe 'CAUSE THEY HAVE VITAMINS IN THEM!” **Dennis Leary** “This country was founded on two things: meat and war. You eat enough red meat, you wanna kill somebody!” BTW, **Eddie Izzard** so far has been the only comedian who had me laughing so hard I had to leave the room, gasp for breath, and grab the inhaler. It was during his Englebert Humperdink routine. hee hee hee ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/28 "2000-09-23T03:33:14Z")
Another comedian thread where no one mentions Andrew Dice Clay. What is wrong with you people? The guy is absolutey hillarious. ---
**Author:** ![BigGiantHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b4bc9f/32.png) [@BigGiantHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigGiantHead)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/29 "2000-09-23T04:20:46Z")
But Stephen Wright and Kevin Meaney have also had me gasping at times. ---
**Author:** ![BigGiantHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b4bc9f/32.png) [@BigGiantHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigGiantHead)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/30 "2000-09-23T04:22:05Z")
It might help if I’d turned the sig on. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![BigGiantHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b4bc9f/32.png) [@BigGiantHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigGiantHead)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/31 "2000-09-23T04:23:19Z")
I turned it on! Where’d it go?! ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/32 "2000-09-23T09:25:31Z")
> [@](#): > > BTW, **Eddie Izzard** so far has been the only comedian who had me laughing so hard I had to leave the room, gasp for breath, and grab the inhaler. It was during his Englebert Humperdink routine. hee hee hee Engelbert Humperdinck? He’s dead, you know. …No, no, it’s not true. …Yes, it’s true. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/33 "2000-09-23T19:22:23Z")
Jonathan Winters, (I have one of his comedy tapes - he’s an evil genius.) Stephen Wright, Emo Phillips, Robin Williams. I love George Carlin, but do find some of his stuff a _little_ too bitter. ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/34 "2000-09-24T00:09:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hypergirl \* > \*\*Another comedian thread where no one mentions Andrew Dice Clay. What is wrong with you people? The guy is absolutey hillarious. \*\* Yeah! I recieved a CD copy of Dice Rules for my birthday a couple of months ago. It just killed me and has been in my CD player ever since. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/35 "2000-09-24T01:06:41Z")
Izzard. With Williams a close second and whasis name from Mr. Show a close third (his getting raped by the virgin mary bit is priceless.) BTW, you can get a random sampling of Izzard quotes here. [Je dois partir maintenant parce que ma grandmere est flambe](http://www.izzard.co.uk/quotes.htm) ---
**Author:** ![PillEater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PillEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PillEater)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/36 "2000-09-24T01:07:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by stuffinb \* > \*\*My favorite has to be George Carlin. > > Honorable mentions to: > > Dennis Miller > Dennis Leary > Eddie Murphy > Elayne Boosner (whatever happened to her?) > Paula Poundstone > Chris Rock > > Oh and a lifetime acheivement to: > Bill Cosby > \*\* If you like Dennis Leary, you will LOVE the person who’s entire act he stole to start his career. Ever hear of a man named Bill Hicks? An OUTSTANDING comedian who never got the credit he deserved while he was alive. Other than that, every other person on the list is pretty darned good ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/37 "2000-09-24T01:20:20Z")
Ah, his name is david Cross. Very funny man. You can hear some of his work here [http://comedynerd.8m.com/daveed/dcstandup.html](http://comedynerd.8m.com/daveed/dcstandup.html) ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/38 "2000-09-24T01:54:36Z")
Current favorites are **Eddie Izzard** and **Billy Connelly** and **Ed Byrne** a Irish comedian who is quite big in the UK and has done some spots on Conan O’Brien My favorite of all time has to be **Bill Hicks**. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/39 "2000-09-24T02:22:54Z")
Billy Connolly is the funniest comedian alive. See him, see him, see him, and marvel at how he can make people laugh just by telling them what he had for breakfast - it’s an incredible skill! ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082/40 "2000-09-24T05:00:29Z")
I can’t even really sepaprate out an absolute favorite from my list so here they are in no order: George Carlin Steven Wright Emo Phillips Dave Chappelle Paula Poundstone Chris Rock The Amazing Johnathan **aenea** –where are you seeing Carlin at? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comedian/34082.md?page=3)