100 Greatest Standups of all time

[Almighty Colin]

Anyone else watch this show on Comedy Central? I had the same top 2 they did. My favorite is Steven Wright but I think Pryor is "the greatest".

1. Richard Pryor
2. George Carlin
3. Lenny Bruce
4. Woody Allen
5. Chris Rock
6. Steve Martin
7. Rodney Dangerfield
8. Bill Cosby
9. Roseanne Barr
10. Eddie Murphy
11. Johnny Carson
12. Jerry Seinfeld
13. Robin Williams
14. Bob Newhart
15. David Letterman
16. Ellen DeGeneres
17. Don Rickles
18. Jonathan Winters
19. Bill Hicks
20. Sam Kinison

21. Dennis Miller
22. Robert Klein
23. Steven Wright
24. Redd Foxx
25. Bob Hope
26. Ray Romano
27. Jay Leno
28. Jack Benny
29. Milton Berle
30. Garry Shandling
31. George Burns
32. Albert Brooks
33. Andy Kaufman
34. Buddy Hackett
35. Phyllis Diller
36. Jim Carrey
37. Martin Lawrence
38. Bill Maher
39. Billy Crystal
40. Mort Sahl

41. Jon Stewart
42. Flip Wilson
43. Dave Chappelle
44. Joan Rivers
45. Richard Lewis
46. Adam Sandler
47. Henny Youngman
48. Tim Allen
49. Freddie Prinze
50. Denis Leary
51. Lewis Black
52. Damon Wayans
53. David Brenner
54. DL Hughley
55. Alan King
56. Colin Quinn
57. Richard Jeni
58. Larry Miller
59. Gilbert Gottfried
60. Jeff Foxworthy

61. Bobcat Goldthwait
62. Eddie Griffin
63. Jackie Mason
64. Richard Belzer
65. Cedrick the Enter.
66. Shelley Berman
67. Kevin Pollak
68. Dave Attell
69. Pat Cooper
70. Wanda Sykes
71. Red Buttons
72. Bernie Mac
73. Billy Connolly
74. Paul Rodriguez
75. Eddie Izzard
76. Robert Schimmel
77. Paul Reiser
78. Sinbad
79. Dom Irrera
80. Bobby Slayton

81. Dick Gregory
82. Howie Mandel
83. Norm MacDonald
84. Drew Carey
85. David Cross
86. Jay Mohr
87. Brett Butler
88. Paula Poundstone
89. Kevin James
90. Dana Carvey
91. Jim Breuer
92. Louie Anderson
93. George Wallace
94. David Alan Grier
95. Andrew 'Dice' Clay
96. Joey Bishop
97. Sandra Bernhard
98. Louis CK
99. Janeane Garofalo
100. Gallagher

[Peaches]

Isn't that bascially all if not most of the "good" standups? What big names are missing? :unsure:

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by Peaches@Apr 18 2004, 07:00 AM
Isn't that bascially all if not most of the "good" standups? What big names are missing? :unsure:
Maybe Joe Sixpack knows some "non-americans".

[Rolo]

Maybe the former Iraqi Information Minister Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf? :unsure:

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by Rolo@Apr 18 2004, 07:30 AM
Maybe the former Iraqi Information Minister Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf? :unsure:
Definitely, for 900 seconds anyway.

[TheEnforcer]

I would put George Carlin 1st myself. Interesting list. Might switch some places but overall a good list.

[Nickatilynx]

Eddie Izzard,
Lee Evans
Paul Merton
Dave Allen
Frankie Howard


from Britain to name a few.

[Mike AI]

A few people near the top that I do not think should be up there.

Roseanne Barr, and Ellen Degeneris. No way Barr is in top 10!

[Nickatilynx]

Originally posted by Mike AI@Apr 18 2004, 06:45 AM
A few people near the top that I do not think should be up there.

Roseanne Barr, and Ellen Degeneris. No way Barr is in top 10!
I totally agree.

they are ahead of Robin Williams and Eddir Murphy.

Plus it seems very weighted towards modern standups.

Hope , Benny , Burns seem wayyyyyy too low.

[kath]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Apr 18 2004, 06:33 AM
Eddie Izzard,
Lee Evans
Paul Merton
Dave Allen
Frankie Howard


from Britain to name a few.
Have to agree with you on Eddie Izzard there Nick.... Morgan actually got me hooked on him WAYYYYYY back and I've been a fan ever since. We've been trying to get tickets to see him live for years. He needs to stop out in LA for more than a single show - he always sells out.

I think I've watched Dress to Kill 500 times on HBO alone... and I still laugh. He's THAT good.

Better list from Comedy Central than that list of 25 that Entertainment Weekly put out a few weeks ago. Now that one SUCKED. 100 is a better number, you piss off less devoted fans that way! :awinky:

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Apr 18 2004, 09:33 AM
Eddie Izzard

He's on the list.

[masterp74]

yep, top two should be switched around. both made me laugh so hard as a kid and they carlin makes me laugh nowadays. Carlin is very intelligent :matey:

[Naughty]

Dana Carvey's standup is pretty good though, he should be more 'up' there.

I'm missing a few other GREAT ones (believe me, these are better than at least 20 on the list):

Stephen Lynch
Carlos Mencia
Rodney Carrington
George lopez
Pablo Francisco
John Leguizamo
David Spade
Mitch Hedberg (for the stoners among you)

Last but not least:
Brian Regan (truly hilarious)


I know more than these, but start downloading these first :-) I'm a standup comedy expert :bjump:

[Mary34D]

I did....

Eddie and I recovered from our hangover by watching it...

[Evil Chris]

100. Gallagher
When this guy makes the list (even at 100)... you know they were really reaching to another "top list" to make a tv program.

What's next?

Top 100 celebrity hairpieces ever worn! Only on VH1!

[Trev]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Apr 18 2004, 04:33 PM
Eddie Izzard,
Lee Evans
Paul Merton
Dave Allen
Frankie Howard


from Britain to name a few.
:okthumb:

Comic geniuses :D

[Vick]

This is just like trying to say who are the 100 greatest guitarist

Impossible

There is no criteria to rank artists by, it comes down to what you like and what works for you

All top whatever lists are in reality favorite, not greatest

[LadyMischief]

Stephen Wright kicks ass, he's my favorite too. Finding his stuff in video stores is impossible though :(

[masterp74]

Originally posted by Vick@Apr 19 2004, 07:08 AM
This is just like trying to say who are the 100 greatest guitarist

Impossible

There is no criteria to rank artists by, it comes down to what you like and what works for you

All top whatever lists are in reality favorite, not greatest
Randy Rhodes was the best guitarist ever. too bad that pilot and him were freebasing coke and crashed in that airplane

[picman]

I also think George Carlin should be number 1

And they missed Rusty Warren, the Knockers Up Gal.

Picman

[SykkBoy]

I actually enjoyed watching the program as they had a couple comedians discussing the different standups.

I, personally would flipflop George and Richard and would move Bill Hicks up the list (if he had lived longer, he would be a HUGE star now and probably be higher up the list). I agree there are a few omissions: Mitch Hedberg, Jim Norton and Robert Schimmel

EDIT - nevermind, I missed Schimmel on the list and the tv show



Last edited by SykkBoy at Apr 19 2004, 03:26 PM

[SykkBoy]

I would also have to add Ron "Tater Salad" White and Larry The Cable Guy as ommissions...

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by LadyMischief@Apr 19 2004, 10:10 AM
Stephen Wright kicks ass, he's my favorite too. Finding his stuff in video stores is impossible though :(
Ugh, I look all the time too.

[Jesse_DD]

I would say Bill Cosby is a little higher than that - I think you get some points for your influence as well and he certainly influenced Pryor, Eddie, Rock.

[Almighty Colin]

Pryor should be higher. Wait, nevermind. He was.

[Mike AI]

Originally posted by Colin@Apr 19 2004, 06:49 PM
Pryor should be higher. Wait, nevermind. He was.
Higher and on fire!

:lol:

[Peaches]

Originally posted by SykkBoy@Apr 19 2004, 04:27 PM
I would also have to add Ron "Tater Salad" White and Larry The Cable Guy as ommissions...
CT brought home the Blue Collar tour DVD a few weeks ago and I have to admit, I loved those guys! :lol: :lol:

[SykkBoy]

Originally posted by Peaches+Apr 19 2004, 07:00 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Peaches @ Apr 19 2004, 07:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--SykkBoy@Apr 19 2004, 04:27 PM
I would also have to add Ron "Tater Salad" White and Larry The Cable Guy as ommissions...
CT brought home the Blue Collar tour DVD a few weeks ago and I have to admit, I loved those guys! :lol: :lol:[/b][/quote]
Not only do I own the DVD and have watched it several times, it was on my top movies of 2003 ;-)

Oddly enough, Jeff Foxworthy, who is the best known of the bunch was the least funny (he's still funny, but got owned by his two opening comedians).

I have an in-law who is Larry The Cable Guy's personna down to a T. I've met Larry The Cable Guy and when he's not onstage is actually a very intelligent and down to earth guy (and sidesplittingly funny)

[LadyMischief]

Originally posted by Colin+Apr 19 2004, 02:31 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Colin @ Apr 19 2004, 02:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--LadyMischief@Apr 19 2004, 10:10 AM
Stephen Wright kicks ass, he's my favorite too. Finding his stuff in video stores is impossible though :(
Ugh, I look all the time too.[/b][/quote]
If either of us finds where to find him on the net or something, we should make sure to let the other know. :)

[Peaches]

Originally posted by SykkBoy@Apr 19 2004, 08:13 PM
Oddly enough, Jeff Foxworthy, who is the best known of the bunch was the least funny (he's still funny, but got owned by his two opening comedians).

I have an in-law who is Larry The Cable Guy's personna down to a T. I've met Larry The Cable Guy and when he's not onstage is actually a very intelligent and down to earth guy (and sidesplittingly funny)
Ron White was my favorite out of the four :) And at the end when they were just chatting with each other....those are four men I'd love to be in a room with for hours and hours :lol: :lol:

[Bishop]

Pauly Shore didn't make the list? :D

[SykkBoy]

Originally posted by LadyMischief+Apr 19 2004, 07:22 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (LadyMischief @ Apr 19 2004, 07:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Originally posted by -Colin@Apr 19 2004, 02:31 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--LadyMischief@Apr 19 2004, 10:10 AM
Stephen Wright kicks ass, he's my favorite too. Finding his stuff in video stores is impossible though :(
Ugh, I look all the time too.
If either of us finds where to find him on the net or something, we should make sure to let the other know. :)[/b][/quote]
http://www.notso.com/wright.htm

http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/ceb/jokes.doit

http://quotes.prolix.nu/Authors/?Stephen_Wright

[SykkBoy]

Originally posted by Peaches+Apr 19 2004, 07:44 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Peaches @ Apr 19 2004, 07:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--SykkBoy@Apr 19 2004, 08:13 PM
Oddly enough, Jeff Foxworthy, who is the best known of the bunch was the least funny (he's still funny, but got owned by his two opening comedians).

I have an in-law who is Larry The Cable Guy's personna down to a T. I've met Larry The Cable Guy and when he's not onstage is actually a very intelligent and down to earth guy (and sidesplittingly funny)
Ron White was my favorite out of the four :) And at the end when they were just chatting with each other....those are four men I'd love to be in a room with for hours and hours :lol: :lol:[/b][/quote]
Yeah, that was funnier than hell.

I liked Larry The Cable Guy just a little more than "The Tater", but he still had me with tears in my eyes during his act.

I think it helps to have relatives that you can go "ooh, that's just like..." when they'd tell a story.. ;-)

[Nickatilynx]

Dame Edna Everidge , Sir Les Patterson and Madge ;-))
Ben Elton
Rowan Atkinson
and I saw Stephen Fry in a one man show once and he was hilarious...very Oscar Wilde



Last edited by Nickatilynx at Apr 19 2004, 05:20 PM

[Peaches]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Apr 19 2004, 09:18 PM
Dame Edna Everidge
my cousin, who is a local and weather channel weatherman, is trying to keep his sexuality "in the closet". During her show in Atlanta, she mentioned him and how much all the boys downtown loved him. My Mom and Dad were in the audience - they already knew, but thought it was riot how he was semi "outed". :lol:

[Opti]

Does Dudley Moore and Peter Cook count as standup?


And Paul Hogan really was a classic when he started out in his 70's TV show "The Paul Hgan Show" <-- 4 joe ;-)




Last edited by Opti at Apr 20 2004, 02:16 PM

[Nickatilynx]

Originally posted by Opti@Apr 19 2004, 08:15 PM
Does Dudley Moore and Peter Cook count as standup?


And Paul Hogan really was a classic when he started out in his 70's TV show "The Paul Hgan Show" <-- 4 joe ;-)
The Paul Hogan Show was good.

I remember when he had two chicks on the train flashing him and that dopey mate hanging round him.

And who can forget Pete and Dudley doing "So whats the worst job you ever had then?" or "Then he called me a cunt!"


;-)))))

[Opti]

Dayum.. didn't expect you to know about Hogan! Strop was his sidekick.

(I actually named one of my daughters after Strop's daughter, Liana, who was born about 1 month before mine.. we saw her name in the newspaper, and the decision was made instantly :inlove: )


The Moore/Cook skit that used to kill me most was "Wanking with the trainset" :P

[Nickatilynx]

opti,

Check this out.... :)

here ya go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (http://www.phespirit.info/derekandclive/come_again.htm)








Derek & Clive -
"Having A Wank"

[ from the album "Come Again" (1977) ]

DEREK:
I was having a wank the other night,
CLIVE:
Mmm.
DEREK:
I was down in the living room .....
CLIVE:
Yeah.
DEREK:
..... having a wank, er, the, the telly was on .....
CLIVE:
Yeah.
DEREK:
..... and, er,
CLIVE:
What did you use to arouse you?
DEREK:
What did? ..... er,
CLIVE:
What, visual stimuli? Or .....
DEREK:
Yeah, I had the television on .....
CLIVE:
What, what,
DEREK:
..... but I wasn't looking at it.
CLIVE:
Oh, I see, just,
DEREK:
No.
CLIVE:
Just the .....
DEREK:
I had a toilet roll which I'd greased out,
CLIVE:
Yeah.
DEREK:
And I had my knob in it.
CLIVE:
Yeah.
DEREK:
And, er, I plugged it into, er, into the train set. And, er, you know, I put the train set on and every time it went over the junction, you know .....
CLIVE:
Yeah.
DEREK:
Ter-, terrific vibes.
CLIVE:
Yeah.
DEREK:
And, erm, I was just about to cum .....
CLIVE:
Yeah.
DEREK:
And, er, Dolly came down the stairs.
CLIVE:
What, the wife?
DEREK:
Yeah. Opened the door, she said, "Err, what you doin' Derek?" I said, "Er, oh, I feel te-, I've got a migraine .....
CLIVE:
Yeah.
DEREK:
..... and, er, the doctor told me to stick my knob in a toilet roll if I got a migraine."
CLIVE:
Yeah.
DEREK:
And, er, you know, er, she said, "Oh darling, I'm sorry, I'll make you a cup of tea."
CLIVE:
Oh, so she didn't suss that you were .....
DEREK:
No.
CLIVE:
..... actually having a wank.
DEREK:
So, anyway, she went out .....



(edited for length)



Last edited by Nickatilynx at Apr 19 2004, 09:12 PM

[PornoDoggy]

I knew better than to look at that list.

Top 100 lists always piss me off.

I really did know better than to look at that list.

At least I agree with #1 - Pryor should get it hands down.

Carlin ahead of Lenny Bruce? I love Carlin - he's top 5 material - but I don't think so, since one of his most famous works (The Seven Words) was ripped off FROM Lenny Bruce.

A top 100 list without Red Skelton? Fagitaboutit.

Steve Martin in the top 10? Bah! Dick Gregory only at #81? Donkey balls.

George Burns below Dennis Miller, Sienfeld, and Red Foxx? Bullshit.

I knew better than to look at that list.

[Nickatilynx]

A top 100 list without Red Skelton? Fagitaboutit

good one!!!I remember being allowed to watch his show ,sometimes , as a boy

[PornoDoggy]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Apr 20 2004, 12:14 AM
A top 100 list without Red Skelton? Fagitaboutit

good one!!!I remember being allowed to watch his show ,sometimes , as a boy
He's one of the few comedians who almost never did a routine you'd be worried about a kid of any age hearing, yet would have you laughing your ass off the entire time.

BTW ... I think you'll find that while Bill Cosby may have been a source of inspiration for the likes of Pryor, Murphy, and Rock - Dick Gregory was more of an influence on their comedy.

Andy Griffith shoulda been on there too ...

[Carrie]

Pryor shouldn't be number 1. There's a difference between funny and filth.
Pryor should be shining and kissing Bill Cosby's shoes on that list - and Red Skelton's.
Take all of the cusswords out of Pryor's routines and you'd have about 20 words left total.

Two thumbs up here also for Wright - it literally hurts just to listen to him (my sides, that is).

[Trev]

Jack Dee
Frank Skinner
Al Murray
Jennifer Saunders
Lenny Henry

Always make me laugh my ass off but..


Dermot Morgan
Ardal O'Hanlon
Frank Kelly
Pauline McLynn

From Father Ted are gods :okthumb:

[SykkBoy]

Originally posted by Carrie@Apr 20 2004, 02:49 AM
Pryor shouldn't be number 1. There's a difference between funny and filth.
Pryor should be shining and kissing Bill Cosby's shoes on that list - and Red Skelton's.
Take all of the cusswords out of Pryor's routines and you'd have about 20 words left total.

Two thumbs up here also for Wright - it literally hurts just to listen to him (my sides, that is).
Sorry, but I find myself laughing at Richard Pryor MUCH more than Bill Cosby....dirty or not. Funny is funny.