**2+2 Stand Up Comedian Madness Official Nomination Thread**

[BanffOne]

I was a huge comedy album fan from the age of ten when I discovered Cosby and Cheech and Chong. The last decade or two has been a dry spell for comedy albums overall. Is there a genre more dominated by males? I cannot think of one funny female stand-up comedian.

Louis C.K.
Chris Rock
Bernie Mac
Billy Connolly
Bill Hicks
George Carlin
Eddie Murphy
Richard Pryor
Lewis Black
Bill Cosby

[OppositeAttract]

Some people found Roseanna funny back in the day....

[bigfoot1000]

Chris Rock
Louis CK
Mitch Hedberg
Jim Gaffigan
Greg Giraldo
Dave Attell
Dave Chappelle
Anthony Jeselnik

[Mike Johnson]

Originally Posted by BanffOne

I was a huge comedy album fan from the age of ten when I discovered Cosby and Cheech and Chong. The last decade or two has been a dry spell for comedy albums overall. Is there a genre more dominated by males? I cannot think of one funny female stand-up comedian.

Louis C.K.
Chris Rock
Bernie Mac
Billy Connolly
Bill Hicks
George Carlin
Eddie Murphy
Richard Pryor
Lewis Black
Bill Cosby

Silverman and lampanelli both very good. Garafalo was ok for a while but got too bitter imo.

[ginocan]

Chris Rock

Eddie Murphy

Russell Peters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW1V5iyFOX8

Watched that clip like 10 times and still gets me every time.

[pumpernickel]

Some solid picks so far. Adding my vote for John Stewart to the list.

[muffinchips]

Look forward to seeing some of the nominations for the first time, most of the ones that have been mentioned I've never heard of.

My nominations in no order:

Richard Pryor
Chris Rock
Russell Brand
Lee Evans
Billy Connolly
Peter Kay
Frankie Boyle

[KraventheHunter]

Louis ck
Chris rock
Ricky gervais
Mitch Hedberg
Dave Chappelle
Bill Cosby
Eddie Murphy
Russel Peters
Dane cook
Jerry Seinfeld

Louis takes it all down, obviously

[retrorevenger]

In order

1.Louis ck
2.Stewart Lee
3.Chris rock
4.Bill Hicks
5.Eddie Izzard
6.Ricky gervais
7.Richard Pryor

I'll have to think a bit more about the last 3

[mjafish1]

I'm seeing all the same names. They are all household names, comics so iconic that merely saying "stand up comedian" invoke their image.

No mentions of Bill Burr? no Patrice O'Neal? wtf people!!

Gary Gulman is fantastic live.

and Ricky Gervais is not a true stand-up comic. he is a writer actor celebrity who also does stand up.

[Mike Johnson]

Originally Posted by mjafish1

I'm seeing all the same names. They are all household names, comics so iconic that merely saying "stand up comedian" invoke their image.

No mentions of Bill Burr? no Patrice O'Neal? wtf people!!

Gary Gulman is fantastic live.

and Ricky Gervais is not a true stand-up comic. he is a writer actor celebrity who also does stand up.

Both burr and oneal have been mentioned. I would guess there are over 100 names mentioned so far including many who are far less houshold than bill burr.

[RoyalAsn]

Not in order:

1. Dave Chappelle
2. Richard Pryor
3. Bill Cosby
4. Eddie Murphy
5. Chris Rock
6. Bernie Mac
7. Jerry Seinfeld
8. Jim Gaffigan

and two that need more votes but are awesome:
9. Gabriel Iglesias (Fluffy) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtk5Ej-xLsM
10. Brian Regan (I eat fig newton's by the sleeve) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBko_3wT44Q

Cuts: Mitch Hedberg, george carlin, steve martin, louis ck, steven wright, nick swardson, dana carvey, demetri martin.

[tommycee2]

George Carlin
Chris Rock
Richard Pryor
Steven Wright
Robin Williams
Louis CK
Rodney Dangerfield
Bill Hicks

[BBKPoker]

Pryor and Hicks are 1 and 2, its not remotely close, comedy completely changed because of those two.

Pryor
Hicks
Chappelle
Cosby
Murphy
Carlin
Izzard
Louie CK
Martin
Robin Williams

are my noms

Leary is close but ripped a lot off of Carlin.
Lenny Bruce and Rodney Dangerfield are pretty close too

[Hammerhands]

I like John Wing's bit,"Is Canada a World Power?" but I can't find it. Here he does a bit of Carlin at the end.

http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/l...0219_45470.mp3