I couldn't find another thread about just stand up comedy, if it should be moved, so be it.

Just wanted to see who everyone likes. The usuals I'm sure will pop up, but any smaller comics or more obscure would be fun to find too.

A couple of my favorite bits:

Dave Chappell Louis ck Kevin hart.

Heywood Banks.

He's just a messed up dude.

Bill Hicks


I listen to comedy radio station a lot, a bunch of good bits ive heard from people who arent the standard famous comedians are Bill Burr, alonzo boudin, Patton oswald, patrice oneal

Louis CK ainec

David Cross, Nick Swardson

the holy trinity of bill burr/louis c.k./chapelle

also patrice o neal and nick swardson are really good. some mexican guy who won the last comic standing was decently funny but i can't remember his name and only watched him once

George Carlin
Bill Hicks
Patton Oswalt
David Cross
Paul Mooney
Dave Chappelle

(in no order besides GC being number 1)

+1 to Bill Burr

Steven Wright, Jimmy Carr, Stewart Francis. Deadpan ftw.

George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Chris Rock, Jeff Dunham, Henry Rollins.

Mitch Hedberg
Jeff Garcia
Louis CK
John Mulaney
Patrice o'neil
Bill Burr

No comic has ever made me laugh the way Carlin, Louis Ck, and Chappelle has.

Jim Jeffries, Bill Burr, Mitch Hedberg, and Bill Hicks are also great, but to me, a step below the top 3.

Also checked out Doug Stanhope last night after seeing him get praise from Ricky Gervais, and didn't find him too funny. Just seemed like a darker version of CK, without the perfect delivery that Louie has.

If you like slow, deadpan style deliveries, there's this british guy named Stewart Lee who's absolutely brilliant. Well worth checking out:

Paul Mooney on White people, UFO's, white acting and animals. Maybe the funniest clip of comedy ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iym7PuerE0U

Hmm, Im a big Stanhope fan, but I can sympathize with someone who doesn't like him. However, Im going to have to disagree with your comparison. To me, for all the obscenity, all of Louie's comedy has a certain morality to it (and I think this is one of its great strengths). Stanhope, who I do not perjoratively call a voice of evil, is nearly the opposite; his comedy is all about tearing down all social order. He is like a tourguide into the nihilistic abyss.

WVU. we certainly have different taste in comics, lol. Here is a British intellectual...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pxwd...eature=related

No love for Dylan Moran



Jim Jefferies

Bill Hicks
Mitch Headberg
Dave Chappelle

can't believe nobody mentioned mitch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7auvTMm47uM

oh my bad one guy did

Mitch Hedberg for sure. I love Jim Gaffigan and Mike Birbiglia, too.

Probably won't have a better stand-up performance than "I'm Telling You For the Last Time" though.

Forgot one more

Fan of a ton of those mentioned, but speaking of deadpan Todd Barry is hilarious (although this isn't his best clip; couldn't find a better one):



Another comic where the humor is all in the delivery is Tig Notaro:



Tig did a set right after she found out she had cancer that was pretty legendary. Louis CK released it on his website and it's definitely worth the $5.

David Cross is hilarious, but I can't get over his overuse of the word ****, which I myself overuse. It's one of those things that I started noticing and now can't ignore it.

Birbiglia is very, very funny, although a different style. I like "story" comedy.