teller said:

I was just thinking that. I always love to see them doing stand-up, and then I get sick of seeing them in movies and wish they would go back to doing stand-up. But of course, they'll make a LOT more money doing movies, so that's a big incentive for them I guess.

For me it's:

1. Richard Pryor. Live on the Sunset Strip has me rolling on the floor everytime.

In no particular order, a mix of old school greats and modern day standups and funny guys:


The greats:
Monty Python
Spike Milligan (& the Goons!)
Morcambe and Wise
Peter Cook & Dudley Moore

Some other greats:
Billy Connolly
Jack Dee
Harry Hill
Alexei Sayle
Ben Elton
Rik Mayall & Ade Edmundson
Lenny Henry
Fry & Laurie
Smith & Jones
Bill Bailey
Ed Byrne
Dermot Morgan

And some Americans:
Richard Pryor
Eddie Murphy
Woody Allen
Bill Hicks
Marx Brothers

NovaAngel said:

Yup.
Followed by Eddie Murphy, Raw and Delerious.
Stand up comedy by Robin Williams,
From the UK
Monty Python, The Young Ones/Bottom and a lot of great TV series.

JeePee said:

We have the same sense of humor. We could sit around and watch a lot of TV together!

By the way, Woody Allen is the all-time best...

Actual standups... hmmm

1)Rob Newman
2)Jeff Green
3)Harry Hill


This isnt so much funniest comedians of all time... but funniest groups of comedians now... I do 'pologise...

The Mary Whitehouse Experience boys... ( Rob Newman , David Baddiel , Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis ) http://www.micaelita.net/mwe/

Bruiser One of the bestest sketch shows ever... can't remember their names... ones on the office now... (the one that takes the piss of gareth... (is it gareth)) and two of the blokes were Mitchell and Webb... and there was one with dark humour that i cant remember the name of...

Sadly I cant find no sites 4 it though

Not The Nine O'Clock News obviously Griff riff raff riff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Rowan Atkinson

Of course i could go on with the lists...

Bottom- Rik Mayall, Ade Edmonson
The Young Ones- Rik, Ade, Nigel Planer and Christopher Ryan
Blackadder- Rowan Aitkinson, (is it Tony Robinson as baldrick... I cant remember his name), Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tim McInnery is that his name I can't remember
Red Dwarf- Craig Charles, Robert Llewlyn, Chris Barrie, Danny John Jules
Reeves and Mortimer amen brother


[This message was edited Tue Mar 4 5:34:44 PST 2003 by JaneyPoos]

IceNine said:

As funny as Woody Allen is (and I love all of his movies) you can't really compare him to the comedy genius of Monty Python or Spike Milligan or Peter Cooke... or maybe you can.

[color=blue:a07ec049f8:cc93ca45ec]Pah!...

LEE EVANS!!!

Aint nobody funny like Lee. Hes da best y'all...

SexLovely said:

I saw him in 1992 just before he broke big. It was in front of about 70 drunken students at my halls of residence ball. I haven't seen him recently, is he still churning out the same shit?

minneapolisgenius said:

Sounds like fun
Monty Python, watch it when drunk, then it's even better.

I would say it's out of Richard Pryor, Red Foxx, Eddie Murphy in the early dayz, Martin Lawrence, Mikki Roni, Jamie Foxx and Jim Carey, I like David Chapplle and Bernie Mac too...
[This message was edited Mon Mar 3 18:44:09 PST 2003 by DigitalLisa]