Mike Birbiglia might be in my top 3-5 of comedians. Guy is so freaking funny. Watching "My girlfriends boyfriend" right now. And for anyone else that likes him: He's gonna be here on Nov. 5th (Remember, remember, the 5th of November). I'll definitely be going to that.
My favorite comedian of all time is probably Bill Hicks. I discovered him at a time when I was very angry and disillusioned. He expressed the same POV as I did, and had a lot of the same libertarian values. Bill had an attitude that over twenty years later is copied wholesale. This is one of his my favorite bits. Thougb it has a crappy video quality. I also thought Robin Harris was absolutely hilarious and appreciated his sheer unique material. Late eighties comedians wanted to be rock stars or appear to be as raw as possible. Harris appealed to just about every demographic and never changed his act. He was that good. And this is one of my fav Bill Burr bits. Always makes me laugh my ass off.
Chappelle to me is the best ever. Not only his specials but his show had some of the greatest sketches I ever saw. Louis CK. Bill burr Saw Neal Brennan's special recently. It's good. Wrote with Chappelle on chappeles show Bill hicks George carlin Richard Pryor
Bill Burr Aziz Ansari Steve Martin Mike Birbiglia Gilbert Gottfried Lewis Black Ron White Jeff Foxworthy Bill Engvall Ellen Degeneres Joan Rivers Brian Regan Greg Giraldo John Mulaney
OK--had to read through the whole thread and make sure I wasn't duplicating anyone else. I love smart comedians. I mean, most have to be pretty intelligent to parse the language the was they do, but there are some who are clearly a cut above. My favorites in that vein are probably Greg Proops, Demetri Martin, Myq Kaplan, and The Sklar Brothers. I'm also a big fan of Todd Barry's slow, dry style.
I actually did. I remember sitting through it and for about 20-25 minutes I just never laughed. I don't know if it's his delivery, or what... but I just did not like it. I mean, he's popular as hell, so it's probably just me. lol.
For my 19th b-day I got 2nd row aisle seats to the traveling Whose Line Is It Anyway show that came through... it was a dream (Only Wayne Brady from the original cast was not in it) and Greg Proops was there and he actually opened the show with a 20 minute set. Man, oh man... it was funny as hell but whew... for a show with lots of kids in the audience he used a lot of colorful language. haha.
It's not so much a laugh out loud show a la Seinfeld or Arrested Development, but it's a very good show.
I have two of his books and I love his writing ...havent' read the biography yet though..last one was the incredible pleasure of my company...(I think that's the title)....the other was shopgirl.
