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Top 5

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 2:03 pm
by Softball Bat
Post your top 5 stand-up comedians of all-time.

Re: Top 5

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 2:16 pm
by Screw_Michigan
Chris Rock
George Carlin
Robert Schimmel (saw him and met him)
Dave Attell
(old) Dave Chappelle

Re: Top 5

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 2:27 pm
by Softball Bat
schmick wrote:HMs to...
Yeah, it is extremely difficult to list only 5.

Some very tough cuts must be made.

Re: Top 5

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 4:00 pm
by Screw_Michigan
Schimmel wouldn't probably be my favorite now, but I loved him and his blue humor in my 20s. He also recorded one of his HBO specials in Kalamazoo, why, I have no idea. But that was great. I read his book, Cancer on $5 per day, about how, guess what, beat cancer. It's really inspirational. Dude had a pretty interesting life.

I met Schimmel in 2008 in Kzoo at a book signing. I was kind of depressed at the time. I was living in South Bend and just got dumped and was feeling not very upbeat about my future. I went to his book signing and the place was absolutely packed with cancer survivors who were spilling their guts to Schimmel about their REAL problems and that woke me up pretty quick. Schimmel stuck around to talk to EVERYONE who wanted to talk to him. What a guy.

Re: Top 5

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 4:21 pm
by L45B
1. Rodney (respect)
2. Pryor
3. Carlin
4. Norm
5. Chapelle

6. Dice
7. Seinfeld

Re: Top 5

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 5:14 pm
by Kierland
schmick wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2021 2:24 pm That have made me laugh the hardest.

In no specific order
Ron White
Doug Stanhope
Joe Rogan
Bill Burr
John Pinette


HMs to
Bert Kreischer, Tom Segura, George Carlin, Anthony Jeselnik, Richard Jeni, Daniel Tosh, Jim Jefferies, Dave Chapelle, Dice, Roseanne Barr, Patrice O'Neil, Robin Williams, Dave Atell, Jim. Norton, Howie Mandell
Mostly right wing trash. The others would laugh at you if they read your shit takes.

Re: Top 5

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 5:31 pm
by Wolfman
Old school of course, no profanity,etc.:
Bill Cosby
Bob Newhart
George Carlin
Jackie Vernon
Johnny Carson

Re: Top 5

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 5:49 pm
by Diego in Seattle
Wolfman wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2021 5:31 pm
Johnny Carson
2rd

Re: Top 5

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 11:42 pm
by Softball Bat
Wolfman wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2021 5:31 pmOld school of course, no profanity,etc.:
Bill Cosby
Bob Newhart
George Carlin
Jackie Vernon
Johnny Carson
There is a lot to be said for a stand-up who can kill it without using profanity.



1. Robin Williams - Simply electric. Wind him up and watch him go.
2. George Carlin - A comic genius.
3. Bill Hicks - Brutal, smart, creative.
4. Don Rickles - Master of improvisation, master of insult.
5. Jay Leno - Not good as Tonight Show host, but great as a stand-up.



I could easily rattle off a dozen more who just missed the cut.

Re: Top 5

Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2021 12:12 am
by L45B
Softball Bat wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2021 11:42 pm Don Rickles - Master of improvisation, master of insult.
Rack Mr Warmth, wish he were still with us.

Re: Top 5

Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2021 1:18 am
by Softball Bat
SM wrote:Chris Rock
Schmick wrote:Bill Burr
L45B wrote:Norm, Seinfeld
Buttsy wrote:Richard Pryor
Wolfman wrote:Johnny Carson
All made my HM list.

Re: Top 5

Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2021 5:33 am
by Softball Bat
poptart wrote:3. Bill Hicks - Brutal, smart, creative.

5. Jay Leno - Not good as Tonight Show host, but great as a stand-up.

Bill Hicks torches Jay Leno...





Re: Top 5

Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2021 3:18 pm
by L45B
I’d have to put an asterisk next to Rodney, that when he would go on the Tonight Show it was just another level of brilliance.

He’d do his standup routine, completely kill it, then go sit in the chair next to Johnny and continue his routine. Johnny was a great straight-man, played the part beautifully (how’s your health these days?).

Those dynamics were once in a millennium.

Re: Top 5

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 2:12 am
by BSmack
1. George Carlin
2. Richard Pryor
3. Bill Burr
4. Bill Hicks
5. Price of shit rapist Bill Cosby (Appreciate the talent, hate the rapist)


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Re: Top 5

Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2021 6:20 pm
by Kierland
Finally the right answer. If you don’t have Carlin first you are not paying attention.
And still no Lenny Brice, shame on every last one of you.

Oh hey and fuck all you 1-6 traytors, you might thinks it’s funny but it’s not.

Re: Top 5

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 12:13 am
by Softball Bat
MS wrote:And still no Lenny Brice, shame on every last one of you.
He was a little before my time.

Re: Top 5

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 12:55 am
by smackaholic
Richard Pryor
Dave Chapelle
Eddie Murphy
Doug Stanhope
Norm Macdonald


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Re: Top 5

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 1:11 am
by Softball Bat
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Re: Top 5

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 5:11 am
by Softball Bat
lol

The Brice is wrong, bitch!

Re: Top 5

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 12:59 pm
by Softball Bat
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Re: Top 5

Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 2:36 am
by Kierland
Papa Willie wrote: Sun Dec 19, 2021 9:26 pm
Kierland wrote: Sun Dec 19, 2021 6:20 pm Finally the right answer. If you don’t have Carlin first you are not paying attention.
And still no Lenny Brice, shame on every last one of you.

Oh hey and fuck all you 1-6 traytors, you might thinks it’s funny but it’s not.
Yeah. No Lenny Brice.

Do you even read what you post, fucking idiot?
You really are a sniveling little bitch, why don’t you make it a dig and wear it for a decade like BrokenPsyche?

Re: Top 5

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 3:17 am
by Kierland
Proving once again you fucks know nothing about comedy.
But I’m sure Dims loves the blowjob.

schmick wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2021 2:33 pm Brody Steven's
Hilarious.

Sin,
Fatmelt

Re: Top 5

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 8:36 pm
by L45B
Kierland wrote: Wed Dec 22, 2021 3:17 am Proving once again you fucks know nothing about comedy.

Re: Top 5

Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 8:34 am
by Kierland
Whoosh! Right over your stupid head.

Re: Top 5

Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 10:30 pm
by Kierland
Like I said, dumb as dirt, even Brody Steven’s thinks so.

Re: Top 5

Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2021 12:53 am
by L45B
^Heres a 5th one to add to your list, a favorite of ours too:

Lenny Brice

Re: Top 5

Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2021 3:35 am
by Softball Bat
L45B wrote:Lenny Brice

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