Kevin's Watch

"Old Mudder Hubbard went to the cupboard..."

Alynna Lis Eachann wrote:Eddie Izzard ("Long ears along the side, please," and "I'm an executive transvestite!")

Ooh, good choice.

dlbpharmd wrote: How about some Andrew Dice Clay?

I saw Clay live. it was like being at a brown shirt youth rally. the energy made your hair stand on end. i don't remember if it was funny or not, just that my gf at the time really liked him and the crowd went nuts.

I've been watching 'bring the pain' by Chris Rock. Hysterical. He also broaches subjects that a lot of other comedians (particularly black one's) wouldn't dare.

Woody Allen's old stand-up was hilarious. we're talking old stuff, back in the 60's.

George Carlin's 70's stuff is top notch, with "Class Clown" being one of the best stand-up albums ever.( it won a grammy, if i remember correctly)

Cosby's early stuff, like the "Why Is There Air" album or his routines about Noah, is great.

Pryor was great, though not as funny now when i listen to him as when i was a teenager.

Eddie Murphy's "Delirious" is an all-time great comedy album.

Steven Wright's "I Have a Pony" album is a laugh a minute and i always loved his style.

Richard Lewis did one great stand-up, imo, with his "I'm Exhausted" tour, and never attained that level again, though that routine had me in stitches.


Bobcat Goldthwait's stand-up back in the 80's, right after he did Police Academy 2, was really really good.

Chris Rock, maybe the best of the 90's.

Dave Chapelle is one of the funniest ever, imo, and not only are his stand-ups great his show is one of the best sketch shows ever too.

What, no Gallagher?

Robin Williams tops my list, even now that he is clean.
also in the top ten for me would be :

Bill Cosby
Richard Pryor, loved it when teamed with Gene Wilder
Ron White
Eddie Murphy - RAW was awesome
Drew Carey
Jeff Dunham - with Peanut
Carlin is also in there

And yes I DO Like Gallagher, been to two of his shows.

Who have I seen recently...
Dave Chappalle is obviously one of the best and he's got integrity. Jim Gaffigan is pretty damn funny. Check out "Beyond the Pale". I still get a good laugh out of Lewis Black and while Colbert is not purely a stand up comic his biting shots are great.

Aside from Sam K, the funniest comedian I ever saw was [the recently late] Richard Jeni.

Jenni's another one that just doesn't do it for me.

I remember Platypus Man (Jeni). That was one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

Loved old Eddie Murphy (Uncle Gus cracked me up).

Bill Cosby (I got the cookie for you, Daddy!)

Ahhhh, good times!

CovenantJr wrote:My vote would probably go to Billy Connelly.

Hear hear.

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CovenantJr wrote:

Alynna Lis Eachann wrote:Eddie Izzard ("Long ears along the side, please," and "I'm an executive transvestite!")

Ooh, good choice.

"I'm also an action transvestite - running, jumping, climbing trees."

Dylan Moran is coming to NZ soon. I've never seen his stand-up, but I love Black Books, so I'll be going.

I've been doing a lot of Youtubing recently and I came across a guy called Stewart Lee. He did the Melbourne Comedy festival last year. There's not a huge amount of his stuff out there but what I see I like.

variol son wrote:

CovenantJr wrote:

Alynna Lis Eachann wrote:Eddie Izzard ("Long ears along the side, please," and "I'm an executive transvestite!")

Ooh, good choice.

"I'm also an action transvestite - running, jumping, climbing trees."

Dylan Moran is coming to NZ soon. I've never seen his stand-up, but I love Black Books, so I'll be going.

Moran's pretty good, but Bill Bailey's better. Bailey is truly unique.

He may even rival my previous nominee, Billy Connelly.