The comedian recommendation thread. Recommend some comedians

liveISlife · Post by **liveISlife** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:49 am

ok, im getting into listening to comedians on my mp3 player while at work.

so far on my list are-

Joe Rogan

George Carlin

Bill Hicks

Sam Kinison

Lenny Bruce

Doug Stanhope

Mitch Hedburg

Jim Norton

Who would you recommend?

THX

*also, you ever see that show they had on HBO for a short while called Lucky Louie? So fucking LOL.

dys4ik · Post by **dys4ik** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:54 am

Bill Bailey, Eddie Izzard (some of it, anyways).

beats me · Post by **beats me** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:58 am

Dave Attell - Skanks for the Memories. Great album.

leisuremuffin · Post by **leisuremuffin** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:31 am

obv. bill hicks, the rest of your list i'm not sure about. doug stanhope is pretty good i guess. carlin = over rated IMO. lenny bruce = smart all the time, funny occasionally.

maria bamford

mitch hedberg

david cross

sarah silverman

richard pryor

patton oswalt

.lm.

Michael Hatsis · Post by **Michael Hatsis** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:50 am

Definately Dave attell and Mitch Hedberg...

Others i like a lot that no one has mentioned :

Jim Gaffigan
Brian Regan

Kirb · Post by **Kirb** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:58 am

Louis C.K

And even though David Cross has already been mentioned, both Shut Up You Fucking Baby and It's Not Funny are absolute classics in my opinion.

slatepipe · Post by **slatepipe** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:10 am

sean lock
frankie boyle
steven wright
russell peters
russell howard
jerry sadowitz

i like going out and seeing a good comedian more than going out and seeing good live music

Action Jackson · Post by **Action Jackson** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:59 am

Lisa Lampanelli is my favorite! Truly hilarious!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 4453167579

Meef Chaloin · Post by **Meef Chaloin** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:03 am

The Divine David

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:11 am

50-ish years of Cosby standup should be added to the list.
He isn't the most edgy comedian and I only started going over his material recently. But the man can do 3 shows of 3 hours in a day. And its a completely different style. Its a rare form of storytelling.

Take Chris Rock's new HBO special for example.. The dude has to travel the world to get 90 minutes. And the last 20 minutes was like a recap of the end of his previous rant on marriage. Still funny though..

Patton Oswalt is my favorite at the moment. Though I wish he did more albums. The last one "Werewolves and lollipops" kicked ass.

Rumor has it that Robin Williams is popping up in small clubs over the US. You know what that means...

ollyb303 · Post by **ollyb303** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:02 am

Peter Kay
Jack Dee
Michael Macintyre
Eddie Izzard
Bill Bailey
Sean Lock

Loads of good English comedians!

logic_user99 · Post by **logic_user99** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:10 am

Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge)
Lee Evans
Bill Bailey (Black Books, and some stand-up)
Dylan Moran (Black Books, and some stand-up)
Billy Connelly
Chris Morris (Check out Jam, Jaaaaam, and Brass Eye)
Alan Davis

lunabass · Post by **lunabass** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:14 am

Ross Noble
Arj Barker
Noel Fielding
Stephen K Amos

adventurepants_ · Post by **adventurepants_** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:20 am

That Mitchell and Webb Sound (sublime British radio sketch comedy)

+1 for Carlin, I love all his stuff, the angry the hippie and the edgy

If you want to hear a lot of great comics, hunt down the Comedy Central Dr Katz show DVDs and rip em to audio, as theyre mostly talkie anyway. Most of the above comics are featured at some point or another.

Meef Chaloin · Post by **Meef Chaloin** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:27 am

logic_user99 wrote: Chris Morris (Check out Jam, Jaaaaam, and Brass Eye)

fuuuuck yes, Morris is the king