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The comedian recommendation thread. Recommend some comedians
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:49 am
by liveISlife
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.
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:54 am
by dys4ik
Bill Bailey, Eddie Izzard (some of it, anyways).
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:58 am
by beats me
Dave Attell - Skanks for the Memories. Great album.
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:31 am
by leisuremuffin
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.
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:50 am
by Michael Hatsis
Definately Dave attell and Mitch Hedberg...
Others i like a lot that no one has mentioned :
Jim Gaffigan
Brian Regan
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:58 am
by Kirb
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.
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:10 am
by slatepipe
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
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:59 am
by Action Jackson
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:03 am
by Meef Chaloin
The Divine David
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:11 am
by hoffman2k
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...
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:02 am
by ollyb303
Peter Kay
Jack Dee
Michael Macintyre
Eddie Izzard
Bill Bailey
Sean Lock
Loads of good English comedians!
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:10 am
by logic_user99
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
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:14 am
by lunabass
Ross Noble
Arj Barker
Noel Fielding
Stephen K Amos
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:20 am
by adventurepants_
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.
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:27 am
by Meef Chaloin
logic_user99 wrote:
Chris Morris (Check out Jam, Jaaaaam, and Brass Eye)
fuuuuck yes, Morris is the king