Best Comedians You Have Watched

[Improviser]

Past or Present.

 

[phillionaire]

Mitch Hedberg

 

[Kitaman]

George Carlin
Richard Pryor
Rodney Dangerfield
Bernie Mac
Red Foxx
MIlton Berle

 

[Pgh2Storrs]

George Carlin and Sam Kinison.

 

[Thirty Three]

Current comedians I like a lot - Bill Burr, Bert Kreicher, Mark Normand, Dave Chappelle. I think Chappelle is probably the best out now. Im sure there’s a couple Im forgetting.

Great comedians who passed away too soon - Greg Giraldo, Patrice O’Neal, Mitch Hedberg.

 

[storrsroars]

Too many to mention. While I like dozens of comics currently working of all stripes, I particularly enjoy cerebral comics with no fear of skewing anybody or anything. And of those, as good as Chappelle or Gervais are, there's nobody I've seen as fearless as Doug Stanhope.

I do wish Patrice was still with us right now.

 

[bfs3]

I do wish Patrice was still with us right now.

Same. He would have his own show today.

 

[Deepster]

Chappelle is the king of the hill right now. No question.

Right now? I like Anthony Jeselnik, Louis CK, Amy Schumer, Patton Oswalt. Jimmy Carr. Sebastian Maniscalco.

 

[RichCTBB]

Current: Tom Pappa, Dan Cummins, Chad Daniels, Neil Bargatze, Ben Bailey

Legendary: George Carlin, Dave Chapelle

 

[CashewCrew]

Neil Bargatze and Amy Schumer are the funniest answers in this thread

 

[Waquoit]

The best I've seen in person was Louis CK at the Bushnell a few years ago. That was a comic at the top of his game.

 

[Waquoit]

Chappelle is the king of the hill right now. No question.

He's so popular he can do a comedy special with no jokes.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Not sure what "you have watched" means....I assume it means in person. For me it was Don Rickles at the Desert Inn in Vegas.

Great combination of legendary comic in a great venue.

 

[navery12]

Dave Chappelle, Tom Segura, John Mulaney, Mike Birbiglia, Nate Bargatze

 

[White Dwarf]

I like Steve Hofstetter

 

[superjohn]

Current comedians I like a lot - Bill Burr, Bert Kreicher, Mark Normand, Dave Chappelle. I think Chappelle is probably the best out now. Im sure there’s a couple Im forgetting.

Great comedians who passed away too soon - Greg Giraldo, Patrice O’Neal, Mitch Hedberg.

You have great taste.

 

[Mister P]

Rodney performing on campus...1982 or 83

 

[superjohn]

Too many to mention. While I like dozens of comics currently working of all stripes, I particularly enjoy cerebral comics with no fear of skewing anybody or anything. And of those, as good as Chappelle or Gervais are, there's nobody I've seen as fearless as Doug Stanhope.

I do wish Patrice was still with us right now.

Patrice would be a huge star right now and a needed voice for the current climate, same with Giraldo.

 

[superjohn]

The best I've seen in person was Louis CK at the Bushnell a few years ago. That was a comic at the top of his game.

Seen him live 3 or 4 times, he was as good as it gets but the show I saw this past September was a huge letdown.

 

[Scud49]

Richard Pryor
George Carlin
Robin Williams

 

[NH Husky]

1980’s Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams.

 

[UCLJ0211]

Sebastian Maniscalco- can watch his stuff over and over and keep laughing

 

[Pudge]

Saw Robin Williams - totally just a unexpected walk in - in Pasadena CA one night

No one like him. Even trying new things he was improvisational genius

 

[UCSouth]

Gabriel Iglesias is pretty funny, live and on tv.
Jeff Dunham is funny as well. Although he is better live than on tv.

 

[InKembaITrust]

Best I've seen in person - Chapelle & Louis CK

Best of all time IMO - George Carlin