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Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3535 Joined: 25 Jan 2008     | |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 373 Joined: 20 Jul 2008     | *shrug* its something about his voice that just makes me laugh. Just be happy I didn't say Dane Cook, and besides, whats wrong with Dave Chappelle?...I wasn't aware I couldn't say certain comedians names without someone snapping... |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3535 Joined: 25 Jan 2008 |
Not exactly snapping. More like flabbergasted or disgusted. Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, and Martin Lawrence are three of the most irritating people in the Afro-American community. They're the black equivalent of Carrot Top, Jerry Seinfeld, and SNL's "Pat" character. Specific to Chappelle, he's a racist son of a bitch with no comedic value who relies on shock humor and poor taste for all his work. He's essentially a bigoted Tom Green. |
Press Junketeer Posts: 373 Joined: 20 Jul 2008 | I'm still confused as to why it should shock you enough to comment on it...He may be all of those things but there are still jokes that are funny, I mean all comedians help fill a certain void of humor that were always looking for. I'm surprised at the George Carlin votes, I never found him particularly funny. Towards the end, he just had no idea what he was talking about when it came to politics and you can have your political views slid in but he was by no means a master of that skill since he would just start making a speech on stage instead of telling jokes, but hey thats my 2 cents now. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1464 Joined: 2 Jan 2008     | In no particular order: -Patton Oswalt |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 667 Joined: 31 Oct 2007     | Ah yes. Dimitri Martin, too. Good call.
You're suprised that a guy who's made millions upon millions of dollars has fans? How else do you think he got those millions? Personally, I can't believe you'd let Jeff and Larry slide, but not Dave. That doesn't register in my brain as making sense, but whatever.. it's your opinion. |
Paperboy  Posts: 35 Joined: 15 May 2008   | Bill Hicks, Bill Bailey, Al Murray, Ricky Gervais, David Mitchell, Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Chris Rock and Harry Hill. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1918 Joined: 16 May 2008  | Stephen Wright, Dave Chapelle and Mitch Hedburg (rest his soul) |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 950 Joined: 13 Jul 2008   | EVERYONE MUST PAY ATTENTION Charlie Brooker, although not technically a comedian but a writer, is the most hilarious man alive. here's an extract from a column called "Attention all boring people: do not ever try to chat to me. Any attempt to do so will be met with silence" " "So what line of work are you in, then?" The bastard had gone on the offensive. Now he was asking direct questions, impossible to ignore without appearing rude. Furthermore, his inquiry was an almost unassailable conversation-opener: no matter what reply you give, an entire flowchart of punishingly monotonous discourse is guaranteed to follow. Even if you try to be mind-blowingly mundane on purpose. Claim you measure the thickness of cardboard boxes for a living and he can counter by asking if there's much money in it, or how long you've done it, and he'll take it from there until there's no escape; he'll be on and on with his endless questions, tormenting you with his nauseating thirst for basic social interaction until you feel like quietly raising a leg and kicking him square in the bald spot, even if it makes him swerve into the path of an oncoming juggernaut, all headlights and thunder and foghorning blare; shattering glass and shearing metal and the sudden mad sound of your own trapped animal screams - anything to close down him and his voice, his awful bloody probing bloody human bloody voice. So I told him I was a child pornographer. OK, I didn't. But that's the only reply I can think of that would have killed any further conversation stone dead, if only because he'd probably make me get out and walk......" LINK heres a link to all his columns oh yes and of course Bill Bailey, Jimmy Carr, David Mitchell, Stephen Fry, Simon Amstell, Frankie Boyle, Dara O'Brien, Dlyan Moran and Phil Jupitus. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 560 Joined: 6 Jul 2008  | Why all the hate for Dave Chappelle? He's decent. Not one of the greats like Hicks, Steven Wright, Zach Galifniasdifopasdf (his picture is in my avatar when he went on Tom Goes to the Mayor), Doug Stanhope, Bob Newhart, Robert Schimmel, Chubby Brown...I could go on. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 78 Joined: 14 Feb 2008 | Bill Bailey for the music, Frankie Boyle for the controversy, Adam Hills for the aussie influence, Billy Connolly because nothing he says is scripted and David Mitchell because he was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire were I live. |
Paperboy  Posts: 30 Joined: 17 Aug 2008 | Wow, not very usual to find a fellow Charlie Brooker fan. I presume you;re into Chris Morris' stuff as well? |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 950 Joined: 13 Jul 2008 |
Chris Morris...'fraid not |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1030 Joined: 6 Mar 2008  |
I was gonna give you crap for liking that asshat Carlos Mencia... |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 435 Joined: 20 Aug 2008  | No love for Ardal O'Hanlon or Emo Philips? :\ Well, here's my list then (probably a lot of repeats, but here goes): Doug Stanhope, Eddie Izzard, Ardal O'Hanlon, Bill Bailey, Brian Regan, Emo Philips, David Cross, Dave Attell, George Carlin, Stephen Lynch, Steven Wright, Robert Schimmel, Sarah Silverman, Kathleen Madigan, Elvira Kurt, Craig Shoemaker, Steven Colbert, The Amazing Jonathan, Brian Posehn, and Steve Hofstetter. R.I.P. Mitch Hedberg, Bill Hicks, and Richard Jeni. Henry Rollins, while not entirely funny, is fun to listen to. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2020 Joined: 7 Mar 2008   | for stand up comedians in no particular order Bill Cosby |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 65 Joined: 28 Aug 2008 | Ricky Gervais+The Office=Win |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 397 Joined: 20 Dec 2007 | Jim gaffigan. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 184 Joined: 1 Jul 2008  | Ed Bryne, Bill Bailey, Lee Evans, Bill Hicks (R.I.P. :<), Stephen Lynch, Lewis Black. Oh oh! And Flight of the Conchords if they count. Seriously. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 595 Joined: 11 Jul 2008 | I was gonna avoid posting in this one, because I'd either try to name one and name a hundred and be very dull... But the mention of Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker do deserve a repeat mention. Chris Morris is the Silent Hill of comedy, whereas Charlie Brooker is a TV reviewer (amongst many other things, he wrote for a ZX Spectrum games magazine early on), who turns hate into an art form. It also helps that he's still very into gaming, I read a great interview with him, Simon Pegg, Graham Linehan (Father Ted, Black Books, IT Crowd) and Peter Serafinowicz (the voice of Darth Maul among others), about games and they were all very clued up and interesting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV2inLzeoy8 A lovely bit of Jam for you - Chris Morris. |
Muckraker  Posts: 264 Joined: 12 Jul 2008 |
He's the reason I always have three packets of bacon in my freezer. And Pale Force was hilarious. I have two favorites. Steven Wright for his weird, surreal jokes that makes you go "What?" a second before you burst out laughing at the absurdity. The other is Doug Stanhope, partly because I agree with pretty much everything he says. Too bad he never ran for president like he was supposed to (he'd get his ass kicked, but still).
Newsflash: racism is funny. Everyone loves to hate on whitey. |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 595 Joined: 11 Jul 2008 | It'll be interesting to see if any names crop up that I dont know, and hopefully some other people will find new names they like, especially from other countries, I know the internet expanded my likes no end! also be good if we turn some people onto UK/US/other places' comedy thru this, too. I'm a Brit and I love a lot of US comedians, knowing that its not all Friends and Seinfeld over there helps, just like Benny Hill and Are You Being Served was not the pinnacle of British humour. Seems in the main, we both seem to export the popular crap and keep the good stuff, like the Aussies and Fosters :D I do like Brendan Burns and Adam Hills tho! Oh and if you like Yahtzee, you'll probably like Charlie Brooker, especially if you're a brit and watch TV. |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 667 Joined: 31 Oct 2007 |
I'm a big Chris Morris fan. Jam/Jaaaaam and Nathan Barley being at the top of my list. I don't really like the IT crowd.. but I wouldn't consider that "his". |
Beat Writer  Posts: 150 Joined: 2 Jul 2008  | Probably ever Lee Evans or Jack Dee...or Ricky Gervais. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 209 Joined: 20 May 2008 | i would go withhhhhh stephen colbert i love his satire |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 76 Joined: 28 May 2008 |
I shot a Comedy Central pilot with Dimitri Martin once...... it was never aired. =( |
Beat Writer  Posts: 155 Joined: 10 Jul 2008 | George Carlin. I also like Daniel Tosh. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 76 Joined: 28 May 2008 | Oh and my fav comedian is Christopher Titus |
Beat Writer  Posts: 218 Joined: 19 Jul 2008 | Billy Connolly. And not because he is Scottish. Frankie Boyle always makes me laugh though. |
Paperboy  Posts: 41 Joined: 27 Feb 2008 |
Haha, I'm seeing Bill Bailey then too. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 105 Joined: 16 Aug 2008 | -Christopher Titus All are love. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2082 Joined: 12 May 2008 | Dane Cook. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1431 Joined: 9 Aug 2008 | I'm a big fan of the ol' Zach Galafanikis and Dmitri Martin (gotta support the Greeks, brotha. Opa!). I'm also a big fan of the late Mitch Hedberg, Daniel Tosh, Stephen Lynch, Brian Posehn, Patton Oswalt, and Dave Chappelle. |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 595 Joined: 11 Jul 2008 | I nearly forgot, I once saw at a live gig, 'The Bastard Son of Tommy Cooper', while not strictly a comedian, he was very funny. He comes out wearing only boxer shorts and a fez, and proceeds to do his whole act in rhyming couplets, in the voice of Paul Daniels, for no apparent reason. His act mainly consists of him maiming himself for laughs, wiring himself up to a massive generator and lighting bulbs with his body, swallowing a 3 foot strip light bulb and switching it on inside himself, and pushing nails up his nose then squeezing them out of his tear ducts and other such pleasures. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1102 Joined: 7 Aug 2008 |
Hey Dave Chappelle is good, not one of my personnel favorites, but still very good |
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Dave Chappelle?
Serious?
Honestly, I was going to let the Jerry Seinfeld vote pass, and even ignore anyone mentioning Jeff Foxworthy or Larry the Cable Guy, but DAVE CHAPPELLE?