|
|
|
|
elkid
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 18 Nov 2002
Posts: 8353
Location: hiding out in Philly
|
| Back to top
|
|
 Posted: 11/15/04 - 11:25 Post subject: the 100 greatest stand-up comics of all time
As decided by Comedy Central. Watched a bit of this show. What do you think of this list? I think I'd rate Carlin above Pryor, and I'd push Woody way down. No way is he better than Chris Rock.
1. Richard Pryor
2. George Carlin
3. Lenny Bruce
4. Woody Allen
5. Chris Rock
6. Steve Martin
7. Rodney Dangerfield
8. Bill Cosby
9. Roseanne Barr
10. Eddie Murphy
11. Johnny Carson
12. Jerry Seinfeld
13. Robin Williams
14. Bob Newhart
15. David Letterman
16. Ellen DeGeneres
17. Don Rickles
18. Jonathan Winters
19. Bill Hicks
20. Sam Kinison
21. Dennis Miller
22. Robert Klein
23. Steven Wright
24. Redd Foxx
25. Bob Hope
26. Ray Romano
27. Jay Leno
28. Jack Benny
29. Milton Berle
30. Garry Shandling
31. George Burns
32. Albert Brooks
33. Andy Kaufman
34. Buddy Hackett
35. Phyllis Diller
36. Jim Carrey
37. Martin Lawrence
38. Bill Maher
39. Billy Crystal
40. Mort Sahl
41. Jon Stewart
42. Flip Wilson
43. Dave Chappelle
44. Joan Rivers
45. Richard Lewis
46. Adam Sandler
47. Henny Youngman
48. Tim Allen
49. Freddie Prinze
50. Denis Leary
51. Lewis Black
52. Damon Wayans
53. David Brenner
54. DL Hughley
55. Alan King
56. Colin Quinn
57. Richard Jeni
58. Larry Miller
59. Gilbert Gottfried
60. Jeff Foxworthy
61. Bobcat Goldthwait
62. Eddie Griffin
63. Jackie Mason
64. Richard Belzer
65. Cedrick the Enter.
66. Shelley Berman
67. Kevin Pollak
68. Dave Attell
69. Pat Cooper
70. Wanda Sykes
71. Red Buttons
72. Bernie Mac
73. Billy Connolly
74. Paul Rodriguez
75. Eddie Izzard
76. Robert Schimmel
77. Paul Reiser
78. Sinbad
79. Dom Irrera
80. Bobby Slayton
81. Dick Gregory
82. Howie Mandel
83. Norm MacDonald
84. Drew Carey
85. David Cross
86. Jay Mohr
87. Brett Butler
88. Paula Poundstone
89. Kevin James
90. Dana Carvey
91. Jim Breuer
92. Louie Anderson
93. George Wallace
94. David Alan Grier
95. Andrew 'Dice' Clay
96. Joey Bishop
97. Sandra Bernhard
98. Louis CK
99. Janeane Garofalo
100. Gallagher
|
|
|
|
|
rolling rock
The Pinball
|
|
|
Joined: 15 May 2002
Posts: 16218
Location: unknown zone
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 11/15/04 - 11:29 Post subject:
carlin's better than pryor
ellen's better than roseanne
richard lewis is my favorite.
woody allen -- I don't think so.
|
|
|
|
|
MastrBrewr
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
|
|
|
Joined: 24 Sep 2003
Posts: 6974
Location: outside
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 11/15/04 - 11:30 Post subject: Re: the 100 greatest stand-up comics of all time
Too High:
9. Roseanne Barr
44. Joan Rivers
Too Low:
13. Robin Williams
21. Dennis Miller (Pre-CNBC days)
23. Steven Wright
37. Martin Lawrence
43. Dave Chappelle
48. Tim Allen
51. Lewis Black
52. Damon Wayans
62. Eddie Griffin
76. Robert Schimmel
78. Sinbad
|
|
|
|
|
Pug
The Movie Geek
|
|
|
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Posts: 8924
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 11/15/04 - 11:31 Post subject:
Woody Allen did stand up?
|
|
|
|
|
Sahara
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 17 May 2002
Posts: 3345
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 11/15/04 - 11:36 Post subject:
Paula Poundstone - just thinking about her situation makes me laugh
|
|
|
|
|
msparks
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 13 Nov 2003
Posts: 3182
Location: Jammin' at the Frim Fram, Frippin' in the Krotz
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 11/15/04 - 11:37 Post subject:
| Pug wrote: | | Woody Allen did stand up? |
Absolutely. Recently saw a show about Jack Paar and Woody Allen did his stand-up routine on Paar's show....uh, that would be The Tonight Show.
Ya gotta start somewhere.
|
|
|
|
|
jrjo
Gone Fishin
|
|
|
Joined: 15 May 2002
Posts: 16451
Location: Lake Wobegon, MN
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 11/15/04 - 11:38 Post subject: Re: the 100 greatest stand-up comics of all time
1. Bill Cosby
2. Robin Williams
3. Jonathan Winters
4. Steve Martin
5. Jerry Sienfeld
6. Tim Allen
7. Dennis Miller
8. Don Rickles
9. David Letterman
10. Steven Wright
..that'd be my top-10
|
|
|
|
|
robp
Pyromaniac
|
|
|
Joined: 26 Jul 2002
Posts: 16242
Location: Waiting in line at the beer store...
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 11/15/04 - 11:48 Post subject:
Carlin would be my no. 1.
Wanda Sykes would be in the top 50 - that woman is FUNNY!
|
|
|
|
|
gretriever
Hipster Doofus
|
|
|
Joined: 16 Jul 2003
Posts: 19385
Location: A moving target in a firing range.
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 11/15/04 - 12:02 Post subject:
I'd put Carlin ahead of Pryor too. Maybe even Jonathan Winters, in his prime.
But... WHERE IS TRIUMPH THE COMIC INSULT DOG?! 
|
|
|
|
|
bpdou
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 09 Apr 2004
Posts: 1713
Location: Louisville
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 11/15/04 - 12:03 Post subject:
| msparks wrote: |
Absolutely. Recently saw a show about Jack Paar and Woody Allen did his stand-up routine on Paar's show....uh, that would be The Tonight Show.
Ya gotta start somewhere. |
Allen was pretty funny in stand up. Not sure I'd give him #4.
I agree, Carlin over Pryor, but it's only a CLOSE over. Pryor was pretty dagburn funny.
If you listen to a lot of Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor, you'll hear where Murphy got a lot of his stuff.
|
|
|
|
|
Cappy
Excelent
|
|
|
Joined: 16 May 2002
Posts: 27368
Location: Spreadsheetylvania
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 11/15/04 - 13:24 Post subject: Re: the 100 greatest stand-up comics of all time
My list
George Carlin
Richard Pryor
Chris Rock
Steve Martin
Rodney Dangerfield
Bill Cosby
Eddie Murphy
Andrew 'Dice' Clay
Robin Williams
Sam Kinison
Dennis Miller
Henny Youngman
Tim Allen
Jeff Foxworthy
|
|
|
|
|
cherylpf
crazy cat lady
|
|
|
Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 17305
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 11/15/04 - 13:31 Post subject: Re: the 100 greatest stand-up comics of all time
| MastrBrewr wrote: | Too High:
9. Roseanne Barr
44. Joan Rivers
|
Its like they had to push them up because they are women, which is annoying. I might argue Joan doesn't deserve a spot on that list at all....
|
|
|
|
|
gretriever
Hipster Doofus
|
|
|
Joined: 16 Jul 2003
Posts: 19385
Location: A moving target in a firing range.
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 11/15/04 - 13:34 Post subject: Re: the 100 greatest stand-up comics of all time
| cherylpf wrote: |
Its like they had to push them up because they are women, which is annoying. I might argue Joan doesn't deserve a spot on that list at all.... |
I do recall JR a lot on The Tonight Show when Johnny Carson was the host. He thought she was fubby. Then again, he was from Nebraska...
|
|
|
|
|
akern
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 31 May 2002
Posts: 17149
Location: CTU
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 11/15/04 - 14:22 Post subject:
| robp wrote: |
Wanda Sykes would be in the top 50 - that woman is FUNNY! |
I never liked Pryors stand up. I guess it just wasn't my "time". His movies weren't bad tho. Rodney Dangerfield always creeped me out. Nothing is worse than an old guy joking about sex. 
|
|
|
|
|
msparks
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 13 Nov 2003
Posts: 3182
Location: Jammin' at the Frim Fram, Frippin' in the Krotz
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 11/15/04 - 14:37 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | Nothing is worse than an old guy joking about sex. |
Absolutely right! As we old guys know full well, sex is not a joking matter.
(Man, if that isn't a straight line....)
|
|
|
|
