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Saw Emo at the Newbury Comedy Festival last year - always liked him and he was class. I don't think many of the younger crowd got the humour though. Also big fan of Daniel Kitson, Jerry Sadowitz, Frankie Boyle (at least from Mock the week, never seen him live), Ross Noble, but my top comedian is Tim Vine - they guy is so funny you end up being unable to breathe through laughing. And even stranger it's compeltely clean, family friendly. As far people posters on this board will likely know, Rich Hall, Steve Martin...
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I was very excited when I first heard about the generation of "emo kids", and was deeply disappointed when I discovered it didn't mean what I thought it meant.
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04-04-2007, 03:42 PM | #53 |
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But they do have the haircuts, so something filtered through
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04-10-2007, 06:18 PM | #54 |
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It was 15 years ago today that Sam Kinison died.
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04-10-2007, 06:23 PM | #55 |
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Anyone who likes standup and also has XM needs to listen to channel 150. I catch most of my standup there, hilarious stuff.
Schimmel is on there, hadn't heard of him prior, but he's hilarious. Also Stanhope, Bobby Collins, Bob Marley, Mike Birbiglia...the list goes on.
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12-17-2007, 04:03 AM | #56 |
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Daniel Tosh's entire DVD is up on Youtube - hxxp://youtube.com/watch?v=7r5A4QG8iXM
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12-17-2007, 06:08 AM | #57 |
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12-17-2007, 08:50 PM | #58 |
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OK, my off the top of my head list is, in no particular order:
Richard Pryor, Sam Kennison (RIP), George Carlin, Sarah Silverman. But the next guy on the list hasn't had a mention, so let me tell you about Sean Cullen. I had never heard of him until last January when I went on a Barenaked Ladies cruise with my wife and another couple. Sean opened for Harlan Williams (also funny, but not nearly as), and looked like he had come up on stage without having given any thought to what he was going to say. After about 2 minutes of amusing but uninspired rambling, he launched into the most ridiculous and thoroughly hilarious diatribe about how tragic it is that mice are not capable of making their own cheese. We laughed so hard I could feel my pulse throbbing in my temples. I was wishing he'd take a breath so my sides might stop hurting so much. I think he spent about 15 minutes or so on stage, but it was absolutely the funniest thing I've ever heard. He headlined two nights later, and the highlight for me was when he was sharing his fondness for engaging in hand-to-hand combat with various sea creatures, such as squid and halibut. I do not exagerrate when I say that I was crying real tears during at least two different segments of his show. What's weird, though, is I can't find any clips on the interwebs that recapture the magic of those two routines. There's some quirky and funny Cullen stuff, but nothing approaching the heights attained those two nights, IMO. Maybe he was just in a groove? I don't know, but I highly recommend seeing him live if you ever get the chance. |
12-17-2007, 09:51 PM | #59 |
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12-17-2007, 10:18 PM | #60 |
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Im loving Flight of the Concords, a musical comedy duo
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12-19-2007, 10:53 PM | #61 |
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04-25-2008, 08:32 PM | #62 |
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Daniel Tosh - Funny guy, and has some great jokes
Flight Of The Conchords Bill Hicks George Carlin - Legend period. Lewis Black - Great Comic and almost a legend in my eyes. Paul_Mooney - Yes this man is a genius. Jim Norton - Outrageous. Going to the Improv tonight to check out the new guys.
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04-26-2008, 12:12 AM | #64 |
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04-26-2008, 11:24 AM | #65 |
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As much as I love standup comedy, I've never actually been to a show. I have seen some comedians on TV, and I've listened to some CDs, but that's it. I'm going to Las Vegas in July, and I think I'm going to see George Wallace. I've liked his stuff on television, so I think I'll check his show out.
Oh, yeah, and I like a lot of the other folks that you've all mentioned in this thread. I can't stand Flight of the Conchords because the face on that Jemaine fellow freaks me out. I'm sure they're funny, but I simply can't watch them. I AM SO SHALLOW
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04-26-2008, 11:28 AM | #66 |
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Actually going to see Eddie Izzard in a couple weeks.
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04-26-2008, 11:57 AM | #67 |
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I'm only going to mention those I've seen live so far that I've enjoyed.
Jeff Dunham Pablo Francisco Mitch Fatel Daniel Tosh All great comedians. Can't wait to see Lewis Black Jim Gaffigan Dennis Miller Stephen Lynch Demetri Martin |
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04-26-2008, 04:17 PM | #70 |
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If anyone hasn't heard of Eddie then watch the starwars canteen skit - its great imho.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw (he's always been very 'marmite' to me - some of his stuff is fantastic, some is very 'average' ..) Last edited by Marc Vaughan : 04-26-2008 at 04:20 PM. |
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For a nice sampler platter of funny people, watch the Comedians of Comedy live at the Troubadour. I don't think there was one i didn't laugh at at least a little.
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Next Friday for me. The only big name comedians I have seen live are George Carlin and Stephen Lynch (and Lynch is a bit of a stretch to say "big name").
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Going to see Dane Cook tomorrow, really looking forward to it
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06-04-2009, 11:36 PM | #74 |
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Louis C.K has really become to top guy in the last few years. Just constantly knocking out homers.
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06-04-2009, 11:39 PM | #75 |
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Ouch.
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06-04-2009, 11:39 PM | #76 |
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Dola.
Have fun though.
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06-05-2009, 12:17 AM | #77 |
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Has anyone listened to Russell Peters? He's hosting Comedyfest here in Chicago this month, and I think he's just brilliant.
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Ignore the haters, it'll be fantastic, he has a lot of charisma and he'll have original material... as long as you haven't seen this guy recentlyPS, if Dane Cook tries pulling some crying "I was so unloved in HS because I was misunderstood" routine - please call him out. He wasn't misunderstood - he was a huge douchebag, and he's still close to a punchline in Arlington. It is what it is.
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I just saw a special of his on Comedy Central the other night and I had never seen him do stand-up before... I was just dying throughout the whole show. It was great. And I am not usually a big stand-up fan.
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I heard my favorite stand-up comedian, Daniel Tosh, is getting some sort of show. One person said it was gonna be similar to Demitri Martin's, the other said it was gonna be him on the internet making fun of movies. Either way, sounds great.
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I don't get Demitri Martin. I saw a bit of his show, and it was like a bad sketch comedy attempt at replicating that Vote For Pedro movie.
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I saw a bit of it, he was interviewing the Afro Ninja Backflip guy. Wasn't very funny.
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06-05-2009, 07:58 AM | #85 |
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Demetri Martin... definitely a taste you have or don't.
Tosh's show... I can easily see devolving into interviews where he has 1-2 hilarious, original comments, but no one (including me) at this point wants to watch a 5 minute+ interview for that one line... Put him in Conan's old place in late-night and he would kill. |
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Love Demetri Martin... his These Are Jokes album is great.
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I'm a big Steven Wright fan. Got to see him when he came to Louisville once. Love his stuff. I also like: Lewis Black Ron White Jeff Foxworthy |
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Izzard - had no idea so many others were onto him. always felt like he was on of those guys I liked that no one else knew about.
Mike Birbiglia - cracker, please Patton Oswalt - his stand up is so 180 degrees away from his character on King of Queens, made it that much funnier. Brian Regan - he kills me and my kids know every word. Ron White - saw him before all the blue color stuff and I absolutely loved him. Tater Salad, classic Mitch Hedberg - I thought he was brilliant and tortured. Always felt like all the other guys I liked were doing their act, and Hedberg just actually thought and talked that way all the time. |
06-05-2009, 07:44 PM | #90 |
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Wow, great thread for recomendations. I had heard Mike Birbiglia's stories on This American Life and never really realized he was a comedian instead of a commentator and I've been laughing my ass off on Youtube for the past thirty minutes.
Maybe this thread is as good a place as any to ask after a comedian who I have NO IDEA OF THE NAME OF. All I can say is he was on Conan, like, seriously, a decade ago? Maybe? And he made a joke about making a river of lava on the US-Candian border and turning the whole thing into a game show where if you got across you'd be in scott free. Anybody have ANY idea? |
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