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This was on TV last night.

Thought it was crazy that Billy Connelly was voted no 1. Democracy sucks!

He's definitely a funny guy but surely not the no 1 stand up of all time.

My list would have gone:


Bill Hicks

A bile spitting, chain smoking, fire-breathing legend. Grabbed america by the balls and refused to let go right up to his tragic early death.
Goat-boy surely the best stand up routine of all time?

Richard Prior
Sour faced, dry comic genius used the  dark elements of his upbringing to make the world laugh.

Jack Dee
Master of the dead-pan delivery. His sarcastic cynicism can be roughly translated as "ffs, neverends"
in poker talk.

Ross Noble/ Bill Bailey

Ross interacts in a unique way with his audience, performing much of his act on the fly. Super sharp, highly surreal and very funny.

Bill Bailey gets special mention for being the funniest comedian to integrate music successfully into his act. Some of his stuff is just downright brilliant and his troll-like, middle earth appearance belies his immense intelligence.

Ricky Gervais

Took to stand up comedy like a duck to water. Delivers his act flawlessly and can take any subject and make it funny. Great natural comedian.

Lots of quality perfomers missing off this list though

Who are your faves?

 :goodpost: ;iagree;

All the way.

Was hoping hed make your list + there he was right at the top.

2nd: Lee Evans for me.
His intro on the Scotland xl tour has me breaking out into tears everytime. And hes just so comedy.

Doug Stanhope.

Chubby Brown :)

Jethro

Peter Kay

Jimmy Tarbuck

you mean Laz's mate ??

I'll add another for Bill Hicks, legend.

I was really surprised how many really moderate comedians made the top of the list.. eg: Ross Noble, Jimmy Carr, Jim Davidson etc etc.

Dave Allen, a true genius, came in about 75th. Just shows democracy doesn't work!

Democracy never works. Blair running the country should have been a clue there.

and anyone who doesn't put Richard Pryor at the top of the list should not be allowed to vote :)

saw gervais last week and it was a bit disappointing.

All others i agree with especially bill hicks and bill bailey.

'Heavens, Have a plum', 'i don't want a plum'

'the pale mythical wardens of the treasure'

genius, have been saying everything like Bill Bailey for a couple of years now.

Blimey, I've just spent 15 minutes reading a thread about this programme on another forum and then come back here to find this.

OK, here goes.

Ross Noble - 'Wouldn't it be funny if monkeys read the news? Whilst wearing hats. Monkeys wearing hats, eh?' - sod off. If you want proper funny animal whimsy, watch Bill Bailey.

Ricky Gervais - I'm sure the Wikipedia page for 'One Trick Pony' is just a photo of his fat face. David Brent is over - that was all you ever were. Your stand-up is appalling. Do your funny dance or sod off.

Billy Connolly - utterly devastatingly funny back in the day. Not just someone who 'told jokes' but who really delivered them. Sad he's become an unfunny bitter man in the past 20 years.

Bill Hicks - a revelation at the time, truly took stand-up into a new place. His death not only robbed us of a huge talent, but has also robbed us of the chance to see how he fared over a period of time. Like Hendrix, Bolan, Buddy Holly etc he never had the chance to 'go crap'.

Richard Pryor - undoubtedly an important comedian, hurt by the fact that most of the footage of him we have doing stand-up is from his rambling, drug-addled period. Still quite funny, but those who saw him earlier say it doesn't compare to his previous performances.

Dave Allen - the absolute master of comic timing. Had the ability to have you hanging off every word, drawing you into his story.

Bernard Manning - a lot of reactionary crap gets spouted about him, the fact is his timing is spot on and he can deilver a punchline like few others.

Peter Kay - Superb early on ('Top at the Tower' is hilarious) but suffers from the fact he now has no more jokes. That's it, he's done.

That's enough for now.

Is the show repeated on ITV2 or anything?

Would have liked to have seen this.

young mr bailey is funny.

i was rather surprised Rich Hall wasn't on the l;ist...I have tickets to go see him in Glasgow on the 24th and can't wait!

Also for Richard Pryor..listen to the records they are better than the video's (and even they kick Bill Hick's arse)

Also Lewis Black is a very very funny man (and was doing the Bill Hicks thing before your MR Hicks was doing it)

It's a Channel 4 programme so will probably turn up next bank holiday. Maybe on E4 at some point.

Oooh, it might be on Virgin Telewest replay 4OD then.

I can watch it while you're all getting lost in 24.

Me

I enjoy these, guessing who the top ten are going to be, guessing who the top 3 are going to be etc etc.

Tyvm to JungleCat, the so and so with the #1 spolier.  ;D

Nowt wrong with any of those ded guys

Hicks

Pryor

Allen

All great in their heyday.

But I also have to put in a vote for Robin Williams.  A genius in his youth.  One seriously crap overactor who's earned bazillions just by being crap.  But he can still do it stand up stylee.

max boyce at his peak- peerless

Arse, 4OD don't have it :(

"They laughed when I said I was going to be a stand up comedian, they're not laughing now"!

Bob Monkhouse.

who was that obnoxious american who was on the list ? The guy who told the "adult" nursery rhymes. he was truly dreadful.

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Andrew "Dice" Clay               w****r

I think you've got to be there for Mr Dice Clay

I like Foxworthy, Rock and Izzard.

I quite enjoy Peter Kay.

Tommy Cooper.  Pretty much a one-trick pony, but an original and one of those people who's just funny.

As for the Big Yin, some of his stand up shows are brilliant.  I have laughed so much during one of his shows that it hurt.

Best 3 I have seen;

1) Noble - Brilliant, delivery, thought process has it all for me his mass appeal from the yoot to Radio 4 listeners says it all.

2) Arthur Smith, he hosts the comedy tent at glasto year after year and is simply brilliant, he is funny hour after hour, excellent observational humour.

3) Daniel Kitson, just go and see him, a modern master.

Special mention for Jakie Mason, Steven Wright, Pryor (If only I had seen him), Dylan Moran and Vegas all brilliant for various reasons.

Have to say think Davidson came across as a bitter old man on the show, very sad.

Didnt see show but one of my votes would be Les Dawson, especially with piano :)

Did Steve Martin make the Top Ten? he was great back in the day

Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Billy Connolly, Lee Evans, Jack Dee, Jimmy Carr.

Bill Hicks..

List of top 100 can be viewed here

http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/C/comedy_standups/results/results.html

apologies for being spolier than thou... :)

It is fun guessing who'll be at the top. To be fair I left 99 places for you to have a pop at.

If you learnt to 20 table stts AND watch tv you'd avoid these problems!

Ross Noble seems to be controversial. I think his act is very unique and personally he cracks me up with the bizarre world he creates.


At the risk of incurring a full on tank attack, he was in the top 30 somewhere i think.

Ricky Gervais not funny?? BOOOOOOOOOOOOO HISSSSSSSSSSS (pantomime response beats informed debate anyday)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=E_EXqdJ4L7I

Not sure Jamie Foxx was anywhere to be seen in the top 100. He's pretty funny too.

Shows how subjective comedy is, but I don't find Lee Evans remotely funny.  Irritating and annoying, yes - funny, no.

Glad to see my favourite Mark Thomas made the list.

there is a good reason that you dont find lee evans funny.

its the same reason that people dont find VD funny.

It isnt.

But combine the two and all of a sudden it gets a giggle.

going to see Jason Byrne tomorrow night, now that guy is mental.

Cooper and Izzard different class, was quite dissapointed with ricky gervais's stand up stuff, thought it was just alright.

A little harsh - some of his songs were funny.

(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39177000/jpg/_39177310_doonican_bbc_203.jpg)

yeah he is good..is he sold out yet? I'm only catching Rich Hall this year but wished I had gotten more tickets..ah well can always go to Edinburgh for a night out to catch some comedy.

Have to say like most of these "phone in" top 100's the results reflect the intellect of the people that actually pay to phone in! The show was very entertaining and it was good that they showed the Big Yin before he found respectability and a live physco analyst. Eddie Izzard, Ricky Gervais and Jo Brand in the same 100 as Pryor, Williams and Chubby? Sorry - no way Pedro!

Jim Davdson did come across as sad and bitter, but then again after four divorces who wouldn't - in fairness it was only because he was so succesful did he have the cash to pay!

Next week, top 100 stars of Emmerdale - start dialling now!

it is actually. I phoned earlier for some extra tickets, but they told me both nights were now sold out.

Post of the week!

I used to think the same then his latest video, in Scotland blew me away.

The intro is classic in hilarious. And i love his bit about aeroplanes.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5065484694156218622&q=lee+evans+duration%3Along&hl=en
 

I did laugh at that post (Lazza's not Boldies just to clarify) - which is more than I've ever done at Lee Evans.

Eddie Izzard

Stephen Wright, though I don't think they showed him at his best.

Jack Dee

The line that had me laughing most last night though was from Chris Rock from about ten years ago - he does this Niggaz versus Black thing and he said a few things that made me laugh, the one that made me laugh the most was a along the lines:

"Niggaz are always looking for acknowledgement of things the rest of us think as natural, a Nigga will often come up to you and say "I look after my kids" - "why does he want to be acknowledged for looking after his kids, you're supposed to you dumb muthafucka"

He spat that out with such venom/bemusement/ridicule that I laughed for nearly a minute - that's quite a long time to laugh.

Gonna make an effort to see more of his stuff.

Lee Evans is the best! I saw him live a few years ago (The wired and wonderful show) and I have all his dvds. I love him!!

Here's that routine in full - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utnK4o-jvzk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utnK4o-jvzk)

A few minutes after this rant, he seems to forget the spirit of it, and goes on to proudly announce how he "ain't never, ain't never, don't ever hit a woman" before pausing for applause.

not a mention of Jasper Carrot pfft

I still dont know of anyone funnier than Billy Connolly, The guy is a legend,  I have some of his old LPs that were transfered on to CD and they crack me up as does his new stage shows, I would gladly watch him over any other comic, although richard Pryor was phenomenally funny, he did lose a bit of his edge after he came back from host trip to Africa.

Dave Chappelle is a great comic, again he lost his edge after a trip to africa.

Those three guys are the only ones to make me laugh so hard i had to run to the toilet for fear of pissing myself.

Thanks for posting that clip - will look up some more, he's good at what he does but interesting Tank points out he falls into the very thing he ridicules.

While back now I had a business conferencing company - we always tried to put on some kind of alternative to the mainstream speakers in one slot in the evening - one year we went the whole hog and put on a comedian - Jimmy Tarbuck - oho !!

We were sceptical about our choice (since he wasn't someone who figured on our personal list of funny people) but it seemed like a safe ish kinda bet for a business audience (at that time mainly male dominated, 1995)

Thing was, to a live audience he was very very funny, very polished, oho, and professional in the extreme (research the audience, tailor gags etc). Something definitely there in the older school performers. His hourly rate aint too shabby either - oho, oh yes !

The Big Yin has got to be number one. He's gone a bit shit in the last 10 years or so. But only shit compared to his own standards.

he was awsome for 25 years or so and "quite good" for the last 10.

That's some going.

AndrewT does it for me everytime!!

Pure class big man.

Geo

bernie mac numero uno for me.

where did yer man from bB2 hamilton gig finish i am sure he would be top5 atleast top 10

Jimmy Jones

Jackie Mason

Jethro (his after dinner speaking around the Cornish hotels BEFORE he hit the big time was Legendary)

Jerry Seinfeld

The man is a genius

If we're talking about the deceased too, then you've got the likes of Bill Hicks, Richard Pryor, Sam Kinison, Lenny Bruce. These guys weren't just comics, they were social commentators too. The only kind of comedian that really matters for me.

Richard Pryor trying to kill himself by pouring a bottle of $700 cognac over himself and and setting himself on fire. he then proceeded to run down Sunset Boulevard totally naked... On fire.

Legend.

What about Ken Dodd

Mad as a box of frogs.

Chris 'keep my baby off the pole' Rock, Bill Hicks, Steve Martin and Richard Pryor. Though watching clips of that show got me looking up some guys I'd not seen anything/much of so looking forward to checking them out. Victoria Wood  = about a thousand times funnier than Jo Brand who can't even raise a laugh on Countdown. Joan Rivers was pretty near the knuckle and funny in parts.

 

Did Garrison Keilor make the list anywhere, the Lake Wobegon manny

I think delivery is everything  therefore my top 3 are

No. 3 Bernie Mac
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQBKnBAp5dE&mode=related&search=

No. 2 Lisa Lampanelli ???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AdYA9qghQ0

No. 1 Dom Irrera
http://emuse.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/3010
http://cdbaby.com/cd/irrera

The big man chubby brown all the way for me

Bit a blue!

Billy Connolly in Number One are you kidding me, ok he was good in his own niche but ffs. Like: Billy Connolly is therefore a better comedian than Bill Hicks, Chris Rock, Harry Hill, Tommy Cooper. That's 'popular vote' for you.
I even found myself laughing at Bernard Manning for once. 'So went on holiday with wife, one of these spanish apartments. but we there 1 day and she goes me, 'eyy, we forgot the Bisto! Here nick next door ask chap if e as any' So I go knock on the guys door he comes I say 'Ay, has thee any bisto?'
'F*** off you spanish c***' he replies, slamming the door in my face.

This is one of the best comedy sketches ever....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz2-ukrd2VQ

The other is the spanish inquisition sketch from the Monty Python boys.....

you guys are still overlooking the top comic from bB2

thanks for those links...I hadn't seen Lisa before..very funny. (if a bit all of the same)