Top 100 stand up comics

[Horneris]

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

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
 

[kinboshi]

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

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.

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

[nirvana]

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.

[Poppet7]

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!!

[AndrewT]

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.

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

[thetank]

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"

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.

[Dewi_cool]

not a mention of Jasper Carrot pfft

[Newmanseye]

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.

[nirvana]

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 !

[johnbhoy76]

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.

[Geo the Sarge]

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

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

its the same reason that people dont find VD funny.

It isnt.

A little harsh - some of his songs were funny.

AndrewT does it for me everytime!!

Pure class big man.

Geo

[maldini32]

bernie mac numero uno for me.

[Ironside]

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

[taximan007]

Jimmy Jones

Jackie Mason

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

[Canuck]

Jerry Seinfeld

The man is a genius