POLL: Greatest Stand-Up Comedian of All-Time
 

I was having a debate with a friend about who the greatest stand up comedian of all time is/was. This poll is going to include some of Comedy Central's Top 100 Comedians List so that everyone should be there that has some fame/talent. I'll also include Dane Cook as I believe that he is quite talented.

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I'll also include Dane Cook as I believe that he is quite talented.

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I'm not a huge Dane Cook fan, although I do see he has talent. He's just not really my style most of the time. He is however nowhere NEAR the greatest stand-up comedian of all-time.

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Carlin
Bruce
Rock
Pryor

(wish I coulda picked 4)

Anyone other than Carlin, Bruce, or Pryor winning this poll will probably show a simple lack of familiarity with the grandaddies of stand-up.

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I agree- definitely not top 50 all-time or anything but he was added more because of his immense popularity across the US presently.

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WTF is a Goonie Goo-Hoo? Pryor in a landslide.

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c'mon everybody. show your support for Richard Prior and Sam Kinison. i know they were a bit before most of our time, but they rule

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Bill Hicks - Not Even Close

There are some other great comics on this list, and some absolute abortions, but nobody was better than Hicks.

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Dane Cook sucks, why is he even on the list?

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where can I find some sound clips of these guys?

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Dane Cook shouldn't be mentioned - if he's going to be, why isn't Andrew 'Dice' Clay up there? For 2 years, Dice was a stand-up God - he even got a [censored] movie out of it. Dane Cook is a big star right now, but let's see if he can do it for 20 years before we go putting him on a list with Carlin and Pryor.

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Kevin James?

KEVIN JAMES?

Thank god you kept Steven Wright or Ellen Degeneres off the list, but gave us the king of queens.

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Can't believe all the negative comments on Dane Cook. Just because those old people were the first in their genre of comedy doesnt make them funny. I can sit through all those old guys material and not laugh once.

Are you guys basing these negative comments on his T.V Performances because they are weak compared to his other stuff.

#1. Dane Cook. Honorable mentions David Cross and Patton Oswalt.

Edit: Go to Danecook.com and it automatically starts playing stand-up. And dont go in w/ an Ahole attidude.

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Dude Kevin James' skit "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" is awesome. I haven't related to so much of a comedian's material ever before or since, which is why I laugh so hard whenever I see it. Just a personal opinion.

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King of Queens sucks pretty hard. His stand-up is amazing.

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Carlin is beating Hicks? Anyone is beating Hicks?

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I agree- definitely not top 50 all-time or anything but he was added more because of his immense popularity across the US presently.

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Not in the top 50? You are crazy. He is up there and will probably be mentioned with the greats when all is said and done.

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Redd Foxx for the win.

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I think Carlin is over-rated, always have and always will my list:

Richard Pryor
Bill Cosby


And the third and fourth is a tough one, Eddie Murphy? Steven Wright, Jamie Foxx?

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Haha, you put Kevin James on the list. Haha

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Distinct lack of british talent there, and yet when it comes to comedy in general, we take some beating.

No Eddie Izzard? Bill Bailey? Peter Kay? Tommy Cooper?

Bill Hicks it is if we're going by this list.

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WTF is a Goonie Goo-Hoo? Pryor in a landslide.

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Umm, That would be Eddie Murphy




I voted for Chris Rock

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WHERE IS BRUCE BRUCE??

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Cosby is soooo undervoted here.

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Don't get me wrong- i think Dane Cook is hilarious, and in my book, one of my top 5.

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Cosby is soooo undervoted here.

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I'd like to write in Lisa Lampanelli

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Ah Bruce Bruce, suprisingly funny.

Dane Cook is pretty good, but there are several modern guys I think are much funnier. Chapelle, Dave Attell and Mitch Hedberg come to mind immediately.

Never could get in to Kinison, I voted for Murphy, Pryor, and Chris Rock.

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wrt Dane Cook, I just saw his Dave Attel/Vegas bit, which was the first time I'd really seen him. I'd heard about how great he supposedly is, so I was looking forward to it. Pretty disappointing. He was on SNL last night and I thought he was egregiously bad there, but I don't know how much of that was him and how much was SNL sucking.

To whomever said they could sit through Pryor's act without laughing, you're wrong. I went with Carlin, Pryor, and Cosby.

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Hicks, Carling and Rock.

Missing = Mitch Hedberg.

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How could it be wrong if it happened?

I didnt sit though the whole thing but does an hour count?

Prop bet?

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Almost everyone on the OP's list sucks. Old Cosby is gold, however.

Good modern comedians = Mitch Hedberg, Zack Galafrinakas, Brian Posehn, Dave Chappelle, Dave Attell, other misc

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I just took some people I saw on Comedy Central's Top 100 Comedians of all time.

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Richard Jeni

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Anyone remember Dennis Wolfburg? Not the GOAT, but man, he alsways made me lose it. Haven't seen him anywhere in years...

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Mitch Hedburg FTW!

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Anyone remember Dennis Wolfburg? Not the GOAT, but man, he alsways made me lose it. Haven't seen him anywhere in years...

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He died in 1994.

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Dane Cook sucks, why is he even on the list?

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Yeah, he's absolutely terrible. I have no idea how anybody likes him.

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I voted for Carlin. I've seen him twice live, about 5-6 years apart. It was the exact same act, and just as funny the second time as it was the first.

Lewis Black was very funny as well, but Carlin is classic.

Joe

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Where is Steven Wright? and I can't beleieve Kevin james should be on this list. . .

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Redd Foxx for the win.

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Redd Foxx is the worst stand-up comic I've ever heard. I've spoken to more than one person who has seen him live, and they agree.

Note that I loved him in "Sanford" and "Harlem Nights". I also liked him in "Royal Family", or whatever that sitcom was called that he was doing when he died.

Kinison was my favorite, but I think Carlin's body of work would have to give him the "best" title.

Unless Andrew Dice Clay selling out stadiums counts for something.