Funny comedians

[Ineedaride2]

A friend of mine lent me Steven Lynch's CD, and I thought he was pretty good.

Lewis Black still puts out some good stuff.

[Kjell201]

Eddie Izzard is by far the best stand up comedian. Bill Hicks, Chris Rock and others are good, but not even close to Eddie Izzard IMO.

Maybe not for everyone but I think his comedy is by far the most intelligent stand up I've seen. Requires a little knowledge of history, religion and people that everyone might not have heard of though. I've read somewhere when googling him that he was voted best stand up comedian ever by other stand up comedians.

I've seen 7 or so of his shows (all about 1h30 minutes) and the early ones are probably the best.

Glorious
Dress to Kill
Unrepeatable,

are my 3 favorites (his 2 newest Circle and Sexie are slightly worse)

[Bond18]

I'm a major mitch hedberg fan, also havn't seen him mentioned but a comic who somehow manages to be very funny but clean is Brian Regan.

[sethypooh21]

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Eddie Izzard is by far the best stand up comedian. Bill Hicks, Chris Rock and others are good, but not even close to Eddie Izzard IMO.

Maybe not for everyone but I think his comedy is by far the most intelligent stand up I've seen. Requires a little knowledge of history, religion and people that everyone might not have heard of though. I've read somewhere when googling him that he was voted best stand up comedian ever by other stand up comedians.

I've seen 7 or so of his shows (all about 1h30 minutes) and the early ones are probably the best.

Glorious
Dress to Kill
Unrepeatable,

are my 3 favorites (his 2 newest Circle and Sexie are slightly worse)

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DTK is one of the few comedy specials (along with a few Cosby's - the "Dentist" bit always kills me...) that I can watch over and over and over and still laugh.

[bmxicle]

Russell peters is a pretty funny Canadian comic.

[AJackson]

Chris Rock and Kat Williams are my favorites. I watch them repeatedly just to watch their timing and setup.

Comedians of Comedy is great.

Zach Galifianakis greatly amuses me and I don't know why.

[Tommy1234]

Bill Hicks
Not to everyones taste but what the hell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm6O2XGOzZ8

edit: I saw Ron White on Comedy Central a while back and thought he was brilliant, but havent been able to find any good clips on youtube.
http://www.tatersalad.com/

[wet work]

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In addition to the above listings, I'd like to add....

Unprotected- Robert Schimmel

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Definitely. Get this one, no way you'll be disappointed.

[WhoIam]

If you like your humor dry and English, check out Jimmy Carr. His act is very old-fashioned--he doesn't tell anecdotes, he just tells jokes and you'll either love or hate this about him. My entire opinion is based on one Comedy Central special and the jokes on his game show so I'm not sure if he's consistently funny.

[geminni]

josh blue