Who is you favorite Comedien? (sp)
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I've always had a soft spot for Emo Phillips.
"You have to hate the Soviet Union, eh? It's like this big lump of evil and incompetence. Sort of like the Post Office, but with tanks."
"We found our cat yesterday. We would have found him sooner but unfortunately our lawnmower has a grass bag."
"You have to hate the Soviet Union, eh? It's like this big lump of evil and incompetence. Sort of like the Post Office, but with tanks."
"We found our cat yesterday. We would have found him sooner but unfortunately our lawnmower has a grass bag."
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Ron "they call me tater-salad" White.
He takes redneck to a new level, but damn he's funny.
(video clips - watch the one from the Blue Collar Comedy Tour)
He does a bit about his bulldog and artificial insemination that damn near makes me wet my pants every time I hear it - "I don't have no thumbs!"
He takes redneck to a new level, but damn he's funny.
(video clips - watch the one from the Blue Collar Comedy Tour)
He does a bit about his bulldog and artificial insemination that damn near makes me wet my pants every time I hear it - "I don't have no thumbs!"
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Okay...Humor.
I see several types of humor today.
You have the Robin Williams/Jim Carey Crazyness. It's alright, but it wears after a while. You can only watch Garp and Ace Ventura so many times
You have Jerry Sinefeld. Ok...30 minutes of jew jokes.
You have the "Stand Ups" like Elain Bousler, Chris Rock and a lot of others. Some are good, some bad. Some are down right offensive. But at least they follow in the foot steps of a genuine greats like Abbot & Costello, Jack E. Lennard. Those are just a few of the great Stand Ups.
But there is one final group - The old Vaudville group. Those are the Marx Brothers, George Burns, Joe E. Brown, Jack Benny and a lot of others. Some made the switch from vaudville to films and television, most like Jack Bunny (never heard of him, eh?) didn't. I think about this and find it sad that these people spent their lives perfecting their craft on stage, entertained hundreds of thousands and now it's all gone except for a few films and TV clips from the 50's.
If I had to chose my most favorite it would be the old vaudvillians.
I see several types of humor today.
You have the Robin Williams/Jim Carey Crazyness. It's alright, but it wears after a while. You can only watch Garp and Ace Ventura so many times
You have Jerry Sinefeld. Ok...30 minutes of jew jokes.
You have the "Stand Ups" like Elain Bousler, Chris Rock and a lot of others. Some are good, some bad. Some are down right offensive. But at least they follow in the foot steps of a genuine greats like Abbot & Costello, Jack E. Lennard. Those are just a few of the great Stand Ups.
But there is one final group - The old Vaudville group. Those are the Marx Brothers, George Burns, Joe E. Brown, Jack Benny and a lot of others. Some made the switch from vaudville to films and television, most like Jack Bunny (never heard of him, eh?) didn't. I think about this and find it sad that these people spent their lives perfecting their craft on stage, entertained hundreds of thousands and now it's all gone except for a few films and TV clips from the 50's.
If I had to chose my most favorite it would be the old vaudvillians.
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Just a few "oldies" who'd be on my list:
Ernie Kovacs
Phil Silvers
Zero Mostel
Groucho Marx
Monty Python's Flying Circus
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Ernie Kovacs
Phil Silvers
Zero Mostel
Groucho Marx
Monty Python's Flying Circus
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Huge Robin Williams fan here, too. His Live on Broadway was your pee your pants funny. I also really love Ellen when she's doing stand up.
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Interesting, Rumpy. Every single one except the Monty Python Group were Vaudvillians.Rumple Foreskin said:Just a few "oldies" who'd be on my list:
Ernie Kovacs
Phil Silvers
Zero Mostel
Groucho Marx
Monty Python's Flying Circus
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Yet more proof that great minds think alike, my dear.Jenny_Jackson said:Interesting, Rumpy. Every single one except the Monty Python Group were Vaudvillians.
There was no question about Mostel, Silvers, and Marx, but I wasn't sure Kovacs had ever worked vaudville.
One of my favorite movies is "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum." Not for the movie itself so much as some of the priceless scenes such as Mostel and Silvers trying to out-con each other. And the song-and-dance number with those two plus Jack Gilford and Michael Hordern singing, "Everybody Ought To Have a Maid" is worth the price of admission by itself.
I got to see Silvers play the part of Pseudolus, "The lyingest, cheatingest, sloppiest slave in all Rome!" in the play's 1972 revival. (He'd turned the role down when the play first ran on Broadway because he was tied up playing Sgt. Bilko on his TV show.) It may be the only time a character from ancient Rome has been played by an actor wearing glasses.
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Dane Cook hands down he's hot and funny
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Rumple Foreskin said:Yet more proof that great minds think alike, my dear.
There was no question about Mostel, Silvers, and Marx, but I wasn't sure Kovacs had ever worked vaudville.
One of my favorite movies is "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum." Not for the movie itself so much as some of the priceless scenes such as Mostel and Silvers trying to out-con each other. And the song-and-dance number with those two plus Jack Gilford singing, "Everybody Ought To Have a Maid" is worth the price of admission by itself.
I got to see Silvers play the part of Pseudolus in the play's 1972 revival. (He'd turned the role down when the play first ran on Broadway because he was tied up playing Sgt. Bilko on his TV show.) It may be the only time a character from ancient Rome has been played by an actor wearing glasses.
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Ernie Kovacks was born in 1919 in Trenton, New Jersey. His mother was in vaudville. This is near the end of the era. But he grew up in the balcony watching the old greats. He graduated for high school and became a DJ on a radio station in Trenton then went on the Television right after WWII.
His genius was in copying all the old vaudville routines updated for the new media. I loved him.
My favorite scene from "A Funny Thing Happened..." was a very aged Buster Keton running (hobbling?) around the 7 hills of Rome. That movie is a classic.
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It's impossible to pick an all time favorite Comedian, so I'll just go with current.
Patton Oswalt: No one is doing late 20's/early 30's male "geek" humor better. A smart comedian who cares as much or more about being funny and original than recyling the same jokes to make money.
Andy Sandberg: The breakout onscreen star of TheLonelyIsland, he's the reason my girlfriend and I watch SNL regularly. He's the guy in "Lazy Sunday" and "Dick in a Box". His stand-up is hilarious too.
Patton Oswalt: No one is doing late 20's/early 30's male "geek" humor better. A smart comedian who cares as much or more about being funny and original than recyling the same jokes to make money.
Andy Sandberg: The breakout onscreen star of TheLonelyIsland, he's the reason my girlfriend and I watch SNL regularly. He's the guy in "Lazy Sunday" and "Dick in a Box". His stand-up is hilarious too.
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Pure said:
Ditto:
Richard Pryor
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Robin Williams. His range from comedy to tragedy is wonderful. And his ability to be funny in unscripted situations is good. They had to do a two part "Inside the Actor's Workshop" with him. He kept ad libbing.
I have some experience with him in person, and ironically he is shy one on one.
I have some experience with him in person, and ironically he is shy one on one.
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I loved the movies made by Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder.
Sweet, sentimental, sappy but damn funny.
Of course Monty Python - anything.
I love Robin Williams - anything.
I love Steve Martin - anything.
I love Jon Stewart for political humor.
I love Ellen DeGeneres for stand-up.
And in a truly lewd fashion, I'm starting to enjoy Carlos Mencia.
Sweet, sentimental, sappy but damn funny.
Of course Monty Python - anything.
I love Robin Williams - anything.
I love Steve Martin - anything.
I love Jon Stewart for political humor.
I love Ellen DeGeneres for stand-up.
And in a truly lewd fashion, I'm starting to enjoy Carlos Mencia.
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cloudy said:Dee dee dee!
Oh, he's insane, isn't he?
I fall out of my chair laughing, and then I'm mortified that I laughed!
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cloudy said:Have you seen the Stereotype Olympics or the Butt Pirates?
If not, they're on youtube.
Butt pirates, yes. I'll have to check on the other.
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Bill Hicks and Lewis Black.
Billy Connolly
He started out as a folk singer and switched to comedy. He's played in a few Hollywood films as well. I have a couple comedy CD's of his that are great --except for a few cultural references I don't entirely understand (he's Scottish.) And speaking of not understanding, if he gets going in his thick Glaswegian accent, good luck trying to make sense of it!
He started out as a folk singer and switched to comedy. He's played in a few Hollywood films as well. I have a couple comedy CD's of his that are great --except for a few cultural references I don't entirely understand (he's Scottish.) And speaking of not understanding, if he gets going in his thick Glaswegian accent, good luck trying to make sense of it!
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I love him too!!!McKenna said:Billy Connolly
He started out as a folk singer and switched to comedy. He's played in a few Hollywood films as well. I have a couple comedy CD's of his that are great --except for a few cultural references I don't entirely understand (he's Scottish.) And speaking of not understanding, if he gets going in his thick Glaswegian accent, good luck trying to make sense of it!
