Whos the funniest of these men |
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Icarium
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Topic: Whos the funniest of these men Posted: April 07 2017 at 08:23 |
Four legends of comedy whom changed the game, whom sat a standard which others followed, legacy, icon and hero can be used towards them all.
very important to remember laughter. Edited by Icarium - April 07 2017 at 08:24 |
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Catcher10
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 08:26 |
I was always a DR fan, those quick, witty one liners were genius
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ClemofNazareth
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 08:44 |
Sam Kinison.
But of these I'll say George Carlin.
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TeleStrat
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 08:45 |
When I was a kid I watched The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson quite a bit and Don Rickles was a regular. Carson always had a lot of comedians on his show but Rickles was by far the funniest.
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Vompatti
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 08:45 |
I love Carlin in an erotic way.
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zravkapt
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 09:16 |
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Man With Hat
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 10:26 |
Carlin
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Logan
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 13:17 |
Carlin -- he is so quotable.
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Dean
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 14:56 |
me
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What?
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 15:56 |
Yes, but "funny" how? Edited by The Dark Elf - April 07 2017 at 16:06 |
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 16:42 |
Looks like Bob Hope has no hope........
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dwill123
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 16:57 |
From the list, Don Rickles. But the comic who 'changed the game' was Richard Pryor.
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TeleStrat
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 17:24 |
Wasn't Richard Pryor heavily influenced by Redd Foxx?
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Logan
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 17:24 |
As a game-changer, Lenny Bruce deserves mention. And he influenced Richard Pryor and my choice of George Carlin.
"Lenny changed my life. I never heard anything like him before and I remember thinking, 'If this is comedy, then what the f*** am I doing? ... So I played his record over and over, every night. It was him who said comedy wasn't about telling jokes - it was about telling the truth" (Richard Pryor). |
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Atavachron
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 18:19 |
Great quote. It's so sad that had Lenny been of our time he'd have been accepted, and left alone by the cops. |
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Icarium
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 19:25 |
Jonathan Winters were also very funny
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Kepler62
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 21:46 |
George Carlin by a country mile.
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infocat
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Posted: April 07 2017 at 22:03 |
Dunno. They are all dead.
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micky
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Posted: April 08 2017 at 07:06 |
yeah... I guess so... Bill Cosby for the thread win..... his comedy albums ruled.. ICE CREAM...we're gonna eat ICE CREAM... to say nothing of the .... Chicken Heart |
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: April 30 2017 at 00:15 |
my favourite comics are probably Orson Bean and Norm Macdonald, but I voted Rickles
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