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On-screen and stand-up:
Christopher Titus

Stand-up:
George Carlin
Bill Burr
Alonzo Bodden
Lewis Black
Jim Norton
Doug Stanhope
Nick DiPaolo
Marc Maron
Louis CK
Chris Rock
Greg Warren
Orny Adams
Nick Griffin

Pretty much only Americans.

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Edit update:
+ Eddie Ifft
+ Tom McCaffrey
+ Dave Attell
+ Simon King
+ Jackie Kashian

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v  David Cross ... how could I forget?


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Lewis Black, Matt Lucas, David Walliams, David Cross, Matt Berry ...
 
and this guy Cool
 
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Laurel & Hardy
Marx Brothers
Richard Pryor
SCTV
Little Britain
Shake & bake.
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Originally posted by *frinspar* *frinspar* wrote:

I appreciate Jay Mohr doing Norm MacDonald more than I do Norm MacDonald. But when he's not doing stand-up, I think Norm is a genius.

Bill Murray has done 3 movies I care about, and not necessarily because of him. The rest of his career and output has been cringeworthy for me. He is the very definition of "try hard" IMO.


That's odd because Bill Murray's never tried hard at anything in his life, at least acting wise.  Usually plays a variation of himself.  Guess you're just a bad viewer.


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Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

Originally posted by *frinspar* *frinspar* wrote:

I appreciate Jay Mohr doing Norm MacDonald more than I do Norm MacDonald. But when he's not doing stand-up, I think Norm is a genius.

Bill Murray has done 3 movies I care about, and not necessarily because of him. The rest of his career and output has been cringeworthy for me. He is the very definition of "try hard" IMO.

That's odd because Bill Murray's never tried hard at anything in his life, at least acting wise.  Usually plays a variation of himself.  Guess you're just a bad viewer.

Or you're a big Bill fan--  I agree he's never tried hard and is simply very funny.   On the other hand, one does have to show up on time, learn lines, work hard, and put up with crap.  You don't make it in showbiz just on talent.  You have to prove yourself.
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Any good imitator !
Peter Sellers (esp Pink Panther's episodes in the 70's) 
Leslie Nielsen
Aldo Maccione
Christian Clavier
Mr Blobby
Fabrice Lucchini
Gérard Depardieu (esp. in Francis Veber's films)
"Hot Shots" team
"Friends" team
Monty Python (esp philosophers' football and bad loser Dark Knight's amputations)
Some of Mr bean's: Swimming Pool; micro-cars duals.
"Comme à la maison" team
"Golden Moustache" team
Ozzy Osborne




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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

Originally posted by *frinspar* *frinspar* wrote:

I appreciate Jay Mohr doing Norm MacDonald more than I do Norm MacDonald. But when he's not doing stand-up, I think Norm is a genius.

Bill Murray has done 3 movies I care about, and not necessarily because of him. The rest of his career and output has been cringeworthy for me. He is the very definition of "try hard" IMO.

That's odd because Bill Murray's never tried hard at anything in his life, at least acting wise.  Usually plays a variation of himself.  Guess you're just a bad viewer.

Or you're a big Bill fan--  I agree he's never tried hard and is simply very funny.   On the other hand, one does have to show up on time, learn lines, work hard, and put up with crap.  You don't make it in showbiz just on talent.  You have to prove yourself.



Then what are we arguing about?  Come here, you lug, let's hug it out.


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We're not arguing, I was just injecting my opinion where it is surely unwanted.
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Does that mean you're refusing a big ol' man-hug?


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From you?  Never.  Just lose the Quasimodo costume and we're good.
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Louie CK is the top man right now. I think Bill Burr is going to be huge tho! check out his show "F is for family"
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Vico von Bülow, better known under his pseudonym "Loriot". The best German comedian there ever was (with his congenial partner Evelyn Hamann). Here one of his most famous sketches (with English subtitles; the humor loses a bit in translation though, and the part that is translated as "say you still need to noodle over my proposal" would better be translated as "say you don't like my nose", which is exactly what he is saying in German).


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Originally posted by dwill123 dwill123 wrote:

Firesign Theatre
 
Transcendent prog humor.
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Mitch Hedberg
Steven Wright
Bob Newhart
Jackie Mason
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Maria Bamford
Mike Birbiglia
Bill Burr
Lee Camp
George Carlin
Louis CK
Joe DeRosa
Nick Dipaolo
Gary Gulman
Greg Giraldo
Bill Hicks
Myq Kaplan
Kathleen Madigan
Demetri Martin
Steve Martin
Eddie Murphy-Comedian is great
Patton Oswalt
Brian Regan
Doug Stanhope
Danel Tosh
 
Those mentioned have all had me in stitches at some time or another.
I've developed too much of a tolerance for repeated listens but my doctor advises me to pursue my daily nutritional requirements for humour, so thanks for starting this list...I shall use it to seek out and destroy any disgruntledness that permeate my psyche from here to infinity.
 
 
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My new favourite (well for the past two years or so) is John Finnemore.


For a British comedian he's probably not that well known as he works mainly in radio and is famed for writing and appearing in two programmes on BBC Radio 4 - an ensemble-based sketch show called John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme and a sitcom, Cabin Pressure.

Cabin Pressure was a gem of a series that ran for 26 episodes and starred Finnemore, Stephanie Cole, Roger Allam and Benedict Cumberbatch with guest appearances by Timothy West and Anthony Head. I have to admit that I avoided Cabin Pressure to begin with because from the description it sounded like another dire sitcom about an airline cabin crew (like The High Life from BBC Scotland if anyone was unfortunate enough to see that), because it was a sitcom about an cabin crew. However, Finnemore managed to create something original and inventive from the format that avoided the normal stereotypes. 
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I usually hate comedians but Brian Regan is absolutely outstanding. 
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^ Regan is excellent -
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