Whos the funniest of these men

George Carlin

There are so many missing from that list.

Carlin wins, Where's Lewis Black?

For intellect, Carlin.  For creative talent, Winters.

Of these, I'd go with Carlin. Steven Wright is also a favorite.

the late German actor, director, writer and cartoonist Vico van Bülow, better known under his pseudonym Loriot, was extremely funny. his specialty was getting the characters in his sketches into undignified situations and trying to keep their dignity. many of his sketches were with Evelyn Hamann, who was a congenial partner.

here an example of one of his most famous sketches with Evelyn Hamann, with English subtitles:

my favourite comics are probably Orson Bean and Norm Macdonald, but I voted Rickles

Dunno.  They are all dead.

Jonathan Winters were also very funny

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).

From the list, Don Rickles.  But the comic who 'changed the game' was Richard Pryor.