Best comedian - stand up

[Uncle Joe]

I've always enjoyed...

Brian Regan

[_Laurie_]

I saw Steven Wright on Letterman the other night...I haven't seen him around in awhile...they didn't have that one show on youtube, but this is something similar....Love his dry sense of humor...

Steven Wright

[skybluesky]

I thought I answered this already. Guess not-

Bacon and Hot Pocket loving Jim Gaffigan

Dimitri Martin

Maria Bamford

and gone but never forgotten Mitch Hedberg.

[Tony Baloni]

Who do you guys think the single best stand up comedian is??

My vote goes to Bill Hicks.

[Ombre Vivante]

Sam Kinnison and George Carlin

[Tenacious_Peaches]

Mitch Hedberg.

And what's the deal with duplicate threads?

Edited December 29, 2008 by Guest
To add my bad attempt at humor in my best Seinfeld voice.

[scott]

Bill Hicks and David Cross are my two personal faves.

I prefer David Cross tho, even tho his stand up is really hicks-esque,

where Cross wins is that he is pretty much laugh your tukus off hilarious every second, whereas Hicks can sometimes take a turn to the mystical for way too long

Tho no one can scream and rant like Hicks.

Also, Cross is a bit more varied in his abilities, Mr. Show is da best.

Oh, and props to Patton Oswalt

[Uncle Joe]

Bill Hicks? Sam Kinnison and George Carlin?

These guys were great but they aint be standin' up lately, ifyaknowwudImean.

[MindCrime]

Neither is Mitch Hedberg or

Richard Pryor

My father died having sex. He did. My father was 57 when he died. The woman was 18. My father came and went at the same time.

[Earth-Angel]

I'm loving Chris Cohen!!

[Mars88]

Russell Peters, a Canadian comic, tickles my funny bone these days. He really became famous when his routine was posted on Youtube.

[Levis]

Oh yes, my friends adore him. He's got a loyal Indian fan-following

[Ken]

This guy is hysterical, a fellow Canadian, Sean Collins ....

[Epiphany]

Chris Rock is the funniest in my book of funny stand-up comedians.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQVwQbes6Pc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sKWo3Q-UZ8&feature=related

He just curses WAY too much.