OT: Funny Business

[Sweet Pea's Corner]

Always liked Chris Rock. I'm into Sabastian Maniscalco now. He's pretty good.

 

[CommonSenseA]

Victor Borge, an absolute genius. His Opera Singer routine has me laughing out loud every time I watch it.



Also another terrific skit with a marvelous master of comedy was "Can it core a apple," featuring Jackie Gleason.

 

[Roy_Faulker]

Many good ones above. Glad Dane Cook got mentioned. I used to hate him but the most I heard the better it got. Some here may think it’s BS because he got busted stealing/recycling jokes but Carlos Mencia in his heyday used to have my wife and I laugh all the time.

oh and Daniel Tosh is pretty damn good as well.

 

[Colbert17!]

The Marx Brothers! They would have me in tears everytime. Summer of '75 I was watching my first Marx Brothers movie. My parents who were sleeping heard me downstairs laughing my *** off. They thought what the heck was going on. I was never one to stay up late so mom came down to investigate. I never heard of them before. She tried to explain to me who they were but I kept laughing to hard to listen. She returns to bed and a minute later my dad comes down so I think I'm in trouble. He says "A Night at the Races! I love that picture!" Now two of us are cracking up. With in minutes the whole family is watching it with mom in the kitchen cooking us anything we wanted. Occasionally yelling out a line right before it happened. We all watched many Marx Brothers movies together after that night. Still funny today.

Duck Soup and Horse Feathers are two of the funniest movies ever made for any time.

From what I understand Gleeson's put this in the plybook.

 

[Colbert17!]

By far the best : Norm MacDonald especially if he's on Letterman or Conan.
also:
Don Rickles
Joan Rivers
MST3K guys
Gilbert Gottfried
Brian Reagan
Kathy Madigan

Saw them all live and was never disappointed.
Another guy is Earthquake. If you've got eight minutes I guarantee you'll laugh.




I don't get Sarah Silverman at all.

 

[e5fdny]

I believe Dane Cook got caught stealing other comedians stuff

Many good ones above. Glad Dane Cook got mentioned. I used to hate him but the most I heard the better it got. Some here may think it’s BS because he got busted stealing/recycling jokes but Carlos Mencia in his heyday used to have my wife and I laugh all the time.

oh and Daniel Tosh is pretty damn good as well.

Heard this happened with Henny Youngman (take my wife...please) too. Told his comedian friends he was having some writer’s block and they all sent him a joke. Ended up doing a whole routine on their material and never thanked or credited them. Tried it again and they all sent him the same joke.

 

[ashokan]

Only stand-up guy I ever liked was Steven Wright. Former president of MTV Networks took me to one of his shows. He was the same guy backstage as onstage. I liked Mel Brooks movies - spesh "Young Frankenstein." I'll never forget Marty Feldman's "What hump" scene.

 

[knightfan7]

Many years ago I saw the late Shirley Hemphill at Rascals. She was great.

Rosie O'Donnell opened the night.....eh.

 

[RUBubba]

Ron White (the guy with the scotch and a cigar). Took my wife to see him in New Brunswick a few years ago. She doesn't find a lot of comedians funny, but was laughing in tears that night.

A couple of classics too... Rodney Dangerfield (You know you're ugly when you go to a hooker and she says "not on the first date").

Bob Nelson and his All American football team routine. Still holds up today, even though that routine is 30+ years old.

Ahh... Steven Wright.. loved his stuff. I asked my HS science teacher a question based on one his jokes, "What happens if you are traveling in a car at the speed of light and you turn on your headlights?" Teacher went off on a tangent for about 20 minutes about it...

 

[RUInsanityToo]

Favorite from the Past:

• Murphy
• Prior
• Robin Williams

Current Comedians that make me laugh:

• Gaffigan
• Daniel Tosh
• Orny Adams
• Tom Papa

Don't find them that funny:

• Trevor Noah
• Kevin Hart
• Joe Rogan

 

[tom1944]

Heard this happened with Henny Youngman (take my wife...please) too. Told his comedian friends he was having some writer’s block and they all sent him a joke. Ended up doing a whole routine on their material and never thanked or credited them. Tried it again and they all sent him the same joke.

That is the issue -not giving credit.

I forgot who it was but there was a famous comedian who used lots of other peoples jokes but he also always wrote them a check.

 

[198hamilton]

I don't think anybody has mentioned Jim Jefferies he's pretty funny and has a few Netflix specials

 

[Scarletnut]

Since this is a football board, gotta give props to George Carlin's routine about the differences between baseball and football:

 

[198hamilton]

Ok that was pretty funny

 

[MadRU]

Did anyone mention Steve Martin? He was massive when he first came onto the scene.

 

[NewJerseyGuy]

 

[e5fdny]

Many years ago I saw the late Shirley Hemphill at Rascals. She was great.

Rosie O'Donnell opened the night.....eh.

Was she “blue” or PG?

 

[knightfan7]

Was she “blue” or PG?

Blue

 

[e5fdny]

By far the best : Norm MacDonald especially if he's on Letterman or Conan.
also:
Don Rickles
Joan Rivers
MST3K guys
Gilbert Gottfried
Brian Reagan
Kathy Madigan

Before my Dad met my Mom he and some friends drove across country and stopped in Vegas to see his brother who was in charge of anything maintenance-wise for Caesars.

While there they took in a show where Don Rickles was performing in one of the lounges. Part of the act was having someone “tossed” out of the lounge after getting picked on by Don. That was my Dad that night. He said afterwards Don came by and hung out at the bar with them, picked up the tab and told them some great stories.

So yeah, Don Rickles is on my list too.

 

[MadRU]

Before my Dad met my Mom he and some friends drove across country and stopped in Vegas to see his brother who was in charge of anything maintenance-wise for Caesars.

While there they took in a show where Don Rickles was performing in one of the lounges. Part of the act was having someone “tossed” out of the lounge after getting picked on by Don. That was my Dad that night. He said afterwards Don came by and hung out at the bar with them, picked up the tab and told them some great stories.

So yeah, Don Rickles is on my list too.

I have seen Don Rickles perform 4 times in Vegas. Each tine he would pick on different audience members. The few he picked on the most he would send a bottle of champagne to that table.

Also saw him walking through Caesar’s palace with his entourage. Don was hammered, and he was hilarious making jokes about people he passed by.

 

[e5fdny]

I have seen Don Rickles perform 4 times in Vegas. Each tine he would pick on different audience members. The few he picked on the most he would send a bottle of champagne to that table.

Also saw him walking through Caesar’s palace with his entourage. Don was hammered, and he was hilarious making jokes about people he passed by.

One of the stories he told my Dad and his friends (after thanking him for being a good sport) was how he did the same thing to a really big Native American who did not find it as funny as Don did. He said the guy was so mad he pulled a big knife on him and had to be restrained and calmed down.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Cobsy's "Himself" to me is one of the great routines I've seen



Someone mentioned Jim Gaffigan, I tried watching his bits, some of it I chuckled but I never understood the love for him.

Cosby's not funny anymore.. I just cannot watch his domestic family life humor without thinking of what he was doing to so many daughters.

 

[batts]

Don Rickles from the past. His material was good but his delivery was fantastic and hilarious.

Gilbert Gottfried is hysterical but not so much as a stand up comedian. He is at his funniest on a talk show or podcast. Too bad Howard banned him from his show.

Chris Rock and Chappell are great.

I never found Adam Sandler to be that funny, especially given his success in the entertainment industry. I thought The Water Boy and The Wedding Singer were pretty funny though.

 

[RUDutch]

After reading the "Friend Burned His House Down" thread I'd like to add RutgersAL as a comic who makes me laugh. Actually, Al is more of a straight man, it's the other posters who made me laugh.

 

[newwavedave1]

Goes hand in hand for me (these are also two of my favorite comics) - Dave Chappelle and Patrice O'Neal

Would Will Ferrell be considered a comic? Have never found him entertaining in the least.

Agree on Will Ferrell. Just stupid.

 

[PiscatawayMike]

Dennis Wolfberg:

So glad you posted this. Wolfberg is among my all-time favorites.

R.I.P.

 

[newwavedave1]

Did anyone mention Steve Martin? He was massive when he first came onto the scene.

Never a big fan,

 

[batts]

Agree on Will Ferrell. Just stupid.

To each his own I guess. I thought Will Ferrell was funny in Old School and Step Brothers.

 

[RUBubba]

Can't remember the comedian, but he told a story about meeting Rickles for the first time, getting on an elevator with him. Rickles looks at him and says, "You know who hates farts the most? Midgets." Then gets off the elevator and walks away.

 

[PiscatawayMike]

All of my favorites have been listed.

The two comedians I never cared for (to put it mildly):

• Male: Emo Phillips
• Female: Judy Tenuta

 

[newwavedave1]

Jim Carrey on "In Living Color". Fire Marshall Bill was a classic. For stand up, it has to be George Carlin. Hippy Dippy Weatherman was another classic character.