Comedians that you never thought were Funny

If I had to cast a vote for the most unfunny comedian of all time, it would be:


Pauly Shore


I don't think I've ever even cracked a smile over anything he did.


How about the rest of you?

nt.

political partisanship aside, John Stewart is a MUCH funnier political humorist.

So, you third it.

I always thought he was funny, until his conversion to the dark side after 9/11. He's still occasionally funny, but not nearly as good as during his days on SNL & HBO.

But found him funny before his fascist turn.

He was pretty funny before he decided to get political. Good observational humor, effectively could work big and small rooms. And don't forget television. I think he was one of the better SNL news hosts.

And then one day he decided to become a complete and utter loser, and he has sucked royally ever since.

The only reason I watched SNL at that time was for Weekend Update with Dennis Miller.

That Dennis Miller is dead.

Dennis Miller was darn funny... still is. It's just too bad that I can't listen to him anymore because he's nuttier than squirrel shit.

BUT, then i learned how much of his comedy bits were written by barry crimmins, who miller owes his best lines to Barry Crimmins. Miller is a no-talent, spineless fraud and a shill.
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crimmins, on the other hand, still rocks, and has a great essay on miller's conversion to dumbed-down rw stupidity worth checking out:

"More than a decade since I wrote my last joke for the man, I can only watch in stupefaction as this once hip and inside comic completes his transformation into a lout whose act sounds as if it were ghostwritten by George Jessel. Actually, that’s not fair ... to George Jessel.

No longer the youthful and sassy anchor of SNL’s "Weekend Update" of all those years ago, Miller has become a national father figure. And what a lousy dad he is. Listening to his act is no longer something we look forward to; it is more like getting stuck in the back seat of your pop’s station wagon while he lectures you on "Americanism" through 30 miles of heavy traffic. In front of your friends."

more at:
http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/this_just_in/documents/02731746.htm
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and he writes bits for randi rhodes now.

"The world would be a much better place if the court-appointed Bush Administration knew the difference between Americana and Ghengiskhana."
--Barry Crimmins

Freddy deserved to get the RAZZIE Finger!

I think he's the only Razzie nominee to ever show up and actually accept the award.

I haven't seen any of his movies.

and I never thought anything he did was funny. His career, plus his marriage to Drew Barrymore would have to put him in the running for "the luckiest man alive."

Is he an out-patient or what?

Clay is just plain dumb. He's a has been that never really was.

Saw him in person once.

Does he even count?

Other than the shock factor, I'll never understand why he was ever famous.

Not funny at all.

he should have never been famous.

I saw a special on HBO or something called "For Ladies Only" where he completely turned the table on his "Diceman" character and spent most of the routine insulting male attitudes and stereotypes.

Still wouldn't go see his act, but I can't say he never made me laugh.

Jerry Seinfeld (sorry)
of course, Carrot Top
Gallagher
Adam Sandler (except for the Hanukkah songs and lunch lady land)


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

Just who do you think is funny?

Richard Pryor
Chris Rock
George Carlin
Dave Chappelle
Milton Berle
Henry Rollins
The Marx Brothers
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Roy Zimmerman

I just don't like his style, so sue me.

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

who didn't find Rodney funny. But Lewis Black is hysterical, so we have to part ways there. On edit: Oh sorry, thought you were continuing the list of comedians you don't like. Good picks, except for Chris Rock. Not so much.

and that changed my opinion of him... hes much better live

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

I can't stand him

who knew 'sing along with colin" would drag on in one of the worst careers ever. how this guy has the respect of folks like janeane garofalo and david cross baffles me

Kinneson?

supposed to be funny about him...ever.

He was not funny or entertaining at all.

He had balls. An ex-preacher not afraid to tell the truth about his past, or about religion. LOL. His bit about the crucifixion was priceless. Or the time he would get a guy in the audience and phone an ex who cheated on him, and then embarrass her on live HBO.

I saw him live and he had masterful timing. He was the real thing. No fake, forced, clichéd humor from him. No tired one-liners. I miss him. Killed by a drunk driver just after getting married. Fuck!

I'm sorry you never made a "love connection", but if you ever saw Sam Kinison live, he was pee-your-pants funny from start to finish, with a style all his own.

He is on the list of my favorite comedians headed by Bill Hicks, another comic who was taken from us way too early.

and he taught you cool stuff, "lick the alphabet" works every time.

--IMM

god, i hated that sexist prick

Anyone here old enough to remember?

Ray Romano's stand up is lame, but his TV show is hilarious.

the other characters on Everybody Loves Raymond are all really funny together. Ray Romano could never carry the show on his own. He's no funnier than the other characters (especially his parents).

Is that his whole act?

Robin Williams
Chevy Chase
Go ahead, flame away. :-)

Excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!:)
I never thought David Brenner was funny.................

And most of the others listed here

...I'll really get flamed for this>>> I don't care for the 3 stooges...just don't like them. (as comedians)
I DO love Laurel & Hardy.

I dont see the humor in her.

Her entire ouevre is based on this self-conscious, giggle-laden, shallow 'observational' "wit", which is about as funny as root canal done with rusty pliers dipped in acid.

Margaret Cho also irritates the bejesus out of me. Where is the fucking humor??

...80% of all the cast members of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE since about 1980. (Notable exceptions: Eddie Murphy, Al Franken, Mike Myers, and Dana Carvey.)

n/t

The guy just never did it for me at all.

And was 1/10 as funny doing it..

I've been saying this about Leary since day one. I guess if you're going to steal someone's schtick, make sure it's from someone who was on the cutting edge when he died.

Unfortunately for Leary, he does not have Bill Hicks' congenial Central Texas good-ol'-boy personality to help sell his rants. He just comes off looking like an asshole. While with Hicks, you laughed WITH him, not in spite of him.

The only reason Leary had material was because there was no cure for cancer. Fcuking graverobber.

that special came out before his death-i'm no big leary fan-he's went too rw lately, but i don't think he's a total hick ripoff

:evilfrown:

both are just to over the top for me.

:puke:

but I agree with you about Carrot Top. I thought he was a jock trying to pretend to be, well, whatever Carrot Top is supposed to be.

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nuff said

Hobo

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Guess I've really committed American sacrilege, huh?

But I thought Lucille Ball was pretty funny.

He still cracks me up in Little Shop of Horrors.

Jerry Seinfeld. I loved his show but it was in spite of him, not because of him.

Ugh!

I really really tried to like him and tried to laugh -- but have given up on him.

He did a very hateful homophobic monologue about 20-30 years ago. I have mercifully forgotten his other material. I googled his name and was surprised to learn that he has appeared on Leno, Letterman, and various movies. He is 66 years old now. Do any of you remember him?? Is he retired now?

I looked forward to going over to my friend's house every week to watch it because just about every other skit featured TITTIES on display.

I have to thank John (and, of course, all his female colleagues) just for that.

larry the cable guy.

flame me, or call me crazy, but he's from northwest florida, and i see sleeveless-flannel shirted nascar-fan redneck jackasses like him everyday. usually they live in trailers with no running water and listen to rush limbaugh at 90 decibels, stoned on oxycontin and natural lite while cooking meth in their microwave and their children are frolicking near the highway poking last nights roadkill with a stick.

somehow this larry guy made it to the mainstream with fart humor and a wobbly-box(trailer) attitude.

i just don't get it. i think he lowers the comedic value of the other three guys he toured with on the blue collar comedy tour.

I just don't get that kind of idiotic right wing humor.

But I like the other three guys from Blue Collar.

Just, Larry the Cable guy is not funny.

At all.

It's a really long bad joke that everyone gets and I don't.

GRR!:grr:

That guy just slays me.

"I bought a cheese grater the other day. I'm going to change the name of it to.... sponge ruiner"

That's gold man. Especially with his inflection.

Not only did all his impressions sound the same but his jokes while in "character" were even worse. Fuck him and the horse he rode in and out on.

I probably will get flamed for this too.
I always thought he was overrated, amusing at best.
I grew up on the first cast of SNL too. I always thought his work was hackish and repetitive (Samurai bit and so forth).
If you think otherwise, I'd welcome some input.

Awful.

Honorable mention to Howie Mandel and his stupid hand-bag.

Carrot Top

pretty much anyone in the Blue Collar thing besides Ron White.

Jerry Lewis
Jack Black

Did some pretty funny stuff once upon a time.

But I guess that was in the late '70's and early '80's...

I cringe whenever I hear his voice

With Carrot Top a very close second.

I don't like to speak ill of the dead, but Jim Varney got more mileage out of one of the lamest commercials than anyone else in the history of entertainment.

I think he's a world-class asshole.

I've forgotten his name, he has bit roles in movies.

:-)

dressed to kill is a work of genius. izzard has a great knowledge of histor and runs with it in his routines. he's one of my favs

And does double-nuts cancel out each nut?

And why did my voice just change?

Something about him just rubs me the wrong way.

Not funny...oohhh, another neurotic New Yorker. Wow, I'm so impressed.

So help me God, anyone says Bill Hicks I will personally hunt you down.

Didn't like Bob Hope either, or Jerry Lewis (except he was great in "The King of Comedy").

Whereas I like Jack Benny and love Groucho Marx, so i guess it's not necessarily a generational thing.

Sam Kineson is probably funny if you're a guy. I never got him.

Always liked the critic who referred to him as "alleged comedian Tim Allen."

how many shit movies do we need with the plot (robbin wiliams is a low level _____who draws the scorn of his superiors with his unorthodox ways in the field of _____ but show that "through the power of laughter" you can bring hope to _______

and of course, it's always accompanied by the critic tagline "robin williams is magical in ______!"

The only thing I ever saw of hers that made me laugh was "Buh-BYE!"

that's not on anymore with the neighbor
and the couple that live together and
the dog.