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Applan Donating Member (435 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 05:08 PM
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Who is your favourite comedian of all time?
Peter Sellers
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 05:09 PM
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1. George Carlin n/t
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lenidog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 05:09 PM
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2. Peter Sellers was a comedic genius though I would have him tied
Edited on Fri Mar-25-05 05:13 PM by lenidog
with the Marx Brothers.
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SamanthaJones Donating Member (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 05:14 PM
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3. Lenny Bruce
True innovator.
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givemebackmycountry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 05:17 PM
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4. Bill Hicks
Lewis Black a close second.
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Applan Donating Member (435 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 05:20 PM
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6. Who are they?
Being not from around these parts, I have never heard of Bill Hicks or Lewis Black (sorry)- who are they?
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 05:20 PM
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8. Bill Hicks for me also. nt
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:19 PM
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12. Yep, Bill Hicks here too.
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Huckebein the Raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 05:19 PM
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5. George Carlin
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 05:20 PM
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7. Richard Pryor
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 05:29 PM
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9. The prophet Lenny Bruce
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:12 PM
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10. It's a Split Decision: George Carlin and Billy Connolly.
Carlin's got the longevity and the observational humor; Connolly's the one who brings the tears of laughter to my eyes.
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:18 PM
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11. Bob Newhart
I loved his stand up routines and both tv shows .
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:20 PM
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13. Mitch Hedberg, though it's a tough call
Edited on Fri Mar-25-05 07:24 PM by GreenPartyVoter
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Ariana Celeste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:08 PM
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19. I agree man..
I thought he was the funniest man I had ever listened to!!

Second for me is Will Ferrell.
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Biology Donating Member (128 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:20 PM
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14. Richard Nixon
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:21 PM
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15. Welcome to DU!
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mtnester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:21 PM
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16. I like many different style comedians, but I appreciate the work
Edited on Fri Mar-25-05 07:21 PM by mtnester
it takes to put on a funny, "clean" show.

That said, I like Sinbad, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, and Chris Rock (who has become what Eddie Murphy always wanted to be...hysterically funny). Steve Martin was also a great hoot to watch, but for sheer exhaustion factor, you just cannot beat Robin Williams.

I also like Rita Rudner, Elaine Boozler, and Ellen Degeneres.

Roseanne Barr was really never all that funy, to me anyway.
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 09:55 PM
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17. Robin Williams, among the living
among the dead,
Danny Kaye and Steve Allen who both were extraordinaryly multitalented people, gifted in many ways
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:10 PM
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20. Robin Williams, as well
He cracks me up, and he can do so many different styles SO well. I saw an interview with him, though, and I have to say.... I wouldn't want to live in his head.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:00 PM
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18. Two, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
Their humor was not complicated. It was just human, and it was great.
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:27 PM
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21. laugh all you want, but Jerry Lewis
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Ruffhowse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:33 PM
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22. Steve Martin-EXCUUUUUUUUUSE MEEEEEEEE!!!!!
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NV Whino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:34 PM
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23. Burns & Allen n/t
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:40 PM
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24. Steve Allen
Way too smart for his own good! Great pianist too.


GOP moral bankruptcy Bill
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