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Kenroy (768 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:16 PM Original message |
Who's the best stand-up comic you've ever seen live? |
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kittykatkoffeekup (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Steven Wright |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Me too! |
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kittykatkoffeekup (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:59 PM Original message |
Haha! He's great live. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 10:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
72. "Once, I accidentally stuck my car key in my house door, it started up..." |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Jon Stewart |
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left is right (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 08:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
60. He is definitely the funniest comedian |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 10:14 PM Response to Reply #60 |
69. sure is |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. George Carlin |
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Aimah (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Arnez J and DL Hughley |
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Kenroy (768 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 12:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Really? |
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AVulgarianHue (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. George Carlin n/t |
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astonamous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 01:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. George Carlin is funniest that I have seen perform live... EOM. |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. Carlin -- fifty years of fucking genius |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. I've only seen Gilbert Gottfried live |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. Haven't seen many, but Emo Philips made me laugh til I cried. |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 12:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. "Ben Gazzara is a good actor..." |
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argyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. George Carlin,then Steve Martin. Saw them both at El Centro CC, |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
12. I love Kathleen Madigan.... |
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Kenroy (768 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 12:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I never saw Rickles... but I bet he's great... |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
13. Russel Peters |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Somebody gonna get hurt real bad! |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 12:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. That's for the Canadians to do |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Haha, that guy's hilarious... |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. The Poofy? |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 07:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. The poofy indeed... |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
15. George Carlin at the Orpheum in Omaha circa 1979. n/t |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 03:52 AM Response to Original message |
17. Suzanne Westenhoefer |
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In_The_Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:07 AM Response to Original message |
18. George Carlin, Jeananne Garafolo |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:48 AM Response to Original message |
20. carlin nt |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
21. Bill Hicks |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
45. So. Totally. Jealous. |
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Monkey see Monkey Do (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I second that emotion |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 01:36 AM Response to Reply #45 |
75. Not yet |
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Borgnine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
22. Gallager. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
23. Eddie Izzard |
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Monkey see Monkey Do (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 07:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
50. Eddie's great |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 08:10 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. Did you see his HBO special "Dress to Kill" |
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Angry Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 08:47 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Do you have a flaaaaAAAAG? |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 09:08 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. 'Cake or death?' |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 09:40 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. because clay pigeons are fuckers |
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MN ChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
25. The late Sam Kinison |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
26. I've only seen Brett Butler, and she was awesome. It was after she fell |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
27. Either Mitch Hedburg or Emo Phillips |
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astonamous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I saw Emo Phillips a couple of weeks ago... |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 10:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
71. Emo is on the road? That's awesome! |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
28. Steve Martin |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
29. Joel Hodgson . |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. Jimmie Walker (JJ on Good Times) |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
31. Bill Cosby in 1971 (yeah, I'm old) |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. Wendy Liebman |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
34. No one has mentioned Richard Pryor? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
35. A little-known fellow I saw on my one and only visit to a comedy club |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. Paula Poundstone |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Saw her at Harvard University a few years back. |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
40. I haven't seen much live standup. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
41. I'm going to see Lewis Black next week! |
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WeRQ4U (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
42. Mitch Hedburg |
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Atlas Mugged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
43. Robin Williams |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
44. I can't decide. And I'm jealous that you got to see Carlin. I always miss |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
46. Freddy Prinze |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
49. Carlin. Nuff Said. Also saw Judy Tenuta once but she was "meh". |
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bbernardini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
51. Billy Connolly, Henry Rollins, Richard Belzer |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
53. I'd have to say Ari Fleischer |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
54. I haven't seen too many famous names. |
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Monkey see Monkey Do (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
55. Mine - |
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Cannikin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
56. Queen Sommore |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
57. Rodney Dangerfield |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
58. Sue Murphy |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
61. I've seen little stand-up live.. |
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Angry Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
62. First: Eddie Izzard |
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LA lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 08:58 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. I've seen 2, both were great |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
65. I saw Jerry Seinfeld before he had a TV show. He was very funny |
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wallwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
68. Dave Attell - I hurt myself laughing |
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Gildor Inglorion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
70. Woody Allen, in Baltimore, 1968 |
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norml (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
73. I saw Craig Anton at a local motel lounge. |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-05 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
74. Emo Philips |
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rustydog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
76. Eddie Izzard. Seattle...a blast! |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
77. Floogeldy. |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-05 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
78. Carlin, Carvey, Kinison, Martin, and Miller |
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