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Just had an argument about comedians. Who would you say is the best all time in your opinion?

Oh man. . .that's just as impossible as naming the best band ever.

Carlin and Pryor jump to the top of my list as far as all time stand up comics go, but today's bunch has loads of talent.

Dane Cook
the late Mitch Hedberg
David Cross
Jim Gaffigan
Eddie Izzard
Charlie Murphy
Daniel Tosh
Dave Attel
Lewis Black
Mitch Fatel

Crap, all of those guys are gut rippers.

Garr wrote:Oh man. . .that's just as impossible as naming the best band ever.

Carlin and Pryor jump to the top of my list as far as all time stand up comics go, but today's bunch has loads of talent.

Dane Cook
the late Mitch Hedberg
David Cross
Jim Gaffigan
Eddie Izzard
Charlie Murphy
Daniel Tosh
Dave Attel
Lewis Black
Mitch Fatel

Crap, all of those guys are gut rippers.

on what twisted level of hell does Charlie make your list and not Eddie?

Jonathan Winters.

Oliver's Army wrote:Jonathan Winters.

I have to agree. I liked the show he had with Bonnie Hunt as his daughter. Those to were funny together. I think it also had Randy Quaid as Jonathan Winters son.

Have you heard any of Eddie's recent stand-up? Neither has anyone else. I'm listing currently active comedians there. If Eddie weren't some form of a Pryor rip-off, I would have had him on the top list. Delirious and Raw were amazing. Woot!

Dave Attel does some of the funniest stand-up EVER.

I'm also a fan of Bill Hicks.

Eddie Murphy, like Atherton said, was always great.

Larry the Cable Guy!!!!!!!!!!! Orrrrrrrrrrr not. That entire crew needs to be beaten severely.

To sum it up...I think it's impossible to decide.

lewis black
bill hicks
mitch hedberg
richard pryor
howie mandel
george w

kimaliz wrote:george w

Hands down, the winner. Every word out of this man's mouth is a joke!

Glad to see so many others recognize the genius of Mitch Hedberg - most people I talk to on a daily basis aren't even aware of him.

I always wanted to be a standup when I was a kid, and I wanted to be Andy Kaufman.

My list looks like this:

1 - Andy Kaufman
2 - Richard Pryor
3 - George Carlin
4 - Mitch Hedberg
5 - Eddie Izzard

There are others that almost make the list, Robin Williams, Leary, Saget, Eddie Murphy, and Ron White, but I think those five are just at another level.

I don't listen to much comedy, but I love Bill Hicks. He's hilarious.

I too love Andy Kaufman. He wasn't really a stand up comedian per se.

Richard Pryor is definitely the man.

One question. A ton of people tell me Mitch Hedburg is funny, but from what I have heard he is only moderately amusing with the same punchline to every joke. Any listening suggestions that would change my opinion?

Haggard wrote:One question. A ton of people tell me Mitch Hedburg is funny, but from what I have heard he is only moderately amusing with the same punchline to every joke. Any listening suggestions that would change my opinion?

Have you just listened or have you watched? I find him funnier when I watch him.

Haggard wrote:One question. A ton of people tell me Mitch Hedburg is funny, but from what I have heard he is only moderately amusing with the same punchline to every joke. Any listening suggestions that would change my opinion?

I've never heard/watched Mitch Hedburg but I kind of felt the same way after listening to Dane Cook's "Harmful if Swallowed". Don't get me wrong, though. I laughed throughout the entire CD but thought overall that it was "just another comedian". Should I listen to something else? If so...what?

look up hedberg on youtube, there are quite a few bits on there. I started liking him more after reading his bio. He had tremndous stage fright that is often visable in his acts, but it also adds to the act though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Hedberg