Your Comedian Mount Rushmore

[cyclone1209]

Who you got for top 4 comedians of all time?
I think Pryor, Carlin and Chappelle are my shoo-ins, debating the 4th, tentatively thinking Lucille Ball.

Eddie Murphy, Chappelle, Pryor, and Robin Williams for me.

 

[HFCS]

Standup:
1. Chapelle
2. Seinfeld
3. Hedberg
4. Regan

Sketch:
1. Chapelle
2. Carvey
3. Hader
4. Wiig

TV comedy writing or comedic acting:
1. David
2. McBride
3. Louis-Dreyfus
4. Plaza

 

[Gonzo]

Standup:
1. Chapelle
2. Seinfeld
3. Hedberg
4. Regan

Sketch:
1. Chapelle
2. Carvey
3. Hader
4. Wiig

TV comedy writing or comedic acting:
1. David
2. McBride
3. Louis-Dreyfus
4. Plaza

I like your approach to breaking it out into these categories. Carol Burnett would be #1 on my sketch comedian list.

 

[HFCS]

I like your approach to breaking it out into these categories. Carol Burnett would be #1 on my sketch comedian list.

yeah it’s the only way I could process it because I love Larry David and Danny McBride and Bill Hader yet hard to just call them “Comedian”.

Huge fan of SNL for entire run and hardly any of them except for Eddie were really great standups.

I’ve been tempted to start a “Danny McBride Cinematic Universe” thread since second season of gemstones is way better than first.

 

[Gonzo]

yeah it’s the only way I could process it because I love Larry David and Danny McBride and Bill Hader yet hard to just call them “Comedian”.

Huge fan of SNL for entire run and hardly any of them except for Eddie were really great standups.

I’ve been tempted to start a “Danny McBride Cinematic Universe” thread since second season of gemstones is way better than first.

Bill Hader is criminally underrated, I think he's one of SNL's all-time greats.

 

[Drew0311]

Standup:
1. Chapelle
2. Seinfeld
3. Hedberg
4. Regan

Sketch:
1. Chapelle
2. Carvey
3. Hader
4. Wiig

TV comedy writing or comedic acting:
1. David
2. McBride
3. Louis-Dreyfus
4. Plaza

You have Kristen wiig over Farley, Sandler, Mike Meyers, Murphy, Will Farrell? Is that because you wanted a women on the list? Just curious

 

[Beernuts]

Brian Regan is my favorite. I see he is going to be in Des Moines on March 3rd.

 

[AuH2O]

That's certainly a unique take on Robin Williams. His bit on the invention of golf is one of my favorite of all time.

Just a personal taste thing for me. And he clearly must be funny and it just doesn’t click with me, or I wouldn’t be in like the 0.01% that didn’t like his comedy.

 

[Drew0311]

Just a personal taste thing for me. And he clearly must be funny and it just doesn’t click with me, or I wouldn’t be in like the 0.01% that didn’t like his comedy.

I was never a fan of Robin Williams comedy. I never got what was funny about it.

 

[HFCS]

You have Kristen wiig over Farley, Sandler, Mike Meyers, Murphy, Will Farrell? Is that because you wanted a women on the list? Just curious

No I leave seasons running in background at work and find she’s better and more depth than most of them. Will Ferrell maybe is better and could be as high as 2 for me, Hartman was great but Hader kind of does the same thing and more.

She’s easily funnier than Farley and Sandler for me in terms of total moments. Her Cathy Lee is funnier than most of their stuff. There’s a sketch called Goddesses of Creation that is criminally underrated.

 

[Bipolarcy]

Who you got for top 4 comedians of all time?
I think Pryor, Carlin and Chappelle are my shoo-ins, debating the 4th, tentatively thinking Lucille Ball.

Carlin
Dangerfield
Pryor
Rickles
Murphy

 

[Gonzo]

This never gets old...

 

[cycloneML]

Chappelle

Louie

Bill Burr

Richard Prior *


* I put Prior last because comedy has become much more nuanced and sophisticated
nowadays, but wouldn’t be where it is today without him.

Good list. I liked Kevin Meaney and Garry Shandling also

 

[cycophagus]

Before his movie career, Woody Allen did stand up. Here is a video of two sets on the Dean Martin Show:

 

[Winchester]

George Carlin
Richard Pryor
Jonathan Winters
John Belushi

 

[AuH2O]

No I leave seasons running in background at work and find she’s better and more depth than most of them. Will Ferrell maybe is better and could be as high as 2 for me, Hartman was great but Hader kind of does the same thing and more.

She’s easily funnier than Farley and Sandler for me in terms of total moments. Her Cathy Lee is funnier than most of their stuff. There’s a sketch called Goddesses of Creation that is criminally underrated.

Wiig is funny as hell. She’s up there with Hartman and Ferrell for SNL alum for me.

 

[ClonesInDallas]

My list is wrong but I can't get enough of:

1.) Tim Dillon
2.) Mark Normand
3.) Theo Von
4.) Dave Chappelle

HM: Bobby Lee

 

[davegilbertson]

Normy, Normy, Normy....

Regan Normy!!!

 

[cycloneML]

David steinberg

 

[Doug Piranha]

Pryor, Bruce, Hedberg, C.K.