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CineBomb2
Vegas Visor
USA
4135 Posts |
 Posted - June 05 2004 : 6:46:18 PM
 
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This is a thread for stand-up comedy enthusiasts, obviously. Discuss some of your favorite comedians here, and, if you feel so inclined, share some of their best jokes. Here's a quick list of the men and women who have consistently made me laugh:
* Maria Bamford
* Elvira Kurt
* Lewis Black
* Mario Cantone
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Radar
can see your schmutzklitzen!
USA
3635 Posts |
Posted - June 05 2004 : 7:02:39 PM
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All my faves sit down. <ba boom!>
I think I speak for most when I say, Jerry Seinfeld, the Master of his Domain. |
Watch out for snakes! |
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ryan
Gabriel Wakefield
USA
3628 Posts |
Posted - June 05 2004 : 7:29:52 PM
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I've been a Mitch Hedberg fan for a while.
"Why do they give receipts for donuts now? I give you the money, you give me the donut. We don't need to bring ink and paper into this. I can't think of a single situation where I would have to prove that I bought a donut. Do I have a skeptical friend or something?" |
So what if your solo movies fell through so the studio decided to make a Justice League movie and introduce all of you at once but other directors have gone on record wishing that they'd waited until the Batman and Superman trilogies are done not to mention the fact that Christian Bale and Brandon Routh won't be along to give continuity which the fans desperately want but the studio seems to think that people won't be confused or turned off by much younger looking actors and are still rushing to make it a summer tentpole in spite of the innate fan disapproval on every fansite online which the studios claim to respect but every bit of forward momentum on this project causes fans everywhere to believe otherwise? It could still be okay. |
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Knight9910
Banned Forum Member
USA
945 Posts |
Posted - June 05 2004 : 7:40:40 PM
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| Well, considering my career goal in life is to be a standup comic, yes. |
The chin is the part below your mouth.
And that is terrible. |
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christian rosenkreutz
will never see heaven or home
Christmas Island
2426 Posts |
Posted - June 05 2004 : 8:40:15 PM
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| Dave Atell is pretty funny. |
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TVsGrady
OTAKING!
USA
1900 Posts |
Posted - June 05 2004 : 9:38:15 PM
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I like Steven Wright.
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"If you're the type of person who thinks it's clever to tell people to kill themselves and do the world a favor, kill yourself and do the world a favor, please."-Groom Of The Atom |
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Knight9910
Banned Forum Member
USA
945 Posts |
Posted - June 05 2004 : 11:21:29 PM
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I like too many to list them all. If I had to choose favorites though...
Adam Ferrarra
Jay Mohr
Robin Williams
The Amazing Johnathan
Jeff Foxworthy
(and God help me) Gallagher
I say God help me because I realize a lot of people don't like Gallagher. But he was one of the first stand up comics I ever saw (on TV, I've never seen him live) and since then I've always been a fan, even if he is corny.
EDIT: Actually, there's one more I forgot. I forgot his name but he was on Comedy Central Presents recently. I liked him because he's the first white entertainer I've ever seen who wasn't scared to acknowledge the fact that blacks and whites are different. And because, as racist as this is going to sound, it was good to finally see someone get back at the blacks for decades of "white people are stupid" jokes. |
The chin is the part below your mouth.
And that is terrible. |
Edited by - Knight9910 on June 05 2004 11:31:17 PM |
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Ed
The Once and Future Genrewriter
USA
2489 Posts |
Posted - June 06 2004 : 01:16:44 AM
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| My favorites are George Carlin, Bill Cosby, Robin Williams, Margaret Cho and Denis Leary. |
"How can the same thing happen to the same guy twice!" |
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Premier Blah
is killing space bitches in heaven
Canada
4631 Posts |
Posted - June 06 2004 : 04:13:22 AM
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Comedians wht 'stand up'? Oh no, I'm getting Howling: New Moon Rising flashbacks! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Or perhaps: KKKKKKKKKKHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNN! What did you do?!?! Don't make me...stand up - testiffffffffffyyyyyyy...
I don't think I can help you with any names, though it can be fun when done right. If you consider stand-up improvisation I could suggest Whose Line Is It Anyway? - a wonderful show really. Is it still airing over there in America I wonder? |
"I've just found out that I have saboteurs in the tower! I still do not have the meteorite piece! I'm about to lose everything! We can talk about this later, if later even occurs!"
Clearly you all are not ready for space travel. I guess I'd better hang up my career as sci fact author.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes.
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Radar
can see your schmutzklitzen!
USA
3635 Posts |
Posted - June 06 2004 : 05:15:07 AM
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| Dennis Leary had a sex change?!? |
Watch out for snakes! |
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Premier Blah
is killing space bitches in heaven
Canada
4631 Posts |
Posted - June 06 2004 : 05:32:30 AM
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Dennis Leary had a sex change?!?
Huh?!?!?! Where did that come from? I'm sorry but I don't think so. Must be a simple spelling mistake or something. Don't you hate it when that happens?  |
"I've just found out that I have saboteurs in the tower! I still do not have the meteorite piece! I'm about to lose everything! We can talk about this later, if later even occurs!"
Clearly you all are not ready for space travel. I guess I'd better hang up my career as sci fact author.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes.
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Styling Shatner
A Rhinestone Cowboy
USA
3206 Posts |
Posted - June 06 2004 : 09:47:26 AM
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Originally posted by Radar
Dennis Leary had a sex change?!?
Well, actually, his first name IS spelled "Denis".
As for me, I don't really watch Comedy Central all that often, so I'm not up to date on this kind of stuff, but here's who I like:
*George Carlin (a true legend)
*Bill Cosby (ditto)
*Dennis Miller (yeah I know, but I have laughed at some of his stuff; it just wasn't on Monday Night Football!  )
*Eddie Murphy (back when he was a comic and was, you know, funny; Delirious and Raw are classics)
*Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Ron White, Larry the Cable Guy (the four guys of the hilarious "Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie")
There are some other people that I haven't really had the chance to hear yet, but if I did, I might include them on the list.
I know that Comedy Central did a list of the top 100 comics, and that was the typical dumb list you'd expect, as a lot of it focused on the career of the person in other fields, NOT on how funny they were. I mean, Roseanne was in the top 10! If I'm lying, I'm dying. |
"That was Old-School Santa. He wasn't always the kind guy who hands out toys once a year. Who do you think armed the colonists during the American Revolution? Yeah. Santa, bitches.".-Rymmie1981 |
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Nancy
Thinking Arbys
USA
1864 Posts |
Posted - June 06 2004 : 2:30:41 PM
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my fave comics are some of what you already mentioned. i also love
Ellen degeneres
Louis Anderson
Chris Rock
Eddie Murphy
Dennis miller (though before the whole "monday night football" football" thing)
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Hammer: Now here is a little peninsula and here is a viaduct leading over to the mainland.
Chico: Why a duck?
My journal- http://servogirl76.livejournal.com/ |
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Klepto Fu Pete
Captain
Canada
1006 Posts |
Posted - June 06 2004 : 7:14:38 PM
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My Personal Faves
George Carlin, Denis Leary, Jerry Seinfeld, Eddie Murphy, David Cross,
Chris Rock, Lenny Bruce, Redd Foxx, Richard Pryor, Dana Carvey (His one man shows are histerical.). |
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Ezrael
Commander
215 Posts |
Posted - June 07 2004 : 06:59:36 AM
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I need the apartment tonight, go see a saucy puppet show. - Fry to Bender, Futurama |
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Styling Shatner
A Rhinestone Cowboy
USA
3206 Posts |
Posted - June 07 2004 : 10:00:03 AM
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Originally posted by Ezrael
Bill Hicks.
Speaking of him... I've heard people say that Denis Leary based basically his entire act off of Hicks, but since I haven't seen any of B.H.'s work, I can't say if that's valid or not. I mean, he didn't make any Quaker State commercials like Leary did! |
"That was Old-School Santa. He wasn't always the kind guy who hands out toys once a year. Who do you think armed the colonists during the American Revolution? Yeah. Santa, bitches.".-Rymmie1981 |
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Ed
The Once and Future Genrewriter
USA
2489 Posts |
Posted - June 07 2004 : 11:31:24 AM
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"How can the same thing happen to the same guy twice!" |
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The Yellow Dart
Go! Team! Venture!!
USA
1403 Posts |
Posted - June 07 2004 : 11:53:09 AM
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No one has mentioned Dave Chappelle?
I also like Chris Rock, but the racist shit can get old quick.
Eddie Murhpy
Denis Leary
David Cross iswas hilarious on Mr Show. |
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Styling Shatner
A Rhinestone Cowboy
USA
3206 Posts |
Posted - June 08 2004 : 08:49:57 AM
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Originally posted by The Yellow Dart
No one has mentioned Dave Chappelle?
I also like Chris Rock, but the racist shit can get old quick.
Eddie Murhpy
Denis Leary
David Cross iswas hilarious on Mr Show.
Well, his show is great, but I haven't really seen any of his standup work.
I'm not really a fan of Rock just for that incomprehensible (and not funny either) "No Sex in the Champagne Room", a "song" that's title doesn't even make any sense to me... is it common knowledge that there's supposed to be sex in places called the champagne room? I just don't get it. |
"That was Old-School Santa. He wasn't always the kind guy who hands out toys once a year. Who do you think armed the colonists during the American Revolution? Yeah. Santa, bitches.".-Rymmie1981 |
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vapourtrail
I grew up in Europe - where the history comes from
USA
818 Posts |
Posted - June 08 2004 : 09:27:52 AM
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Being a Brit, I'm biased towards our stand-ups. My personal favourites are Eddie Izzard and Bill Bailey. For those of you not in the know, Izzard is the transvestite stand-up whose show Dress To Kill can be seen on HBO. Bill Bailey is a musical maniac who gets as much comedy out of mucking about with a keyboard as he does by telling jokes. If you'd like to hear some of his musical parodies, try here: http://muse.cream.org/bill/bewilder.html
The Chris de Burgh parody Beautiful Ladies is abso-bloody-lutely hysterical... especially when I conned the DJ at my wedding into playing it |
"Trousers!"
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Bull Moostronaut
Eegah: "Hands" of snakey
South Sandwich Islands
2223 Posts |
Posted - June 08 2004 : 09:41:23 AM
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Originally posted by Styling Shatner
is it common knowledge that there's supposed to be sex in places called the champagne room? I just don't get it.
Um... er... well...
It's a strip club reference. In most places, the patrons are not allowed to touch the dancers. In some places, they are. And in some places, the rules say one thing, but the dancers say another and it's up to the patron to figure out which is which. Or play it safe. His lyrics are a play on this...
some clubs have special rooms for VIPs. theoretically, more could/can/does(?) happen in these rooms than normal. a lot of NBA stars, like Patrick Ewing, were outed for a series of exploits at a strip club in Atlanta called (I think) The Gold Club a few years back. anyway, some of these special rooms are called 'champagne rooms'. i don't exactly know why, but it's pretty easy to guess champage=upscale=VIP.
Me? I like George Carlin. Even older-than-dirt George Carlin is better than 95% of what I see these days. |
I am now switching over to Amanda's helmet microphone. Now I’m turning on her invisible electromagnetic ray screen which forms a protective layer over our faces. [EOT]
You know what would have saved this movie? Surf music. Man, surf music makes anything good. |
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