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Bill Burr
Dave Chappelle
Doug Stanhope till he drinks himself to death on stage. What's killing him is also what makes him so hilarious.
 

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There's some great names here and agree with most all of them.

I'm old enough to have seen what I'll describe as two eras:
1 - the halcyon days that included the greats like Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Chevy Chase, Robin Williams, Don Rickles, George Carlin and Steven Wright plus TV actors like Archie Bunker and Redd Foxx.
2 - and also suffered through the worst era ever as comedians lost their ability to make fun of ANY damn thing and had to water their stuff down because of PC, woke & cancel culture (No names to list but almost all of SNL could be listed here). But I am also fortunate as many are rising up out of those ashes and are killing it now as they make fun of that era and the people that created it. They include Dave Chapelle, Bill Burr, Louis CK and Ron White

I agree that few women comedians exist that actually make me laugh out loud but I truly enjoyed Carol Burnett and Lucille Ball. I've also enjoyed some material by Whitney Cummings and Nikki Glaser but find Nikki to be uncouth. I also enjoy the awkward humor from Kristen Wiig.

And I'll check out Jim Gaffigan and Doug Stanhope.
 

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Seinfeld…best show ever created and I’ve seen him live once and was crying laughing almost the entire show.

Wifey and I recently started getting into watching stand up shows and found some great specials. Nate Bargatze and Bill Burr are my favorites
Wife took me to a Nate Bergatze show at the Straz in Tampa. He was hilarious.

Bill Burr is great.

The most underrated is Conan O Brien to me. Dude is consistently hilarious. Greatest talk show host ever IMO. Better than Carson.
 

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Who is /was your favorite comedian or comedic actor.

The landscape for comedy has changed a lot these days. Today I get most of my laughs from Biden or Harris, but that’s a different forum. I loved Robin Williams and Chevy Chase as a classic comedian though.
I love a lot of classic Chevy Chase. But I thought he was his best on Community. My God he’s hilarious on that show.
 

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Wife took me to a Nate Bergatze show at the Straz in Tampa. He was hilarious.

Bill Burr is great.

The most underrated is Conan O Brien to me. Dude is consistently hilarious. Greatest talk show host ever IMO. Better than Carson.
I always loved Conan, especially his specials and commencement addresses, but he got a bit "tiresome" in the end.
 

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Wife took me to a Nate Bergatze show at the Straz in Tampa. He was hilarious.

Bill Burr is great.

The most underrated is Conan O Brien to me. Dude is consistently hilarious. Greatest talk show host ever IMO. Better than Carson.

Conan combined a wicked sense of humor with a very involved method of interviewing guests. He really made them feel at home and was very engaged in what they were actually saying
 

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There's some great names here and agree with most all of them.

I'm old enough to have seen what I'll describe as two eras:
1 - the halcyon days that included the greats like Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Chevy Chase, Robin Williams, Don Rickles, George Carlin and Steven Wright plus TV actors like Archie Bunker and Redd Foxx.
2 - and also suffered through the worst era ever as comedians lost their ability to make fun of ANY damn thing and had to water their stuff down because of PC, woke & cancel culture (No names to list but almost all of SNL could be listed here). But I am also fortunate as many are rising up out of those ashes and are killing it now as they make fun of that era and the people that created it. They include Dave Chapelle, Bill Burr, Louis CK and Ron White

I agree that few women comedians exist that actually make me laugh out loud but I truly enjoyed Carol Burnett and Lucille Ball. I've also enjoyed some material by Whitney Cummings and Nikki Glaser but find Nikki to be uncouth. I also enjoy the awkward humor from Kristen Wiig.

And I'll check out Jim Gaffigan and Doug Stanhope.

One of my favorites

 

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Wife took me to a Nate Bergatze show at the Straz in Tampa. He was hilarious.

Bill Burr is great.

The most underrated is Conan O Brien to me. Dude is consistently hilarious. Greatest talk show host ever IMO. Better than Carson.

So I checked out Nate Bargatze and he is hilarious. It's something about his delivery, either like he's unsure of it or almost like even he hasn't heard the story yet and is also surprised by the details. At any rate, he's clean (i.e. no cursing) and simple which is nice but his timing makes it hilarious.
 

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If any of you still go to comedy clubs, guys that still tour regularly that are funny AF: Chris Porter & Orny Adams. Both are great, angry delivery, hate everybody type comedy.
 

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I missed this Tuesday Favorites back in Oct. Jeff Allen is on the clean side of the stand-up spectrum, we don't have to chase the grandkids out of the room to watch him. Always has good material.
 

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One of, if not THE best, funniest comedians EVER was Jonathan Winters. And when coupled with Robin Williams, there were no equals when working together. Even the great Carol Burnett and Tim Conway, as hilarious as they were, couldn't match JW and RW...
 

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Recency bias is a thing, so I'll do a continuum going back to my youth.

Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Ricky Gervais, Kevin Hart.


Alex.
 

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Recency bias is a thing, so I'll do a continuum going back to my youth.

Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Ricky Gervais, Kevin Hart.


Alex.

we listened to Pryor and Carlin - as well as Steve Martin back in the day.
couldn't listen to Pryor and Carlin with parents around though.
 

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