Who was your favorite comedian?

My favorite is, for me, George Carlin. I would post some of his better stuff, but it’s not gonna clear the QA check. I miss him… :roll_eyes:

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Bill Hicks, Bill has stood the test of time, his material on the Iraq war was just prescient ( other notable contempories of his like Sam Kinnison sound dated )

“Charlie Hodge the man who brings me my scarves and my water” is one of the most amazing pieces of stand up I’ve ever heard. ( and very rude )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RLucBPZsbw

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I really like Dylan Moran, Norm Macdonald, Frankie Boyle.

George Carlin, Bill Hicks and Richard Pryor. The Unholy Trinity.

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I saw Robin Williams live on stage for two and a half hours - I missed the last half hour as I had fallen asleep in exhaustion. What a maniac. I’ve never laughed so hard. RIP
Mitch Hedberg was great. RIP
I loved Gilda Radner on SNL. RIP
Dave Chappel, Eddie Murphy, Sarah Silverman, Ellen DeGeneres, Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler, Russel Peters.
Where would we be without comedians?

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Good 2 see again! :blue_heart:

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Good that I could remind You of BILL HICKS! :black_heart:

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RIP Bob Saget. OMG, another one.

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Mitch Hedberg.

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Robin Williams, Steve Martin, Jackie Gleason, Tim Conway, Carol Burnett…
Just thinking about them and their skits gives me a chuckle. Many great ones out there.
Laughter is good for what ails ya’ .

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George Carlin by far was the master !

George Carlin put out more than two dozen specials over his 50-year career, making him the Cy Young of comedy. He started out, like a lot of these comedians, as fairly mainstream, doing characters like [“The Hippy Dippy Weatherman,”] before becoming decidedly more countercultural. Carlin’s great ability was to dissect any subject, like [football vs. baseball] using his smarts and clear love of language, including the seven words you can’t say on TV.

A lot of great comedians over the yrs but I must say - Robin Williams stands out - his stand up shows are ridiculously hilarious and his interviews and guest spots are just as funny. This is not even mentioning his movies - both comedic and dramatic . I highly recommend you watching his stand up performance as well as Eddie Murphys first 2 filmed stand up shows- Stuff this good never gets old.

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I am a Marxist of the Groucho sort. His one-liners from 100 years ago are still funny today.

I’d like to post some George Carlin material but it’s filled with explicit language so I don’t know if I can. You have to see some of his specials on you tube :joy::joy::+1:t2:

oh shut up…richard. …her… british comedian.

My Dad loved this guy and never missed a show. To the Moon

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Patricia Routledge played the part of Mrs Hyacinth Bucket and Richard was player by Clive Swift. The show was Keeping Up Appearances

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