Which Comedian(s) do you like?

[MaisseArsouye]

here are other movies with Benoit Poelvoorde ( he was the directors for some too )

"Les convoyeurs attendent" ( "carriers are expecting" )

"Les portes de la gloire" ( "glory's gates" )

"Les Randonneurs" ( "The trekkers" )

"Le Boulet" ( impossible to translate the joke )

"Le vélo de Ghislain Lambert" ( "Ghislain Lambert's bicycle )

Official website : Ben on the Web

A good site of a fan with english version

 

[stratego]

Chris Rock
Chris Tucker
Dave Chapelle
Jon Stewart
Mitch Hedberg
Steven Colbert

I guess Jeff Foxworthy would be funny if I live in Dixie, but I don't so I don't know what he's saying most of the time.

 

[IglooDame]

Most of the poll ones, and also
Dennis Miller
Louis Black
Mitch Hedberg
Jay Leno
Steven Wright
Richard Belzer
Bill Maher

there's quite a few more, but those are the ones I Tivo without hesitation.

 

[Shadylookin]

carlin, lewis black, foxworthy, ron white, Chappelle, and Chris Rock

 

[Mescalhead]

Since when is Tim Allen a comedian?

You forgot Dennis Leary.

 

[Marla_Singer]

From the list above, I know only Woody Allen, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams and Whoopy Goldberg. However, I think your poll is about stand up comedy and in this case, I've never seen any of their shows.

As such I prefer to abstain on this poll.

 

[amadeus]

Whoever voted for Whoopi Goldberg...I don't think I'll be able to talk to any of you, ever again. Sure, Carrot Top is annoying, but at least he's that.

 

[Fifty]

Seinfeld!!

 

[Mescalhead]

Whaaats the deaal with Seinfeld? I mean he's okaay, but it's not like he was the maain writer of his show! Whoo aaare these people who believe this?!

 

[Fifty]

What's the deal with people who make assumptions? I mean come on people, he does do standup. Is there a rule that says that the only way you can like Seinfeld is by his show? What's the deal with that?

 

[stormbind]

None of the above.

Rowen Atkinson, Lee Evans.

 

[IglooDame]

Since when is Tim Allen a comedian?

You forgot Dennis Leary.

Well, Tim Allen did stand-up before he got his television series. Seems like most of the sitcom leads have been taken from standup comedy these days.

And Dennis Leary, how could I forget him? *wishes for slapping-forehead smiley*

 

[test_specimen]

I only voted for Woody Allen and Jim Carey. I don't know too many of the others.

German comedy can be classified into 2 categories: Gay jokes and Otto Waalkes. Gay jokes produced movie highlights like "(T)raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1" and "Der bewegte Mann", everything consisting of one or two assumptions about gays, Otto Waalkes has a range of about a dozen jokes which he recycles since the 70's. He made several movies which are identical, the most recent one is "7 Zwerge" (seven dwarves), which I have not seen, but I expect the worst.

There used to be a third category, but Harald Schmid unfortunately got his show cancelled and is now back to being an actor. The Harald Schmid show was probably the wittiest comedy can be; it started as a cheap Jay Leno imitation, existed as a Conan O'Brian imitation for some time before it became truly a kind of its own. That the cast played a Beckett piece in the last episode should tell you something.

But hey, whenever you think that good comedy is dead, Bush holds another speech and everything's forgotten.

 

[Olli513]

jim carrey,he's just funny.(and crazy)

 

[DS_Legionary]

Robin Williams
Chris Rock
George Carlin
Dave Attel
Stephen Lynch
Lewis Black
Mitch Hedberg
Dane Cook
Carlos Mencias
Jon Stewart
Ralphie May

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

None of the above.

Rowen Atkinson, Lee Evans.

Good call.

Myself, I'd say Jack Dee and Eddie Izzard are my favourite stand-up comedians. There's a few others as well, but those two always stand out in my mind.

 

[nonconformist]

Good call.

Myself, I'd say Jack Dee and Eddie Izzard are my favourite stand-up comedians. There's a few others as well, but those two always stand out in my mind.

I like Rowan Atkinson, Paul MErton, Ian Hislop, Omid Djalili, Rich Hall, Alan Davies, Mark Lamaar, Phil Jupitus and Bill Bailey (hmm, I sense a pattern).

 

[JohnRM]

Where is Sam Kinnison?

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

I like Rowan Atkinson, Paul MErton, Ian Hislop, Omid Djalili, Rich Hall, Alan Davies, Mark Lamaar, Phil Jupitus and Bill Bailey (hmm, I sense a pattern).

I sense it too - they're all great comedians.

 

[nonconformist]

I sense it too - they're all great comedians.

And you can see almost all of them on monday evenings on BBC.