Man it is hard to pick one. There are a lot of guys who do great work. Most have one awesome set and then just regular funny stuff. To me Chris Rock's first HBO special is seminal while his latter stuff is just funny. Lewis Black seems to bring the fastball as consistently as anyone in my opinion.
Rock
Black
Robin Wlliams
Eddie Murphy
Cosby
Izzard
There are tons..
I'd say Black is at the top of my list simply because he has more sets that are just awesome to me. Plenty of people have one real good set but that's it.
Black is hilarious, I've seen him a few times live and he never disappoints.
Daseal
12-05-2008, 10:43 AM
People seem to love or hate Dane Cook, personally I love him.
Strange. You didn't seem like a teenage girl when I met you. ;)
12thMan
12-05-2008, 10:54 AM
You know I've seen my share, but I just keep coming back to Chris Rock. I think it's his facial expressions and intonation and what not. But the dude is funny. I remmeber during one routine, Rock must have dropped the f bomb at least a hundred times.
Oh, and Margaret Cho...whew buddy! Korean chick? She is funny as shit! Her impersonations of her mom are funny as hell. Someone should post a YouTube of her.
^^ Can't go wrong with Rock, and yeah I agree Cho is pretty damn funny
12thMan
12-05-2008, 11:05 AM
Hahaha...check her out.
YouTube - Margaret Cho - Asian-American (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc6mLwOa2Ig&feature=related)
Funny.
hooskins
12-05-2008, 12:17 PM
Strange. You didn't seem like a teenage girl when I met you. ;)
hahaa zingg
EternalEnigma21
12-05-2008, 01:07 PM
I really like Mitch hedberg and and Dmitri Martin(I like that delivery style).
I saw the new Chris Rock standup, which was pretty hilarious. Also Bob Saget is absolutely hilarious in stand-up.
Mitch Hedberg is my all time fav. I'll check out Dmitri Martin per your reccomendation.
EternalEnigma21
12-05-2008, 01:09 PM
Took the wife to Bobby Slaton a few years back at the DC improv and he commented on her enormous rack. Proudest moment of my life. Great show, also.
firstdown
12-05-2008, 04:08 PM
I saw Red Fox back at VA Tech back in 1983 and man that guy could spit out some 4 letter words.
RedskinRat
12-05-2008, 05:57 PM
You know I've seen my share, but I just keep coming back to Chris Rock. I think it's his facial expressions and intonation and what not. But the dude is funny. I remmeber during one routine, Rock must have dropped the f bomb at least a hundred times.
Oh, and Margaret Cho...whew buddy! Korean chick? She is funny as shit! Her impersonations of her mom are funny as hell. Someone should post a YouTube of her.
I love ascerbic social commentary, it doesn't get any more biting that CR. He takes no prisoners. Needs to get back out there and rip up some small local clubs though.
Oh, and for 'odd' I like Eddie Izzard. Now that's as fragmented a delivery as is possible.
YouTube - Eddie Izzard - Learning French
Always makes me laugh....."Je suis le Presidente de Burundi"