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Favorite stand up comedian

#22
My first memory is of Richard Pryor at a friends house when I was younger. I remember being shocked that someone would talk that way on TV. Later came Eddie Murphy, which made me laugh from the moment he opened his mouth until the bit ended. I can't tolerate that explicit comedy anymore.
These days, Nate Bargatze cracks me up. His schtick is getting old already for me though. The SNL stuff is funny and all, but like many things these days it's over done. Enough already.

-Mike
 
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Gorn said:
Absolutely. Even Jimmy. I love Jimmy on his various shows but his stand up was never great, IMO. Patrice was hilarious no matter what he was doing.
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Yimmy's stand up was awful, but he was hilarious on the show. I only knew him from tough crowd, and then OnA before I ever saw his stand up and I was so disappointed.
 
#27
ahbradot said:
Louis C.K. is my absolute favorite
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Louis was better before he caught hype. He got real pretentious once he got the FX show. I remember him taking about hiring a boxing trainer to get into shape for one of his later specials and it was really cringey.

Seinfeld summed Louis's routine persona up perfectly: he's a dumb schlub taking you along with him as he balances at his breaking point. That's why he's relatable. He became less relatable as a director/autere. His leaked stand up set after the whole controversy was so great because he was off that pedestal again.
 
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Richard Pryor.

When Richard spoke, it was from his own real-life experiences. He didn't cuss or make explicit sexual. racial or drug references just to shock his audience or to coax laughs out of people. His authentic mix of streetwise experience and genuine vulnerability drew people to him; he didn't need any gimmicks. Plus, he was just so freakin' funny!
 
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FilterFunk said:
Richard Pryor.

When Richard spoke, it was from his own real-life experiences. He didn't cuss or make explicit sexual. racial or drug references just to shock his audience or to coax laughs out of people. His authentic mix of streetwise experience and genuine vulnerability drew people to him; he didn't need any gimmicks. Plus, he was just so freakin' funny!
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"I went down to the hall of justice, and that's what I found, just us.
 
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Dead: Mitchell Hedberg (saw live)
Alive: Tom Segura (have not)
Last I saw live: Zoltan Kazsas.



Mike Vecchione also has a lot of great stuff on YouTube:



DeRosa has been mentioned, and while I know him more from radio and podcasts, his last special was 10/10 good:

 
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#34
DrBnz said:
Ron White
Kevin Hart
Dave Chappelle
Chris Rock
Eddie Murphy
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I did a comedy tour (as a musician, not a comedian) 23 years ago with Ron White and several other comedians. He was great - and was possibly my favourite of the bunch to be around (although I have to say they were all pretty cool).
 
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TOOL460002 said:
Dead: Mitchell Hedberg (saw live)
Alive: Tom Segura (have not)
Last I saw live: Zoltan Kazsas.



Mike Vecchione also has a lot of great stuff on YouTube:



DeRosa has been mentioned, and while I know him more from radio and podcasts, his last special was 10/10 good:

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I haven't watched DeRosa's new special yet but agree on Vecchione. Dude is great and has such an even delivery. Mark Normand is a monster as well; his reaction time is first rate. The hardest I've ever laughed at a routine is Doug Stanhope's The Great Mississippi D*ldo Bust. First time I heard it I was playing pinball and had to trap the ball a few times to catch my breath and wipe my tears. I'm not going to link it here as it is absolutely filthy but so funny my abs were almost cramping. You'll never think of a sea snake the same way again.
 

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