Worst allegedly "comic" performer of the last five decades

[Orrex]

[havocmom]

1. Rush Limbaugh

[peekaloo]

2. Kaufman was a no talent, coat tail ridin' phony!

[BurtWorm]

23. Coming from you, that's really saying something.

;)

[kwassa]

3. Kaufman was an innovative performance artist, actually.

not always my cup of tea, but I did admire his courage.

[RandomKoolzip]

4. I'm always amazed when people get pissed off about Andy Kaufman.

[Orrex]

5. For me, "pissed off" might be overstating it

I just find him to be singularly unfunny.

I "get" what he was doing, and I don't think that it's funny or particularly interesting.

Innovative, maybe, but then so is picking your nose at your first dinner with your girlfriend's parents.

[EFerrari]

22. Me, too. n/t

[LSK]

6. Imus

:hide:

[ruiner4u]

7. Dane Cook

[mark414]

42. without a doubt, you are correct

[edbermac]

8. Gallagher.

Smashing a watermelon onstage with a mallet? How frickin' funny can you get? x(

[philosophie_en_rose]

9. Colin Quinn

[wildhorses]

10. andrew dice clay

:hide:

[Rhythm]

11. seconded...

[Katina]

18. "thirded"

what a pig he was and is, trying to mount a comeback UGH!

[EFerrari]

24. We need an ADC poll: "What is ADC true calling?"

Harassing waitstaff
Drug War insurgent
Pumping ego
Other

:)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

33. I think Andrew Dice Clay was an act.

He wasn't making fun of women, he was making fun of misogynistic jerk comedians.

In the same way Tony Clifton made fun horrible jerk comedians.

In the same way Carol O'Conner was making fun of white middle class racists with Archie Bunker.

[EFerrari]

38. Well, when I met him off stage, he was still "on".

lol

[kwassa]

12. Dennis Murphy

aside from his personal facism, he isn't funny, either.

[kwassa]

39. I meant Dennis Miller. I had him so thoroughly blocked in my mind.

[SacredCow]

13. Mark Russell... n/t

[jakefrep]

14. It's a tie between Carrot Top, Ron White, and Larry the Cable Guy

[bridgit]

15. some yeah, some no, but mostly geawd save me: Martin Short...

[MissMillie]

16. Andrew Dice Clay

there's really nothing funny about misogyny.


(ask Imus)

[EFerrari]

21. Second that. And, he is an @sshole, too. n/t

[Justpat]

17. Don't forget Dennis MIller.

God, what a no talent jerk.

[dajoki]

26. You nailed it. End of discussion n/t

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Throwing Stones]

27. Miller used to be funny, before he drank the koo-aid

I'm surprised no one has mentioned/nominated Whoopi Goldberg.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

36. Dennis Miller a no talent jerk?

I remember back in the day we used to call Bill Maher a poor man's Dennis Miller. Dennis may be a jerk but he's still damn funny.

[Initech]

44. He was a total ass on The Daily Show a couple weeks ago.

[skypilot]

19. Carlos Mencia

UGH!!!

[NoPasaran]

20. Rip Taylor

[bullwinkle428]

25. All these replies and no mention of Pauly Shore yet??

Winner of 4 Razzie awards!

[JitterbugPerfume]

28. Carlos Mencia

makes me want to run away screaming

[Joe Fields]

29. Will Farrell, hands down.

[Esra Star]

49. Yeah, but Will Ferrell is great!

[enigmatic]

30. There's only one answer

[CanuckAmok]

35. In Soviet Russia, Smirnov hates ME!

[Joe Fields]

31. The genius of Andy Kauffman, was in how he portrayed his

no-talent onstage personna.

A lot of people didn't "get it."

But I did.

[EFerrari]

40. He was a genius.

:)

[Penndems]

32. Bob Hope

The man just wasn't funny to me.

[KamaAina]

34. Jackie Mason

as unfunny as you'd expect from a Bush**-lover. :puke:

[HughBeaumont]

48. Seconded!

It's like a below average comedian telling Jewish jokes from the 70s, not realizing it's 30 years later.

[begin_within]

37. Amazingly, Carrot Top actually headlines shows in Las Vegas (Luxor, MGM Grand)

http://www.luxor.com/entertainment/entertainment_carrot_top.aspx

http://las-vegas.travelnice.com/carrot-top-at-mgm-las-vegas.html

[EFerrari]

41. Press trumps talent all the time in that business.

:shrug:

[Initech]

43. Really? Nobody has mentioned Larry The Cable Guy yet?

He's just like Carlos Mencia - racist and bigoted just for the hell of it, but unlike Carlos Mencia, Larry The Cable Guy pretends to be a stupid redneck just to get laughs.

[Orrex]

45. I'm torn

I like his portrayal of Mater in Cars, but the live performer is so unbelievably horrid that I contemplate suicide at the mere sight of him.

on edit: not my suicide, but his.

[RedStateShame]

46. I'll go kinda old-school and say Paul Rodriguez. Funny as a back alley abortion.

And, last I checked, Andy Kaufman was declared not funny enough to be on the show by SNL viewers. That is testimony enough taht Kaufman was funny.

[Burma Jones]

47. Fifty Years????

I would have to say Jan Murray, bad borscht belt, as opposed to the greats from the Catskills like Danny Kaye, Woody Allen, Rodney Dangerfield and Mel Brooks......