10 funniest people of all time

[NJmaverick]

In no particular order

1 Rodney Dangerfield

2 George Carlin

3 Richard Pryor

4 Robin Williams

5 Carol Burnett

6 Lucille Ball

7 Mark Twain

8 Jonathan Winters

9 Sam Kinison

10 Don Rickles

Yours?

[datasuspect]

1. andrew dice clay

that is all.

[ForrestGump]

2. Not fair

That's three.

[CreekDog]

15. He asked for funniest not least funniest

:eyes:

[datasuspect]

28. ADC is the alpha and omega of comedy

[Heidi]

3. No Oedi or CMW?

Wait. Nevermind. :rofl:

[gbate]

4. Mine.

Bill Cosby
Steve Martin
George Carlin
Jim Gaffigan
Bob Newhart
Lucille Ball
Eddie Murphy
Mitch Hedberg
Weird Al
John Candy

[NJmaverick]

5. I missed Bill Cosby and Steve Martin on my list

those 2 belong there

[jmowreader]

65. I never could understand the appeal of Mitch Hedberg

He just never seemed...well, funny. Then again, MOST of the so-called comedians of today don't seem funny. I don't think I've laughed at one Jerry Seinfeld joke.

[Auggie]

6. Mine:

1 Rodney Dangerfield

2 George Carlin

3 Richard Pryor

4 Robin Williams

5 Jonathan Winters

6 Totie Fields

7 Steve Martin

8 Sid Caesar

9 Mel Brooks

10 Curly Howard

on edit: Steve Martin edges out Groucho Marx

[av8rdave]

7. Your list is close to mine. Only one change

I'd replace Robin Williams with Bob Newhart.

[NJmaverick]

8. Bob's a funny man, I wouldn't have much of a problem with that

[Auggie]

10. It's difficult keeping it to 10

[jobycom]

47. It's hard keeping a top ten list at ten?

What do you want, to make it go to eleven? :rofl:

(Gratuitous Spinal Tap allusions are the one true pleasure in life).

[Auggie]

54. Oh, you're a comedian too?

It does sound ridiculous. It's just that there are so many deserving greats.

:)

[jobycom]

55. More like a comedic stylist.

If anyone gets that reference...

[cloudbase]

9. Groucho Marx

and Johnny Carson would be on my list.

[applegrove]

11. Sean Majunder & Rick Mercer (canadians ).

[NJmaverick]

12. Well that would explain why I haven't heard of either one of them

are they still performing?

[applegrove]

17. They are both on TV shows. Mercer has his own show. Majunder is

a member of the cast of a fake news show. I've never seen either of them live when they tour. Doubt I ever will. I just don't go to see shows that much.

[Mr. Ected]

13. Ernie Kovacs, Marty Feldman, Jonathan Winters.

Steve Martin, Bill Hicks.

[Coventina]

14. Bob Newhart

Something about his deadpan delivery and one-sided conversations in his stand-up routines just slays me...

"Same - same to you fella!" (From "Driving Instructor")

[AwakeAtLast]

16. Mitch Hedberg

"I wanted to buy a candle holder, but the store didn't have one. So I got a cake."

:D

[backtoblue]

18. Chris Farley...

I would add him because he was hilarious on SNL as Matt Foley
"You're gonna live in a van - Down by the river!!!!!

[NJmaverick]

19. Do you remember John Belushi?

To me Chris was always a sort of imitation of John

[backtoblue]

21. Yeah, Belushi was a very talented and funny actor

Animal House and Blues Brothers were classic. I would guess that, yes, Farley probably modeled some of his characters from Belushi's. They were both very funny.

[Lars39]

20. Jack Benny, Milton Berle, Harvey Korman

George Burns, Gracie Allen

[PassingFair]

22. Stephen Colbert

Dave Chapelle
Jon Stewart
Tracey Ullman
Dave Barry
Roseanne Barr
David Letterman
Jerry Seinfeld
Bobby Lee
Catherine O'Hara

[mitchum]

23. I would add Michael O'Donoghue and Lenny Bruce to your list...

after removing Williams and Ball
and it would be a perfect 10

You have good taste :)

[NJmaverick]

24. Thanks, I am embarrassed to ask

but who is Michael Odonoghue?

[mitchum]

25. The greatest humorist of the 20th century...

Prolific writer at the National Lampoon during its golden age
Original head writer at Saturday Night Live
The notorious Mr Mike

rest in peace

[NJmaverick]

26. Then I would agree

[abq e streeter]

27. Curly Howard and Charlie Chaplin , that is all...

[Doc_Technical]

29. In no particular order:

1. Stephen Wright
2. Emo Phillips
3. Michael Palin
4. Steve Martin
5. Peter Sellers
6. Kenneth Mars
7. Tim Conway
8. Charlie Chaplin
9. Groucho Marx
10. Robert Francis 'Bobcat' Goldthwait

[NJmaverick]

30. I like everyone on that list, ecept for Emo

[LostInAnomie]

31. 1. Dave Chapelle

2. Dave Attell
3. Norm MacDonald
4. Jon Stewart
5. Stephen Colbert
6. Richard Pryor
7. Rodney Dangerfield
8. Don Rickles
9. Louis CK
10. Vernon Chatman

[pokerfan]

32. 1. George Carlin

02. Bill Cosby
03. Eddie Murphy
04. Rodney Dangerfield
05. Richard Pryor
06. Bill Hicks
07. Steve Martin
08. John Cleese
09. Larry David
10. Benny Hill

[EndersDame]

33. George W. Bush was so fucking funny hes #1 on my list

I could never "misunderestimate" his comedic Genius
2. Robin Williams (his stand up not his movies)
3. Eddie Murphy (see his 80s era Delirious not his movies)
4. Eddie Izzard
5.Voltaire and Aristophanes
6.Bill Hicks
7.Mel Brooks (i love all of his movies)
8.Stephen Colbert
9.Trey Parker, Mat Stone and Seth MacFarlene (sp?)
10.Jeff-fafa Dunn-Ham(would love it if Robin Williams got a hold of his puppets)

[csziggy]

34. Will Rogers should be in the top twenty if not the top ten n/t

[yellowdogintexas]

38. Will Rogers, Mark Twain, Patrick Dennis (author) Steve Allen (flat out genius)

Ernie Kovacks, Danny Kaye, Carol Burnett, Robin Williams, Groucho Marx,

[rurallib]

35. I am an oldie so my list may be a bit different

I find Steve Martin very unfunny. Strange how no one can please all. Robin Williams doesn't do much for me either.
OK - in no order:

1) the young Bob Hope
2) George Burns and Gracie Allen
3) The young Bill Cosby
4) The Stooges, especially Curly
5) Groucho
6) Steven Wright
7) Rodney Dangerfield
8) Richard Pryor
9) Sarah Vowel totally breaks me up
10) Woody Allen

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

36. Mine, at least as of right now:

And not necessarily in this order --

Robin Williams
Billy Connolly
John Belushi
George Carlin
Jack Benny
John Cleese
Richard Pryor
Steve Martin
Jon Stewart
Mike Meyers

[NJmaverick]

37. I think Connoly's accent is great

that scores points for me

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

39. I love Billy Connolly.

He makes me laugh so hard I can't breathe.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

40. Mine

1. Rowan Atkinson
2. John Cleese
3. Andrew Denton -although he's excellent when he's being serious as well
4. Paul McDermott
5. The team from the Chaser
6. Mikey Robbins
7. Dave Hughes
8. Will Anderson
9. Robin Williams
10. Pete Hellier

[Heidi]

42. I _adore_ Rowan Atkinson

(and you!) :hug:

[NJmaverick]

43. I forgot all about the British comedic talent

the whole Monty Phython troop should bet a special mention.

[WinkyDink]

41. Winters, Caesar, Kovacs, Pryor, Diller, W. Allen, S. Allen, Newhart, Rivers.

Actor/comedians: Williams; Lane; Lemmon; Chase.

Writers: D. Sedaris; O. Nash; Scott Adams ("Dilbert"). I find Twain humorous but not "funny".

[NJmaverick]

44. do you still find Dilbert funny and relevant?

[VaYallaDawg]

45. I'd have to include Milton Berle.

[Steely_Dan]

46. How anyone...

could leave Robin Williams off their list is beyond me.

-P

[Zavulon]

59. I could.

Just not my sort of humor. Lucille Ball wouldn't make my list, either.

[Broken_Hero]

48. Hmm,

In no order either...

George Carlin

Mel Brooks

Lewis Black

Gabriel Igelsias

The Three Stooges(yeah, I cheated somewhat)

Bill Cosby

John Candy

Chevy Chase

Tater Salad

Dan Ackroyd(sp)

[jobycom]

49. Pryor, Carlin, Rickles, Williams, Shakespeare, Douglas Adams, Bill Murray, Kaufman, Radner,

and based purely on one routine I've never been able to find again, Buddy Hacket. Yeah, I didn't believe it, either, but I've never laughed so hard at any other show ever.

[SoxFan]

50. Dan Quayle

[yy4me]

51. Victor Borge, Phil Silvers, Johnathan Winters, the star of the

1950's comedy "The life of Reilly" wish I could remember his name.

These were comedians from the days when you could let your kids watch without some of the stuff they hear from todays comics. Some of them make be blush. I just turn them off.

[MISSDem]

52. My list is as follows:

Don Knotts
Mary Tyler Moore
Dick Van Dyke
I can't think of any more who are really funny to me. All of the folks on MTM were funny as were those on DVD and The Andy Griffith show. So actually that is more than 10.

[MISSDem]

53. I forgot the funniest of all: Satch and Bucky

in Get Fuzzy. Darby Conley is a genius.

[NJmaverick]

56. Yeah he is, but I think because he is a bit of a pioneer

his stuff can be hit or miss

[MISSDem]

61. Oh, and Laurel and

Hardy.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

57. Bill Hicks,

Sam Kinison

Richard Pryor

Mel Brooks

Groucho Marx

Ernie Kovacs

Jonathan Winters

Roseanne Barr

Harvey Korman and Tim Conway together

[Dammit Ann]

68. bill hicks.

my hero.

[applegrove]

58. Johnny Carson too.

[Danger Mouse]

60. Where the hell is Carlos Mencia on this list, huh??

[El Supremo]

62. Jack Benny

[Catshrink]

63. Mel Brooks

Just think of all his movies you can quote from.

"What's the matter Colonel Sanders? Chicken?"

[SteppingRazor]

64. You mean other than me?

B-)

[realisticphish]

66. k

(In no order)
Richard Pryor
Bill Hicks
Eddie Izzard
Bill Cosby
Douglas Adams
Dave Barry
Steven Wright
Michal J. Nelson/Kevin Murphy/Bill Corbett (as a group)
Norm McDonald
Bill Bryson

[Dammit Ann]

67. BILL MURRAY.