Best stand up

[pufizzle]

Who's the best stand up comic you have seen?

I know a lot of people are going to say Dane Cook.  But the stand up that has me crying everytime I watch it is Kevin James (King of Queens).  His HBO special called Sweat the Small Stuff.  If you haven't seen it, go rent it. 

Other favorites??

[waks]

Mitch Hedberg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IueXtzdC6kA


R.I.P. buddy.. 

[asava]

the best stand up i have seen live was the comedy central tour with mitch hedberg, lewis black, and dave attell. that crap was hillarious.

the best i have seen on tv is probably a tie

patton oswalt. that dude is hi-larious.
&
Zach galifianakis: his humor is completely different than most and is absolutely genius.

(watch the Comedians of Comedy tour movie)

that kevin james one is absolutely hillarious though, he does such a good job of representing his jokes physically. the bit about picking out a card is hillarious, as well as when he is in the water after falling down from water skiing.

[icatmember]

Demetri Martin is my current favorite

[ew2x4]

Robert Schimmel. Foulest mouth out there, he's fabulous.

[pissclams]

Do you mean seen live? Or just seen, like on Comedy Central or HBO?

1997 Chris Rock: Bring the Pain on HBO was probably the funniest thing I've ever seen.

[pufizzle]

Do you mean seen live? Or just seen, like on Comedy Central or HBO?

Doesn't matter.  I haven't seen any live stand up comedians (other than the looney bin in Wichita). 

I will say that I think Dave Chapelle might be second on my list though.  Definitely funnier than Chris Rock IMHO.

[chum1]

I saw Mitch Hedberg in person.  Hell yeah, I did.

[kougar24]

Jim Gaffigan and Eric Schwartz.

[mjrod]

George Carlin.

[michigancat]

I saw Mitch Hedberg in person.  Hell yeah, I did.

I did, too.  I literally fell out of my chair laughing.  It was his last tour.

[waks]

I saw Mitch Hedberg in person.  Hell yeah, I did.

I wish I were you.

I saw Mitch Hedberg in person.  Hell yeah, I did.

I did, too.  I literally fell out of my chair laughing.  It was his last tour.

And you.

[michigancat]

Life is good when you're a Rusty!

[ECN]

George Carlin.

didnt you see lenny bruce live?

Jim Gaffigan and Eric Schwartz.

gaffigan is funny!


who is that greek guy that plays the piano and has a beard? he a'ight

[waks]

Life is good when you're a Rusty!

LOL. I totally get where you're getting that from. I don't know how many people do..

George Carlin.

didnt you see lenny bruce live?

Jim Gaffigan and Eric Schwartz.

gaffigan is funny!


who is that greek guy that plays the piano and has a beard? he a'ight

I love Jim Gaffigan. So does Saul.

[doom]

Lewis Black. 

[asava]

I saw Mitch Hedberg in person.  Hell yeah, I did.

I did, too.  I literally fell out of my chair laughing.  It was his last tour.

where did you guys see him? i saw him in wichita winter of 2003/2004.

who is that greek guy that plays the piano and has a beard? he a'ight

zach galifianakis. "You know it's time to do the laundry when you dry off with a sneaker." and "Just to show i can appeal to the art crowd I named my balls Belle and Sebastian."

[chum1]

I saw Mitch Hedberg in person.  Hell yeah, I did.

I did, too.  I literally fell out of my chair laughing.  It was his last tour.

where did you guys see him? i saw him in wichita winter of 2003/2004.

Different craphole for me:  Tampa.

[ksuno1stunner]

I like Daniel Tosh, but I don't watch much stand up.

[michigancat]

I saw him at the Uptown in KC in 05.  Marques Hayden was there after KSU lost to CU by 10 earlier in the day.

[waks]

I saw him at the Uptown in KC in 05.  Marques Hayden was there after KSU lost to CU by 10 earlier in the day.

I've heard this story once before..

[greasd up deaf guy]

David Cross/Bill Hicks

[asava]

hicks is pretty much the king. cross gets a little too politcal sometimes, but for the most part he is genius, but i liked his portrayal as Tobias Bluthe better than his stand up.

[waks]

hicks is pretty much the king. cross gets a little too politcal sometimes, but for the most part he is genius, but i liked his portrayal as Tobias Bluthe better than his stand up.

Oh how I miss Arrested Development.

[asava]

Tobias: Oh, no, no. I’m not in the group yet. No, I’m afraid I just blue myself.

Michael: There’s got to be a better way to say that.

[waks]

I never understood why they canceled it.

[asava]

fox didn't know how to market it. they put it on the wrong nights, at the wrong time, competing for the wrong audience. a show that wins an emmy the same year it gets cancelled is not the problem. the problem was fox. then they tried to get on showtime or hbo. neither of them picked it up immediately. after dvd sales went up showtime tried picking it up, but the writers had already called it quits and were so fed up with the whole situation that they just said no.

[greasd up deaf guy]

hicks is pretty much the king. cross gets a little too politcal sometimes, but for the most part he is genius, but i liked his portrayal as Tobias Bluthe better than his stand up.

I respect your opinion but completely disagree. The genius of Cross on Arrested Development is that most of his dialogue was improv on the show, and for the most part, was the only cast member allowed to do so.
His standup is brilliant because you rarely ever see the punchline coming. I suppose if you don't have the same venom for pop culture and the American political landscape, I guess you wouldn't find his material that entertaining. I find Hicks to be my favorite but Cross is getting better as he releases more material.
If you don't find this funny, I'm not sure what's wrong with you: http://youtube.com/watch?v=B2QqrvSryQA

[pissclams]

squagles lol

[greasd up deaf guy]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wAVaDxbqiZU
Also solid and probably NSFW.