Whos your favourite comedian???

[Cb1963]

So I'll start the ball rolling, there's different types of comedy, I remember the likes of Dave Allen, Dick emery , Benny Hill , Frank Spencer, and of course John Cleese and Co, then we had also the Goodies, as I've got older only certain ones make me laugh, Lee mack is quick and very witty, I suppose Peter Kay and Micheal Macntyre also included , some " comedy "shows are pretty average, I find Mrs brown boys toe curlingly painful, but also I enjoy Mick Miller, the noddy drunken alcoholic is absolutely hilarious , do throw a few more at me and see if I've forgotten some quality comedians 🤣

[MadBunny]

You've forgotten Tommy Cooper 😊

[Cb1963 in reply to MadBunny]

Just like that 🤣

[MadBunny in reply to Cb1963]

🤣🤣

[hypercat54 in reply to Cb1963]

And Morecome and Wise! My dad loved Laurel and Hardy too and Harry Worth.

[Weatherwoman in reply to hypercat54]

Loved Laurel & Hardy, too! Watched them growing up (yeah, I'm "OLD!"

[Downandout123]

Sebastian Maniscalco is my all time favorite!

[LifeIsThePitts in reply to Downandout123]

His TJ Maxx skit was HILARIOUS 🤣

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[Downandout123 in reply to LifeIsThePitts]

Hmmm... why am I not remembering that one?🤔 Did you see his skit from a while ago about when he was growing up and people would come to the door?! I find him hysterical!

[LifeIsThePitts in reply to Downandout123]

Just added the clip from YouTube 🤣

[LifeIsThePitts in reply to Downandout123]

He's hilarious!! Wished he'd put out another showtime or HBO special

[Downandout123 in reply to LifeIsThePitts]

Haha!! I remember it now!!😂

[LifeIsThePitts]

Lucille Ball, Betty White, Robin Williams, Bill Hicks

[Cb1963 in reply to LifeIsThePitts]

Oh yes , great choice, Robin Williams, super 👌

[Downandout123 in reply to Cb1963]

I used to like David Brenner too.

[Vonus5591]

Rowan Atkinson or Mr Bean

[Cb1963 in reply to Vonus5591]

Of course, see I have forgotten some,thanks!!!

[Adlon57 in reply to Vonus5591]

Blackadder, brilliant✔, Mr. Bean🥱

[MadBunny]

The Two Ronnies- the classic four candles sketch .Morecambe and Wise

[Cb1963 in reply to MadBunny]

Oh yes, fork off 🤣

[Cb1963]

Oh and also Danny Bhoy live at the appollo, the bagpipe sketch, and kers not forget Billy connelly 🤣

[Cb1963]

Freddie Star, great singer as well 😀

[MadBunny in reply to Cb1963]

I'd forgotten about him.

[mrmonk]

Too many to list, but the late Richard Lewis will always be my comedic spirit animal.

[kenster1]

Dave Allen was classic comedy.

[Adlon57 in reply to kenster1]

He is the sort of person going to the pub on a Saturday night, meet him at the end of the bar, for a couple of pints, and in his case a wee short! Classic!👌

[Cb1963]

Oh snd let's not forget Mike Yarwood !!!

[Cb1963]

Not everyones favourite but the embassy club in Manchester Bernard Manning

[Cb1963]

How about Les Dawson 🤔 😏

[MadBunny in reply to Cb1963]

Never liked him.

[Cb1963 in reply to MadBunny]

Yes a dry sense of humour 😏

[hypercat54]

I saw an American comedian live who I had never heard of - Rich something. He was absolutely brilliant.

When he said Dylan had got a bit sloppy and he himself played the harmonica sloppily I actually screamed with laughter.

[Cb1963 in reply to hypercat54]

The other American i like was John pinette, doing the Chinese takeaway sketch, absolutely hilarious 😂

[Downandout123 in reply to Cb1963]

"You here 4 hour!!"" 😂

[Cb1963 in reply to Downandout123]

Ha, ha I better not swear but that was effin hilarious 🤣

[Downandout123 in reply to Cb1963]

😂

[Nothing_but_books in reply to Cb1963]

I remember that! I was screaming! 😆

[Roxylox in reply to hypercat54]

Would it be Rich Hall - very good.

[Cb1963 in reply to Roxylox]

I'm remember that comedian!!!

[Roxylox in reply to Cb1963]

Thanks for your post. It was nice and lighthearted

[hypercat54 in reply to Roxylox]

Yes that's him. Ta very much. He was hilarious.

[Roxylox in reply to hypercat54]

Yeah, I love his deadpan humour

[Roxylox in reply to hypercat54]

Yeah, I love his deadpan humour

[LifeIsThePitts]

Laurel and Hardy, Cheech and Chong, Penn and Teller

[Cb1963 in reply to LifeIsThePitts]

Oh yeah, that's another fine mess you've got me into 🤣

[LifeIsThePitts in reply to Cb1963]

Benny Hill, too!!

[Cb1963 in reply to LifeIsThePitts]

Ye he's already in my main list I think 🤔

[LifeIsThePitts in reply to LifeIsThePitts]

Oops... missed that one 😉

[LifeIsThePitts in reply to Cb1963]

Did you ever watch Hee Haw 🤠 in the 70s-80s?

[kenster1 in reply to LifeIsThePitts]

Hee Haw in Scotland is having nothing like money food general things.

[Cb1963 in reply to kenster1]

What about chewin the fat?

[LifeIsThePitts in reply to kenster1]

youtu.be/LXakT4hTskU?si=vkV...(Not working as expected?)

Here's a YouTube clip from hee haw in the 70s

[Cb1963 in reply to LifeIsThePitts]

I'll try and watch it tomorrow as I probably need my bed, thanks 😊

[Shnookie in reply to LifeIsThePitts]

Loved Minnie Pearl. Howdee !!

[LifeIsThePitts in reply to Shnookie]

I've been to the grand Ole Opry multiple times in Tennessee with my parents And grandparents as a kid. It's a favorite memory of mine from childhood. Minnie Pearl is a gem 💎

[Shnookie in reply to LifeIsThePitts]

She certainly was.

[LifeIsThePitts]

Steve Martin, Dana carvey, John Belushi, Richard prior, John Candy, dan akroid, Chris Farley, Phil Hartman

[Nothing_but_books in reply to LifeIsThePitts]

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[kenster1]

Steptoe and son.

[Cb1963 in reply to kenster1]

" you dirty old man " ALBERT!🤣

[Adlon57 in reply to Cb1963]

You ever meet him in real life, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SET!

[Adlon57]

Ken Dodd, he could keep you going for hours🤗

[Cb1963 in reply to Adlon57]

Yes, my mum and dad went to see him, and they reckoned he told the taxi drivers outside he'd keep the audience in until the last train left!🤣

[Cb1963 in reply to Adlon57]

I did a bit of a turn for him with my pals in the Grovesnar Hotel in London!!!

[Adlon57]

Buster Keaton, very underrated!👍

[Cb1963 in reply to Adlon57]

Ah yes very clever and amusing at the same time!!!

[Nothing_but_books in reply to Adlon57]

Another silent film fan! Yay!

I'd add Harold Lloyd as a sales clerk, cutting fabric for women on half-price day. I don't remember the name of the film unfortunately.

[hypercat54]

How about Kenny Everett? He was funny in his day.

[Cb1963 in reply to hypercat54]

Oh yes definitely!!! I remember a comedy series called Balls of Steel , boy that was funny 😁

[Nothing_but_books]

Hilarious. At least to me, but I'm a sicko.

⚠️ If you're easily offended, don't watch the video. ⚠️

The writers know what a great comic talent Hugh Laurie has, and they write to it.

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[Nothing_but_books]

"So, there's that."

More of my sick sense of humor.

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[Nothing_but_books]

A forgetful old gasman named Dieter

Who went poking around his gas heater

Touched a leak with his light

He blew out of sight

And as everyone who knows anything about poetry can tell you, he also ruined the meter

[TangledUpIn]

Jimmy Kimmel, Wanda Skyes 😄

[NF1234]

The comedian I currently like is Josh Johnson on YouTube. He also is a host on the daily show in the United States.

[SallyO420]

Kevin Hart, Dave Chappel

[glenninindy]

Debo. He's at the Mr. Macaroni channel on YouTube. It's a sitcom from Nigeria.

[Cb1963 in reply to glenninindy]

Ah very interesting 😊

[Bigneil1]

Love Billy connollly

[Adlon57 in reply to Bigneil1]

Banana feet? Classic🍌🍌!

[Blue333]

Rodney Dangerfield.

[Shnookie in reply to Blue333]

Dangerfield on the Johnny Carson show and doing his monologues was classic.

[CatsandCheese]

Abbott and Costello, Bob Newhart

[Cb1963 in reply to CatsandCheese]

Ah yes , good choice 👌

[Riverslim]

Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall,Eddie izzard, Bill hicks, Robin Williams,

Doc Brown, Matt Rife, Ricky Gervais, Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese.

[CatsandCheese]

Peter Sellers, Jonathan Winters, Don Knotts

[Weatherwoman in reply to CatsandCheese]

Peter Sellers, YES!

[secrets22]

I loved Dame Edna Everage, her outrageous humour was wonderful.

[Cb1963 in reply to secrets22]

Yes I thought of her 🤣 or should I say him 🤣

[Cyprusfan]

Mickey flanagan 😂

[Cb1963 in reply to Cyprusfan]

Off course 🤣

[Cyprusfan in reply to Cb1963]

We watch his you tube clips cheers us up instantly

[roses4all]

Canadian here. Rick Mercer (22 Minutes, and his political rants), Red Green (The Red Green Show).. Great post!

[Cb1963 in reply to roses4all]

Thanks for replying 🙂

[Blearyeyed]

Who is your favourite Comedian?A funny one 😆😆😆

I love lots some far out ones around today that people may not have heard of but also the oldies like Morecambe and Wise, Peter and Dudley, The Two Ronnies , The Goons, Joyce Grenfell, Hinge and Brackett, Victoria Wood, Julian Clary , Eddie Izzard , David Frost, The not the nine o'clock news Gang, Les Dawson's piano playing because he was such a good pianist but could pretend to play so badly.

Even guys like Will Haye, Harold Lloyd , WC Fields, The Crazy Gang, The Little Rascals

I suppose my favourite would be Tommy Cooper because I chatted with him often as a child because he was friends with my Dad , and I was at first a little scared then really liked Ken Dodd because he was a friend of my Grandparents and occasionally came over for Sunday tea, He was very clever and kind , he only scared me when I was very little because he had such huge hands( which made him very sad).

He gave me a cute little child's mug with Diddymen characters on and a little tickling stick , I've still got them.

[Mountainlover57]

George Carlin was one of my all-time favorite comedians. I also liked Eddie Murphy.

[Shnookie in reply to Mountainlover57]

Eddy Murphy was hysterical on Saturday Night Live. I’m Jewish. And Murray’s impersonation of an old Jewish man on the show was spot on.

[Weatherwoman in reply to Mountainlover57]

George Carlin was one of my All Time Favs. Saw him live in Reno with my Sig. Other! He opened the show with, "Pussy Farts," ops, can I write that! When he started on religion, a couple of the people in the rows in back of us started to walk out!!! Geez, they apparently didn't KNOW Geo. Carlin. He was one of the "biting" BEST! What a brilliant mind, and So much truth in his biting, and oh so funny words, and delivery!

[Mountainlover57 in reply to Weatherwoman]

Haha. George Carlin spoke his mind and that's what I loved about him. Yes his delivery was stellar...perfection. Im glad you enjoyed seeing him. I saw him in 1978 at the Hookers Ball in San Francisco. It was a very unique event i should say.

[Weatherwoman in reply to Mountainlover57]

Yep, he was Perfection! Never went to the Hookers Ball in S.F. --had meant to, but never got there!!!

[Mountainlover57]

Laughter is good and I enjoy comedy whenever I can tune in to a good comedian.

[Cb1963 in reply to Mountainlover57]

Indeed, thanks for your reply 👍

[Woolybluecurl]

Thanks for the question! I love the opportunity to think about comedians....some of my favorite people! I see you're in the UK, and I don't recognize many of the names people have shared. I'm a native Californian....here are some of my favorites: Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Steve Martin, Martin Short, many of the SNL crew (not sure if you get SNL where you are)....Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Dana Carvey, Will Farrell, Mike Meyers, ....oh, there's so many! Someone else mentioned David Brenner....one of the best! This is one of his bits: When he rode the subway, he always put some newspaper down on the seat before sitting down because it was always so dirty, and one day the guy sitting across from him pointed to the newspaper he was sitting on and asked, "Are you reading that?" So he got up, turned the page, sat back down and said, "Yes." Ha!

[Cb1963 in reply to Woolybluecurl]

I've heard and seen a few American comedian's on your list, but not all of them, abd yes the one's I've seen have been extremely funny 😄 thanks for your reply 👍

[Woolybluecurl]

Oh, and Jon Stewart!

[Mark1499]

George Carlin Richard Pryr and Dave Chappell

[Goldilocks11]

I'd add Dylan Moran, Danny Bhoy and the youngster, Larry Dean.I think Billy Connolly and Robin Williams are my top two.

[Cb1963 in reply to Goldilocks11]

Loved Danny Bhoy doing the bagpipe sketch 🤣

[Goldilocks11 in reply to Cb1963]

It's fab