Favourite Stand-Up Comedians

The only person I've actually seen live in a club who's made me laugh was Mary Lynn Rajskub.

"To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With" = a pinnacle of Western civilization.

Rip Torn?

Ooh, you've reminded me of Peter Baynham's in-character stuff on that show as Peter The Welsh Virgin...

"...Today's recipe is for fizzy curryade. What you do is get all the remaining juice at the bottom of curry takeaway foil trays, pour it into a glass, and then put a straw into it and blow a lot to make it bubbly, and then drink it. Fizzy curryade."

Bob Carolgees stayed up all night comforting Spit the Dog when John Major's Dangerous Dogs law was introduced.

I'm pleasantly surprised that Peter Kay's popularity has extended outside the North West, I wasn't sure how it would go down with Southern Jessies. But anyone who wants to "do for Bolton what Woody Allen did for Manhattan" is God in my book.

As for holding the audience's attention - surely the master is Ken Dodd. He plays Springsteen-like marathon sets and the laughs only start to dry up at the three-hour mark (which is when he jumps into his Bentley and hits the M62 for a late show in Eccles). So says my Dad.

I'd love to see a video compilation of all the comedians Bob Monkhouse and Des O'Connor had on their chat shows in the early 80s; I mean, they probably weren't *all* as good as Kelly Monteith, but I bet there are some forgotten gems in there, now working the cruise ships or script editing on My Two Dads - Ten Years On.

I wish I'd seen Dave Allen though; everyone I've heard see him says he is fantastic.

I've not seen the Mighty Boosh, but Noel solo was very funny.

Dave Gorman is remarkable in that he can be very funny without any actual jokes.

Other hilarity comes from Eddie Izzard, Jack Dee and... Well, I really should be able to think of someone else, because things are funnier in threes, but my mind has gone blank.

Peter Kay sucks donkeydong

To whoever asked, Phil Kaye is still around, he did the comedy tent at Reading this year.

I found a Rodney Dangerfield cassette in a drawer when I started one job, and kept it. It's sexist old stuff, but he cracks enormous numbers of jokes, and lots are funny, and he delivers them very well, and he has a very well-defined comedy persona. Is he popular in America, or seen as feeble and outmoded, or what?

We don't get much American stand-up over here - I've only ever seen one Woody Allen routine, for instance.

Brilliant WFMU article on Shecky Greene

My Friars Club pal just posted photos on FB from a recent lunch w/ Shecky Greene (Jackie the Joke Man also at the table). Shecky was "on" for hours, apparently.

http://www.showbiz411.com/2014/04/22/friars-roast-burned-gilbert-gottfrieds-dirtiest-joke-ever-sends-legend-shecky-greene-out-the-door

When is Shecky Greene ever not "on".

he's about 88, i thought he got tired mebbe

I'm going to keep an eye out for Joe Pera from now on

http://www.vulture.com/2016/05/joe-pera-performs-stand-up-on-late-night-kills.html

http://www.hulu.com/watch/941239

Rory Scovel is a new fave. Pretty brilliant.

Shalewa's the reason I moved to Atlanta (she got me my first job here). She lives in NYC now and her album's about to come out. Here's the titular bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lo_QUo9wzc

Loved Ali Wong's netflix special

My favourite? None of them

The leader of the Labour party taking his cues on racism from a comedian who performed in Blackface in the 90s https://t.co/IIWgjZU0oN pic.twitter.com/W3CcICkSTJ

— black lives matter (@jrc1921) November 16, 2021

YT keeps throwing Randy Feltface at me, 'tis good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2px8F_zDyg

having some challenge with the over-use of smart-ass crowd work that i see online lately - has gotten super old for me

just started in on the James Acaster specials on Netflix, holy hell this guy is amazing. he's like Carlin and Seinfeld and Mitch Hedburg all in one. only on the first one but the way he changes the entire performance into being about him being undercover is really incredible

Love him, still haven't watched all of those since my partner does not like him for some reason.

Saw two totally amazing stand-up performances recently, for completely opposite reasons - Sheng Wang and Moshe Kasher.

(Sheng Wang is extremely Hedbergian and composed, in fact it was kind of a shock whenever he said something that veered off his well-crafted material, and Kasher is just a ridiculously quick-witted improviser who can do a whole set off crowd work, even though his material is great too)

new dave attell on netflix made me laugh. how can someone who looks so sleepy be so quick?

glad he's still around, there were times when I almost wondered if he passed because I just never heard about him anymore despite the fact that he seemed to be really popular for a while. I get why Dane Cook fizzled out (not funny) but Dave at least seems like a guy who should be getting consistent voice work. like how is he not in Bojack Horseman or something

ah, sheng wang is the dude with the Costco fashion routine!

Craig Ferguson worth seeing?

I’d see him if I had a shot. He is a comedian that can just riff on what is going on around him at a super high level.

thanks. grabbed tix for his late show Friday night in SF.

I’m impressed that Dave Atell has never lost that machine gun delivery that was his trademark and for a guy whose career has been dense constant riffing on jokes, he doesn’t repeat himself all that much.

There is always a big part of self deprecation but the disses are different. Even guys like Brian Regan that are really good still kinda roll though greatest hits a bit.

Mostly shit. But this was good.

ICYMI - the brilliant Kevin McAleer does comedy perfection - with subtitles this time pic.twitter.com/61D4U1vOXO

— Paul Tuffy 🇮🇪🫱🏻‍🫲🏽🇵🇸 (@notoracismIRL) July 25, 2024

His bit about the owl photo is my partner's favourite sketch. The audience just don't know what to make of it

this one has met with approval too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBKZfsPI3Ns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdt5Hsvdxrs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkva_DBuDf4

she needs a special.

i didn't know she was a part of the bro-dude kill tony/rogan crew! the more i dig the more i learn. i feel like i need to do a credit check on comedians these days. i still think she's pretty funny but any rogan associate to me is...blah.
i do realize that people probably think if they go on the rogan show they can probably eat for a year with the gigs they can line up. its a moral quandary.

I'd never heard of Kill Tony but this explains some of the things popping up in my youtube algo, lol.

Ali is a friend and, indeed, hilarious. She’s in the Rogan sphere but not all in. She opens for Maron, too, and is probably more aligned there. She got her start as Lil Ali on Ryan Seacrest’s LA morning radio show when she was like 9/10 years old. They’d have her prank listeners and it was hilarious.

Lil Ali! okay, that's pretty funny. her podcast can be funny in a bored teenager way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrgCQctDFDI