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Brian Regan!
Agreed - Nate Bargatze is hilarious.A modern comedian I like is Nate Bargatze. Someone showed me the SNL skit where he played George Washington, and I thought it was hilarious. I checked out his other stuff on YouTube and his comedy special and liked them a lot.
Rita Rudner is another good comedienne.
Ricky Gervais is (IMHO, of course) the best stand-up comic since Jerry Seinfeld. Every one of his Netflix specials has been "laugh out loud" hilarious to me.How did I forget him? Very funny. Cringe worthy very funny. Watching Tom Hanks repulsed expression was epic.
My favorite of his - "I had the right to remain silent... but I didn't have the ability". Been there, done that....Ron White (you can't fix stupid).
Nate Bergatze is probably top right now. No swearing, no dirty stuff, just good humor.
Yeah, I've heard him talk about it and he's dogmatic about stand-up being the "purist" form of comedy and there being nothing like getting that live laughter feedback.I see Jerry Seinfeld is still touring doing his stand up act, must enjoy the rush of being in front of a crowd. For someone who's worth close to $1B he's certainly not doing it for the money.
Growing up, I really liked Eddie Murphy. I know he did a lot of not-so-good stuff later in life, but, in the '80s he was really funny to me. I got his self-titled and "Comedian" cassette tapes back when I was 15 or so. I still remember (and even use) most of his jokes from those albums. I even loved his jokes/stories about Bill Cosby calling him to chastise him for his bad language.For me and in no order except maybe for the first one:
- Bill Cosby. Him doing what he did sucks but doesn't change how funny his material was. I think "Himself" was the best comedian show ever, but his older stuff is also classic...he also deserves high praise for being able to be funny without being in the sewer or even swearing.
- George Carlin. The absolute master of language and I loved his observations of it. I thought his "angry man" bit towards the end of his life however was weak.
- Don Rickles. He wouldn't get to first base in today's political-correctness-gone-viral world. Thank God he came along sooner and was one of the best ever. Also the best comedian to have as a talk show guest; his stuff with Johnny Carson (but also elsewhere) was so great.
- Leo Gallagher. Easily wins my "most underrated" award. Some dismiss him as just a "prop comedian" which is a joke, he was so much more (but even his prop stuff was great).
- Dana Carvey. My favorite "absurdist." I esp love his musical bits.
- Robin Williams. Self-explanatory.
There are many others of course, but if I had to narrow it down to roughly a handful, to me these are the most memorable.
Oh, yes!Jonathon Winters.