Your favorite (stand-up) comedians

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.
Agreed - Nate Bargatze is hilarious.
 
How did I forget him? Very funny. Cringe worthy very funny. Watching Tom Hanks repulsed expression was epic.
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.
 
For current comedians performing today, Nate is awesome.
Jim Gaffigan has good material too. We often use a line from his McDonald's skit when we are out shopping ("we'll lose money if we don't buy this...")

Some McDonald's fun:
 
My fav one-liner came from Gallagher, back when MTV burst onto the scene:

"Does Joe Jackson HAVE to be in his videos?"
 
Long ago I saw Bob Newhart open at Lake Tahoe and Don Rickles was in the audience. The banter between the two was incredible. Don Rickles was the best heckler ever!
 
Andy Huggins. one liners. old f*rt. new to me as of a couple days ago:

 
Samantha Bee
Tig Notaro
Wanda Sykes
Lily Tomlin
Amber Ruffin
Jane Curtin
Kate McKinnon
Ali Wong
Jenny Slate
Aasif Mandvi
Bob Newhart
Jim Gaffigan
 
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Forget if I mentioned before but Bobby Slayton. Very politically incorrect (but not nasty/mean-spirited) FYI, so if one is easily offended, definitely avoid.
 
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.
 
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.
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.
 
Classics.....

Don Rickles
Minnie Pearl

Today.....

Leann Morgan
John Crist
 
I went with friends and saw Jim Jeffries and Jimmy Carr last month. Second time seeing Carr live.

Both very non PC and very non "woke". It would not appeal to people who like their comedy PG.

They managed to sell out the stadium though... 12,500 people. I was impressed by that.
 
As others have mentioned, Bob Newhart is probably at the top of my list. I also liked the Redneck Comedy guys. As good as they are on their own, their shows with two or more are so funny

My husband is a big fan of Don Friesan.

I really like Kathleen Madigan. I also really liked Jeanne Robertson, although she considered herself a humorist rather than comedian.
 
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.
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.
I agree, George Carlin was a master of his art.
I also really liked Richard Jeni. His "A big Steaming Pile of Me" and "Greatest Bits" are fantastic.
I like Dave Attell's "Skanks for the Memories" album, too.
 
Sam Kinisons necrophilia bit and crucifixion seared into my brain.

Richard Pryor pain and profanity likewise.
 
Steven Wright. Anyone mention him?

Truly different.
 
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