The best stand up ? Past or present

So who is the best stand up comedian in your eyes ?

There are a million's to choose from but I will start off with the most current ones..

Bill Burr - This guy is from New York,most of his sentences end with a what the the ****.but if you look past the cliche New York slang the guy is amazingly witty and dam right rude.[video=youtube;xvMoF4lAwmw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvMoF4lAwmw[/video]

Check out the Bill Burr Monday morning podcast if you are keen on his stuff, its free!


Eddie Izzard

Growing up all I saw was a bloke who dressed up in women's clothes and wore make up.
When I actually listened to some of his stuff I was in tears,I like Eddie because he will
take risks on stage,he will try and riff it and sometimes he fall on his arse with a lot
of the crowd scratching their heads... When he gets it right there is no one funnier![video=youtube;hp69rg6Hdlo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp69rg6Hdlo[/video]

Adam Bloom

I saw this guy ten years ago and thought he would go onto big things,for whatever reason he hasnt but I think he's worth a butchers if you have never heard of him .. [video=youtube;GAI99lf4Zfc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAI99lf4Zfc[/video]

 

Jim ****in' Davidson.
He a hoot.

 

We've done this before numerous times and the end result is always the same top three:
Al Murray
Jim Davidson
Bernard Manning

 

Doug Stanhope

 

Nah I doubt it,anyone under the age of 40 would struggle to know any of their stuff, what would you say the average age was on here ?

 

About 70.

 

Great,I will start some thread's on bargain coffins available throughout the country

 

You do that. I'm about to watch the clips you posted and I dare say they'll be good or even great so thanks for that. I never knock a comedian as I wouldn't have the bottle to get up on stage and do what they do even if I was really ****ing pissed.

 

[video=youtube;KdrVkPBy5nw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdrVkPBy5nw[/video][video=youtube;x_43-4xjnVA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_43-4xjnVA[/video]

 

That motherfucker drunk

 

When performing he usually is.

 

Rhod Gilbert

 

Dylan Moron is fantastic,he always comes across as it he were just talking in his local pub

 

Hope he does some new stuff soon the Australia tour was great.

 

Bill Hicks.

End of thread.

 

Legends:

Bill Hicks - No 1 (always)

Richard Pryor

Billy Connolly

My personal favourite:

Eddie Izzard (seen him live 4 times)

Others

In no particular order (and only based on TV/DVDs)

Sean Lock
(Early) Frankie Boyle
Tim Vine
Bill Bailey
Lee Mack
Ricky Gervais

Unfunny ****s

Comediennes
Michael McIntryre
Stephen K Amos
Lee Evans
Omid Djalli
Danny Bhoy

To name a few

 

George Carlin deserves an honourable mention at this point too.

 

Picking one it would have to be...

Bill Bailey.

 

Hash's tale of him owning a BMW M5 and having kids was quite funny

 

Like Bill Bailey good stuff Tinsleworm was good.

Never got the Bill Hicks thing, clever but not that funny.