[Closed] Your favourite Stand Up Comic?

The funniest I saw live was Ross Noble. Over an hour of seemingly unscripted audience interaction...

Charlie Williams ...

Eh pet ?

freddie Starr live in the 1980s.

Daniel Kitson.

Doug Stanhope

The funniest I saw live was Ross Noble. Over an hour of seemingly unscripted audience interaction...

Yeah, I saw him a few years back. Quite an impressive performance but I felt exhausted at the end of it.

Chris Rock

Had Mike Read to one of my stag do's he was epic, came with a couple of strippers.

These days prefer Michael McIntyre with the kids about and pseudo polite company such is the environment at our gaff .

I like richie hall, Richard prior and Craig Campbell.

Stewart Lee.
Dara O'Briain.

This fella......

Dara Ó Briain

Tommy Tiernan....... pure brilliance

I like Stu Francis, good one liners and Mikey Flanagan is making me chuckle lately, not seen either live though 🙁

Big Yin, the eddie murphy stuff is amazing too

Stu Francis

If you're talking about the Canadian quick fire one liner guy - he's good live (although the second time I saw him [i]many [/i]of the jokes were repeated).

But if you're talking about the original grape crusher....I'm right with you!

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If you're talking about the Canadian quick fire one liner guy - he's good live (although the second time I saw him [i]many [/i]of the jokes were repeated).

But if you're talking about the original grape crusher....I'm right with you!

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Stewart Lee.

Stewart Lee is an incredible word-smith and hugely underrated. Not that he would care.

Stewart Lee for pure stand up

(bumped into Stu Francis 2 weeks ago at Bolton Town Hall ....thats all)

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I said you buy one, you get one free.

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Is Dave Allen allowed?

I saw Ricky Gervais at the Oxford New Theatre for his 'Science' show. 2 hours of my life I will never get back. Stephen Merchant was surprisingly good though.

Chris Rock

Of the ones that aren't dead, I really rate Jim Jeffries... His material's not that reliable but his delivery is superb.

And Ross Noble, when he hits a good vein... He can be absolutely rubbish mind if it doesn't click, but when it does there's nothing else like him that I've seen. I saw him once in a late show in the festival, the other 3 acts that were supposed to play all gave up their slots just so they could watch him in full flow.

Louis CK is top drawer. American so not sure how much he does over here.

Frankie Boyle slays me - he's lost his way a wee bit recently trying to be TV's most extreme comedian, but he'll come good again. Love his delivery.

Have to be a heretic and say Bill Hicks has dated really badly, even by the of-its-time standard of stand-up comedy. I saw him 93ish when he toured here and thought he was phenomenal, so it could be my sense of humour has atrophied.

Have to be a heretic and say Bill Hicks has dated really badly, even by the off-its-time standard of stand-up comedy. I saw him 93ish when he toured here and thought he was phenomenal, so it could be my sense of humour has atrophied.

Yeah, I know what you mean, however I remind myself that the society he was rampaging against back then is all so normal to us now. But that is what makes his material still relevant today I think.

I always enjoy seeing Dave Spikey old school and good fun.

Another for Billy Connoly (his early stuff). I do like Ross Noble too.

TJ. Comedy gold!

It is a joke, isn't it?

And I loved Dave Allen as a kid but does he count (he sat on a stool).

Sean Lock and Mickey Flannagan for me.

Following a tip-off on STW I've been listening to Mitch Hedberg, sadly he's dead now, but very very funny, on spotify...

http://open.spotify.com/user/ffflow/playlist/2RSUsOSC6RnI1KdrqMkdT8

Stewart Lee

NSFW as is just about everything with Chris Rock

Of those I've actually seen live.

Rhod Gilbert for top-bloke-you-would-like-a-beer-with-shouty-rantiness.
Eddie Izzard in his stand-up prime.
Stewart Lee (moments of sheer genius and happy to plough his own furrow).
Chris Addison (too clever by half but funny as **** and best when he touches on more 'serious' stuff).

Also always try to get to see Bill Bailey and Dave Gorman when they gig within driving distance.

slainte 😆 rob

Mitch Hedberg. Nicely obtuse.

Haven't really got a fav at the mo, but I'll tell you who I recently saw on DVD and was far funnier that I expected: Sarah Millican. Pretty rude too - not what I was expecting. Dirtier and more clever than the somewhat more homely type she portrays on most shows.

Saw Eddie Izzard 2-3 years ago doing one of his prep shows. Twas more a yawn fest than anything else. used to like him but feel he's disappeared up his own convoluted arse these days.

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Seriously - best I've ever seen live.

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Have enjoyed the following live over the last couple of years;
Rhod Gilbert
Stephen K Amos
Daniel Kitson

Caught Lee Mack on BBC 1 the other night, he was excellent I genuinely laughing. Given the rubbish stand ups of late on TV such as the dismal McIntyre.

Lee mack was very good on the apollo shows.

The best I've seen wax Jason Byrne at a pretty small venue. Ended up 100% impromtu audience interaction

I love the way Rhod Gilbert seems to get more and more Welsh the more excited he gets.

Bill Bailey is funny and a brilliant musician to boot. Chris Addison is pretty funny. Sarah Milican is good too.

Herry Hill is pretty good, he appeals on so many levels. I like the fact he's just plain daft. Not sure I could watch him repeatedly though.

Another for Stewart Lee

Eddie Izzard

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Daniel Kitson.

Intelligent, verbose and very funny. You'll either love him...or you're a cloven-hoofed ****-knuckle. He doesn't do telly and the few YouTube clips aren't that great, but there's a superb free podcast on iTunes.

Another thumbs up for Stewart Lee and, of course, Bill Hicks was Jesus.