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Greatest Comedian of All Time
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Who do you think is the greatest comedian of all time and what is their best joke?
I'd say Eddie Izzard, with his best bit being this...
If a movie made any kind of business in America, Hollywood would remake it and it wouldn't be anything like the original.
It would be a Room with a View of HELL! Staircase of SATAN! Pond of DEATH! "What are ya doin' with the fuckin' matches! Always in here with the fuckin' matches!" "Hey, shut up! Hey, you fuck my wife? You fuck my wife? You fuck my wife?" "I *am* your wife." "Don't matter! Don't matter! You fuck my wife?" "Yes, I fucked your wife. I am your wife and I fucked her"
"Ahhhh... Oh no! Space Monkeys are attacking!" That's a part that wasn't in the original.
[mimes shooting guns that don't work, then dialing a phone]
"Jeanine, I love you, even though you fucked my wife." BWOOOOSH!
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Re: Greatest Comedian of All Time
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carlin is funny, so is andre dice clay.
"strange things happen all the time, and so it goes and so it goes. and the book says, 'we may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us'" - MAGNOLIA
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Re: Greatest Comedian of All Time
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11/03/05 02:10 AM
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Don Rickles is great, I loved his bits on the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts, and a few he had on the Dean Martin Show.
"Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid"
- John Wayne
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Re: Greatest Comedian of All Time
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I would never discount Stand-up from regular comedy. Some of the best ever were famous for that aspect of comedy: Carlin, Pryor, Kinison, etc. It's not just going up and telling jokes. It's timing, working the audience, just like any other aspect of comedy, at least to me.
Others I forgot to mention: Groucho Marx, Woody Allen, Don Rickles, Red Foxx, Robert Schimmel.
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Re: Greatest Comedian of All Time
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I havent seen many American comedians and I dont like the German comedians since they're all too "cold" IMO. But there's one guy who has brought the MOST HILLARIOUS ISH Ive ever seen. Dave Chappelle! I LMAO everytime I see the second season of Chappelle's Show. His stand up comedy is hilarious too. I LOVE THAT GUY. my vote goes to him 
Quote of the Moment: "Fredo - you're my older brother, and I love you. But don't ever take sides with anyone against the Family again. Ever." Michael Corleone My DVD Collection | My Showroom
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Re: Greatest Comedian of All Time
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John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, and Paris Hilton.
See, we can act as smart as we want, but at the end of the day, we still follow a guy who fucks himself with kebab skewers.
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Re: Greatest Comedian of All Time
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Originally posted by DonVitoCorleone:
Dave Chappelle.
Killin' em Softly and For What it's Worth immortalize this guy as a stand up comedian. DVC, have you seen the Chappelle Show? The second season is even funnier than "Killin Them Softly". You HAVE to get that one. Sketches like "Black Bush", "Celebrity Trials", "Kneehigh Park", "N**** Family" etc. are instant CLASSICS! Dave in the celebrity trials "Michael Jackson": Man: What about Michael saying its OK that children sleep with him? Dave: That dont mean anything. Im sure there is plenty of kids who sleep in bed with adults all the time, and nothing happens! Man: So do you think Michael Jackson is guilty in the charges against him? Dave: Nah man. He made thriller....THRILLER! Man: So you'd like your children sleep with him? Dave: FUCK NO! 
Quote of the Moment: "Fredo - you're my older brother, and I love you. But don't ever take sides with anyone against the Family again. Ever." Michael Corleone My DVD Collection | My Showroom
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Re: Greatest Comedian of All Time
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When you say greatest of all time, you have to think of Carlin, Pryor, Williams, Eddie Murphy, and maybe a few others. However, there are some new comers that are taking standup into the next generation. Dane Cook really is a talented stand up, and if he stays on top then theres no reason he cant become one of the greats. Some other good ones are Patton Oswalt, Jim Norton, Kevin James, Jay Mohr, and Ron White. There is also some great underground comics that are starting to make their rise to fame. Brian Reagan is HILLARIOUS and one of my personal favorites. Nick Swordson, Nick Dipaolo, Greg Giraldo, Greg Rogell and Paul F. Thompkins are some other notable mentions.
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Re: Greatest Comedian of All Time
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Suprised nobody even at least mentioned Jerry Lewis
"Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid"
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Re: Greatest Comedian of All Time
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Originally posted by Enzo Scifo:
Paris Hilton. WTF?!?! You do realize she isn't acting, she really is that fucking stupid...  I personally model my jokes and delivery after Jay Leno, so I have to give him a nod as one of the greats, but there are so many, I don't think we can determine who is the greatest.
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Re: Greatest Comedian of All Time
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Charlie Chaplin-(watch Modern Times)
W C Fields
Dennis Miller
John Cleese (or the entire Monty Python company)
The Three Stooges
The late Sam Kinnison (brilliant but plagued by demons)
I obviously like visual comedy except in the case of Dennis Miller's and Kinnison's commentaries on life.
"How's the Italian food in this restaurant?'
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Re: Greatest Comedian of All Time
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In my opinion, the greatest of all was Totò. Probably you never heard of him,, so if you ever have the chance to watch a movie of his (e.g., "Big Deal", "The Band of Honest Men", "Totò, Peppino and the Wicked City Woman", "Cops and Robbers", "The Overtaxed", just to name a few, consider he made tons of movies, almost all extremely popular and successful here in Italy and just for having him playing in them), please, do it. If you like Italian actors, you'll love him for ever. I guarantee it to you!  
I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)
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