Who do you all believe are the best stand up comedians of all time?

Rodney Dangerfield and Don Rickles

I'll say it: Bill Cosby was great for about 50 years. Even his last concert film from about five years ago was funny.

George Carlin was my favorite standup guy but Buddy Hackett was the guy I most enjoyed on talk shows.

I too thought Carlin was the most amusing, then , 4 me , maybe Eddie Murphy's early stuff...speaking of Hackett, I read somewhere that he acquired the Anastasia house in Fort Lee N.J. after Albert's demise.

Jonathan Winters was the all-time whacko--like Robin Williams on steroids--though he was at his best in talk show situations. Youtube has some incredibly funny Dangerfield and Hackett schticks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2FHsLj1Zkc

As for pure stand-up: I liked Jackie Vernon, an obscure but howlingly funny dead-panner who appeared on early Carson. Joan Rivers could be very funny before she became obsessed with talking about face lifts.

Richard Pryor.

I was in my car the first time I heard John Pinette. I was laughing so hard I had to pull off the road.

Funny guy. heard he died a few years ago

My top 5, no particular order

Richard Pryor
Dave Chapelle
Eddie Murphy
Bill Burr
Bernie Mac

Dice is the all time favorite. Aside from the "big" names like Pryor, Murphy, Carlin etc... the first comics that I enjoyed were Bobby Slayton and Bobcat Goldthwait (when his act was mostly screaming non-sequiturs). These days I'm listening to Jim Norton a lot - especially the Chip Chipperson stuff, Legion of Skanks (Big Jay Oakerson, Luis J Gomez & Dave Smith), Dean Delray, Ari Shaffir, Artie Lange, Dave Attell, Dan Soder, Mark Normand, Rich Vos, Bonnie McFarlane and Kim Congdon.

Louis CK is still pretty hilarious. I'd argue this is a lot better than his last standup special and it wasn't even supposed to be recorded.

Speaking of dead panners , I always can find enjoyment in Steven Wright.

Rodney Dangerfield
Eddie Murphy
Robbin Willians

I think Andy Kaufman could have gone on to top them all but went completely bonkers.



https://youtu.be/9kpBzUQHYtM

Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Robbin Williams, Don Rickles there are many.
In my visit to Great Britain I did enjoy Billy Connolly, Rowan Atkinson, Eddie Izzard, and a night in Dublin and had a chance to see Ardal O'Hanlon.