I'd say Jack Benny. Equally great as the comic or the straight man
Pete, Benny was surely one of the top ranked. However, rating comedians is like rating football players. There are so many variables. Benny, Skelton, Rickles among the foundation comedians who laid the groundwork for all comedians. I put my money on Bill Cosby.
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