favorite stand-up comedy routines

[FourteenthHell]

So I’m a huge comedy fan and I thought I’d start this thread to share some of my favorite routines with y’all. I doubt I’ll get to it every day, but I’ll try to get to it at least a few times a week. Here’s the first installment:

Listen to Advertising Lullabye by George Carlin : http://www.napster.com/player/tracks/13782351

(to listen to it you have to do a quick register w/ Napster, but all they need is an e-mail address, and you don’t have to sign up for anything). Please post your favorites too, but try to focus on a routine or bit, rather than just telling me who your favorite comedian is.

[Crow]

Dave Chappelle - For what its worth

i have the video on my laptop, pretty funny

[SuperLuigiBros]

Demetri Martin

[Boggy700]

Just last night, I went to a Ross Noble show.
During the interval I talked to some people from my school whom I hadn't had any contact with for over a year.
They told me about Thom Yorke (from Radiohead) making a solo album, and today I found out that one of the songs will be played over the 'A Scanner Darkly' film credits.
And Ross Noble was great!

It would be near impossible to pick a favorite routine of his, because it's almost completely improvised.
And hillarious.

Another of my favorite comedians is Bill Bailey.
I can't pick a specific routine, but his shows are a great mixture of comedy and music based comedy.
He has amazing comedic and musical talent!

[Crow]

i dont like Ross Noble to be honest, Bill Bailey is funny though...well he is on Nevermind the Buzzcocks

[Otacon305]

George Carlin - You're All Diseased, Complaints & Grieveances, Life Is Worth Losing, etc.

Dave Chappelle - For What It's Worth, Killin' Them Softly

Bill Maher - Be More Cynical, Victory Begins at Home, I'm Swiss

Chris Rock - Bigger & Blacker, Never Scared

[dncardman]

Dane Cook

Brian Regan

[Jesus]

Bill Baily, Ross Noble, Jason Byrne and Jimeoin.

They are my favourites.

[Boggy700]

Oh! Jason Byrne!
I've seen him on some TV shows.
He's ridiculously hilarious!
Especially when he's with Dave Hughes on The Glasshouse.
And that time they were both penguins!
HAHAHA!!!

At least, I think that was Jason Byrne...


i dont like Ross Noble to be honest, Bill Bailey is funny though...well he is on Nevermind the Buzzcocks

Ross Noble can get a bit much after a while, but for me it was just because my face was tired from laughing so much.

Bill Bailey seems to be on quite a few shows.
Black Books and Spaced are my favorites with him.
And also occassionally on Johnathan Creek.

I remember the first time I saw both Ross Noble and Bill Bailey perform on TV on World Cup Comedy (which was only between Australia and England, funnily enough.)
The two of them were improvising jokes and music about space, and it's one of my favorite moments in comedy of all time.
Oh, but it wasn't actually the first time I saw either of them.
The first time was earlier on in competition, performing individually, but... yeah.
Dave Hughes and Will Anderson were on there as well.
And Carl Barron!

[Jesus]

Yeah that was him. That was Amazing.

His Stand-up routine with te cardboard boxes and audience participation are good too.

I also like Dlyan Morran.

[Kliq]

Russell Peters, search for it on Limewire.

He's an indian comedian, and he jokes about all different races, especially white canadian people.

Funny stuff.

[Fats]

Bill Bailey, Ricky Gervais.

[Kay B]

Any routine from Lee evans always makes me lmao..And peter kay

Lee evans To audience : Hey, did you ever have imaginary friends as a kid?
Audience : YEAH!
Lee evans To audience : Me too, well they was real...I just imagined they was my friends

[Spatula]

Nick Swardson is hilarious.

[Stay Vertical]

Ross Nobel I cried watching him, like non stop crying. And Bill Bailey.

[seahorse]

sorry people but i cant stand ross noble.

give me peter kay or billy connelly any day!

[Fats]

Peter Kay isn't all that funny to be honest, it's almost like he's trying to target a far too specific audience and me being from Belfast, I'm not a part of it. Ross Noble on the other hand, yeah, I seen him on BBC 1 a while back and giggle I did.

[seahorse]

maybe its a regional thing, because everyone i know in this area of england loves peter kay...

[Crow]

he's abit repetative, funny the first time though

Richard Pryor! RIP

[Otacon305]

I've never even heard of these guys. Booo.

[dncardman]

Dane Cook talking about the first time he got head, check it out, it's hilarious.

http://www.break.com/index/firsttimebj.html

[Ihsiin]

I used to find Peter Kay funny, now he just gives me a headache. Ross Noble gives me a headache too but he makes laugh while he does it. Bill Bailey is a joy to watch, as much for his music as his comedy. Rob Brydon I saw once and I found him surprisingly funny, though it took me about ten minutes to realise he was actually a comedian. Rich Hall and Ricky Gervais also stand high on my stand up comedy podium, and until recently I would have said there is no funnier man than Jack Dee. However, not too long ago I saw Omid Djalili on his No Agenda tour, and I believe my sides are still somewhere in the Shepherd's Bush Empire. Yes, Omid Djalili is my favourite stand up comedian.

[Bloodman]

Jim Gaffigan!

Fruit, good, cake, great.....Fruitcake, nasty crap.

[Sandman]

Dave Chappelle - For What Its Worth and Killin them Softly are the two funniest stand-up acts I've seen (aside from when he came to my school for free and did an act)

Dane Cook is also really funny.

[masteratt]

Less words, more links people!

[seahorse]

if you dont live in the north o fengland, you probably wont find this funny, but for what it's worth, i think its hilarious!
peter kay on family weddings:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA0q_vkeoDA&search=peter%20kay

[Otacon305]

Dave Chappelle - For What Its Worth and Killin them Softly are the two funniest stand-up acts I've seen

Chocolate? This is doodoo, baby!

I want some grape drink.

[Fats]

A clip from Animals, by Ricky Gervais...

Animals (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beobgrKiDbM)

[[[tavis]]]

eddie murphy - RAW


nothing modern even comes close


or bernie mack - stir it like coffee

[Jesus]

Eddie Murphy's stuff is really funny too.

I love Raw but Delirious is better.

[FourteenthHell]

Wow, this is amazing, so many new names to check out! But, yeah, I'd like more links too. If you want to use Napster (it's free, I don't have a paid Napster subscription, all you gotta do is give them an e-mail address and they don't spam you) don't go to the main page, go here: http://www.napster.com/napsterlinks/

Currently, this gentleman is my favorite male comedian. Here are two of his great routines:

Listen to American Dream by Eddie Izzard : http://www.napster.com/player/tracks/15219604

Cake or Death:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC8bnuoBNb8

[satriales]

Lee Evans is my favourite comedian, it's his facial expressions taht crack me up everytime. I think the funniest sketch is when he is ordering a burger from a drive-thru and is talking about being too lazy to eat it: "Can you pass this through your bodily system for me.......I can't be bothered"

Some videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H5o3a9svlI&search=lee%20evans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yybQt10V6H0&search=lee%20evans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmkEU-5kYmQ&search=lee%20evans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmVU1gZpMrs&search=lee%20evans

[Boggy700]

MITCH HEDBERG!!!
Mitch Hedberg!
I completely forgot about Mitch Hedberg!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS1ZeOz1bmw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVy-0gy5VF8

Also, here's some other videos:
Ross Noble: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0WLqaKoFy8
Bill Bailey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvqSaQ1yijs
Dylan Moran: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-y4P8Aoo2k

[stanDarsh]

Russell Peters, search for it on Limewire.

He's an indian comedian, and he jokes about all different races, especially white canadian people.

Funny stuff.

I didn't think anyone would mention him, but I'm glad someone did!

Russell Peters is hillarious, and his accents are brilliant. Someone else better mention his name, or somebody gonna get a hurt real bad. Somebody, I'm not gonna say who.

Chris Rock
Eddie Murphy
Dave Chapelle
Lano and Woodley
Jimeoin
Dave hughes.

Many Many more.

[bobo_ess]

Robin William's live at Broadway is funny...same with richard pryors...

[Otacon305]

Where's the Carlin love?

[Bing147]

Mitch Hedburg
Alonzo Bodden
Dave Mordal

[FourteenthHell]

Listen to Christ and Moses, Come On Down by Lenny Bruce : http://www.napster.com/player/tracks/16018340

[FourteenthHell]

Another classic: Listen to Dave (Album Version-Greatest Hit) by Cheech & Chong : http://www.napster.com/player/tracks/12086012

[Crow]

Kevin Smith's "An Evening With"...more of a Q&A than a stand up

and how i forgot Eddie Murphy i have no idea...

"you..want..to..eat..some..of..my..ice..cream"

Chappelle's best part was in "For What Its Worth"

"Frank fell asleep so we like...stuck a carrot in his ass and put shaving cream on his balls"

Chris Rock's Bigger and Blacker is funny too

[Lonely Bollock]

Peter Kay - Repetitive
Lee Evans - chav icon

Bill Bailey, Ricky Gervais and Ross Noble all quality though.

[Matt008]

Lewis Black and Robin Williams have to be my favorites.

Robin Williams: Live on Broadway is the funniest stand-up I've ever seen. I recently watched an older stand-up of his from the 80's and that was also awesome.

Chris Rock, George Carlin and Dave Chapelle also get props. (I can't believe I just used that stupid word.)



Dane Cook is alright, some people absolutely adore him, I don't really understand why.

[FourteenthHell]

I'm grumpy in San Fran today: Listen to I Hate Hippies by Patton Oswalt : http://www.napster.com/player/tracks/16586651

[Ihsiin]

I'll be seeing Bill Bailey live in July. Just thought I'd say that.

[dncardman]

Dat Fan

Yes...its a real guy, and thats his real birth name, hes hilarious. He won last Comic Standing.

[Jesus]

I've seen Dat Fan a few times and his routine is more or less exactly the same everytime.

ie, about his parents while doing an annoying voice.

[Matt008]

Lewis Black's latest stand-up special was on HBO yesterday, "Red, White and Screwed." This man is friggin' awesome. He's so fucking hilarious.

[FourteenthHell]

Gotta give it up for my ladies: Listen to What Women Want by Judy Tenuta: http://www.napster.com/player/tracks/15035096

[Rizon]

Bill Bailey rules.
"Argos, the lamiated book of dreams!"

[ocarinamask]

Gabriel Iglesias, he is on Last Comic Standing right now, and I have seen his stand up on Comedy Central. He is hilarious and makes great sound effects during his acts. If anyone is watching this season of Last Comic Standing on NBC, you will see him and know of him.

Stand Up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-6sZ5mlqMg&search=gabriel%20iglesias

The last 5 minutes really show his best stuff.

[Nate]

BUMP!


looks like Boggy and Bing are the only ones that like pure comedy. Sure I like Dave Chapelle, Dane Cook, Nick Swardson, Carlos Mencia. They're figgin hilarious but they got nothing on Mitch Hedberg.

His act is so dumb its genius literally. Hes a very unique comedian that dosnt have a story to tell. All he does is just give us zingers, and thats what i fucking like, and guess what? Hes actually good at it. *Sigh* its a shame that hes dead, he had much more potential and I looked forward to his future jokes. :(

[DLazare91]

dane cook

carlos mencia

[Hrama]

Yeah, Mitch Hedburg had me in tears, he was so funny. "A dog is forever in the pushup position". Jesus, that killed me! Something so damn simple had me on the floor laughing. Damn shame he passed. Carlos Mencia is funny as hell too along with some current favorites including, Dave Chappelle, Dane Cook, etc. The classics like Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams etc. are also hilarious. They were pioneers in the industry at the time and a lot of their stuff is ridiculously funny.
Speaking of comedians, check these guys out. Pretty goddamn funny.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=funny4food
Click on some of the videos.

[Crow]

bah i just watched some of that Mitch Hedberg guy...maybe i just dont find it funny

[Otacon305]

He was great in his little That 70's Show guest appearance.

Frank: I did not lose a leg in Vietnam so I could serve hotdogs to teenagers.
Kelso: You got both your legs, Frank.
Frank: Like I said, I did not lose a leg in Vietnam!

[Applefiend]

Anything by Bill Hicks...

[FourteenthHell]

I wish I could find some of this gentleman's older stuff, but I guess post-mental institution will have to do: Listen to Ebay by Jonathan Winters: http://www.napster.com/player/tracks/13782689

[Ihsiin]

I saw an advert in the paper today for a Dylan Moran show. I haven't seen his stand up before, but he wrote for (and acted in) Black Books, so it can't be bad.

[Chris]

Anything George Carlin, Bill Mahr, and Lewis Black, without hesitation.

As well as:

Eddie Murphy - Raw
Jim Gaffigan - Beyond the Pale
Others that I can't think of right now

And I always like Kevin Pollack too.

[Illmatic]

For me, definitely these:

Eddie Murphy - Raw and Delirious
Dave Chappelle - For What It's Worth, and Killin' Them Soflty

and i'm not usually much of a fan of Chris Rock, but Never Scared was great.

[BigfootGus]

Daniel Tosh, he was fuckin hilarious on Leno

and this one guy I saw on Carson Daly not too long ago, it was this black guy whose comedy was really dry, but he was awesome

i thought he was hilarious, but cant remember his name, can anyone help me out with that?

he was on there like a week ago, and I cant find out his name on the internet anywhere

[FourteenthHell]

I wish the full routine was on here, this piece will have to do, one of my favorites by Dave Chapelle: http://www.napster.com/player/tracks/16038995

[Raitei]

Russell Peters
Dave Chapelle
Lee Evans
All Murray can be funny.. at times.. but the humour is british.

[Crow]

Lee Evans needs to sort out his sweating problem