Richard Pryor - made comedy what it is today
George Carlin - Great specials. He is just different than everybody else.
Dave Chappelle - His HBO special (Killing 'em Soflty, I think) is hilarious, as well as his show
Denis Leary - I love pissed off comedy
Dennis Miller - Maybe not great, but I always enjoyed his comedy and rants. Maybe because you had to be at least somewhat intelligent to follow it.
Lewis Black - His HBO special was also great. Another pissed off comedian.
Bill Cosby - Grew up watching his clean yet very funny "Himself" special
Ray Romano - Kind of the same funny family type comedy in his acts as Cosby. Good stuff
I am only 25, so I have not seen much of the "older" comedians.
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