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BIG fan of standup comedy here! I really like the following:
George Carlin (of course)
Richard Pryor (goes without saying)
Dennis Miller
Robin Williams
Sam Kinison
Eddie Murphy (back in the Raw days)
Ellen Degeneres (before her tv show and all the controversy)
Eddie Izzard
Henry Rollins (Maybe not a textbook definition of a standup comic, but he's pretty damn funny when he wants to be)
Chris Rock
I enjoyed Roseanne's stand up when she first made it big
Bernie Mac
Steven Wright
and, yes, I like Carrot Top. If you can get those annoying phone commercials out of your mind and go see him live, then he's pretty funny.
Also, if you enjoy Southern and redneck humor, I highly recommend picking up a dvd called the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. It's sort of a redneck Kings of Comedy. Even though a lot of the things they talk about are adult-related in theme, there's practically no profanity. It was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. It has these four comedians:
Ron White
Larry the Cable Guy
Bill Engvall
Jeff Foxworthy
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