ok, in no order of preference...;
robin williams,
billy connelly,
and one no-one here has likely heard, or heard of; brendan lovegrove

Right now I think its

Dave Attel
Carlos Mencia
Leary and

no thats about it. Leary's material holds for a long time, especially all his family stuff. Dave reminds me of the days gone by and Carlos is just funny.

And how could I forget... probably cause he's dead.

BILL HICKS was a fuggin genious!!!!!

The top 6 in no order, except for Eddie:

*Eddie Izzard (Probably the smartest comic ever)
*Mitch Headburg (WAY better than Stephen Write, whom he's often compaired to)
*Kevin James (I wish he'd do more standup)
*Dane Cook (best club comic touring right now)
*Doug Stanhope (no other comic has shown their penis as much as him)
*Sara Silverman (My future wife as soon as I can figure out how to knock off Jimmy Kimmel)

Oops, I forgot to throw Bill Hicks in my list.... Make it top 7.

Robin Williams and George Carlin! Yehaw! Those 2 guys are hilarious. The best part, is that all of Georges stuff makes sence, like his ideas.

Jasper Carrot gets one of my votes. British Comedian -- his timing is great

Here's a clip about airports and baggage handlers

http://www.renaissance59.fsnet.co.uk...20Handlers.mp3

And here's a piss take of the Magic Roundabout

http://www.renaissance59.fsnet.co.uk...Roundabout.mp3

W A R N I N G - The above might only be understood by British listeners, and the American amongst us may just wonder why we fight wars together :)

Mine is the girl that play Fez's girlfriend Caroline on That 70's show. Mostly because I think she's cute.

I also vote for Bill Hicks, may he rest in peace.

Brian Regan

George Carlin by FAR. He points out the often times obvious, but things you really havent thought of before. Just saw him live not to long ago..he comes out to the stage and first thing out of his mouth is "you know what you dont here in the news ever....pu$$y farts" !!!! pure genious!

Hicks is good too "i think drugs have done some good things, i really do and if you dont think drugs have done good things i want you to do me a favor...go home tonight and take all your albums, and all your tapes, and all your cd's and BURN em...cuz you know what...the musicians who have made all that great music whos enhanced your lives throught out the years..........really f%#@! high on drugs".. ))

Definately Robin Williams all the way.....
Mrs. Doubtfire is one of my favorite movies
I'm starting to like Chris Tucker also
Rodney Carrington (sex related comedian)

WOW did anyone say Seinfeild or however you spell his name? I didn't care for his show or him but I would have thought someone would have thrown into the circle.

Dennis Leary in his prime would have to be my fave. The no cure for cancer cd is still funnier than poo. And thats funny

Another Jasper Carrot clip - 'America'

http://www.renaissance59.fsnet.co.uk...%20America.mp3

Denis Lery is a fucing pisser. Is has gotta be my fave with Chris Tucker.

chris rock is the man.
bill hicks was the man.

Mitch Hedburg, Kevin James, Zach Galifianakis, and, of course, Stephen Lynch. His CDs are good, but he's amazing live, see him if you get the chance.

George Carlin
Denis Leary
Bill Hicks

Andrew Dice Clay ('cmon.. its the Diceman!!)
George Carlin (I love his sarcasm)
Richard Pryor
Jerry Seinfeld (clean and funny)
Tim Allen
Kevin James (also clean and funny)
Dave Chapelle
Rodney Dangerfield
Rodney Carrington (if Dice was from Oklahoma)

Sid Caesar
Jerry Seinfeld (just saw him in concert last month)
George Carlin
Bill Cosby

Don Rickles could always make me laugh.

i'd like to add to my little list...

Barry Humphries (aka Dame Edna).

dennis miller....althought i rarely agree with what he says

cant believe no one has said brian regan....now that is one funny stand-up comedian.
other than him, dave chappelle, chris rock, robin williams, george carlin, d.l. highley, steven lynch, jon stewart, and the one man that always makes me laugh, stephen colbert from the daily show

Ok, George Carlin tops the list! Nobody better than him!

I really enjoyed a guy named Zach Galifianakis I thought he was hilarious. However, my favorite has to be:

Lewis Black.

That is all.

Im a little surprised nobody has mentioned Redd Foxx yet.

George Carlin
Carlos Mensia
Eddie Izzard
Dennis Leary
Peter Sellers
Chris Rock
Robin Williams
George Lopez

Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Dave Chapelle, Martin Lawrence, & John Leguizamo.

Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy all the way.

in this order:

lee evans
eddie izzard
ricky gervais

Ok, without a doubt... NEIL HAMBURGER.

I am obsessed with him, I never really hear about anyone else being into him, which is a huge shame.

Other, more popular favorites: Dane Cook, Lewis Black, Mitch Hedberg, & Dave Attell.

Stephen Wright and George Carlin without a doubt.

Steven Lynch and Brian Regan are comic geniuses.

Cynthetiq posted about him up above your post somewhere, paj. Pay attention, sir. ;)
I like his bit about how his uncle was paid not to grow corn on his farm.

I caught that one, too. It was fuckin' hilarious!

I'd like to add Steve Harvey. He has a rhythm like no one else.

Eddie Izzard
Stephen Wright
Christopher Tidus...I thought his show sucked but I caught his act in Florida and at the time was the funniest damn thing I had seen.

Jeff Foxworthy
Bill Engvall

Top 2, no question. As for the rest...

Lewis Black
Denis Leary
George Carlin
Ron White
Jim Breuer
Dana Carvey
Robin Williams

In order to me....
Sid Caesar
George Carlin
Bill Cosby
Jerry Seinfeld
Bob Hope

Hurrah! i was beginning to think that no one would see sense and mention the god of comedy that is Billy Connelly!

And Lee Evans, probably not well known in the US for his stand-up.

I know he's not a comedian (or is he?!), but i think George Dubya Bush is fuckin' hilarious!!

All time = Richard Pryor

Current = Kathleen Madigan

SO many good ones past and present [sticking to satnd-up not counting genuinly funny comedic actors and entertainers]...

Eddie Murphy [when he ws funny]
Sam Kinisan
Chris Rock
Bob Schimmel
Colin Quinn
Dave Attel
Carlos Mencia
Jim Norton
Patrice

So many more...

ok...i saw this guy on comedy central one time who sat at a piano and played it and made some seriously funny shit up, he didnt really sing the piano was just kind of part of the background music. does anyone know who this is? he is seriously one of the funniest comedians ever.