Favorite Comedians
 

Okay, since we have done other categories, who are some of your favorite comedians?

One of my all-time favorites is Abbott & Costello - and this, to me, is the ALL TIME CLASSIC:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k37HOam7E-g&feature=share]Abbott And Costello Who's On First HD - YouTube[/ame]

In addition, of course, Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Robin Williams, Dom Deluise, and a host of others.


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Abbott and Costello is a must see. Good for the heart. Red Skelton was my all time favorite as he consistently made me laugh out loud. The Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason, Art Carney and Audrey Meadows I have been on youtube where you can finds clips of all of the above mentioned.The Honeymooners are on every year in CT on New Years Eve. The 39 episodes are still funny today and I enjoy them immensely. The episode where Ralph goes bowling and needs to take a doctor physical the next day at work is my favorite. Norton takes Raplh's temperature and puts the termometer under his cigarette lighter to read and starts crying as it reads 111, cracks me up every time. The other is when is called to the IRS office for his tax return.

Ensemble shows like Barney Miller and Taxi were shows that produced a lot of laughs. Fish asking Barney for time off so he could down to payroll to prove he wasn't dead. LOL When a friend of mine said Tessio was funny, I ddidn't believe until I saw it for myself. Good ole Abe Vigoda. They were great comedic shows.

Trivia - "Whos On First", routine is the only thing in the Baseball Hall of Fame that is not baseball related.

http://youtu.be/sShMA85pv8M

There was a retired NYC detective who lives in the Villages who said that Barney Miller was the closest approximation of what it is really like to be a cop in NYC. Second was Blue Bloods.

I like Robin Williams, Dana Carvey, George Carlin, Mark Twain, the Monty Python crew, Tina Fey, Jerry Seinfeld, & Larry David.

The first ones to make me laugh as a kid when my older brother took me to the movies: Lary, Mo and Curly. When I got a little older I liked Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Basically, I like all of them so it's too difficult to think about picking favorites. They were all great in their own way.

George Carlin

Tim Conway...especially when he was with Carol Burnett and Harvey Corman...Classic!!

Andy Kaufman always cracked me up on SNL. Jackie Mason and Elayne Boosler, always got a good laugh out of me.

George Carlin, Red Skelton :BigApplause:

Favorite Comedian
 

Rodney Dangerfield is my choice.

There have been a lot of great ones and all of those mentioned certainly deserve recognition, but I think that Robin Williams is in a league of his own.

Currently, I enjoy Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Kathleen Madigan....but there was this segment that always makes me laugh....
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FXSnoy71Q4]WKRP Turkey Drop "As God as my witness I thought turkeys could fly" - YouTube[/ame]

How did I forgot about Mr No Respect. I agree he was hilarious. :smiley:

Red Skeleton was doing his Heathcliff and Mergatroid skit (they were two seagulls).
Heathcliff: "Is that a mail plane"?
Mergatroid: "No, that's just the landing gear"!

Cracked me up when I was younger.

Rush

I am a fan of virtually all good comics, but my all-time favorite is Robin Williams' mentor, Jonathan Winters. Bill Cosby, Steve Martin, and the Monty Python crew would be near the top.