I would venture to say everyone loves a good laugh. (If you don't, then something's wrong with you and you need to loosen up!) Here's my attempt to list my favorite comedians. I hope you'll join in and list some of yours, too. It's when I read your comments that I realize how many good ones I've left out!
1. Bill Cosby - Other than the Three Stooges (who I admit I loved as a kid), Cosby is probably the first comedian I had any real exposure to. We had several of his albums at our house when I was growing up and I still think "To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With" is one of the funniest routines I've heard.
2. Johnny Carson - Some people would probably classify Carson as a TV talk show host or entertainer rather than a comedian given that he hosted NBC's Tonight Show for 30 years. However, I saw him do stand-up in Las Vegas back in the 70s and he was every bit the comedian.
3. George Carlin - This guy always made me laugh. I don't know if it was his dark humor (I tend to laugh at inappropriate things) or the fact he never hesitated to poke fun at things other people didn't dare to.
4. Lucille Ball - If I'm flipping through the channels and happen to come across I Love Lucy, I always have to stop and see which one it is. I know I've seen every episode at least once and most of them many times.
5. Carol Burnett - If anyone can live up to Lucille Ball's legacy of physical comedy, it's Carol Burnett. I consider her one of the funniest women ever, especially when teamed up with Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Lyle Waggoner and Vicki Lawrence.
Runners up: John Candy, Robin Williams, Chevy Chase, Colin Mochrie, Tim Allen, all of the Blue Collar Comedy crew.
- Kelly
- Making my way through the ups and downs of life, holding fast to my favorite Bible verse: "For we walk by faith, not by sight." ~2 Corinthians 5:7. I began blogging in earnest at Yahoo360 on October 24, 2005. (briefly using LiveJournal and blog-city prior to that) In June 2008 I moved to Blogger. I'm now at WordPress where I hope to remain.
8 comments:
My selection would include:
Robin Williams
George Carlin
Jerry Seinfeld
Rodney Dangerfield
Stephen Wright
1. Gilda Radner
2. Ellen Degeneres
3. Roseanne Barr
4. Phyllis Diller
5. Sarah Silverman
Robin Williams
George Carlin
Ben Stiller
Bill Cosby
Ellen Degeneres
As a non-American I don´t know that many of them. Bill Cosby is great, and I also like Lucille Ball, but I can´t say we have seen her very often on Danish TV.
I like ´Reba´ as well. I don´t know what the actress is called, but she is pretty funny, I think.
1. Blue collar guys
2. ellen degeneres
3. whose line guys
4. bill cosby
5. robin williams
tori
See there... I've already seen several names I love, but didn't think of! (Ellen, Ben Stiller, Seinfeld...)
Dorte, I haven't ever watched Reba McEntire's show, but I've heard lots of folks say it's quite funny.
I'm not a big Cosby fan right now, but over the course of my lifetime, he has played a lot of comic roles that made me laugh.
Here's mine:
Bill Cosby
Smothers Brothers
Gilda Radner
Tina Fey
Jerry Seinfeld
In no particular order.
Robin Williams.
Perhaps my favourite at the moment Rhodd Gilbert (a fairly new Welsh Comedian, he does a wonderful routine all about buyig a duvet).
Michael Mcintyre (Another fairly new English comic).
John Candy (I love his films - Planes, Trains And Automobiles is one of my favourites).
'The Little Waster', Bobby Thompson (An N.E. of England comic, he does wonderful regional humour).
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