Who's your favourite Eng-speaking comedian?

I choose Bill Hicks without hesitation. He's the only stand-up comedian I know, that has all traits (brilliance, charisma, sensitivity and courage) that make up visionary. Izzard, Allen and Gervais are great too. Pablo Francisco does great impersonations but I don't know him very well yet.

And who's your pick?



Edited by bartosso - 20 May 2011 at 6:25pm

As promised, here are some of my favorite comedians (standup, sketch, or film).  I'll share a sample of each in case someone is not familiar with them. 

Edited by Stooge - 20 May 2011 at 7:52pm

Dave Allen is one of my all time favourites.

At the moment the comedian who splits my sides more often than not is Michael McIntyre.

I love Dave Allen, Bill Hicks and George Carlin. However, I must say 'Other' because for me, Bill Bailey wins hands down.

Any Colour You Like wrote: Probably Jimmy Carr, but I'm generally not too big on comedians.

Bill Hicks.  George Carlin by a close second, but I seem to relate to Bill Hicks more.

Out of the ones listed above, I'll go with Eddie Izzard because of his surreal ramblings on baboons, cats, Greek mythology, giraffes, Romans, phaser settings and whatnot.

Others are Russell Peters, Richard Pryor, Flight of the Conchords, Pat McIntyre, Omid Djalili, Lee Mack, and, of course, the entire Monty Python crew. I like Pablo Fransisco's impersonations (although not all of his material is quite up to scratch), and I think that Jeff Dunham is pretty funny too (although I do not think that "The Jeff Dunham Show" was that great). I also like Russ Noble for having a totally far out and surreal style, and, yes, I do think that Seinfeld is an incredibly funny stand-up comedian and that the "Seinfeld" show was awesome, and I also like Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde-Pierce are brilliant in "Frasier", as are David Schwimmer and Matthew Perry in "Friends". Oh, and, yes, I still have a weakness for Benny Hill's silliness, and I Patricia Routledge is hilarious in "Keeping Up Appearances". If Mel Brooks and the Zucker-Abrams-Zucker team qualify as comedians, then I add them here, too, because, at least they knew how to make good spoof movies. And there was just something special about the entire cast in the first "Police Academy" movie. And Rowan Atkinson was brilliant as Mr Bean, Black Adder, and Johnny English, and, of course, Fry and Laurie (yes, the guy from "House M.D." were also incredibly funny. Returning to stand-up comedy, Robin Williams has done some pretty incredible stand-up, too.


Edited by Time Signature - 29 Oct 2011 at 9:01am

George Carlin

Xaxaar wrote: Bill Hicks.  George Carlin by a close second, but I seem to relate to Bill Hicks more.

I would say Gabriel inglasias (don't know if I spelt that right ) is my pick ^^