Who is the least funniest comedian?

[quote name='CaboWabo'][quote name='TiKi2']Kathy Griffen is horrid[/quote]

Hard to find a very funny female comedienne though.

I think CHERI OTERI and AMY POEHLER are very funny though on SNL.[/quote]

Gilda Radner was pretty funny. A lot of female comedians are bad though....

Here are some facts about female comediennes:
Did you know Jenny Jones was a comedienne (before her bad tv show). She would do shows to a female-only audience (Men were not allowed inside the comedy club)
Also, John Belushi never preformed SNL skits that were written by women; He thought women could not write comedy.
 
[quote name='Xevious'][quote name='CaboWabo'][quote name='TiKi2']Kathy Griffen is horrid[/quote]

Hard to find a very funny female comedienne though.

I think CHERI OTERI and AMY POEHLER are very funny though on SNL.[/quote]

Gilda Radner was pretty funny. A lot of female comedians are bad though....

Here are some facts about female comediennes:
Did you know Jenny Jones was a comedienne (before her bad tv show). She would do shows to a female-only audience (Men were not allowed inside the comedy club)
Also, John Belushi never preformed SNL skits that were written by women; He thought women could not write comedy.[/quote]

Interesting.
 
Everyone on LCS, Carrot Top, Almost anyone on SNL after 2000.
Cheri Oteri blows; in every skit it's the same old boring thing.
Lewis Black rocks on the Daily Show.
Dave Attel's late night show is OK, I don't really laugh but it's entertaining.
Oh, and I saw the Graham Norton Effect, expecting crap, and I was pleasently surprised that it was funny. He's one of the only newer comedians I like.
 
Kevin meany is about as funny as a boot to the dick.

As a general rule any post-98 SNL'ers doing anything NOT SNL are terribly unfunny. Actually, they aren't too great when they are doing SNL either.

Dave Olson
*SUPASTAR~!* TM.
 
Dave Chapelle is funny but people pretending they are him are not funny "i'm rick james bitch" sound familar
 
[quote name='hiccupleftovers']pauly Shore is a good example of how the 80's were weird as well as how he must have been very (and when i say very i mean extremely without a dooubt) lucky.[/quote]

Luck has nothing to do with it. His mom owns the Comedy Store.

Also he is pretty funny if you get past the crappy movies he did in the early 90's
 
Seinfeld, Spade, Gallagher, Kinison, Dice, Brett Butler, Rosanne, Bill Murray (not really a comedian I know).... The list goes on and on... Pretty much everyone to come out of SNL since Eddie Murphy....

One of my favorites, if not my #1 favorite:

Paul Rodriguez. Nuff said.
 
[quote name='daphatty']Seinfeld, Spade, Gallagher, Kinison, Dice, Brett Butler, Rosanne, Bill Murray (not really a comedian I know).... The list goes on and on... Pretty much everyone to come out of SNL since Eddie Murphy....

One of my favorites, if not my #1 favorite:

Paul Rodriguez. Nuff said.[/quote]

Andrew Dice Clay? ooh man, i forgot about him. He is bad...

Roseane was funny when she was doing standup on the old Carson show.
 
[quote name='asaraa']Jay Leno![/quote]

oh come on.. you have got to be shitting me.. leno and conan are the two funniest guys on late night and prob 2 of the funniest in all of comedy!
 
Oh yea, I forgot, Conan O'Brian is the only person to ever stop me laughing. I was laughing, then turned on his show, and it was so unfunny, that I stopped laughing entirely.
 
Denis Leary is terrible. "I'm going to smoke the hell out of a ciggarette on stage and maybe that will get people to laugh."
/sarcasm
Lung cancer is so funny.
/end sarcasm
 
Yeah, wholy shit, he only smokes on stage cuz he wants to, and you shouldn't pick apart how he DOES his act, but whether or not his jokes are funny, and they are. Cigarettes isn't the only thing he talks about, and even though he's crude (I) think he's damn funny...

Of course all of this is a matter of IYO
 
unfunny: as soon as I saw the topic, Carrot Top came to mind, but I also dislike Billy Crystal a lot.

funny: Dane Cook is hilarious, I'm sure I'm one of the few who think Dennis Miller is funny, and I can't forget about Chris Rock (although it seems you guys have)
 
[quote name='6669']How can you not like Dave Attell? That show is awesome.[/quote]

Dave Attell is horrible at standup. I went to a show he put on at my old college last year, and it was utter crap. I also saw Kevin Nealon, and he, too, was much worse than I would have predicted - all he did was his 10 year old SNL characters.
 
[quote name='deathcabforcutie'][quote name='asaraa']Jay Leno![/quote]

oh come on.. you have got to be shitting me.. leno and conan are the two funniest guys on late night and prob 2 of the funniest in all of comedy![/quote]

I hope that was a joke. Leno sucks.
 
I heard Screech tried some standup at a college and the ENTIRE audience walked out on him. I think Big Nick told that story....
 
[quote name='st0neface']unfunny: as soon as I saw the topic, Carrot Top came to mind, but I also dislike Billy Crystal a lot.

funny: Dane Cook is hilarious, I'm sure I'm one of the few who think Dennis Miller is funny, and I can't forget about Chris Rock (although it seems you guys have)[/quote]

I was watching some of the movie he did (i think it was the bigger and blacker one) and he had me rolling.

Also Martin Lawerence (the movie from 1994 of his standup) is hilarious. I love it when he tells the story about the crazy and deranged boyfriend
 
That's the thing, Denis Leary gets on stage and brags. Hardly tells any jokes. He has no half-intelligent jokes, but I don't mind dumb jokes either. As long as they're funny. And none of his are.

And Dane Cook is about the funniest comedian evar.
 
[quote name='CaseyRyback']I think Ron White is funnier than any of the people on the blue collar comedy tour. His CD is hilarious[/quote]


ditto
 
[quote name='x0thedeadzone0x']Yeah, wholy shit, he only smokes on stage cuz he wants to, and you shouldn't pick apart how he DOES his act, but whether or not his jokes are funny, and they are. Cigarettes isn't the only thing he talks about, and even though he's crude (I) think he's damn funny...

Of course all of this is a matter of IYO[/quote]

sheesh again deadzone.. why swear so much?
 
Dennis Miller has gotten to be soooooo unfunny.. remember when he was a comedian? anyone..anyone.. I swear he is more annoying than carrottop because he tries to pass himself off as an intelectual with all of his lame pop culture references.
 
[quote name='Lootr2Core'][quote name='x0thedeadzone0x']Yeah, wholy shit, he only smokes on stage cuz he wants to, and you shouldn't pick apart how he DOES his act, but whether or not his jokes are funny, and they are. Cigarettes isn't the only thing he talks about, and even though he's crude (I) think he's damn funny...

Of course all of this is a matter of IYO[/quote]

sheesh again deadzone.. why swear so much?[/quote]

I know you don't want me swearing, but at least don't be so hypocritical about it. I see some of your posts and you say (shaq-fu) constantly, but if I say one swear you point it out? I just don't understand it. And I know I can seem intelligent to you but... yeah.
 
[quote name='x0thedeadzone0x'][quote name='Lootr2Core'][quote name='x0thedeadzone0x']Yeah, wholy shit, he only smokes on stage cuz he wants to, and you shouldn't pick apart how he DOES his act, but whether or not his jokes are funny, and they are. Cigarettes isn't the only thing he talks about, and even though he's crude (I) think he's damn funny...

Of course all of this is a matter of IYO[/quote]

sheesh again deadzone.. why swear so much?[/quote]

I know you don't want me swearing, but at least don't be so hypocritical about it. I see some of your posts and you say (shaq-fu) constantly, but if I say one swear you point it out? I just don't understand it. And I know I can be intelligent but, yeah.[/quote]

deadzone.you are right I am hypocritical about it... I guess I just hate to see the Christ, Jesus, GodDamns, on posts.. yup I do use Shaq fu, and ass #) and others but I guess my upbringing just really detests the Christ, Jesus, god-#$ posts...Still love ya babe and alll your "'man whatch out for the flame wars batman" don't get me wrong, but just don't appreciate the Christs.. and Jesus in your posts..
 
[quote name='Lootr2Core'][quote name='x0thedeadzone0x'][quote name='Lootr2Core'][quote name='x0thedeadzone0x']Yeah, wholy shit, he only smokes on stage cuz he wants to, and you shouldn't pick apart how he DOES his act, but whether or not his jokes are funny, and they are. Cigarettes isn't the only thing he talks about, and even though he's crude (I) think he's damn funny...

Of course all of this is a matter of IYO[/quote]

sheesh again deadzone.. why swear so much?[/quote]

I know you don't want me swearing, but at least don't be so hypocritical about it. I see some of your posts and you say (shaq-fu) constantly, but if I say one swear you point it out? I just don't understand it. And I know I can be intelligent but, yeah.[/quote]

deadzone.you are right I am hypocritical about it... I guess I just hate to see the Christ, Jesus, GodDamns, on posts.. yup I do use Shaq fu, and ass #) and others but I guess my upbringing just really detests the Christ, Jesus, god-#$ posts...Still love ya babe and alll your "'man whatch out for the flame wars batman" don't get me wrong, but just don't appreciate the Christs.. and Jesus in your posts..[/quote]

Oh, so that's why. So I can just say cock shit piss bitch motherfucker fuck fuck shit ass and you're fine with that? :D

Oh yeah and , if I recollect right I don't remember talking like a prep, or calling anyone batman... :lol:
 
[quote name='x0thedeadzone0x'][quote name='Lootr2Core'][quote name='x0thedeadzone0x'][quote name='Lootr2Core'][quote name='x0thedeadzone0x']Yeah, wholy shit, he only smokes on stage cuz he wants to, and you shouldn't pick apart how he DOES his act, but whether or not his jokes are funny, and they are. Cigarettes isn't the only thing he talks about, and even though he's crude (I) think he's damn funny...

Of course all of this is a matter of IYO[/quote]

sheesh again deadzone.. why swear so much?[/quote]

I know you don't want me swearing, but at least don't be so hypocritical about it. I see some of your posts and you say (shaq-fu) constantly, but if I say one swear you point it out? I just don't understand it. And I know I can be intelligent but, yeah.[/quote]

deadzone.you are right I am hypocritical about it... I guess I just hate to see the Christ, Jesus, GodDamns, on posts.. yup I do use Shaq fu, and ass #) and others but I guess my upbringing just really detests the Christ, Jesus, god-#$ posts...Still love ya babe and alll your "'man whatch out for the flame wars batman" don't get me wrong, but just don't appreciate the Christs.. and Jesus in your posts..[/quote]

Oh, so that's why. So I can just say cock shit piss bitch mothershaq-fuer shaq-fu shaq-fu shit ass and you're fine with that? :D

Oh yeah and , if I recollect right I don't remember talking like a prep, or calling anyone batman... :lol:[/quote]


yup that would be fine with me :lol:
 
Well its not like i know every comedian off the top of my head considering its 2:30 in the morning. Good thread by the way. I guess id have to say in no order:
Carot Top
Ellen
Howie Mandel
cant think of any more.As for greatist comedian of the last 100 years of course is Sir Geroge Carlin.
 
[quote name='CaseyRyback']I think Ron White is funnier than any of the people on the blue collar comedy tour. His CD is hilarious[/quote]

I already owned three of Bill Engvall's CDs before that tour but it was through a club deal where they were only about $3.50 each delivered, so I could easily get my money back if they didn't connect for me. I've still got them andeven paid for his more recent 'Autobiography of a Cheap Drunk.'

It can be hard to predict what will connect and what won't. I generally don't care for whole Southern culture-such-as-it-is shtick but Engvall I like.

I expected to like the body of Bill Hick's work more but familiarity bred contempt. His whole conspiracy theory obsession thing got very old halfway through a show.
 
[quote name='Lootr2Core']Dennis Miller has gotten to be soooooo unfunny.. remember when he was a comedian? anyone..anyone.. I swear he is more annoying than carrottop because he tries to pass himself off as an intelectual with all of his lame pop culture references.[/quote]

He did his weekly appearance on the John & Ken Show on KFI 640 AM today and was very funny.

I think your real problem with Miller is that he dares to be honest about his beliefs and they aren't leaning left.
 
[quote name='hardwo0d']Funniest Comedians (To me)


Mitch Hedburg (Unique Style)

Robert Schimmel

Chris Rock

Dave Chappelle[/quote]

Unique style? Oh please, go listen to Steven Wright's album from twenty years ago. Hedberg is good but he owes as much to Wright as Steven Tyler does to Mick Jagger. Hedberg essentially does Wright's act with a stoner accent along with a touch of autism.
 
[quote name='epobirs'][quote name='Lootr2Core']Dennis Miller has gotten to be soooooo unfunny.. remember when he was a comedian? anyone..anyone.. I swear he is more annoying than carrottop because he tries to pass himself off as an intelectual with all of his lame pop culture references.[/quote]

He did his weekly appearance on the John & Ken Show on KFI 640 AM today and was very funny.

I think your real problem with Miller is that he dares to be honest about his beliefs and they aren't leaning left.[/quote]

No I didn't think he was funny when he 'was honest about his beliefs' and they leaned left. Left or right I just don't think Miller is funny nor witty.
 
One notable thing about many of these candidates is they are often people who were very successful long ago but are long since past their prime. It can be hard to appreciate some acts if you don't catch them in the era that spawned them. Often the case is they were very original and stood out but have been imitated so much since that younger viewers have trouble knowing the difference.

I saw Robin Williams perform before he'd done the Happy Days guest shot that led to 'Mork & Mindy' and overexposure. At the time nobody else out there could come even close to his energy and improvisational ability. It was the kind of thing that could leave you paralyzed with laughter.

It doesn't work forever. The performer slows down, the material is less in tune with the times, and the audience has seen it too many times before.

A lot of the names that have come up here repeatedly had their moments of greatness. Billy Crystal had a routine about adolescent lust that killed and still does. That doesn't mean he can create a comparable act today but nothing erases that past moment. George Carlin gave up humor for ranting and raving in the late 80's but there were five albums in the 70's that remain masterpieces. Jack Benny was a superstar when my parents were children but you'd have trouble getting the average 14-year0old to sit still for it today. Their approach to humor is much too subjective to appreciate that of different eras. Sometimes they grow out of it, sometimes they don't.
 
[quote name='Lootr2Core'][quote name='epobirs'][quote name='Lootr2Core']Dennis Miller has gotten to be soooooo unfunny.. remember when he was a comedian? anyone..anyone.. I swear he is more annoying than carrottop because he tries to pass himself off as an intelectual with all of his lame pop culture references.[/quote]

He did his weekly appearance on the John & Ken Show on KFI 640 AM today and was very funny.

I think your real problem with Miller is that he dares to be honest about his beliefs and they aren't leaning left.[/quote]

No I didn't think he was funny when he 'was honest about his beliefs' and they leaned left. Left or right I just don't think Miller is funny nor witty.[/quote]

If you examine his history you'll find he was never a lefty. He just found himself isolated when priciples started to matter and found out who his friends really were.
 
I'm late to the party... but, and if you can call him a comedian, my vote goes to Dat Phan.
 
I think the least funniest comedian is Alan King. He would be more successful sucking farts out of bus seats than doing standup.
 
[quote name='snotknocker']I think the least funniest comedian is Alan King. He would be more successful sucking farts out of bus seats than doing standup.[/quote]

As of a few months ago the proper tense is past, as in was. Again, I doubt you've ever seen him in the proper context. I've got some a CD series of early appearances by standups like George Carlin's first Ed Sullivan in a suit (!) and one of the segments is Alan King. It was a good five minute set. This was in 1959, not the old guy you're used to seeing on talk show and such.
 
Oh man I can't believe I forgot to talk about these two comedians. No one else has mentioned them either (at least not that I could read). These two transcend generational gaps/barriers IMO. Two of the all time greatests.

Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor.
 
This is a really interesting thread. It's amazing how different the opinions are on some comedians, where they'll be on one person's worst list, and someone else's best list. Here are some of my opinions on the subject.

NOT FUNNY: Margaret Cho, Bob Hope, Carrot Top, Richard Lewis, Jim Brewer (GoatBoy on SNL), Jackie Mason, Andrew Dice Clay, Rosie O'Donnell, Gallagher, Jay Leno, Billy Crystal

FUNNY: Sam Kinison, Steve Martin, Bill Hicks, Paula Poundstone, Richard Jeni, Kevin James, Conan O'Brian, John Stewart

For any of you who don't know who Bill Hicks is, do yourself a favor and go pick up his "Rant in E Minor" CD. You'll thank me later.
 
I didn't bother to read the whole topic so I hope no one said this...

Andy Dick. Short of a couple of funny things he may have done on News Radio this man is just not funny.
 
[quote name='Danimal']NOT FUNNY: Margaret Cho, Bob Hope, Carrot Top, Richard Lewis, Jim Brewer (GoatBoy on SNL), Jackie Mason, Andrew Dice Clay, Rosie O'Donnell, Gallagher, Jay Leno, Billy Crystal[/quote]

Oh man, I forgot how not funny Richard Lewis is. I saw him do standup once, and it was horrible. It was the only standup show that I ever walked out on.
 
Not to disrespect him, but I never understood why Bob Hope was funny.
Others that don't amuse me include Ellen, Margaret Cho, Jay Leno, Carrot Top, Dat Phan, and that kid with the laser pointer at the movies.
 
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