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spud (profile) wrote,
on 2-2-2005 at 10:44pm
Subject: Just thought that everyone should know ...
[edit] More than 300 comedians, comedy writers, producers and directors in the United States as well as Britain were asked to rank the 50 biggest names in comedy.

The list of 50 top comedians was compiled for the Channel 4 show The Comedians’ Comedian, which aired January 1, 2005 and was hosted by Jimmy Carr. Those who contribute to the program include Mike Myers, Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, Jackie Mason, Joan Rivers, Sid Ceasar, David Baddiel, Barry Cryer, Steven Wright, Bill Oddie, Eric Sykes, Harry Shearer, Greg Proops, Leslie Neilsen and Carl Reiner. The show aired at 9:00 PM and ran for 3 hours.[/edit]


The 50 top comedians are:

1. Peter Cook
2. John Cleese*
3. Woody Allen
4. Eric Morecambe
5. Groucho Marx
6. Tommy Cooper
7. Laurel and Hardy
8. Billy Connolly
9. Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer
10. Richard Pryor*
11. Chris Morris
12. Tony Hancock
13. Bill Hicks
14. Peter Sellers*
15. Steve Martin*
16. Ronnie Barker
17. Steve Coogan
18. Charlie Chaplin
19. Eddie Izzard
20. Paul Merton
21. Eric Idle*
22. Peter Kay
23. Larry David
24. Rowan Atkinson*
25. Bob Hope
26. Harry Hill
27. Victoria Wood
28. Spike Milligan
29. Christopher Guest
30. Michael Palin*
31. French and Saunders
32. Eddie Murphy*
33. Bob Monkhouse
34. Rik Mayall
35. Steven Wright
36. Ken Dodd
37. Les Dawson
38. Chic Murray
39. Stephen Fry
40. Joan Rivers
41. Joyce Grenfell
42. Phil Silvers
43. Jackie Mason
44. Eric Sykes
45. Robin Williams*
46. Paul Whitehouse
47. Bill Cosby*
48. Mike Myers*
49. Ricky Gervais
50. Mel Brooks*

* denotes my personal favorites (the bias upon which they are based is solely derived from a lack of familiarity with those who were left unchecked, with the exception of joan rivers, whose voice has always rubbed me the wrong way; )

g'night, kids.
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Tabletop

02-02-05 11:09pm

Who is peter cook?

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spud

Re:, 02-02-05 11:36pm

dunno. something to investigate.

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skife

02-02-05 11:09pm

i think that some people need to be added to that list.

george carlin
gallager?
dennis leary is great
Cheech & chong
bobcat goldwaith
ect?

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spud

Re:, 02-02-05 11:37pm

yeah, i felt the list was rather askew, but like i said, i was unfamiliar with a lot of those names, so they may be very funny, and i just don't know it yet.

but i felt there were others, and i'm sure they would have made the top 100.

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tuwang

Re:, 02-03-05 3:27pm

those are all kind of... eh...fads...

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Tabletop

Re: Re:, 02-04-05 3:19pm

George Carlin is comedic genius. Well, 78% of the time he is. That's a lot better than most.

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mysticdaydream

02-02-05 11:12pm

top 50 according to who or what?

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spud

Re:, 02-02-05 11:40pm

see edit.

http://www.dailyllama.com/news/2005/llama270.html


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phil-himself

02-03-05 4:02pm

commedy central did their 100 list and it seemed less askew

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Tabletop

02-03-05 10:27pm

Wait, I just realized that they ranked Bill Cosby below Robin Williams.
WTH? Bill Cosby is still a comedic icon, while Robin Williams has became a caricature of himself.

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spud

Re:, 02-04-05 10:57pm

you know you guys, i don't necessarily stand by this.

it's just a bunch of opinions. apparently opinions which differ from those of the popular majority of this audience.

i meant no harm in the posting, it was just a simple thing.

they're comedians. i think they'd rather we be laughing about somehting than bickering about their relative stature.

please don't allow any of this to disrupt your somnambulance*.

(* gratuitous vocab, 'cause i'm a dork like that)

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mochababy49319

02-05-05 10:13pm

you wanna know who's REALLY funny.....Dane Cook and Stephen Lynch...them guys are great

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