Heroes / Heroines of comedy - Page 25

**Jack Rabbit** · April 27th, 2014, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richardoe

Anyone remember Victor Borge? I saw him on the box a few times and he was very good.

I thought he was great. Still have an album of him with all the jokes.
You can still find a lot clips of him on 'YouSubway'...

Soapbox · April 28th, 2014, 12:23 AM

Always been a fan of Mitch Hedberg. RIP

beast1 · April 28th, 2014, 12:40 AM

Funniest comedian ever for me was Peter Cook, stratospherically above anyone else, nobody comes remotely close to him imho.

In the second tier I would place:
Steven Wright, Emo Phillips, early Billy Connolly, Dave Allen, Bob Monkhouse, Bernard Manning, Peter Ustinov, Sean Lock, Bill Hicks, Ken Dodd, Ronnie Barker, Tommy Cooper, Jackie Mason, Spike Milligan, Chris Morris...

Channel 4 here in the UK produced a Comedian's Comedian program a decade ago... here is their top 50...

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

אני אוהב יהודים · April 28th, 2014, 12:49 AM

Peter Cook was a talented man.

**beutelwolf** · April 28th, 2014, 01:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beast1

Channel 4 here in the UK produced a Comedian's Comedian program a decade ago... here is their top 50...

1. Peter Cook
...
50. Mel Brooks

Every single one of which is either American or British - which goes to show how closely comedy is tied in with language and national culture.

**tsunamiSD** · April 28th, 2014, 08:36 AM

Any top 50 list that doesn't have George Carlin in the top 10 (much less not on the list at all) isn't worth anything.

beast1 · April 28th, 2014, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beutelwolf

Every single one of which is either American or British - which goes to show how closely comedy is tied in with language and national culture.

Which reminds me I forgot to include the great Australian Barry Humphries in my personal list of favourites

Also early Jasper Carrott deserves a place too...

I saw an episode of "The New Statesman" in France once and the comedy did not seem to translate well at all... "I can't have sex now because I'm on my [bi]cycle" springs to mind...

MaxJoker · April 30th, 2014, 04:18 PM

Judy Tenuta

**jackpinesavage** · May 4th, 2014, 04:04 AM

http://youtu.be/wRR1aKBOCOQ

**Jeff Vader** · May 5th, 2014, 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beast1

Funniest comedian ever for me was Peter Cook, stratospherically above anyone else, nobody comes remotely close to him imho.

In the second tier I would place:
Steven Wright, Emo Phillips, early Billy Connolly, Dave Allen, Bob Monkhouse, Bernard Manning, Peter Ustinov, Sean Lock, Bill Hicks, Ken Dodd, Ronnie Barker, Tommy Cooper, Jackie Mason, Spike Milligan, Chris Morris...

Channel 4 here in the UK produced a Comedian's Comedian program a decade ago... here is their top 50...

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

So Mr Bean is funnier than the Goon Show ? Is it fuck ! Harry Hill ? Peter Kay ? I'm a big fan of Monty Python and Eddie Izzard but without Spike Milligan where would they be ?

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April 28th, 2014, 12:23 AM	#242
Soapbox Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 39 Thanks: 35 Thanked 307 Times in 37 Posts	Always been a fan of Mitch Hedberg. RIP

April 28th, 2014, 12:40 AM	#243
beast1 Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 32 Thanks: 108 Thanked 309 Times in 31 Posts	Funniest comedian ever for me was Peter Cook, stratospherically above anyone else, nobody comes remotely close to him imho. In the second tier I would place: Steven Wright, Emo Phillips, early Billy Connolly, Dave Allen, Bob Monkhouse, Bernard Manning, Peter Ustinov, Sean Lock, Bill Hicks, Ken Dodd, Ronnie Barker, Tommy Cooper, Jackie Mason, Spike Milligan, Chris Morris... Channel 4 here in the UK produced a Comedian's Comedian program a decade ago... here is their top 50... 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

April 28th, 2014, 12:49 AM	#244
אני אוהב יהודים Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 168 Thanks: 61 Thanked 2,072 Times in 165 Posts	Peter Cook was a talented man.

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tsunamiSD Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 53,021 Thanks: 633,177 Thanked 640,259 Times in 53,104 Posts	Any top 50 list that doesn't have George Carlin in the top 10 (much less not on the list at all) isn't worth anything.