Heroes / Heroines of comedy - Page 30

**rosestone** · August 17th, 2017, 03:14 PM

Bill Hicks was sublime, and I defy anybody to watch Eddie Izzard's 'star wars' canteen skit and not laugh. I find Jerry Seinfeld very funny, in his bizarrely detached way, where he can talk about the most horrific aspects of the human condition with a slight smile on his face (although obviously George was the star of the show). Louis CK is also great, as is Chris Rock.

Nobody made me laugh harder than Rik Mayall when I was a teenager, which I'm pretty sure means that nobody will ever make me laugh that hard ever again. Everything he did was funny.

Perhaps more controversially, I'll say that Jim Carrey in the Ace Ventura movies are two of the finest comedy performances I've ever seen. It's not exactly high art, but it's hilarious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tDUwNjw7ms

Will Arnett as GOB in Arrested Development is my favourite comedy performance on a television show. The first time I saw this I started laughing so hard that I fell off my chair and whacked my knee, but I still couldn't stop laughing, and I ended up kinda rolling around on the floor in agony/hilarity squealing like a pig having an orgasm:
Gob's sexual harassment speech to employees

Probably my favourite stand-up of all time is Dave Chappelle, I don't think any stand-up has ever made me laugh more:

Why he only gets high with his white friends

As Samuel L Jackson

I've enjoyed 'The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt', Tina Fey knows what she's doing. And obviously there's the people who wrote the Simpsons in the 1990s, and the Monty Pythons.

**diamelsx** · August 17th, 2017, 08:15 PM

Cocaine is a hell of a drug. Richard Pryor during an interview. How do you edit this together?

**diamelsx** · September 6th, 2017, 02:10 AM

Lewis Black talking religion

Honest John talking cultural differences in black and white

George Carlin talking class divide

**ultimatewarlord** · March 18th, 2018, 04:52 PM

Bought Harry Hill's live show Sausage Time from a charity shop last week. For the first half hour I sat there bored to tears. As the show goes on you realize how brilliantly he sets the show up. By the end I was convinced I'd spent 90mins being thoroughly entertained.

**Sir Honkers** · March 18th, 2018, 08:35 PM

Kathy Griffin. Nice to see a lot of people don't agree with Hollywood or that nasty little troll in the White House.

**ultimatewarlord** · March 18th, 2018, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by loosegoose

Kathy Griffin. Nice to see a lot of people don't agree with Hollywood or that nasty little troll in the White House.

I especially enjoyed that sketch she did where she had herself photographed with a fake severed head of Donald Trump, then when people complained and she lost her job and endorsements she called a press conference attended by her lawyer and did a dry eyed cry complaining that, for some reason, Trump's family didn't appreciate it and 'He destroyed me, He destroyed me.' Way to have your finger on the pulse of comedy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4VwS5YkZVs

**Sir Honkers** · March 18th, 2018, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ultimatewarlord

I especially enjoyed that sketch she did where she had herself photographed with a fake severed head of Donald Trump, then when people complained and she lost her job and endorsements she called a press conference attended by her lawyer and did a dry eyed cry complaining that, for some reason, Trump's family didn't appreciate it and 'He destroyed me, He destroyed me.' Way to have your finger on the pulse of comedy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4VwS5YkZVs

So she's changed her tune now that a lot of people have shown they are onboard with her humour. So what? She makes me laugh and Carnegie Hall has very much demonstrated that the public don't hold her transgressions against Dumbo against her. Hopefully this will embolden her to give him and the First Daughter a few more serves.

**ultimatewarlord** · March 19th, 2018, 01:53 PM

Don't get me wrong. I wouldn't get all het up at the dummy head picture. I just think it was stupid and certainly not funny. This wasn't an attempt at humour, it was playing to a certain crowd and blew up in her face. Then for her to try and play the victim was something of an embarrassment.
I saw a video last week of Sally Kohn reacting to the Trump wrestling CNN logo. Her fake indignance was ludicrous and I could not pretend to be like that in the Griffin case.

MaxJoker · April 28th, 2018, 12:13 PM

Louie Anderson

MaxJoker · June 7th, 2018, 05:44 PM

Give it to me straight

Magners Pear Cider

August 17th, 2017, 08:15 PM	#292
diamelsx Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Around the way Posts: 2,680 Thanks: 28,302 Thanked 29,499 Times in 2,673 Posts	Cocaine is a hell of a drug. Richard Pryor during an interview. How do you edit this together? __________________ No one has more fairweather friends than the truth...

September 6th, 2017, 02:10 AM	#293
diamelsx Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Around the way Posts: 2,680 Thanks: 28,302 Thanked 29,499 Times in 2,673 Posts	Lewis Black talking religion Honest John talking cultural differences in black and white George Carlin talking class divide __________________ No one has more fairweather friends than the truth...

March 18th, 2018, 04:52 PM	#294
ultimatewarlord Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,474 Thanks: 8,328 Thanked 15,872 Times in 1,441 Posts	Bought Harry Hill's live show Sausage Time from a charity shop last week. For the first half hour I sat there bored to tears. As the show goes on you realize how brilliantly he sets the show up. By the end I was convinced I'd spent 90mins being thoroughly entertained. __________________ The British Government is a disgrace.

March 19th, 2018, 01:53 PM	#298
ultimatewarlord Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,474 Thanks: 8,328 Thanked 15,872 Times in 1,441 Posts	Don't get me wrong. I wouldn't get all het up at the dummy head picture. I just think it was stupid and certainly not funny. This wasn't an attempt at humour, it was playing to a certain crowd and blew up in her face. Then for her to try and play the victim was something of an embarrassment. I saw a video last week of Sally Kohn reacting to the Trump wrestling CNN logo. Her fake indignance was ludicrous and I could not pretend to be like that in the Griffin case. __________________ The British Government is a disgrace.

April 28th, 2018, 12:13 PM	#299
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August 17th, 2017, 03:14 PM	#291
rosestone Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,256 Thanks: 79,772 Thanked 37,954 Times in 2,261 Posts	Bill Hicks was sublime, and I defy anybody to watch Eddie Izzard's 'star wars' canteen skit and not laugh. I find Jerry Seinfeld very funny, in his bizarrely detached way, where he can talk about the most horrific aspects of the human condition with a slight smile on his face (although obviously George was the star of the show). Louis CK is also great, as is Chris Rock. Nobody made me laugh harder than Rik Mayall when I was a teenager, which I'm pretty sure means that nobody will ever make me laugh that hard ever again. Everything he did was funny. Perhaps more controversially, I'll say that Jim Carrey in the Ace Ventura movies are two of the finest comedy performances I've ever seen. It's not exactly high art, but it's hilarious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tDUwNjw7ms Will Arnett as GOB in Arrested Development is my favourite comedy performance on a television show. The first time I saw this I started laughing so hard that I fell off my chair and whacked my knee, but I still couldn't stop laughing, and I ended up kinda rolling around on the floor in agony/hilarity squealing like a pig having an orgasm: Gob's sexual harassment speech to employees Probably my favourite stand-up of all time is Dave Chappelle, I don't think any stand-up has ever made me laugh more: Why he only gets high with his white friends As Samuel L Jackson I've enjoyed 'The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt', Tina Fey knows what she's doing. And obviously there's the people who wrote the Simpsons in the 1990s, and the Monty Pythons.

March 18th, 2018, 08:35 PM	#295
Sir Honkers Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Land Of Glorious Leader Posts: 30,341 Thanks: 286,789 Thanked 386,145 Times in 30,297 Posts	Kathy Griffin. Nice to see a lot of people don't agree with Hollywood or that nasty little troll in the White House.

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