Who's your favorite comedian? (or the Mitch Hedberg thread)

Hedberg will kick any comedians arse anyday!

I think mitch hedburg is insanely hilarious and original.I love his work.
 
"im staying in this hotel room that has no 13th floor for supersticious reasons...the people on the 14th floor...you know what floor you really on...IF jump out the window,you will die earlier."
 
Love it.I also think that jerry seinfeld shares that spot of favourite along with Russel Peters.If you havent heard russel peters you are missing out on an insanely hilarious man.Soooooooooo freakin funnyy!!!!!CHECK HIM OUT!
 
BE a man!Do the right fing!!

I agree with Russel Peters. 
"Somebody gonna get a hurt!"

George Carlin is the man.

Sam Kinison

My fave is Dane Cook, but I will check Hedberg out...thanks for the suggestion.
 
Amanda

ORIGINAL: Matika

Goatboy wins hands down.

I love Goatboy. I once got kicked out of the bed by my girlfriend for doing that impression.

My favourite comedians of all time are Bill Hicks, George Carlin, Eddie Izzard, Doug Stanhope, and Joe rogan

Hmmm... Off the top of my head (and I know I'm probably forgetting at least a dozen great comics), these are my favorites working today:

Leo Allen
Aziz Ansari
Bill Bailey
Arj Barker
Maria Bamford
Todd Barry
Jon Benjamin
Doug Benson
Mike Birbiglia
Andy Blitz
Patrick Borelli
Blaine Capatch
Louis CK
Sean Conroy
David Cross
Graham Elwood
Judah Friedlander
Zach Galifianakis
Brett Gelman
Jon Glaser
Neil Hamburger
Seth Herzog
Rob Huebel
Brian Huskey
Jackie Kashian
Andy Kindler
Jen Kirkman
Daniel Kitson
Howard Kremer
Nick Kroll
Heather Lawless
Demetri Martin
Tom McCaffery
A.D. Miles
Eugene Mirman
Dylan Moran
Seth Morris
John Mulaney
Morgan Murphy
Sean O'Connor
John Oliver
Patton Oswalt
Jimmy Pardo
Chelsea Perreti
Brian Posehn
Kristen Schall
Paul Scheer
Rick Shapiro
Tom Shillue
Brody Stevens
Nick Swadson
Bobby Tisdale
Paul F. Tompkins
Reggie Watts    
Brent Weinbach

Ron White is very funny.

Bill Cosby
Brian Regan
John Pinette
Jerry Seinfield
Ralph Harris
Rowan Atkinson
and the late, great Chris Farley

"I'm an ice sculptor - last night I made a cube."
 
Uberbump...  Don't know why...just really been missing Mitch lately.  Decided to resurrect this thread as a tribute to his genius.

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Mitch Hedburg 
Henry Rollins

Jim Carrey stand up, don't knock it 'til you've tried it. That man was funny back in the day!

“I opened-up a yogurt, underneath the lid it said, "Please try again." because they were having a contest that I was unaware of. I thought maybe I opened the yogurt wrong. ...Or maybe Yoplait was trying to inspire me... "Come on Mitchell, don't give up!" An inspirational message from your friends at Yoplait, fruit on the bottom, hope on top.” - Mitch Hedberg

Really loving Louis CK right now.  The guy is on a roll... his standup is great and his t.v. show is just killing it.

Tim Minchin
George Carlin
Bill Hicks
 
in that order

Jerry Seinfeld
Jim Gaffigan
Russell Peters
Mitch Hedberg
Daniel Tosh
Jim Carrey
Chris Farley
...and I'm sure I'm forgetting a few :)

Twiddlenutz


Really loving Louis CK right now.  The guy is on a roll... his standup is great and his t.v. show is just killing it.

Yeah, the guy is great. I just downloaded his latest stand up act from his website. He offers it for 5 bucks, as a way to combat piracy, I guess. It paid off. Dude made a milion bucks in 12days...
Anyway, he only gets funnier every time I see his stuff.

Well, there are a number of people that are funny, but only a few that I a) look forward to hearing, and b) can listen to their routines over and over and still laugh. 
 
Ron White
Chris Rock (one of the best of all time, in my world)
Greg Giraldo
Louis CK
 
I tend to like comedians that don't shoot at easy targets.   I think Bill Hicks is funny, but sometimes I think "is it really that hard to poke fun at religion and consumerism?"  And I know he's not the only one (and even some I listed fall into that category at times)  but still.

Mitch Hedberg
Mitch Fatel
Geroge Carlin
Eddie Murphy
Eddie Griffin
There's some Australian guy who cracks me up...but I cant remember his name.
 
Ron White (sometimes!)

3-way tie between George Carlin, Bill Hicks, and Eddie Izzard. Two angry Americans and one goofy British guy.

Tim Minchin is brilliant.
A musical genius!

I really like
Louis CK
Danny Bhoy (his Gecko story is hilarious)
also like Billy Connolly (he can set up jokes like no other. "Best Joke ever" is a prime example)
 

I resurrected this because I thought it was the Mitch Hedberg thread....  ;)
 
"My roommate said to me, 'I'm gonna go shave and use the shower; does anyone need to use the bathroom?' It's like some weird ass quiz where he reveals the answer first."

"A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer."
 
Seriously, Mitch is the one comedian that I have never gotten sick of! Then again, I haven't purchased much comedy in a while (with the exception of "Do You Believe in Gosh?").

Paul Sommer

Tim Minchin is brilliant.
A musical genius!

+1

I forgot to put Carlin on my list as well. Guy's brilliant.  I saw him in Vegas (of all places) with some people from work.  It was interesting and inspiring to look down my row and see a bunch of corporate people in blue oxfords and brown pants and loafers (myself included) and laughing uncontrollably at a guy on stage who was essentially ridiculing us and our life-style and our life choices for the better part of 90 minutes. 

^^^^^that is what great comedians do....they get you to laugh at yourself.  You leave the show going, "Hey wait a minute...."    
 
Regarding Chris Rock - it took me awhile to get past the filth that he peppers his routine with (I'm one of those folks where less is more, if that makes sense) to get to appreciate this guy's talent.
 
I'd also highly recommend his documentary, Good Hair.  Not only was it funny but I learned a LOT about the amount of time and effort most black women go to for their hair.  It was unbelievable.  I had NO idea.

Comedians who make me think and make genuinely witty, clever observations are my favorite.  That's why I love Carlin so much, and why he's my favorite above all else.  I also like Bill Hicks and Patrice O'Neal.  One-liners are hilarious too, so I'm fond of Mitch Hedberg (RIP) and Steven Wright.  I used to be into shock comics, like Jim Norton and all that, but I've changed a bit over the years and don't find myself enjoying them anymore.
 
Oh, and Greg Giraldo (RIP).  Brilliant comedian.
 
EDIT -- I forgot to mention... the blue collar comedians (Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, and Ron White) all have some great stuff (and meh stuff).  Larry the Cable Guy, despite the gimmick, does have some genuinely hilarious material, as do Engvall and Foxworthy, but all three are eclipsed by the genius of Ron White.