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Bill Hicks, George Carlin, Mitch Hedberg, Pryor & other funny ones who've passed on. (https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=242518)

John Candy and Chris Farley also come to mind :)

"The kid who eats too many marbles doesn't grow up to have kids of his own"

-George Carlin

"You can bet the the first person to utter the phrase "Buyer Beware" was bleeding from the asshole."

-George Carlin

I share a lot of beliefs and ideals with Carlin.

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Ironic that after this was aired, Carlin died.

I thought Tosh's "Completely Serious" was good. I'm a big fan of Dave Chappelle, wish he'd come back.

Pryor made me laugh like nobody else, and Redd Foxx was brilliant. Another guy you should all check out is Paul Mooney, he wrote alot of material for Pryor.

George carlin is the funniest comedian of all time that was funny for 10 years or more.

Norm MacDonald.....winner of this thread.

thank you

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Originally Posted by CoMoChief (Post 7478167)

Norm MacDonald.....winner of this thread.

thank you

I thought this was a dead comedians thread.

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Originally Posted by MadMax (Post 7477413)

John Candy and Chris Farley also come to mind :)

They werent known for stand-up at all.

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Originally Posted by CoMoChief (Post 7478167)

Norm MacDonald.....winner of this thread.

thank you

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 7476834)

I loved Hedberg's delivery; he was one of my favorites.

My problem with Hicks was never his politics. It's that he was so damn dark. I understand that you have a message and I am well aware that it's not a perfect world - but I have a hard time with comedians that take everything so seriously and are so prone to going into some pretty sinister places.

I don't think he'd have been Jon Stewart. I see him becoming more like Bill Maher. Maher was funny at one point in his career, but now he's just kind of a bloviating shithead that takes himself entirely too seriously.

Bill was dark, no doubt. I think if you really give a listen to his larger body of work, though, you will see his message is largely optimistic.

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Bill Hicks FTW, I liked Sam Kinison too.

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Originally Posted by gblowfish (Post 7477245)

If we're talking about "passed on," then we're talking about a lot of great classic stand ups from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Ones who come to mind:

Foster Brooks
Redd Foxx
Charlie Callas
Alan King
Henny Youngman
Jack Benny
Lenny Bruce
Flip Wilson
Buddy Hackett
Bob Hope

And don't forget impressionists like David Frye and Frank Gorshin.

I think Larry Reeb "Uncle Larry" is funny, but he's not dead yet.

There's some people who are "actors" now who used to be stand ups beside Eddie Murphy. Guys like Steve Martin, Albert Brooks and Kevin Pollack.

Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock are tweeners. They're still both doing stand up, but also do acting gigs.

Guys like Leno, Letterman, Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Fallon and Jon Steward are kind of in their own odd "TV front man" category, but all have been stand ups at one time.

That's a really good list.

What most probably don't know is that Andy Griffith also started out as a stand up, and his "What it was, was football" set was one of the funniest things I've ever heard.

And Rich Little is still, to me, the best and funniest impressionist to have ever hit the stage.

I'm surprised you like comedy, milkman. You strike me as someone who refuses laughter. rofl