ROFL

I love richard jenni and also carlos francisco.

Yea, i think R rated Murphy is dead. Dude has mad so much money, he probably has no fire or desire to even try anymore....and when he did a few years ago (Dreamgirls) he acted like he got screwed over by the Academy.

I saw an interview he gave around the time Dreamgirls came out, where he addressed the issue of doing standup. He just basically said, I've moved on, get over it." He came across as a real douche, too, and that was with a camera on him.

I wonder if Dane has any Eddie Murphy stories?

The Amazing thing about Eddie was how much of his humor was singular to him. Read his jokes on the page and you're like 'Wait, what?'

But hearing him deliver them you're in stitches and lots of times you aren't even sure why.

99.9% of comedians could never make 'Cramden and Norton have gay sex' funny if they devoted their life to the bit. But 20+ years on, I hear in my mind 'Waaaah, hummina hummina' and still chuckle a bit. And like I said I'm not sure what's funny about it, except that Eddie made it funny.

There aren't a lot of people where you can actually see the 'asshole' ooze off them.

Murphy's way up on that list. I get the feeling that Sean Penn is a complete prick and Dane Cook's right there with them both. Bale and Nicholson seem like they're probably dicks as well.

And I get the idea that Matt Damon would be one of the coolest guys to have a beer with of all of them. And I know kutcher tends to rank on the 'douche' lists, but I honestly don't see it. He seems like he knows he's kindof a goofball and relishes it. To be a prick, you have to take yourself way too seriously. I don't think he does.

Meh.

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.

ese, i see the thread youre viewing. youre killin my funny bone. smokes check em!

ROFL

Rumsfeld handled himself pretty well, I'd say.

Who's the guy that was Robin Williams before Robin Williams?

Jonathan Winters? I think that's it - that dude was funny as hell in his prime.

Yeah, I wore that VCR tape out. Great set. "I was at a hotel in Enid Oklahoma... you know when you have to press 9 to get a dialtone, well, I dialed 9 and got the Elmer Dinkley Residence" "I'm Elmer Dinkley and you just called mah house." " Your number is 9?" "Yeah, my cousin's number is 23... I got it on my forehead, I keep calling 32." ROFL

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Johnathan Winters attic was a great improv show. Yes, he was Robin before Robin came on the scene in many ways.

Yeah, I was pretty impressed at how he didn't hang up or get bent out of shape, especially after Louis just wouldn't stop asking.

He never did answer the question, though...

I liked this one the best of course. It is awesome.

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