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I love good humour. Reading this forum every day has made me think back....Who ARE/WERE my all-time favorite comedians? On reflecting a bit, my top 3 are probably - W.C. Fields - Henny Youngman - Milton Berle (SP?) Who are/were yours? | ||
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Damn Skippy, you must be old. I remember those folks but it's only because I watch a lot of late night TV. Don'tchaknow.  Aim for the exit hole | |||
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And they're real polite in Tennessee too. | |||
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1. Buddy Hackett 2. Don Rickles 3. Jonathon Winters 4. Curley Howard ______________________ Age and Treachery Will Always Overcome Youth and Skill | |||
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I never heard of them, who are they???  "We Don't Rent Pigs !" | |||
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George Carlin Johnny Carson | |||
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To all of us servicemen (and women), from WW II through the VietNam War, it will always be Bob Hope. I read somewhere that he spent every Christmas away from home, entertaining the troops, for over 40 years. May God bless him. I'm sure he's still telling jokes, only now in heaven. | |||
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not only that he was funny.. he is my number one. johnny carson had some skits and bits that were hilarious. and george and gracie could/can always make me laugh. | |||
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Jeff Foxworthy and Brian Regan are my all time favorites. I'm a member of Brian's fan club and I take every opportunity I can to see him when he comes to Austin. I like many comedians. But, I won't listen to Lisa Lampanelli or Bob Sackett. They're just dirty, not funny to me. NRA life member, thanks to Steve.  Running on empty... | |||
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OK, Bob Hope. He could make a politician feel like he was setting on a dime and his legs hanging off its edge and get a laugh from the politician. Everything he did, he did with class. Then Jackie Gleason, Johnny Carson, Don Rickles, all three of the Original Stogies, the whole Blue Collar Bunch.. Henny Youngman was the king of the One Liners though. The patient says,"Doctor, it hurts when I do this." "Then don't do that!" A drunk was in front of a judge. The judge say,s "You've been brought here for drinking." The drunk says, "Okay, let's get started." Another drunk goes up to a parking meter, puts in a quarter, the dial goes to 60. The drunk says, "Huh. I lost 100 pounds!" "We Don't Rent Pigs !" | |||
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It was a joke. And I think AC got it. I can remember being invited over to a neighbor's house (we didn't have TV)to watch Milton Berle. I find it hard to believe someone from Tx would/could comment on someone else's manners. That's a pretty good joke in itself. Aim for the exit hole | |||
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Yeh, I got it Wasbeeman. No problem from this end. I AM old, and hope I get a whole bunch older.    Glad to see that some folks remember Uncle Miltie as he was known by many, and yeh Mr. Youngman was the King of one-liners, at least after W.C. Fields passed on. W. C. was famous for his views on kids, women, etc. He liked kids...age three or under served medium rare on a platter with an apple in their mouth. He could hold his booze, too...a beer-bucket in each hand, preferably. (How many of you young-uns even know or remember what a beer bucket was?) Henny Youngman's all time classic routine started out "Take my wife....please!" Among the later ones who had the big shows, I liked Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Carol Burnett, Mary Tyler Moore, and a host of others. | |||
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I think Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, and Harvey Corman ad-libbing their way through a skit was some of the funniest stuff I've seen. Aim for the exit hole | |||
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Hey Alberta--I know what a beer bucket is. In my earlier years I was often sent to my uncles beer garden for beer for home. The beer bucket---A one gallon molasses can (cleaned) and a finger of bacon grease run around the inside lip. the bacon grease guaranteed that no foam would be created and you got all beer. | |||
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Well - this may go against the majority of you folks , but there wouldnt be any Americans on my list . My choices would all be English comedians , due no doubt to living in an outpost of the British Empire , and growing up with British comedy on tv. Unfortunately todays crop of American "comedians" are even less funny than those around in my younger days , and in reality I just dont get most American entertainment industry humour. Must just be turning into a crusty old person... ________________________ Old enough to know better | |||
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Red Skelton Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready Theodore Roosevelt | |||
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So, other than state a pro-Brit, anti-American preference, that doesn't answer my original inquiry at all... WHO are your favourites? | |||
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Will Rodgers and Mark Twain, SSR | |||
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George Burns,Jack Benny,Abbott + Costello,Uncle Miltie,Sid Ceaser,+ Bob Hope (the original thief of bad gag)etc.Guess this dates me as well. | |||
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Sorry A-C . I dont see myself as Anti American for funny people - I just didnt and often still dont find "your" people to be as funny as British comedy. I presume that is environmental for me - growing up in a white , Anglo-Saxon household in a basically white extension of the British Empire during the 1960's and 70's when the bulk of our television viewing came from Britain. Sid James , the Two Ronnies , The Young Ones , Monty Pythons Flying Circus, these folk all spring to mind ahead of any American comedian. Yes - we had Carole Burnette , but she isnt funny to me , likewise Lucille Ball . I just never understood then and dont now. Having said that , whilst I laugh at Rowan Atkinson in The Black Adder I simply despise him as Mr Bean. John Cleese as Basil Fawlty is funny , Friends is not ..... Cheers had a few amusing lines but mostly same old , same old . Seinfield does nothing for me , and I'm struggling to think of any memorable comedians from after that era. Does that go part-way towards answering your original question? Hopefully so , although I suspect my personal sense of humour is not what anyone would call average for a person living in this country ...  ________________________ Old enough to know better | |||
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I find your point of view interesting Muzza, quite the cultural differences. When I was a kid, high school age, we got the BBC on public TV. I found Monty Python hilarious, and still do, but some of the others I didn't completely understand. I enjoyed Benny Hill too. There was a show called, The Goonies, that I just didn't get. I just recently discovered (via youtube) a comedian, and his name escapes me, but I believe he might be Scottish, and apparently he had is own TV show? He is hilarious. Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready Theodore Roosevelt | |||
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Perhaps I missed it, but has there been no mention of Jack Benny? He could get more laughs with a raised eyebrow than most could with a whole story. How I miss the skits with Rochester. Imagine that today! | |||
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I certainly agree with you on Clease. Fawlty Towers was a riot. Ditto Monty Python (and Black Adder). Also hilarious to me was the series available on reel-to-reel tape involving the start of WWII and the Blitz...can't recall the names, but still have the tapes. "Pay no attention to Mr. Hitler, my dear...here, have a nice cup of tea...." Either the series or the group was "Beyond the Fringe", but darned if I can remember which. And my Sony reel-to-reel system is no longer set up... Anyway, I did not mean to infer you were anti-"American", just anti-"American Humour". Nothing wrong with that, but what sorts of humour one doesn't care for wasn't the question, that is all I intended to point out. Perhaps I tried to do it too briefly. Amended to add: Wikipedia says this about Beyond the Fringe - Beyond the Fringe was a British comedy stage revue written and performed by Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett, and Jonathan Miller. It played in London's West End and then on New York's Broadway in the early 1960s, and is widely regarded as seminal to the rise of satire in 1960s Britain. BTW, the whole series is still sold, now on a single DVD, and the whole thing is still hillarious. | |||
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Yassuh, Boss!...You just missed it...both Norman Conquest and I mentioned him. Now you'll have to be flogged ith wet strands of cordite while Monty Python's folks chase you on their tricycles and Jerry Lewis mistakes you for Dino and wails for your help all night long. | |||
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I dont think I'm anti American Humour per se'. Just a case of I prefer the subleties of English humour - if Basil Fawlty was ever subtle .Its what we grow up with and accept as "normal". As I get older I find I watch less and less television no matter where it comes from , and am contemplating becoming a crusty old b*stard with limited tolerance in my dotage. Thank God for classic hunting books and reasonable eyesight Its been an interesting discussion all along - thanks for starting the thread. ________________________ Old enough to know better | |||
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Not Jerry Lewis, pleeeeeeeeeeeeease not Jerry Lewis. I'll talk. What do you want to know? | |||
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Can't believe nobody has mentioned Red Skelton yet! | |||
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Sorry,Red Skelton as well + more currently (you'll love this Muzza) A bit of Fry + Laurie.Those of us stateside who watched "House" had no idea that Hugh Laurie was a brilliant comedian in the Jeeves + Wooster series. Highly recommended. | |||
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This was early on in this thread. | |||
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Your debit card number and password, for openers. I think that is a cheap price to pay to get away from Jerry Lewis....I know Dean Martin was willing to pay that and more. | |||
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And don't forget Bill Cosby. I enjoyed a dinner theatre routine of his just a couple tables back and loved his personal approach to everything. If you mentioned WC you cannot forget Mae West. Her one liners were very risque at the time. ..... Is that a pickle in your pocket or you just glad to see me?...... And what about the comedy of Edger Bergin and Charley McCarthey or Knucklehead Smith. They were all great including Lenny Bruce before he became perverse. My all timer though would have to be Mark Twain. Although he was a satirist as opposed to the traditional stand up commedian. I would also like to add that there are some funny guys on this Website in the flavor of Joe Pesci in Goodfellas. | |||
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Mot only was Sammy Davis a good comedian, I don't think I've seen a much better dance routine than his "Mr. Bo Jangles" schtick. My country gal's just a moonshiner's daughter, but I love her still. | |||
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I like Jonathan Winters. Got to see one of his shows in San Francisco, was in stitches. I like Jim Carey, Robin Williams, Dana Carvey and Mike Meyers too, all of whom were heavily influenced by Winters. Oh, and Laurel & Hardy. NRA Life Member, Band of Bubbas Charter Member, PGCA, DRSS. Shoot & hunt with vintage classics. | |||
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The Marx Brothers and of course the stooges. ______________________ Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie? | |||
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Bill Cosby, George Carlin and Tim Conway, | |||
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Jerry Clower "Science only goes so far then God takes over." | |||
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i guess humor is quite subjective i loved fry and lorry. can't stand monty python. loved faulty towers,cannot stand black adder,but think Mr. bean is hillarious. but then i like john ritter, and lisa lampanelli. i sat through an entire set of the red neck dude and his "here's your sign" buddy and never cracked a smile. my wife made me go out in the foyer because i was squirming so bad in my seat, and then started falling asleep. [we were 3 rows back center stage] | |||
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Billy Connolly...........sound about right. thoroughly hillarious fella. he's done a few films too. he was hilarious in 'The man who sued god (2001)".........a few excepts from it on YouTube. has just done the voice of the king in the most recent Pixar release. | |||
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I love good sketch comedy. So some of my favorites are The Three Stooges, Monty Python's Flying Circus, the Marx Brothers, the casts of In Living Color, SCTV and the original Saturday Night Live. Lots of great individual acts came out of those groups, too. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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So glad someone mentioned bill Cosby. Saddened that it took so long for him to be included. muck | |||
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I feel the same way about George Burns. "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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Rodney Dangerfield....he's not getting any respect on this thread :-) | |||
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Lots of good ones mentioned I would toss in Ron White. NRA Patron member | |||
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