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Must have comedy albums.
Kyougu
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Thanks to the Zune Pass, I been downloading tons of random stuff lately, when I realized that I could also use some good comedy albums to listen to. So hit me up with some recomendations.
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anything by Mitch Hedberg (which would only be two albums, Mitch All Together and Strategic Grill Locations).
George Carlin is good almost any time
Bill Hicks, along with Mitch Hedberg, is one of my fav standup comedians. a lot of his stuff is dated, so i mean... i recommend going for the later albums, unless you lived in the 80s.
for instance: i was listening to an album, and he started talking about Rick Astley. you know, the fucking rick roll'd guy.
most of all, most of all
someone said true love was dead
but i'm bound to fall
bound to fall for you
oh what can i do
For a bit of classic, anything Bill Cosby.
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I'll second that one! I love when he does the reactions of his imaginary crowd members.
I'm also a big Mike Birbiglia fan. (Website contains streaming joke samples!)
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Get Rant in E Minor and Arizona Bay.
He's got a new one coming soon and see him live if you ever get the chance.
The harder the rain, honey, the sweeter the sun.
Jim Gaffigan- Thirded?
David Cross- HELL YES!!! He is hysterical.
Brian Regan- very funny
Dimitri Martin- some of his jokes are visual, so I'm not sure how they translate to CD.
Stephen Lynch- FOR THE LOVE OF GOD BUY HIS STUFF!!!
Do Not Buy:
Dane Cook- just not funny
Larry the Cable Guy- Might be the antichrist
Bobcat Golthwaite is funny, I would get "Meat Bob".
Mitch Hedburg, he's less of a story comedian than quick jokes and puns.
Woody Allen did some great standup before he got into movies.
George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Sam Kinison are all classic.
Richard Belzer has an album which I thought would be good, but it's not.
Patton Oswalt is hilarious. Corpse Fuckers Magazine LOL. Anyone from the show Comedians of Comedy would be worth a listen.
David Cross is great too.
That's all that springs to mind at the moment, I know I'm missing stuff. You may also want to try Henry Rollins spoken word. I'd start with "The Boxed Life".
Greg Giraldo - Good Day to Cross A River
Anything Carlin...
Dane Cook is funny (blow me, he is), and should get some enjoyment out of his audio recordings, but a big part of his act is gestures and facial expressions, so I'm not sure about just audio with him.
Lewis Black is always a good time.
Daniel Tosh is a funny man.
Steven Wright, too.
Saw this thread and thought of this.
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Also, Brian Regan is a necessary necessity.
Fixed. Also, I find Sarah Silverman standup kind of funny... Jesus is Magic was pretty good.
Don't put words in my mouth, you asshat. The first time I ever heard him was audio only, and I laughed heartily, but the same concert took on a much bigger enjoyment once I saw the video.
I don't even understand people disliking this guy. He's funny, what else do you want? Yeah, he doesn't tell jokes, but most comedians don't... He's an observationalist comedian, like Carlin (old Carlin... new Carlin is more of a social critic) and Seinfeld, just telling stories from real-life that are funny.
Anyway, this isn't a debate thread, but don't go pulling that shit.
And Silverman is very funny. Also in the female comic arena, Lynne Koplitz and Paula Poundstone are funny.
I just don't find him to be funny. That's all.
That's fine, I don't mind that at all. I'm talking about the people that HATE him for no real reason. I mean, if I don't like a comic, I just don't watch them. End of story. These people seem to have a personal vendetta against the guy, and I don't understand that.
Bill Cosby is very clean, rarely even discusses lewd subjects, much less use vulgar language
Brian Regan is pretty clean
Ray Romano is mostly clean with regards to language, but he touches on lewd subject matter
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Someone said it, but Brian Regan. But if the reason you don't want knotty werdz is because it's for a kid, they won't find Regan very funny, as he deals with mostly adult situations.
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Ellen Degeneres. A lot funnier than I would have expected, too.
I actually really enjoy ellens stand up, I think I saw an HBO special or something, and it was pretty good.
Thirding the Eddie Izzard, and If you like one, you'll enjoy the rest.
Im not sure if Mike Birbiglia is a must have, but Two Drink mike is pretty good.
I found Dane Cook funny the first time I heard his stuff. His HBO show ruined it for me, completely. I just thought it was terrible. Could also be that Comedians of Comedy was out around the same time, and the people they were following are much better comics.
I also recommend ANYTHING by Tom Lehrer.
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Bill Bailey's Part Troll is a good bet if you enjoy Eddie Izzard... he has a lot in common with Eddie (strange rants about random things, often referencing obscure historical, religious, or cultural phenomenon), although he likes to incorporate music into his routines. His "catastrophic U2 failure", wherein he demonstrates what would happen if all of The Edge's effects pedals suddenly stopped working, made me laugh until I cried.
Also, I can't recommend Henry Rollins enough. I own a few of his albums, and had the pleasure of seeing him live last year. I know he's not technically a comedian (I think spoken word artist is the proper term), but he's got a tremendous gift for comedy. He told us a story about getting food poisoning on the Trans-Siberian express that was absolutely amazing, and his story about recording a song with William Shatner and Adrian Belew (I think it's on Shock & Awe) is a thing of beauty.