Who makes you laugh

[jimslim]

Well the world would be a pretty sorry place without laughter wouldn't it  

Who really makes you laugh  

My all time favourites are Laurel & Hardy , I never tire watching them , magic .

People like Eric Morecambe and Tommy Cooper , I only have to look at them and Im laughing .

Billy Connolly, he cracked me up in his early days but lost his cutting edge when he got really rich and lost touch with the people he based his comedy on .

And Monty Python , great old fashioned silly British humour  

So who gets you laughing ?

[Guest]

i like a lot of British comedy Steve Coogan and the likes....but i gotta say i prefer the yanks.

Rich Pryor,
Larry David,
Woody Allan

[allstar88]

stan and ollie,connolly,bernard manning,mike reid,steptoe and son,morcambe and wise,carry on,steve coogan,frasier,woody allen,python,father ted,dave allen,pryor,eddie murphy,the office/extras,les dawson,frankie howard,frank carson,tommy cooper .......i`m sure ill think of some more later?..

[JaiDee]

Dennis Miller ....very cerebral but a bit too right-wing these days!

Steven Wright

George Carlin - the Master

Dane Cook

Dave Artel, the insomniac

Denis Leary

[ciobha]

I still think Billy Connolly is hilarious,have a loadof his live cd's,but would love to see him live on stage.
I can watch re runs of shows like Open All Hours and Only Fools and Horses constantly,and even though i know the punchlines or what is coming next,i still end up rolling about laughing.
Shows like that were pure comedy genius,they dont make them like that any more!

[Monkey]

Peter Kay

Bill Bailey

Alan Davies

Tony Hancock

Sid James

Hattie Jacques

Eric Sykes

and many, many others...

[Ladyboy_Loser!]

Mort Sahl, Godfrey Cambridge, Jonathon Winters and Woody Allen. In my opinion they are the foundation for the comedians that followed.

[stogie bear]

Apart from Denis Leary there are no funny Americans.

[jimslim]

(PogueMahone @ May 28 2008,05:12) Woody Allen.  

I remember watching one of his movies where he tried to escape from prison with a gun made of soap only to find it was raining .

In the same movie he played a cello in a marching band , running out in front and sitting down on a stool .

Great stuff

[strocube]

Dave Chapelle, (before he had his existential crisis)
Richard Pryor
Lenny Bruce
Monty Python
The Young Ones
Family Guy
The Three Stooges
Dimitri Martin
South Park (sometimes)

[gizmo]

Tommy Tiernan!  

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XRm9Q2KfzBA  

Only the Irish will probably get this!

[daveduke007]

I hope your not gonna get "fucked" by your avator gizmo if that "cock" of hers is still going in her right hand
If so then "brace yourself" mate

On the Topic my first choice would be Laurel and Hardy

[gizmo]

I can only hope!

[allstar88]

(Monkey @ May 28 2008,05:08) Peter Kay

Bill Bailey

Alan Davies

Tony Hancock

Sid James

Hattie Jacques

Eric Sykes

and many, many others...

shit i forgot about peter kay

[Road Runner]

Buster Keaton
Harold LLoyd
The Keystone Cops
Laurel & Hardy
The Marx Brothers
ITMA
The Goons
Round The Horne
Steptoe & Son - of course!
Peter Cook - the greatest!
Tommy Cooper - fantastic!
Morcambe & Wise - naturally.
Monty Python's Flying Circus - I always wanted the Michael Palin part that says;- 'It's!'
Dave Allen - the everyday reduced to the rediculous!
The Two Ronnies - Ronnie Barker being by far the best
Richard Beckinsale - a promise sadly taken away.
Jasper Carrott - probably the most brilliant British comedian of the 1980's
Leonard Rossiter - another talent taken away to early.
Rowan Atkinson - I prefer his set pieces like Black Adder over his Mister Bean - also a fantastic writer/producer.
Jack Dee - scarily close to my own sense of humour - though my brain works more like Terry Gilliam's cartoons!
Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders.


RR.