Who makes you laugh

[strocube]

Fuck, how could I forget Peter Sellers?

[Guest]

this guy is funny as fuck

[Guest]

laurel & hardy
three stooges
fatty arbuckle
keystone cops
marx brothers
two ronnies
dave allen
monty python
benny hill
richard pryor
eddie murphy
mr bean
steven wright
eddie izzard
billy connolly
young ones
absolutely fabulous
jack black
laugh in
jeff foxworthy
dennis miller
bill maher
denis leary
woody allen
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[pacman]

(stogie bear @ May 28 2008,05:17) Apart from Denis Leary there are no funny Americans.

Really .... a cup of tea & a nice lie down & you will feel better in no time.

Interesting how many old, really old comedians are mentioned.

For myself the seminal characters in the history of comedy were

Charlie Chaplin
Buster Keaton
Laurel & Hardy
Marx Brothers
The Three Stooges
Bob Hope
The Goons
Benny Hill
Ronnie Barker
Rowan Atkinson
Jim Carey
Roberto Benini
Jack Black
Sasha Baron Cohen

I will remember ones I left out but Cohen's masterpiece movie Borat is the most significant & groundbreaking comedy to have arrived in the past 50 years.

It set a new standard for others to follow.

[JaiDee]

(nigelr69 @ May 28 2008,09:40)          bill maher
     

not really a comedian but belongs here

could be the best satirist in the USA these days


also.....Jon Stewart

No funny Americans?

that's pretty funny!

[mirimark]

The Cleveland Browns.

[bigmick22]

Woody Allen, Dave Allen (the whole Allen family, basically), Father Ted, George Carlin, Steven Wright and Peter Cook

Honourable mention goes to Jimslim

[bigmick22]

(jimslim @ May 27 2008,15:22)

(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

he cut a hole in the glass window of a jewellery shop and instead of grabbing some jewellery he pocketed the piece of glass and ran away with it

Pretty sure it was called "Take the money and run" - character's name was Virgil

Woody Allen also did some great standup but gave it up at end of sixties to concentrate on movies

[thegame925]

On Wednesday 26th March 2008 Stogie Bear, TTChang, Koeykang (& companion), Rosco (with Sonia) and I were sharing a meal at La Stroganoff opposite La Bamba on Soi 13/1, Pattaya.

The discussion came onto comedians and we all threw in names.

I had one of my €œsenile moments€ and could not remember the name of an American comedian who became a giant star in the 1950€™s and who launched the writing careers of people such as Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Woody Allen, Michael Stewart, Mel Tolkin, and Larry Gelbart.

At his peak 60 million viewers watched his TV show each week.

Although he fell out of favour over the last thirty years, he now appears, frail and approaching 90, on the American late night talk shows and is still capable of double-talking, hilarious, total nonsense in any language the host throws out.

A true original!

This thread brought his name into focus €“ Sid Caesar

Direct Link to Sid Caesar as The German General - Doubletalk Example

Sid Caesar doing many languages in his late 80's on Whose line is it anyway

Direct link to Wikipedia Page on Sid Caesar

Direct Link to Sid Caesar's web-site

Direct Link to example of Sid Caesar Doubletalk

[Grinder]

Stand Up
Jim Jeffries
Steven Wright
Billy Connolly
Craig Ferguson (as Bing Hitler)
Peter Kay

In Situ
John Cleese
Peter Sellers
Ricky Gervais
Eric Morecambe
Tommy Cooper
Frankie Howerd
Sasha Baron Cohen
League Of Gentlemen
Steve Coogan
Fast Show

ARSE!

[Grinder]

Oh and John Terry

[allstar88]

grinder  

[seanbeag7]

All star88, is as mad as fuck

[allstar88]

(seanbeag7 @ May 28 2008,17:46) All star88, is as mad as fuck

i prefer to be called unstable

[seanbeag7]

Ok allstar88, totally unstable