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Ok, I need some guidance please. I need a new funny stand up to listen to (Russell Brand does not count!)

The funniest by far (ever), by a long way is Emo Phillips. Got him.
Bill Hicks - Yup, funny as fukc, got him.
Eddie Izzard, Monty Python etc etc yup, covered.

Can anyone recommend me someone new?

Make me laugh!

Please!
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streamline wrote:Ok, I need some guidance please. I need a new funny stand up to listen to (Russell Brand does not count!)

The funniest by far (ever), by a long way is Emo Phillips. Got him.
Bill Hicks - Yup, funny as fukc, got him.
Eddie Izzard, Monty Python etc etc yup, covered.

Can anyone recommend me someone new?

Make me laugh!

Please!
The Umbilical Brothers (see YouTube)
George Carlin (still)
Rollins Spoken word...

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I would have recommended Bill Hicks and George Carlin, but you already knew of Hicks and someone beat me to naming Carlin.

Not a conventional 'comedian', but I recommend picking up spoken word performances by William S. Burroughs, especially the ones about the egregious Dr. Benway.
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Blaster Bates is always a bit of a laugh - who knew that blowing stuff up was a source of such amusement..?
If you like Bill Hicks then you'll probably like Lenny Bruce.
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off the top of my head (not literally):

Bill Bailey of course
Eddie Izzard
Eddie Griffin
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Bill Hicks is great but a little bit slow.
Been listening to Carlin the past couple of years ... over and over again ... still extremely funny ...

And then there's ...

Tim Allen, a little bit harder to find ...
and last but not least (as Izzy already mentioned) Henry Rollins - spoken word :notworthy:

Went to see a show last year in Antwerp, duration : 3,5 hours, never, not for one second, got bored.
This guy just tells you about the things in life he recently encountered. All of this really happened and boy can this man tell a story :notworthy:

I added an example on my webspace www.eenfeestje.be/brazil.mp3
(Please ignore the website as it is under construction)

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Separately, not together (when they worked together they hadn't perfected their craft):

Stewart Lee (dark)
Richard Herring (silly)

Also the Mighty Boosh is pretty funny. Lost in the tundra....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycu-pQYmUQQ
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Oh here we go.. I'm so glad some one's brought this up!!

If you want good stand -up you have to go Stateside!! Let's roll..the obvious, Hicks was mentioned but here's some more for you to look up and down load!!

Rodney Dangerfield

Sam Kinison

Dave Attell

Greg Fitzsimmons

Greg Giraldo

Robert Schimmel

Artie Lange

Colin Quinn

Brian Reagan

Dennis Leary


Never ever ever listen to Andrew Dice Clay..the man is funny as cancer!

If you want good old fashioned machine gun one lines ..try Jackie Martling ( jackie the joke man - who used to be on Howard Stern's radio show)

If you get the chance, tune into Sirius Satellite radio and listen to Raw Dog - one of their comedy channels - Radio as it should be !
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I've not seen anyone funnier for a long long time than Daniel Kitson :lol: :lol: :lol: he's an absolute geniues

http://www.danielkitson.com/
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EvilBastard wrote:If you like Bill Hicks then you'll probably like Lenny Bruce.
I'd never heard of him before. :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

Some great clips on youtube:
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Early Connolly, only the early stuff mind, he's pish noo!

and I'd def. stand up for Rodney Dangerfield, (Bad) Sam Kinnison RIP and some Jack Dee
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Tommy Cooper... :| RIP

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Izzy HaveMercy wrote:Tommy Cooper...
hmmmmm :|
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sisxbeforedawn wrote:I've not seen anyone funnier for a long long time than Daniel Kitson :lol: :lol: :lol: he's an absolute geniues

http://www.danielkitson.com/
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I've just recently seen some stuff by Demetri Martin. Worth a look IMO.
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Richard Prior. RIP. :notworthy:

This is a serious recommendation... Jimmy Carr.
On stage he's totally different from the squeeky clean(ish) "grandma's favourite UK TV funnyman" image.

On stage he's a sick twisted hilarious monster. :twisted:
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