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Jeff Dunham is good as well, as well as the Blue Collar Comedy Tour.

What, no love for Bob Newhart? Or Katt Williams? (Although when you're selling out major theaters, you may have lost your claim to being an underground comic...)

Many of my other favorites have already been mentioned - Steven Wright, Steven Lynch, George Carlin (especially back in the day), Jim Gaffigan, Jeff Dunham - but I would like to note that Chris Rock still puts on one heck of a funny show (had to play one recent concert with a lot of pauses, so my wife could post his treatise on the exact circumstances under which it's okay for a white person to "use the N-word"[1]), and Eddie Murphy still has his moments...

[1] When it's Christmas Eve, between 4:30 and 4:49 am, and you've gone to Toys'R'Us to get their last Transformer for your child, and some black dude jumps you outside the store, kicks you repeatedly while shouting, "Take that, you cracker-a$$ motherf*****!", pees on you, steals your wallet and the Transformer, and runs off, you're allowed to shout, "Somebody stop that n****r!"

Imo the best thing Newhart ever did was refuse the cliche of adding children to his shows. Larry and the Daryl's was a neat running gag... but all-together he's not one of my favorites.

Katt Williams is good as well.

Bill Hicks, Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, D.L. Hughley and Louis C.K.

Find a copy of the album, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart. My favorite bit was Abraham Lincoln's agent, talking to him about the Gettysburg Address. "'The world will little note, nor long remember--' Well, of course they'll remember, Abe!"

Chelsea Handler is hilarious as well, as is anyone on Comedy Central Presents.

I like Jeff Dunham. The only thing I don't like about him is when he repeats jokes over and over. Anyway, my favorite puppet is Achmed The Dead Terrorist. I liked the part in the Christmas special when Achmed said he was scared and wanted Jeff to hold him. ^.^

I also like Blue Collar Comedy Tour. It's a favorite among my family members; though none of us are rednecks. Unless living in Idaho automatically makes one a redneck...

I have Jim Gaffigan's Hot Pockets skit memorized almost word for word.

In a previous post, I mentioned Carlos Mencia. Well I take it back. I found out he made a joke about wheelchair-bound people getting first dibbs at rides in Disney World. He then went on to say that they ought to wait like evrybody else and made some kind of motion about kicking them in the chest. How would he like it if I kicked him in the balls!
I really liked Paula Poundstone but there was some dirt about her too that really turned me off.
I don't know his name but that comedian that was on Seinfeld (the one who played the doorman) is REALLY funny! Ellen D. always makes me laugh!

Would you post it, please. (If you want). Thanks

Jeff Dunhame
Lee Evans
Dave Chappelle
Chris Rock
Eddie Murphy (When he was doing it back in the 1980s)

Strictly for funniness of stand-up performances...

BILLY CONNELLY!!

Mencia can be funny, and has made some pretty hilarious societal observations, but at times he's just blatantly racist (I'm not talking about using ethnic slurs in a satirical manner like he frequently does). In particular against middle eastern and Japanese people ("Japanese people shouldn't be allowed in Pearl Harbor").

And I have to say how happy I am that no one has mentioned the plagiarizing d-bag that is Dane Cook. He was mediocre by himself, but his popularity amongst the frat house a-holes just pushes him way over my limit to be able to stand.

I like both Chapelle's Show and Mind of Mencia.

Bill Engvall, Larry the Cable Guy, Jerry Lewis, Richard Pryor, Tim Allen, The Smothers Brothers, Robin Williams, and my absolute favourite, Ellen Degeneres.