Most influential comedian

Originally posted by AgentWood probably my absolute favourite modern comedian in the whole world--eddie izzard.and the other eddie--murphy. 'raw' and 'delirious'...you need reinforced undergarments to watch those.oh, and speaking of vic reeves, have you heard the story about when barney and vic went out on the piss and barney drove to mossside and abandoned a very twatted vic reeves there without his shoes? a good samaritan helped him find his way to a minicab company. totally true!

something he is in the habit of doing - a wild night in the Hacienda left Karl Bartos wandering around Manchester, with the PSBs looking for him whilst Barney was looking for another party!!

Originally posted by Green > Originally posted by AgentWood> not necessarily influential, just funny. and not technically a comedian, either: p.j. o'rourke. polar opposite of me as far as politics goes, but he sure makes me laugh my ass off. especially his books 'republican party animal' and 'holidays in hell.'

Have to agree with P.J. He was still the editor of National Lampoon when I started reading it; the title of the first story of his I read was something like How To Drive Real Fast While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed While Not Spilling Your Drink. His books are very funny too, sorry I missed his brief stint on 60 Minutes.

Agreed, the man is funny (if wrong about his politics). Hey, maybe there should be a "liberal PJ O'Rourke"......(me, perhaps? I can write about booze and social reform at the same time...)

I've got his book "All The Trouble In The World" from about a decade ago, been planning to get more of his stuff. He's one of two Republicans always good for a chuckle (after G.W. Bush, of course :D )

Originally posted by phil something he is in the habit of doing - a wild night in the Hacienda left Karl Bartos wandering around Manchester, with the PSBs looking for him whilst Barney was looking for another party!!

I wanna hear more about this story!

:D:D:D:D:D:D anita

Spike Milligan

Bill Hicks (r.i.p.)

The best comedian of all time– George Carlin My other fav comedian– Margaret Cho (her impersonations of her mother are fucking hilarious) Clinton's presidency was a comedic performance

Tommy Cooper is a legend

The. Three. Stooges.

Oh, and Monty Python.

I have a thing for Brit-Coms....so I have to pick the guys from Monty Python and Rowan Atkinson (love, love, love him!!!)

Originally posted by AgentWood probably my absolute favourite modern comedian in the whole world--eddie izzard.and the other eddie--murphy. 'raw' and 'delirious'...you need reinforced undergarments to watch those.

eddie izzard has just announced a uk tour - but its all big arenas.

favourites

eddie izzard bill bailey harry hill paul merton steven wright milton jones the mighty boosh dylan moran

caught last episode of 15 floors up last night - looked very funny

overrated lee hurst jeff green

sinband?

*insert applause* ;)