100 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians

[Tim]

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Criteria: These Stand-Up Comedians are judged by their influence and popularity

  1. Richard Pryor
  2. George Carlin
  3. Bill Hicks
  4. Bill Cosby
  5. Lenny Bruce
  6. Woody Allen
  7. Steve Martin
  8. Don Rickles
  9. Jonathan Winters
10. Rodney Dangerfield
11. Sam Kinison
12. Stephen Wright
13. Robin Williams
14. Andy Kaufman
15. Eddie Murphy
16. Redd Foxx
17. Chris Rock
18. Eddie Izzard
19. Billy Connolly
20. Jerry Lewis
21. Jerry Seinfeld
22. Steve Coogan
23. Ricky Gervais
24. Lewis Black
25. Emo Phillips
26. David Cross
27. Richard Belzer
28. Joan Rivers
29. Mitch Hedberg
30. Denis Leary
31. Dave Chappelle
32. Peter Kay
33. Patton Oswalt
34. Jon Stewart
35. Brian Regan
36. Jeff Foxworthy
37. Zach Galifinakis
38. Sarah Silverman
39. Bob Hope
40. Louis C.K.
41. George Burns
42. Richard Jeni
43. Doug Stanhope
44. Albert Brooks
45. Bob Newhart
46. Phyllis Diller
47. Bill Bailey
48. Bill Maher
49. Brian Posehn
50. Eugene Mirman
51. Adam Sandler
52. Doug Benson
53. Harland Williams
54. Bobcat Goldthwait
55. Dave Attell
56. Demetri Martin
57. Janeane Garofalo
58. Greg Giraldo
59. Victor Borge
60. Mike Birbiglia
61. Arj Barker
62. Jim Breuer
63. Stephen Lynch
64. Paul F. Tompkins
65. Jim Gaffigan
66. Jim Norton
67. Maria Bamford
68. Bob Saget
69. Jimmy Carr
70. Dylan Moran
71. Tim Allen
72. Ellen Degeneres
73. Jay Mohr
74. Larry David
75. Freddie Prinze
76. Bill Dwyer
77. Jackie Mason
78. Lily Tomlin
79. Gregg "Neil Hamburger" Turkington
80. Christopher Titus
81. Ed Byrne
82. Garry Shandling
83. Stewart Lee
84. Mort Sahl
85. Flip Wilson
86. Tim Vine
87. Colin Quinn
88. Daniel Kitson
89. Judah Friedlander
90. Martin Lawrence
91. Dom Irerra
92. Lee Evans
93. Carlos Alazraqui
94. John Mulaney
95. Joe Rogan
96. Dick Gregory
97. Howie Mandel
98. Margaret Cho
99. Dara Ó Briain
100. Bill Burr
101. Ron White
102. Rich Hall
103. Kathy Griffin
104. Bob Odenkirk
105. Harry Hill
106. Bob Zmuda
107. Paul Mooney
108. Sean Cullen
109. Billy Crystal
110. Mitch Fatel
111. Lisa Lampanelli
112. Ross Noble
113. D.L. Hughley
114. Marc Maron
115. Chris Hardwick
116. David Alan Grier
117. Daniel Tosh
118. Whoopi Goldberg
119. Aziz Ansari
120. Bobby Tisdale
121. Todd Barry
122. Nick Swardson
123. Greg Fitzsimmons
124. Tim Minchin
125. Robert Schimmel
126. Alan King
127. John Oliver
128. Pablo Francisco
129. Mary Lynn Rajskub
130. Simon Munnery

Top 25 Comedy Double Acts

  1. Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
  2. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
  3. George Burns and Gracie Allen
  4. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
  5. Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise
  6. Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong
  7. Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer
  8. Stewart Lee and Richard Herring
  9. Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie
10. David Mitchell and Robert Webb
11. David Baddiel and Rob Newman
12. Dustin Gee and Les Dennis
13. Jack Benny and Mel Blanc
14. Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish
15. Dick Smothers and Tommy Smothers
16. Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara
17. David Baddiel and Frank Skinner
18. Randy Sklar and Jason Sklar
19. Dan Rowan and Dick Martin
20. Flight of the Conchords
      (Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement)
21. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis
22. Mike Winters and Bernie Winters
23. Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett
24. Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders
25. Matt Lucas and David Walliams

Top 15 Comedy Troupes

  1. The Marx Brothers
  2. Monty Python
  3. The Firesign Theater
  4. The Goon Show
  5. The Goodies
  6. The Kids in the Hall
  7. The Upright Citizens Brigade
      (the Matt Besser/Amy Poehler/
      Ian Roberts/Matt Walsh configuration)
  8. The Original Saturday Night Live Not
      Ready for Primetime Players (1975-1980)
  9. The State
10. Human Giant
11. The Hollow Men
12. Stella
13. Broken Lizard
14. The Lonely Island
15. The Whitest Kids U' Know

[ManPerson]

Does anyone have access to the revision that was being worked on in the old forum?

[Tim]

That was my top 30 as per revision:

1. Richard Pryor
2. George Carlin
3. Lenny Bruce
4. Eddie Murphy
5. Bill Cosby
6. Steve Martin
7. Bob Hope
8. Jerry Seinfield
9. Joan Rivers
10. Redd Foxx
11. Rodney Dangerfield
12. Don Rickles
13. Chris Rock
14. Woody Allen
15. Mort Sahl
16. Robin Williams
17. Andy Kaufman
18. Bob Newhart
19. Jonathan Winters
20. Jerry Lewis
21. Bill Hicks
22. Dick Gregory
23. Phyllis Diller
24. Roseanne Barr
25. Dave Chapelle
26. Sam Kinison
27. Louis C.K.
28. Billy Connolly
29. Jeff Foxworthy
30. Ricky Gervais

[Ryan]

I gave up on this list a while, it's so out of date and Dreww rightfully gave me shit about Mort Sahl being so low. I can't believe I made a whole double acts list and Nichols and May aren't even on it.

[AmadeusD]

That was my top 30 as per revision:

1. Richard Pryor
2. George Carlin
3. Lenny Bruce
4. Eddie Murphy
5. Bill Cosby
6. Steve Martin
7. Bob Hope
8. Jerry Seinfield
9. Joan Rivers
10. Redd Foxx
11. Rodney Dangerfield
12. Don Rickles
13. Chris Rock
14. Woody Allen
15. Mort Sahl
16. Robin Williams
17. Andy Kaufman
18. Bob Newhart
19. Jonathan Winters
20. Jerry Lewis
21. Bill Hicks
22. Dick Gregory
23. Phyllis Diller
24. Roseanne Barr
25. Dave Chapelle
26. Sam Kinison
27. Louis C.K.
28. Billy Connolly
29. Jeff Foxworthy
30. Ricky Gervais

Best of the thread. Probably a few more brits could go on there - Michael McIntyre for instance (not a fan, but objectively extremely important and successful).

[Tim]

A top 150 draft:

1. Richard Pryor
2. George Carlin
3. Lenny Bruce
4. Eddie Murphy
5. Bill Cosby
6. Steve Martin
7. Bob Hope
8. Jerry Seinfield
9. Joan Rivers
10. Mort Sahl
11. Redd Foxx
12. Rodney Dangerfield
13. Don Rickles
14. Robin Williams
15. Andy Kaufman
16. Chris Rock
17. Woody Allen
18. Dave Chapelle
19. Bob Newhart
20. Jonathan Winters
21. Jerry Lewis
22. Bill Hicks
23. Dick Gregory
24. Phyllis Diller
25. Roseanne Barr
26. Sam Kinison
27. Louis C.K.
28. Billy Connolly
29. Jeff Foxworthy
30. Ricky Gervais
31. Henny Youngman
32. Robert Klein
33. Eddie Izzard
34. Steven Wright
35. George Burns
36. Jon Stewart
37. Albert Brooks
38. Bill Burr
39. Kevin Hart
40. John Mulaney
41. Norm MacDonald
42. Richard Lewis
43. Buddy Hackett
44. Brian Regan
45. Bill Maher
46. Wanda Sykes
47. Bernie Mac
48. Moms Mabley
49. Sarah Silverman
50. Patton Oswalt
51. Adam Sandler
52. Lily Tomlin
53. Whoopi Goldberg
54. David Brenner
55. Jim Gaffigan
56. Jim Carrey
57. Mitch Hedberg
58. Garry Shandling
59. Tig Notaro
60. Victor Borge
61. Bo Burnham
62. Maria Bamford
63. Mike Birbiglia
64. Margaret Cho
65. Marc Maron
66. Ellen DeGeneres
67. Russell Peters
68. Alan King
69. Jackie Mason
70. Shelley Berman
71. Martin Lawrence
72. Flip Wilson
73. Lewis Black
74. George Lopez
75. Steve Harvey
76. Doug Stanhope
77. Steve Coogan
78. Peter Kay
79. Michael McIntyre
80. Andrew Dice Clay
81. Amy Schumer
82. Freddie Prinze
83. Gilbert Gottfried
84. Daniel Kitson
85. Ali Wong
86. Denis Leary
87. Bobcat Goldthwait
88. David Cross
89. Billy Crystal
90. Russell Brand
91. Dennis Miller
92. Patrice O’Neal
93. Richard Belzer
94. Dave Attell
95. Greg Giraldo
96. Colin Quinn
97. Gallagher
98. Sandra Bernhard
99. Kathy Griffin
100. Ron White
101. Larry the Cable Guy
102. Bob Saget
103. Jimmy Carr
104. Tim Allen
105. Cedric The Entertainer
106. Joe Rogan
107. D.L. Hughley
108. Paul Rodriguez
109. Gabriel Iglesias
110. Emo Philips
111. Ray Romano
112. Louie Anderson
113. Jay Mohr
114. Bill Bailey
115. Zach Galifinakis
116. Richard Jeni
117. Aziz Ansar
118. Trevor Noah
119. Hasan Minhaj
120. Stewart Lee
121. Paula Poundstone
122. Demetri Martin
123. Jim Breuer
124. Judah Friedlander
125. Jay Leno
126. Harland Williams
127. Larry Miller
128. Dean Martin
129. Brett Butler
130. Janeane Garofalo
131. Dana Carvey
132. Elaine Boosler
133. Red Buttons
134. Drew Carey
135. Jeff Dunham
136. Carrot Top
137. Sinbad
138. Eddie Griffin
139. Kevin James
140. Howie Mandel
141. Paul Reiser
142. George Wallace
143. David Alan Grier
144. Doug Benson
145. Brian Posehn
146. Bobby Slayton
147. Eugene Mirman
148. Jeff Ross
149. Lisa Lampanelli
150. Dom Irrera

[ManPerson]

Dave Chappelle seems a bit low.

[Tim]

Bumped him to #18.