Favorite comedian?

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Who makes you guys laugh till you snort and maybe pee a little?

Australian:
Judith Lucy
Kitty Flanagan
Julia Morris
The Kransky Sisters
Fiona O'Loughlin
Jackie Loeb
Carl Barron
The D-Generation/Fast Forward
Good News Week
Sandman (Steve Abbott)

International:
Margaret Cho
Whoopi Goldberg
Joan Rivers
Billy Connolly
Ben Elton
Stephen K Amos
Jo Brand
Jenny Eclair
Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders
Matt Lucas & David Walliams

I'm also a huge fan of the British comedy shows from the 70s/80s:
George and Mildred
Are You Being Served?
Allo Allo
Man About The House
Bless This House
Benny Hill
Love Thy Neighbour

The PC brigade dump on LTN but I think they miss the point - sure, Eddie was a racist but he was always portrayed as a fool. He was always laughed at, never with.

I'm also a huge fan of the "Carry On..." films. The PC brigade dump on some of these as well - mainly "Carry On Girls" - but I think they miss the point here as well. In "Girls", the main female characters are very strong and liberated whereas the men are bumbling fools.
 

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  • People that do not get paid to be funny, but are; Jerry Brown, Joe Biden, Willie Brown, Charles Barkley, Al Rokker, John Miller, Keith Oberman,
 

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Dylan Moran
Bill Hicks
George Carlin
Frankie Boyle
Billy Connelly
Louis CK

Off the top of my head. Also, because I like throwing live grenades around for shits and giggles, I'm going to throw it out there that all women aren't funny, barring the following; Victoria Wood, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Shappi Khorsandi. I've yet to understand why Joan Rivers is so popular - it's not even that I find her at all offensive, I just don't get when she's telling a joke and when she's having some crazy-lady episode on stage.
 
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I like a lot of comedians: (in no particular ranking...)

Blake Edwards (funny film director and Julia Andrews' hubby)
Peter Sellers.
Richard Pryor.
Gilda Radner.
Steve Martin.
Eddie Murphy.
Kenan Thompson.
Kel Mitchell.
Jerry Seinfeld.
Dane Cook.
Chelsea Handler.
Chris Rock.

 

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...a few more favourites I forgot to mention...

Australia:
The Glass House
Australia...You're Standing In It!
The Big Gig
Bob Downe
Mary Hardy
Graham Kennedy
Me'shell Laurie
The Naked Vicar

International:
Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie
Mel Smith & Griff-Rhys Jones
Graham Norton
Kathy Burke
Joy Behar - especially when she's pwning Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Lenny Henry
Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett
Victoria Wood

I've always lived in rural areas, there aren't any comedy clubs so my comedy comes from TV which is why I've listed a lot of TV shows as well as individual acts.

I am a big comedy fan which is why my list got out of hand...sorry! If I had to choose an all-time favourite it would be impossible to pick just one - it would have to be a three-way tie between Judith Lucy, Kitty Flanagan and Margaret Cho.
 

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Mitch Hedberg
Emo Phillips
Zach Galifianakas
Patton Oswalt
Eugene Mirman
Paul F Tompkins
John Mulaney
Andrew Daly (Nine Sweaters)
Mike Birbiglia
Kyle Kinane
Aziz Ansari
Dana Gould
Todd Barry
 
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I personally like - John Pennett, lisa lampanelli, Bruce Bruce, Lovelle Crawford, Ralphie May, Gaberiel Iglesias, Mo'nique, and Dane Cook are a few of my favorites.