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Friday, April 01, 2005

The Death of Mitch Hedberg Got Me Thinking

Who are my favorite comedians? In no particular order:

Bill Hicks: smart, heretical, irreverant, subversive
Mitch Hedberg: it took a a second to get them, but his jokes were brilliantly random
Chris Rock: socially aware, attacks all sides. Funniest guy still out there
Woody Allen (his old stuff): great storyteller
Dave Attell: just balls-out funny
Eddie Izzard: very intelligent, witty, and literate comedy
Adam Carolla: his rants and tangents are filled with bizarre, yet relevant, analogies
Richard Pryor: I'm not even going to say why. An obvious selection
George Carlin: another smart comedian, points out absurdity everywhere
Norm McDonald: nothing spectacular about Norm, he's just funny. The smartest dumb guy I've heard. Plus it's not much of an act as much as it's just HIM. Weirdo.

I also really like the idea of Andy Kaufman. More so than his comedy. I think if I paid money to see him perform live and he just read The Great Gatsby I'd be a little pissed. However, as a third party to it, I think it's absolutely hilarious. Reading The Great Gatsby is not inherently funny, but reading it to thousands of people as they get angrier and angrier at you is.

2 Comments:
Blogger Boski93 said...

That is an inspired list. Made me think about the ones who I have enjoyed over the years. Can we add Dennis Miller to the list of comdeians who have passed. He used to so great, until whatever accident, that turned him into a Shecky Green for the right. That show is unwatchable. Hey Dennis, where's the McGuffin! Wow, his termination from MNF really screwed him up.

12:58 PM  
Blogger Kevin said...

I totally agree with Dennis Miller. He used to be a bratty wise-ass, but now he's lost the glint in his eye and is just a dick. And it's no longer funny.

2:37 PM  

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