Friday, September 20, 2013

100 Greatest Standup Comics

A List from Comedy Central
    1. Richard Pryor
    2. George Carlin
    3. Lenny Bruce
    4. Woody Allen
    5. Chris Rock
    6. Steve Martin
    7. Rodney Dangerfield
    8. Bill Cosby
    9. Roseanne Barr
    10. Eddie Murphy
    11. Johnny Carson
    12. Jerry Seinfeld
    13. Robin Williams
    14. Bob Newhart
    15. David Letterman
    16. Ellen DeGeneres
    17. Don Rickles
    18. Jonathan Winters
    19. Bill Hicks
    20. Sam Kinison
    21. Dennis Miller
    22. Robert Klein
    23. Steven Wright
    24. Redd Foxx
    25. Bob Hope
    26. Ray Romano
    27. Jay Leno\
    28. Jack Benny
    29. Milton Berle
    30. Garry Shandling
    31. George Burns
    32. Albert Brooks
    33. Andy Kaufman
    34. Buddy Hackett
    35. Phyllis Diller
    36. Jim Carrey
    37. Martin Lawrence
    38. Bill Maher
    39. Billy Crystal
    40. Mort Sahl
    41. Jon Stewart
    42. Flip Wilson
    43. Dave Chappelle
    44. Joan Rivers
    45. Richard Lewis
    46. Adam Sandler
    47. Henny Youngman
    48. Tim Allen
    49. Freddie Prinze
    50. Denis Leary
    51. Lewis Black
    52. Damon Wayans
    53. David Brenner
    54. D L Hughley
    55. Alan King
    56. Colin Quinn
    57. Richard Jeni
    58. Larry Miller
    59. Gilbert Gottfried
    60. Jeff Foxworthy
    61. Bobcat Goldthwait
    62. Eddie Griffin
    63. Jackie Mason
    64. Richard Belzer
    65. Cedrick the Enter.
    66. Shelley Berman
    67. Kevin Pollak
    68. DaveAttell
    69. Pat Cooper
    70. Wanda Sykes
    71. Red Buttons
    72. Bernie Mac
    73. Billy Connolly
    74. Paul Rodriguez
    75. Eddie Izzard
    76. Robert Schimmel
    77. Paul Reiser
    78. Sinbad
    79. Dom Irrera
    80. Bobby Slayton
    81. Dick Gregory
    82. Howie Mandel
    83. Norm MacDonald
    84. Drew Carey
    85. David Cross
    86. Jay Mohr
    87. Brett Butler
    88. Paula Poundstone
    89. Kevin James
    90. Dana Carvey
    91. Jim Breuer
    92. Louie Anderson
    93. George Wallace
    94. David Alan Grier
    95. Andrew 'Dice' Clay
    96. Joey Bishop
    97. Sandra Bernhard
    98. Louis CK
    99. Janeane Garofalo
    100. Gallagher
http://www.listology.com/list/comedy-central-100-greatest-standups-all-time

Note by the Blog Author
Missing from the of US/Canadian standup greats are:
Jack Paar
Rick Dees (mostly as a radio DJ)
Jack Carter
Jerry Clower -- The Mouth of the South
Andy Griffith
Will Rogers
Jackie Vernon
Mel Brooks (particularly with Carl Reiner)
Allan Sherman (singing his own song parodies)
George Gobel
Mike Myers

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