• Broccoli@lemmy.world
    432·
    9 months ago

    Norm MacDonald

    The moth joke, dirty johnny, country of germany, 9/11 compilation, ManGrate, guest appearance with courtney thorne-smith on conan.

    • kautau@lemmy.world
      20·
      9 months ago

      Lol true. Though it helps when half of your routine is to joke about how shitty of a person you think you are, and then it turns out that’s true, and people are like “yeah that checks out”

    • Why9@lemmy.world
      3·
      9 months ago

      Taylor’s recent “Look at you” show was hilarious. The story behind that title is amazing too!

      Sorry progressive and always know when I watch her stuff that I’m in for a good time.

  • breathless_RACEHORSE@lemmy.world
    23·
    9 months ago

    I’ll give you two, one living, one passed.

    Randy Feltface is great with crowd work.

    Mitch Hedberg was a genius with delivery, and even though I’ve seen most of his recorded work multiple times, I still laugh out loud.

    • timeisart@lemmy.world
      6·
      9 months ago

      I have a chance to see Randy Feltface live in December but may have to go by myself since my one standup buddy said he “can’t do puppets” lol. I mean I get the puppet hate but this isn’t like Jeff Dunham, Randy is actually legitimately funny to the point that you kinda forget you’re looking at a puppet.

      also agreed on Mitch, RIP.

      Craig Ferguson is probably my number one though. His specials aren’t even that great but the three times I’ve seen him live have been hysterical, and his Late Late Show was legendary imo, such a quick witted mind for improv.

  • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
    19·
    9 months ago

    Scrolled too far without seeing Weird Al listed. He may not do stand-up but he’s absolutely a comedian, and he’s been making me laugh consistently for 30 years now.

    • BlueKittyMeow@beehaw.org
      4·
      9 months ago

      Love Mitch and Stephen - had never heard of James Acaster but took a chance based on your list and loved him :D thanks for the rec!

  • Devi@beehaw.orgEnglish
    12·
    9 months ago

    Fern Brady I find always makes me laugh, it’s like she’s enjoying herself and just bringing everyone else along for the ride. Even in interviews I just end up really enjoying myself.

    • quinnly@lemmy.ml
      8·
      9 months ago

      Loved her on Taskmaster. “Have I met these potatoes before?!”

      Between herself, John Kearns, and Munya, that season was a goldmine for ‘comedians I had never heard of before and ended up loving’.

      • Devi@beehaw.orgEnglish
        4·
        9 months ago

        I’ve never watched taskmaster you know? People keep saying I should but there’s just so much of it and only so much time in the day.

        • quinnly@lemmy.ml
          4·
          9 months ago

          Try Fern’s season! You don’t have to watch any of the seasons in order, they all exist in a vacuum. And it’s all on YouTube! I say give S14 E1 a shot and see how you like it :)