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Who's on your Mount Rushmore of stand-up comedians?
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Who's on your Mount Rushmore of stand-up comedians?

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:25 AM

Greg Giraldo, Bill Burr, and Dave Chappelle are easy picks for me. The fourth is a little more difficult; even though I didn't grow up with him in his heyday, George Carlin is too much of a legend to leave him off my G.O.A.T. sculpture.

What say you?

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:28 AM

Jim Breuer was always a favorite of mine. But I’m an 80s/90s kid

https://youtu.be/YZk0d9r6_9k

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The story he tells here is comedy gold!

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:32 AM

https://youtu.be/cXkz2J3Gksc

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Re: The story he tells here is comedy gold!

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Apr 13, 2023, 9:22 AM

ROFL. That was great

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Re: The story he tells here is comedy gold!

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Apr 13, 2023, 11:19 AM

No one on Tigernet. Although I’m sure a lot of them think they should be. Especially that idiot Tiger Balm.

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Re: The story he tells here is comedy gold!

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Apr 13, 2023, 12:13 PM


No one on Tigernet. Although I’m sure a lot of them think they should be. Especially that idiot Tiger Balm.


Got to agree with you on the Balm assessment. He is by far my least favorite poster on any site I visit. He is not the least bit comical.

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I've always enjoyed

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:29 AM

The Amazing Johnathan! The looks he would give were hilarious.


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Re: I've always enjoyed


Apr 13, 2023, 12:31 PM

winters?

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Apr 13, 2023, 12:40 PM [ in reply to I've always enjoyed ]

henny youngman,george burns,red skelton,and jonathan winters.never needed four letter words or innuendo.just observing human nature.

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:29 AM

George Wallace and there is not even a close second.

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:35 AM

Would you consider Don Rickles?

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Apr 13, 2023, 7:49 PM

Sinbad is my distant second. I saw him in Vegas about 15 years ago and he was talking about racial profiling. He was absolutely hilarious. His views on racial profiling were we should do a lot more of it because it works. He said "you don't have to worry about Bubba from Louisiana being no alquader. Bubba ain't going to hijack no plane. Quit wasting time on screening Bubba and spend it screening Hussein and people who came from countries that hijack planes."

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:32 AM

Rodney D. for some reason he just cracks me up.

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:34 AM

Jerry Clower

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Apr 13, 2023, 9:08 AM

And they call it football.

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Re: Who's on your Mount Rushmore of stand-up comedians?

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:34 AM

My four would be:

Rodney Dangerfield, Jeff Foxworthy, Dave Chapelle, and for No. 4, flip a coin between Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor.

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Ron White aka Tater Salad***

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:38 AM



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Re: Ron White aka Tater Salad***

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Apr 13, 2023, 11:18 AM

The policeman told me to count backwards from 100. I got as far as wa.........

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Re: Ron White aka Tater Salad***

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Apr 13, 2023, 6:27 PM

Tater Salad on being drunk in public in NYC, I didn't want to be drunk in public, I wanted to be in the bar but they threw me into public. Hilarious story.

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:45 AM

Gotta go Dave Chappelle, Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, & Bernie Mac.

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George Carlin and Richard Pryor would be 1 and 2 on any list

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:47 AM

I concur with your assessment of Bill Burr and Dave Chappelle.

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Pryor, Carlin, Murphy, Williams

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:52 AM

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Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Lewis Black***

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Re: Who's on your Mount Rushmore of stand-up comedians?

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:57 AM

Steven Wright, Jerry Seinfeld, Ron White, Larry the cable guy.

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Apr 13, 2023, 11:49 AM

All right in there except Steven Wright. I could listen to one of his routines and not even crack a smile. Not my kind of humor, I guess!

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Apr 13, 2023, 9:00 AM

Richard Pryor
Robin Williams
Steve Martin

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Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin James, Gary Gulman, and Mitch Hedberg for me.***

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Apr 13, 2023, 9:07 AM



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Re: Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin James, Gary Gulman, and Mitch Hedberg for me.***

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Apr 13, 2023, 7:19 PM

It’s amazing that for such a subjective question you found a way to be so objectively wrong.

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Re: Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin James, Gary Gulman, and Mitch Hedberg for me.***


Apr 13, 2023, 8:22 PM

Whydo people change the title line of a post?

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Re: Who's on your Mount Rushmore of stand-up comedians?

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Apr 13, 2023, 9:13 AM

Not sure if he’s Mt Rushmore yet but I found a guy in TikTok named Matt Rife. It’s raunchy but hilarious. His quick wit is amazing

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Apr 13, 2023, 9:24 AM

Matt Rife is an up and comer. He’s pretty dang funny though. He does great crowd work.

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Apr 13, 2023, 9:35 AM

Agree! His crowd work is the best! Dave Chapelle is definitely on my Rushmore

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:15 PM [ in reply to Re: Who's on your Mount Rushmore of stand-up comedians? ]

^^^^^ yes I love Matt Rife. I See him on tik tok

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Re: Who's on your Mount Rushmore of stand-up comedians?

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Apr 13, 2023, 9:14 AM

Robin Williams was pretty funny

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Richard Pryor & Ron White for sure.***

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Apr 13, 2023, 9:19 AM

Michael Junior is the best by a long shot because of the punchline!

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Re: Who's on your Mount Rushmore of stand-up comedians?

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Apr 13, 2023, 9:42 AM

Don Rickles, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, George Carlin.

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Re: Who's on your Mount Rushmore of stand-up comedians?

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Apr 13, 2023, 9:45 AM

Clower, Murphy, Rickles, Dangerfield, Carlin

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Carlin, Pryor, Seinfeld, Cosby*

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Apr 13, 2023, 9:43 AM

Obviously Cosby has a bunch of people chipping his face off of the mountain now...so maybe a Steve Martin would take his place? But those four are the ones that advanced stand up more than anyone I can think of. Carlin's social commentary was truly groundbreaking. Pryor's commercial success as a black comedian who would hit any topic was amazing. Cosby's HBO specials were national hits and Seinfeld of course had unprecedented commercial success with his sitcom.

So, that's my hot take.

Keep in mind, this is not "my four favorite commedians". I like most of them, but only Cosby really had me in stitches back in the day. Chris Rock made me laugh harder (not with this most recent effort, but his older stuff). Ricky Gervais, Mitch Hedberg, Eddie Murphy...all funnier to me personally than the ones I mentioned. But those four are my list for most impactful, successful, groundbreaking, comedy-advancing comedians.

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Apr 13, 2023, 10:12 AM

Agree with your take on this 100%. When you think Rushmore, you're thinking founding fathers. People like Carlin, Pryor and Cosby made it possible for a lot of the others mentioned. I even heard Carlin once when asked about advice for an up and coming comedian, "Find out where the lines are drawn. And cross them. Deliberately." I would also include Lenny Bruce in a list. He pushed the boundary before any of them and was arrested for it. His later routines turned into more of a diatribe of his legal fights for the 1st Amendment, but he was still groundbreaking. Probably for saying things that these days you can hear on the Hallmark channel.

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Apr 13, 2023, 9:43 AM

Eddie Murphy
George Carlin
Johnny Carson

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Apr 13, 2023, 9:50 AM

IF I can only pick 4:

Dave Chappelle, Bill Burr, Tom Segura, Robin Williams/Richard Pryor Depending on how I'm feeling.

Honorable Mentions: Carlin, Louis CK, Norm MacDonald, Chris Rock

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George Carlin, Jonathan Winters, Richard Pryor,

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Apr 13, 2023, 9:51 AM

Robin Williams.

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Apr 13, 2023, 9:59 AM

Mitch Hedberg - gone too soon
Dave Chapelle
Bill Burr
Lewis Black

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Chappelle, Murphy, Williams, and Shane beamer

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Apr 13, 2023, 10:18 AM

That mayo bit was gold…

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Apr 13, 2023, 11:54 AM

Patrice O’Neal, Louis CK, Norm Macdonald, Shane Gillis

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Apr 13, 2023, 7:25 PM

Shane Gillis all day!! He is awesome , even after being cancelled

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Richard Pryor, George Carlin

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Apr 13, 2023, 11:56 AM

Eddie Murphy, Lenny Bruce changed everything

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Re: Richard Pryor, George Carlin

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Apr 13, 2023, 12:31 PM

Can’t believe you are the first to put Lenny Bruce. He was the groundbreaker. TU.

My list would be:
Lenny Bruce
Robin Williams
Don Rickles
Rodney Dangerfield

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Don Rickles was just too abrasive for my taste...

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:03 PM

would prefer Carlin, Robin Williams, Dangerfield. Too many comedians today can't even tell a joke without getting vulgar!

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Apr 13, 2023, 11:59 AM

Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Steven Wright, and Bernie Mack

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Apr 13, 2023, 11:59 AM

Bill Burr, Chapelle, Mitch Hedberg, Rogan

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Apr 13, 2023, 4:41 PM



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First team: Pryor, Kinison, Martin, Dangerfield

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Apr 13, 2023, 12:11 PM

Second Team:

Dice
Carlin
Burr
Cosby

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Apr 13, 2023, 12:13 PM

Rodney Dangerfield
Richard Pryor
Jerry Seinfeld
Jeff Foxworthy

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Apr 13, 2023, 12:19 PM

Don Rickles
Red Fox
Louis Black
Bob Newhart

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Carlin, Martin, Murphy, Williams...2nd team Chapelle, Glaser

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Apr 13, 2023, 12:41 PM

Burr, Rock

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My Favorite

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Apr 13, 2023, 4:41 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiwFEI0FxSQ

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Re: Who's on your Mount Rushmore of stand-up comedians?

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Apr 13, 2023, 6:31 PM

Chris rock, Louis CK, Chappell and Burr

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Apr 13, 2023, 7:21 PM

Mitch Hedberg, Eddie Murphy, John Pinette, Steven Wright

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Apr 13, 2023, 7:22 PM

Carlin and Pryor are 1A and 1B. Everyone else is a distant 3rd. I’d probably go Cosby and Bill Hicks. But that would change on any given day.

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Apr 13, 2023, 7:26 PM

Shane Gillis is coming on strong for me if you haven’t checked him out yet

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xuesRT43sAw

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Apr 13, 2023, 7:52 PM

Pryor, Chappelle, Schulz(even though he is young and has not accomplished as much yet the guy is amazing imo), and Hart.

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:00 PM

The Kings of Comedy stand up was always really funny to me. Bernie Mac especially

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:13 PM

For Mount Rushmore, I choose George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, and Joan Rivers. You might call these four influencers today. They changed comedy and opened doors for others.

If I'm choosing my personal favorites the list would be George Carlin, Steve Martin, Dave Chappelle, and Robin Williams.

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:24 PM

Does anyone remember Myron Cohen? He was my fav as a kid.

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Gilbert Gottfried, Richard Pryor, Charlie Murphy…

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:31 PM

Andrew Dice Clay

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Re: Who's on your Mount Rushmore of stand-up comedians?

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Apr 13, 2023, 8:44 PM

You started a great thread- good question! In no particular order:

Brian Regan
John Pinette
Jonathan Winters
Robin Williams
Don Rickles

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Class of '87


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Apr 13, 2023, 8:45 PM

Or:

Jerry Clower
Bill Barr
Ron White
Jeff Foxworthy
George Carlin

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Class of '87


Dangerfield, Carlin, Williams, Murphy***


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Next are Chappelle, Winters, Pryor


Apr 13, 2023, 9:04 PM

Not much separation, if any, from the other 4.
I saw Dangerfield in person in a small theater. Priceless!

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Apr 14, 2023, 9:34 AM

Dangerfield 🐅👍🏿

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Top Four


Apr 14, 2023, 9:58 AM

Rodney Dangerfield, George Carlin, Stephen Wright, Don Rickles

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Apr 14, 2023, 10:26 AM

Norm Macdonald deserves a spot, IMO.

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Screw Calford.


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Apr 14, 2023, 12:34 PM

Agreed about Carlin. Got to throw Rodney Dangerfield in there alsi

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Apr 14, 2023, 4:07 PM

George Carlin, Rodney Dangerfield, Robin Williams, Dave Chappelle.

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