Your Top 5 List is...

[vagrantx]

Top 5 Comedians

1. CARROT TOP
2. GALLAGHER
3. RIP TAYLOR
4. ANDY KAUFMAN
5. STEVE MARTIN​

I don't think I've ever seen someone rank Carrot Top as their favorite comedian!

He was very funny on comedy central's "i can't believe this is happening", but I think that's the only time I've seen him just telling a hilarious story without his props. He's a lot funnier than I thought!

Also very surprising you didn't color his name orange

My Top Five Standup Comedians

James Acaster
Fern Brady
Joe Lycett
Mae Martin
Ali Wong

Someone's a British panel show fan Fern was killing it on Taskmaster

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

Top 5 Comedians

1. CARROT TOP
2. GALLAGHER
3. RIP TAYLOR
4. ANDY KAUFMAN
5. STEVE MARTIN​

I don’t know that you’ve ever shocked me more.

Not saying this is a bad list but not one I could have predicted in a million years

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

Top 5 Comedians

1. Mark Maron
2. Hannibal Burress
3. John Mulaney
4. Maria Bamford
5. Mitch Hedberg

 

[curious_slut]

Someone's a British panel show fan Fern was killing it on Taskmaster

Thanks be to all that is good and pure in this world for the random YouTube folks who upload them

I haven't watched her season yet I can't watch stuff out of chronological order or I'd skip ahead.

 

[Indie]

1. Stephen Lynch
2. Bo Burnham
3. Amy Schumar
4. Robin Williams
5. Amy Poehler

 

[LadyLascivious1]

Five songs that make me cry. This list could be ten times as long

 

[UnquietDreams]

My top Five Favorite Stand-Up Comedians (in no order).

Steve Martin. He was young, new, with a brilliant stage presence and a surreal, irreverent sense of humor. Here is his first time on Carson. Keep watching his interaction with Johnny. Also, read, or even better, listen to his autobiography on this period, Born Standing Up.

Richard Pryor. The king of the stage, and there is nothing more to say about that. Here is a bit from later in his career, his first concert on the Sunset Strip.

Franklyn Ajaye. He was an actor and comedian. Not as well known as most on these lists, but an incredibly respected stand-up comedian in the industry. He is a comedian's comedian, with a delivery that is part storyteller and part jazz. One of my favorite bits is very topical right now.

Before Harry Anderson was on Night Court, before he was on Cheers, he was a street magician and stand up. Part carny, part magic, part Damion Runyon, it was a unique show. Here is a bit on geeks, real geeks, from his special Hello Sucker. Not the most prolific, or beloved, but his style hit a sweet spot for me. Warning: geek is geek.

Lenny Bruce. This was dangerous comedy, dealing with sex, and Judaism, and politics, and race, and everything else. Nothing was off limits. And he was arrested for it. Multiple times. And brought to trial. Over fucking comedy. They would send undercover cops to his show. For comedy. One of the times he was arrested, it was over this lovely bit of word play. I will repeat, they arrested him for that. It is still hard for me to wrap my head around it.

I am adding one more that I won't link because I cannot listen to him anymore. Not "won't," cannot without a physical reaction. When the reality of his crimes came out, I had an actual existential crisis. My dad left when I was six, and this man, with his acting, his writing, and his stunningly brilliant stand up routines, was a surrogate father. Bill Cosby is a monster, an unrepentant monster and rapist. And Bill Cosby was one of the greatest storytellers and comedians of any generation. You can be both. And if I didn't love him so much for what I thought he was, I wouldn't hate him as much as I do now. And fuck, do I hate him.

 

[Bry1313]

Top 5 Comedians

1. Mark Maron
2. Hannibal Burress
3. John Mulaney
4. Maria Bamford
5. Mitch Hedberg

I thought a lot about putting Marc Maron on this list. His last special where he talked about the death of his girlfriend was sad and hilarious at the same time. That’s a gift.

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

1) Mitch Hedberg

2) Eddie Murphy

3) Richard Pryor

4) George Carlin

5) Steven Wright

Unlike @lavendersilk this is probably the list I’d have guessed for you right off the bat.
Which ain’t an insult. It’s a great list. I almost included Eddie and Richard. But a lot of their humor ain’t aged well, despite being super influential in my own life.

 

[SalaciousMonkey22]

Top 5 comedians:

1. Taylor Tomlinson
2. Daniel Sloss
3. Mike Birbiglia
4. Iliza Shlesinger
5. Demitri Martin

Birbiglia was the guy who I slapped myself for not including right after I posted my list. His long form story telling is fucking brilliant.

Taylor is my favorite “young” comedian.

 

[Bry1313]

Birbiglia was the guy who I slapped myself for not including right after I posted my list. His long form story telling is fucking brilliant.

Taylor is my favorite “young” comedian.

I’ve seen Birbiglia live, it was such a good performance.

 

[MindYaBitness]

Top 5 Comedians (that aren't cancelled yet...)

Ladies:
Taylor Thomlinson
Christina P
Maria Bamford
Tig Notaro
Fortune Feimster

Gents:
Tom Segura
Mike Bergilia
Sam Morrel
Neal Brennon
Mark Maron

*no particular order, and I'll gladly take the punishment for a double list.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Top 5 Comedians (that aren't cancelled yet...)

Ladies:
Taylor Thomlinson
Christina P
Maria Bamford
Tig Notaro
Fortune Feimster

Gents:
Tom Segura
Mike Bergilia
Sam Morrel
Neal Brennon
Mark Maron

*no particular order, and I'll gladly take the punishment for a double list.

This feels like cheating.
But I like your list. I've seen 7 of your choices live. Excellent!

 

[Matt12191982]

Top 5 Comedians.

1. Mort Sahl -- and no one comes close....
2. Bill Hicks
3. George Carlin
4. Dick Gregory
5. Professor Irwin Corey

Top 5 Living Comedians
1. Bill Burr
2. Louis CK
3. Dave Chappelle
4. Doug Stanhope
5. Dov Davidoff

 

[SherlockianMan]

Have a family member in the hospital with bad covid, so I'm trying to think happy thoughts so

Your Top 5 Things to Cheer You Up​

 

[SherlockianMan]

My list is

1. Tits
2. Breasts
3. Boobs
4. Tiddies
5. Chesticles

All joking aside. It's
1. My dogs
2. A really good book
3. A really good movie
4. A long hang out with friends (bonfire preferred)
5. Tits

 

[SolarClint]

1. A good conversation
2. A good book or story
3. Writing a good story for Lit
4. A good meal
5. My dog

 

[Bry1313]

1) a friend who can make me laugh
2) a great meal with friends or family
3) traveling somewhere new
4) my pets
5) Pedro Pascal

 

[curious_slut]

Five things that cheer me up

1. Animals
2. Panel shows
3. A good book
4. Spooooky stuff
5. The feeling of seawater and ocean waves

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Your Top 5 Things to Cheer You Up

1. Hugs
2. Trivia quizzes
3. Anything with Simon Pegg in it
4. A hot beverage
5. 90's music

 

[Live_Oak]

Top 5 things that cheer me up.

1. Being outdoors
2. Coffee
3. Music
4. Bookstores
5. Friends

 

[LadyLascivious1]

Your Top 5 Things to Cheer You Up

1. Hugs
2. Trivia quizzes
3. Anything with Simon Pegg in it
4. A hot beverage
5. 90's music

How are boobs not on here?

 

[TomTeacher19]

1) hugs
2) laughter
3) dirty, naughty things
4) caramel
5) coffee

 

[Whiskeyjack]

How are boobs not on here?

I love boobs, but thighs would've been higher on the list. I've just not been feeling all that smutty lately.

 

[Noone45]

1. Chatting with ladies
2. Sexting
3. Watching movies and series
4. Tasty food
5. Masterbation