Please go to comedycentral.com and vote for ANYBODY besides Dane Cook or Jeff Dunham. Mitch Hedberg perhaps?
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comedians.comedycentral.comPosted Jan 12, 2009, 6:36 PM UTC
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comedians.comedycentral.comSweet, Louis C.K. is on the list. Just watched his new special - laughed my ass off.
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Louis C.K. is funnier than all those other comics combined
and make sure to watch his previous special too
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That's not fair. As the submission title says, Mitch Hedberg is on the list, and as a huge Louis C.K. fan I have no problem saying Mitch is fucking hilarious.
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Yep, Louis CK got my vote. Fuck ventriloquists.
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Louis C.K. FTW!, his show got canceled so fast I didn't even get to watch it.
Luckily I found the season dvd of it on sale when Hollywood Video went out of business a few years back. 5 bucks!
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Right on. His older special was one of the funniest things I've ever seen (and I'm old). And since I'm here, enough about fucking Hedberg. Goddamn self-conscious poser version of Steven Wright who thinks his shit is so cute, each joke needs it's own laugh.
Overrated is putting it mildly.
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Yep, voted(ing) for Louis CK. I remember watching some of his stuff and laughing like I haven't in years.
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Demetri Martin. Vote for him, he's hilarious.
Edited to include http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HHr9ZTGW3fQ
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one more reason for demetri martin...
dane cook is stealing his jokes now:
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Even if that is coincidental, Demetri Martin's delivery is vastly superior.
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Honestly, I don't think anything is original anymore. But damn.
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Stay Classy dane cook
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he's gonna have his own show! http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEgtxjkhmCh7jg
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I saw this yesterday while watching futurama reruns. I don't think I've ever been brought to tears by Comedy Central before. (tears of joy, that is).
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YES! YES! OH MY GOD YES!
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Seconded
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Vetoed!
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Sorry, it would appear that they have the 2/3s majority.
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damn. they beat me with their legal mumbo jumbo.
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See the problem is, I tried to find other stuff of him, but there isn't much out there! And it was very samey. :\
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I agree. About 5 years ago I really like Pablo Francisco because of his Comedy Central special but soon found out that all of his jokes were contained in that one-hour special.
I think Demetri's getting into acting, so it may be why there's a shortage.
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Any Brian Regan fans out there? Check him out here!
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I liked his old stuff, his most recent special was a little bleh, he depends too much on his one dumb guy voice now.
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Oh man, Regan is like a funny version of Will Ferrell
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I love the hipster subversive Comedy Death Ray/UCB Theatre stuff, but Brian Regan always has a special place in my funny bone. Although that UPS joke is probably his most lame bit...
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That jokes been done so many times it's not even funny.
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zach galifianakis !!!!!!
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I just watched him on Netflix.... so good.
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Is it weird to have a crush on him? Maybe it's just the epic beard, but, damn. Would hit.
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"Just give me a young Santa Claus.
Oh, you're out of that? Just give me the old sea captain.
Oh, you're out of that one too? Just give me 'The Rapist'"
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Jeff Dunham? Really? You people fuckin suck.
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It's sad when the most famous comedians have to wave puppets or scream and run around the stage to keep people's attention. I remember listening to Carlin and Pryor on record and they're just as good. ADD nation needs bright lights and pretty colors and Dane Cook humping stools.
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man, mitch hedberg was a genious. at least his shit was original
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Yeah, Gaffigan, Galifanakis, Pablo Francisco, Regan, Black, they are all great. I'm voting for Hedberg though because a) He was a genius b) He's dead, and I like to honor cool dead folks and c) Carlin isn't on the list, so it's shite anyway.
edit: I know it doesn't matter at all, but I just know some asshat like Cook or Ron White is going to win because people with good taste can't get behind one guy (or gal) who doesn't suck.
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Grammar Nazi here, both of you spelled "genius" wrong.
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Fixed. :) Thanks. I blame Dave.
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Seriously, what's the criteria for making this list? Carlin was alive longer than Hedberg, and Dunham's been around for decades. It's BS.
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I'm guessing each act is from a Comedy Central Special.. but then again I'm pretty sure Chappelle had one of those too.
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Well Chappelle and comedy central aren't on exactly good terms. That's probably why he's not on the list.
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original
I like Mitch, so I go over to youtube to listen to a set, and damn if he didn't rip off Seinfeld,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUzQYiJpKkA
(dry cleaner's joke)
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Just casted my vote for Mitch Hedberg.
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He's brilliant, but have you seen his comedy central special? He seems really drugged up and out of it compared to his CD's.
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Where's Jim Gaffigan?
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Off telling that Hot Pocket joke for the 20th year in a row.
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He's doing the sexy tour at your mom's house oh snap!
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He's under 'G'. Trust me.
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Ah-ha! Just scrolled down the page, didn't notice the listing by name.
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Look for the blinding shade of pale.
Voted for Bob Kelly here.
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He's there. I voted for him.
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Think what you want about Mitch, but that guy really liked cake.
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And drugs.
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And koalas.
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And frogs. Smacky ones, anyway.
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Man, here comes that frog. I better play dead.
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This is an odd place to do it, perhaps, but I want you to know that the upvote I gave you was entirely for your nickname.
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Don't bring the cake eater over here anymore. He smells like flour.
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Tough choice. Had to go with Bill Burr, I don't think I've ever laughed so hard watching his last special
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that was great man, thank you so much!
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I voted him up for his work in Philly.
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Whoa. I have thoughts like that all the time too!
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"I like a escalator, man, 'cause an escalator can never break. It can only become stairs."
I knew the punchline, and I laughed anyway :).
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"Sorry for the convenience."
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"you can still get up there"
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Louis CK. Easy.
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For real. Mitch is great and all but he's dead, been dead, and will be dead. Support comedians who still work their asses off.
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I think redditors would love Louis CK. Check him out.
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Louis CK is one of the best comedians to ever be featured on Comedy Central.
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Lucky Louie was cancelled oh-too-soon :(
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That's not a Comedy Central link. It's for Canada. And I'm locked out of that region in the United States. Did you post this just so as an American I can finally feel you're international pain? DAMN YOU!
What's funny is they let you watch the advertisement, but not the video! They know you can't watch it, but make you sit through the advertisement only to be burned seconds later.
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I think every thread about comedy now has the top 10% of posts worshipping Mitch Hedberg, and the rest of them saying something about how funny Louis CK is.
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YES! Really, really funny guy. His most recent HBO special was side splitting.
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I can't believe Cook's featured joke is one of those 'the DMV is slow' jokes.
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I'm guessing the people who picked the clips don't like him and/or they know that Cook's fans eat that crap up, raving afterwards, "He's so original!"
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I got this awful clip about "the flute guy" in army marching bands. Oh, it was so horrible.
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No Doug Stanhope? Not even Joe Rogan? Had to go with Brian Posehn...
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No Stanhope, no Carlin, it's a lame list.
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It's only comedians that had Comedy Central specials I think. Stanhope is great but he's way too dirty for basic cable.
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A list of comedians with no Bill Hicks or George Carlin? Tsk tsk.
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Pretty sure it's only for comedians who have done Comedy Central specials.
No Richard Pryor or Lenny Bruce either.
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Exactly. There's nobody I actually want to vote for because those guys are missing.
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thank you, reddit, for telling me what to think, and who i should find funny. what would i (group) think and laugh at without you?
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Daniel Tosh people. Come on.
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How does Superman fly faster? I mean, I get that he can fly, but how does he fly faster? Does he have different settings? Is this like his one-arming-it-with-a-bitch speed? I'd like to know. I always expect some nerd to come up to after the show - "You see, when the planet exploded.."
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And he'll tell Reddit what a vagina feels like.
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ughhhh yes. would have loved to seen him on this list. one of the only comedy albums i can listen to over and over and laugh every time
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Where's Sarah Silverman?
edit: Whoops, didn't realize this was a list of comedians.
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That's funnier than about half the people on the list.
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Eugene Mirman. 'Nuf said.
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Dane Cook is a talentless hack. Please do not lump him together with Jeff Dunham.
[edit: Thank you reddit, you've made my day.]
The other day I was browsing a website called Reddit... Red-dit. What weird name for a website! Red-dit... I always wanted to call it Red-tit for some reason. I don't know why, I just think it would be a lot more popular if people called it Red-tit... laughs
So I'm browsing this, red-tit, and as I'm browsing, out of the corner of my screen I see this comment from some guy called jburket calling me a talentless hack! A talentless hack!
You know what that felt like? It felt like walking around the corner and getting punched in the FACE by some giant fat guy! with saggy tits! because he works for red-tit. It was like out of nowhere! Wa-POW! Ugh... what did you do that for? Ugh my FACE!
I didn't know this jay-bucket so I thought 'Man, I gotta get back at this guy.' So here's what I did. Are you ready? I just sat back down and I wrote... 'Whatever you say, Gaylord' and that was it.
laughter/cheering
I CAN'T HEAR YOU BURGER KING!!!
The other day I was browsing a website called Reddit... Red-dit. What weird name for a website! Red-dit... I always want to call it Red-tit for some reason. I don't know why, I just think it would be a lot more popular if people called it Red-tit... laughs
So I'm browsing this, red-tit, and as I'm browsing, out of the corner of my screen I see this comment from some guy called jburket calling me a talentless hack! A talentless hack!
You know what that felt like? It felt like walking around the corner and getting punched in the FACE by some giant fat guy! with saggy tits! because he works for red-tit. It was like out of nowhere! Wa-POW! Ugh... what did you do that for? Ugh my FACE!
I didn't know this jay-bucket so I thought 'Man, I gotta get back at this guy.' So here's what I did. Are you ready? I just sat back down and I wrote... 'Whatever you say, Gaylord' and that was it.
laughter/cheering
I CAN'T HEAR YOU BURGER KING!!!
The commenter made a verbatim copy of the parent comment, alluding to a widespread perception that Carlos Mencia steals most of his material.
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Cap'n?
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IM IN UR JOKES TAKING UR LULZ
Sometimes I really love this website :)
The best part is both DaneCook and CarlosMencia were created just for these posts.
The Carlos Mencia ripoff follow-up catapulted this from funny to hilarious, even though Mencia seems to prefer to steal material from people with actual talent.
Dane Cook, your lameness is not a bumblebee--you can't scare it away with shrieking and arm-flailing, no matter how much you try. (You made me enjoy watching you die in Mr. Brooks, however.)
I was waiting for the alteration to spot the new meme format.
Then I saw your name.
Oh well played, Carlos Mencia.
Well Played.
Wow Carlos, you're not even trying. Can't even throw some race things in? Maybe one of your idiotic groan-sounds? Tsk-tsk.
Der-d'DURRRRR!!!
Oh man, I hope that gets as many upvotes as the original.
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Originality or GTFO.
That... that was the best damn Dane Cook impersonation ever.
This one's pretty good
Now imagine that done by a talking muslim skeleton. Genius.
SILENCE...I kill you...
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++++++ for you my friend.
Hey, how do you punch someone in the throat over the internet?
alt+093a8nk
shit, I wasn't thinking, your throat okay?
Very carefully.
Nice. I actually had Dane Cook's voice in my head as I was reading that.
Get out Fuck FAAAACE!
That was funny, you can't be Dane Cook.
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that was absolutely perfect.
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Your a genius.
you're*
You just made me go vote for Dane Cook.
Your name is no longer in red. I'm sad at you now.
Thank-you for introducing me to a new way of using the language.
I see I'm hopping on this one early.
Awww. Between the OP telling me what to do (or what not to do), and that joke "danecook" took the time to write out, I almost did. Put me back in red and I promise to never tell you that I like Nickelback sometimes.
p.s. On the bright side, if you don't add me back, you can put me on that enemies list bondagegirl asked about :).
Haha, this is the first time I've gotten downvoted so much that it hid my original comment. I almost feel like IAmInLoveWithJesus. Go me!
you are still red on my screen. i guess that means i can recognize sarcasm?
While Jeff Dunham is talented, he is not funny.
He's not even that talented compared to that guy that won America's Got Talent:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is_G58A8i9U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h09pYx73OIA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMl-fXxeuzk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y1sZxAV7bo
Wow. I've never heard of him before but that is damn impressive.
Oh my god. I think the only one better than that would be a young Kathy Lee.
Wow! Now that is very impressive.
I agree, Jeff Dunham has real talent. Although not a spectacular comedian, he is pretty family friendly, which gives him high ratings (unfortunately).
You said it better than I did.
Jeff Dunham's puppetry and ventriloquism is quite good and he's obviously got talent. But I agree that he's not a spectacular comedian.
I agree with the poster, Mr Hedberg was much better in that regard.
SILENCE! I kill you!
Any relationship to the You kicked my dog prank call?
Am I the only one that realizes Jeff Dunham has been around for like 20 years? I remember watching him on Comedy Central (S.A.S.T?) with Jose as a kid.
Wonder what happened to catapult him to minor stardom? And, more importantly, when's his sitcom coming out? I'd probably watch it if all his costars were his puppets.
No, you're not the only one. I remember watching him late night on broadcast TV in the early 90's.
When I saw him more recently I was surprised to see Peanut was still a part of his act, and was glad for the additional characters.
I disagree. Jeff's not universally awful - Achmed cracks me up - and his ventriloquism is very well-done. But the jokes themselves wander off into lameness, or occasionally offensiveness (as voiced by the puppets of course).
Anyway, he's 10 times better than Dane Cook, but that's not saying too much.
How funny Dunham is depends entirely on which puppet he has his hand in. I could do without the rednecky one and the superhero. But Peanut, Achmed, and Jose are some funny shit.
How could you forget Walter? The secret Id of man?
I beg to differ, he is very talented. I hate his comedy with a passion. BUT he is a good entertainer that knows how to captivate his audience and convince them its funny. How many other unfunny assclowns are as famous and rich as him? That takes talent
he's also stolen quite a few jokes from Mr. Louis CK. I was listening to a radio interview with Louis CK and he was like "I'm not gonna sue the guy over a joke called Hairy Assholes"
Dane Cook is an asshole as it is... but I made the mistake of watching that clip, just to make sure.
I play the flute.
I thought all those comedies more or less sucked just about as bad as Dane Cook, but had far fewer movie deals.
The Axis of Evil comedy tour was a funny one however. Sarah Silverman entertains me more, but that might be party because when she isn't funny I can still look at her enormous 'chosen people' tits !
Jew tit
I have to say this now, because I think Jeff is hilarious.
That guy sucks ass at ventriloquism. Based on his level of fame he is the worst I've seen.