Post Your Comedy Heroes.

neil3k said:
Surprised nobodys mentioned

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I'm not :p

Really old school:

Harold Lloyd
Buster Keaton
Abbott and Costello

Slightly Old School:

Tommy Cooper
Eric Sykes
Morecambe and Wise
Ronnie Barker
Frankie Howerd
Les Dawson
Billy Connolly
Chick Murray

There are many more but those listed are the ones which spring instantly to mind.

Stan :)
 
Bigstan said:
Chick Murray
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How could I forget him!

'My father was from Aberdeen, and a more generous man you couldn't wish to meet. I have a gold watch that belonged to him. He sold it to me on his deathbed. I wrote him a cheque for it, post dated of course'
 
Muban said:
How could I forget him!
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chic murray.

i was walking down the street when i saw a guy sitting on the pavement.
"did you fall" i asked him?
he replied "no, i've got a bar of toffee in my back pocket that i'm trying to break"

classic.
 
John Cleese - without a doubt, one of the funniest men alive
Omid Djalili - his stand up just cracks me up every time, even though it's all a bit "samey"
 
Steve Coogan has been mentioned a couple of times and he is someone I don't find funny except when he is in the guise of Alan Partridge. That character makes me laugh.

Also, Bill Bailey has been mentioned and he is without doubt the funniest stand up I have seen live.
 
Von Smallhausen said:
Steve Coogan has been mentioned a couple of times and he is someone I don't find funny except when he is in the guise of Alan Partridge. That character makes me laugh.
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It's only for his older stuff yeah. The first series of I'm Alan Partridge is one of the greatest comedy series I have ever seen. Shame series two sucked.
 
I like some of Steve Coogans older stuff like Paul & Pauline Calf. Only because a lot of it was filmed where I used to go drinking.

Im not a big fan of stand up per se but Billy Connolly(Billy & Albert) & Eddie Murphy(Delerious) are pretty damn funny.

I like some of the old stuff like Laurel & Hardy. However I really do like slap stick comedy that is really stupid and off the wall like The Naked Gun, lazing Saddles, Hot Shots, Young Frankenstein kind of comedy. So for me my heroes of comedy are

Leslie Nielsen
Gene Wilder
Chevvy Chase
Dan Akyroyd
Marty Feldman
Mike Myers
 
Ronnie Barker
Laurel & Hardy
David Jason


I have recently been enjoying watching Open all hours and George & Mildred.

Older comedies are great :cool:


Dan
 
Bigstan said:
Buster Keaton
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A thread of comedy heroes and we get to page 3 before Keaton gets a mention. That's shocking. :(


He devoted his life to being funny. In fact he frequently risked his life for the sake of laughter.

Can't youtube link as I'm at work but here's the Wikki entry.
 
Paul Merton for the win

also
Billy Connolly
Gervais (live only can't abide the Office)
Ronnie Barker
Arthur Smith
Early Rowan Atkinson (up to about Blackadder the third No Bean or thin blue line etc)

In the written form

Dave Gorman
Danny Wallace
Tony Hawks
 
Marxs Brothers
3 Stooges
Monty Python
Goons
Lee Evans
Ricky Gervais
Laurel and Hardy
Rick Mayall / Ade Edmondson
 
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