Worst Stand Up Comedian of all time? Your choice and why?

[SammyBlue]

My vote: Gotta go with the Diceman! Ohhh!

Hickory, Dickory, Dock. . .his entire career sucked (censor).

Runner up: Carrot Top. . .telling unfunny joke in an unbelievably annoying way!

[ohiosmith]

1. Howie Mandel

The un-funniest, and most annoying, person ever born.

[ALago1]

3. Well...

When I was a kid I loved "Bobby's World", which was actually a pretty good cartoon he created.

Otherwise, I pretty much agree. Don't like his stand-up at all and think he is annoying as hell on the "Deal or No Deal" gig he's currently doing...

[Hugin]

2. swag...

People are constantly confusing him for me.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

42. Well, you shouldn't have named yourself prag then, huh? nt

[Hugin]

46. At the time I chose my name I did not know about "swag"...

Besides, "Prag" was a reduction of my chosen user name.

:P

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

47. That's no excuse.

There's another haruka, but they don't post. I tried calling them out one day declaring DU could only have one Haruka but they didn't respond.

[Beware the Beast Man]

4. Easily Dice, as well as any so-called "cringe" comic.

Basically any comedian who is obscene and offensive for the sole purpose of being obscene and offensive.

Offensive subject matter can sometimes be extremely well done in the correct context, but most of these guys just suck at it.

[SteppingRazor]

6. I gotta disagree...

I mean, Lenny Bruce? Denis Leary? Bill Freakin' Hicks? Those guys are hilarious!

[Beware the Beast Man]

11. All good examples.

But they used a brutal technique to get across a larger message. Dice and other like him are just racist homophobic assholes.

[SteppingRazor]

16. Point taken...

there is, admittedly, a world of difference between those guys and Dice.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

22. Really?

I was under the impression that Dice was in character, like Conner's Archie Bunker.

[jobycom]

49. He was.

That was my point about him, just below your post. :) I never thought he was that good at it, though, which is why people missed it. But he was definitely pretending to be a character.

[jobycom]

48. Bingo, though I don't completely agree on Dice.

I would add Pryor to the list of brilliant comedians with foul mouths. Shocking profanity is used to jar an audience out of their normal mindsets, to convince them that anything goes, which makes them more receptive to difficult messages. That's what Bruce, Hicks, Pryor and the like did.

I think Dice tried to do that. I think he was adopting a persona to mock that persona. He wasn't very good at it, but I think he tried. Sam Kinneson, on the other hand, was just a sexist, bitter man trying to make jokes about it. That's why I never liked him. Didn't like Dice much, either, though. :)

[LostinVA]

80. See, I never got that -- I always thought he was exactly like Kinneson

Just worse. I hated Andrew Dice Clay with a passion. If he was trying to make a point, then I agree he sucked at it.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

95. It's pretty much an impossible job.

With TV shows like All in Family or the Colbert Report you can easily seperate the actor from the character. With stand-up comedy the usual assumption is that the person you're hearing is the genuine article, with exceptions for characters with very outlandish personalities and costumes e.g. Peewee Herman.

[Dees]

30. delete

[Bucky]

67. Why Dice is at least better than Dennis Leary

Dice sucks with his own materiel. Dennis Leary (according to Joe Rogan) steals other comics' materiel for his act.

[RedStateShame]

91. Really?!

So Bill Hicks didn't travel through time to do that whole smoking bit---nearly verbatim??---sheesh.

That having been said, I love the work Leary does on "Rescue Me," as well as his plugs for the Twilight Singers. Great band.

[Richardo]

5. All time? That's tough. In the past 12 months, I'd say Ron White

Guy's trying way too hard for an 'image' (oooo gotta have that drink and a cigarette - how edgy!) and his delivery sucks as badly as Colin Quinn on a bad day. :puke:

[SteppingRazor]

12. Huh. I agree that Colin Quinn is absolutely terrible...

but I actually like Ron White :shrug:

[Richardo]

14. Most people like him, I know.

I just don't 'get' him I guess.

[xmas74]

35. I like Ron White too.

He seems like an all right kind of guy who has no problems w/ the GLBT community (at least according to one of his "bits" that he does).

[smokey nj]

54. Colin Quinn sucks.....

saw him do a live set, NOBODY laughed. I almost felt sorry for him.

[sasquatch]

26. I disagree

[Richard Steele]

99. I disagree. Ron is a good comic who made a BAD career choice.

He's not a "redneck" or even a "conservative",
and his early work makes that pretty clear.

He had a SOUL once, but he sold it to buy a ticket
on the Redneck Comedy Tour.

[SteppingRazor]

7. Why has no one said Gilbert Godfried? n/t

[Lautremont]

43. Because he's hilarious!

I grant you that I would never have said or even thought that before seeing The Aristocrats, but I now think he has it in him to be pretty funny.

[Flaxbee]

78. I never disliked Gilbert, but after "The Aristocrats" I have

definitely newfound respect for him. And taken in short doses, his yelly/whiny/screechy thing makes me laugh.

[Redstone]

8. Whoopie Goldberg. Because she's not funny. Never has been.

Not even once.

Redstone

[SteppingRazor]

9. Totally agree...

to quote Bart Simpson, "I didn't think it was physically possible, but both sucks and blows" :thumbsup:

[NewWaveChick1981]

10. Kenny Banya

Oh, wait... He's not a REAL comedian, just Seinfeld's fictitious arch-nemesis! :rofl: Seriously, I would vote for Carrot Top. :puke:

[SteppingRazor]

13. This is gold, Jerry! Gold! n/t

[NewWaveChick1981]

17. LOL!

:rofl: "Ovaltine! Why don't they call it Roundtine?"

[driver8]

98. I've been lifting weights, Jerry...I'm huge!!

That is a great episode.

[RedStateShame]

15. Larry the Cable Guy

I imagine I'd get more laughs spending a weekend at an abortion clinic than listening to this infantile garbage, but then again, to quote a revolutionary comic, I'm a reader.

[SteppingRazor]

19. Good call. The Larry the Cable Guy character is just terrible...

and, from what I've heard, the fellow behind the character isn't much better

[HughBeaumont]

33. Larry the Cable Heeyuck sucks rotted boar balls.

It's like listening to a lobotomized Junior Samples do stand-up. His masterpiece is currently at #15 and climbing on the Bottom 100 shittiest movies. And this is on freeper-loaded imdb!

[martymar64]

88. That's an insult to Junior Samples

n/t

[Initech]

34. Definately!

Any comedian who repeatedly says in his act "I dun care who ya are, that's funny right thur!" is not a comedian.

[Beware the Beast Man]

53. And he's about as southern as I am Orthodox Jewish.

(which isn't much).

Just for old time's sake, here's David Cross' smackdown of Larry:

http://www.bobanddavid.com/david.asp?artID=183

[SammyBlue]

63. IF you get the joke, David Cross is funny as all hell.

Sadly, most don't get the joke.

[Beware the Beast Man]

73. Oh, he's a riot.

Definitely doesn't belong on this thread.

[leftist_rebel1569]

57. Yeah

exactly.

[bullwinkle428]

64. DING! DING! DING! WE HAVE A WINNER!

Just caught the last segment of Assclown Leno's show last night as I was in bed surfing channels before falling asleep, and saw him there on the set...thanks for making me nauseous at bedtime!

[LostinVA]

83. Agreed n/t

[ghostsofgiants]

18. Just about any comedian that's gotten a sitcom about his/her cooky family.

[baldguy]

20. Tony Clifton

[peekaloo]

75. sez you....you wouldn't know funny if you were sittin' in it.

:D

:hi:

[FredScuttle]

84. Kaufman stole my act!

[Orsino]

21. Gallagher, Carrot Top, Larry the Cable Guy. n/t

[voter x]

23. Jay Mohr

his cocky shtick is not funny, and how many times do I have to see his Walken impression?

x( :boring: :banghead:

[NewWaveChick1981]

24. Forgot about Jay...

...Let's just say I freakin' HATE his so-called standup! :grr:

[kwassa]

25. Jerry Lewis

[kmla]

27. Jimmy Walker.

http://www.dynomitejj.com/display_views.asp?id=37

Not even remotely funny. And really stoopid. A special kind of stoopid.

[Beware the Beast Man]

50. "interned."

:rofl: and he used it twice!

[acmavm]

28. Don Rickles. I never understood how he could be called a

comedian.

[FredScuttle]

86. Easy

he had possibly the greatest line I've ever heard in a standup routine:

"Christ, lady, you gotta be Jewish...it's 90 degrees in here and you're wearing a mink stole"

OK, maybe not the greatest, but definitely funny.

[Frank Cannon]

94. Rickles is hilarious

That guy could ad-lib like nobody else.

[JCMach1]

29. Gallagher or Carrot Top

YOU CHOOSE!!!

It's too close to call for me

[Dees]

31. Jackie Mason....n/t

[astonamous]

32. Jackie Mason is also a right-wing nut!!!!! Not funny! n/t

Trudy
www.pryorsplanet.com

[blue neen]

36. Sam Kinison

Sorry to those of you who were his fans, but that screaming bullshit was extremely annoying.

[Ariana Celeste]

37. I agree

I just can't stand him. I saw him on an old episode of Saturday night live recently, and he told a joke about Chernobyl. Went something like, "Better YOU then US you RUSKIES! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Not funny.

[jobycom]

45. My choice, too. Not funny, not perceptive, and too friggin' annoying.

I mean, after the first thirty-five "I hate women" jokes, and the first ten "I don't hate all women just one" disclaimers, you think he'd have varied his routine a bit. Dice was brilliant next to Kinneson.

Still saddened by what happened to him, though. RIP.

[obreaslan]

38. Brad Stine!!!

The conservative "comedian". :puke:

[_Wayne_]

39. These idiots

[jobycom]

52. Actually, they crack me up. Sorry to be too redneck for you.

:)

[Beware the Beast Man]

55. I think Bill Engvall is funny.

Ron White is okay.
I used to think Jeff Foxworthy was okay, but his schtick is a little old.
LTCG is just an idiot.

[Sabriel]

40. Dennis Miller

Someone please slap me for ever thinking he was funny or current. My favorite quote about Miller is from Get Your War On:

[jobycom]

51. Good call. I can't agree with most of these choices, but you are right.

I never liked Miller. Inflated ego, weak-ass iconoclast schtick that was about as perceptive as Ann Coulter's political commentary.

[MsKandice01]

41. Joan Rivers..

[Lautremont]

44. "In Soviet Russia, television watch you!" (nt)

[MsKandice01]

56. Judy Tenuta

[Lydia Leftcoast]

58. Baby boomers may remember Alan King, who came onto the

Ed Sullivan show frequently and always did the same routine. Or at least that was how it seemed. Whatever he did, it wasn't funny.

[BobcatJH]

59. Brad Stine

Without a doubt, Brad Stine. The man is a moron. Plus, his fans are crazy! Check out the vitriol I got from them for criticizing the "conservative Chrisitan comedian" on my site. Nuts.

[hfojvt]

92. Nuts?

I did not read the entire thread, or the linked article, but the first piece of vitriol I saw was this: "Hypocrite. Coward. Self-control is not going for a third plate at the Old Country Buffet, something his audience rarely displays."
And then Rachel's comment did not seem nearly as nasty as the reply to her from Marge who goes off on a torture tangent and grammer mockery. Then Paunch's reply got a little nasty, but also seemed somewhat fact based, but was answered by an ad-hominem attack from Joseph.
So I did not see craziness and vitriol coming just from his fans. (and no I am not one of them, since I have really never heard of the guy to remember him)

[Beer Snob-50]

60. gotta agree with carrot top and diceman

the best..george carlin and the late/great rodney dangerfield.

[AngryAmish]

61. Carrot Top has retired the trophy. This thread is over.

[Bucky]

66. I forgot. Did he win for worst comic or most pathetic plastic surgery?

It's sad when a 40 year old comedian stands next to Regis and still looks like the fogey

[anarch]

62. George W. Bush

Yeah, yeah, you're a stupid idiot who can't talk right...very funny. And all that slapstick stuff, choking on pretzels and falling off bikes and shit? Come on, that crap went out of style a really long time ago, jerk.

[BlueIris]

65. Well, since Andrew Dice Clay has already been mentioned: Tom Green.

I really...hate him.

[jobycom]

69. You've got to be kidding me

He was TRYING to be funny?

[BlueIris]

70. Sad, isn't it?

...egh. I'm having flashbacks to the two hours of my life I wasted watching, "Road Trip."

[jobycom]

71. Sad, in the way an six month old green egg salad sandwich is sad

If you know what I mean. I feel fortunate, though. I missed Roadtrip.

[Flaxbee]

79. yes, I was just going to mention Tom Green...

who now has his own Internet TV "talk" show. Ugh.

[maxsolomon]

68. Paula Poundstone

never funny.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

72. Dane Cook.

Inexplicably popular, even though he sucks ass.

[peekaloo]

76. Agreed.

I don't get the appeal or the "humor".

[Strong Atheist]

74. Me. nt.

[bmbmd]

77. Bob Sagget.

He is disgusting.

[LostinVA]

81. Agreed -- incest jokes???

[RFKHumphreyObama]

82. Dennis Miller

Since he turned into a Bushbot, he's been obnoxious rather than funny

[iconoclastNYC]

85. Dice Clay

[Broken_Hero]

87. Ray Romano

I have seen bits of his comedy, and his tv show, and I don't care for him in the least bit...but, on the other hand...I do have a thing for his show...but not because of him.

On his show, his supporting cast, parents, wife, brother, steal the show for me...Romano is a whining, do nothing...

[Throd]

89. Paulie Shore

Bong induced retardo-snarkery performed in an irritating voice.

[Dukkha]

90. Yakov Smirnoff

in Russia, you also suck!

that cold war prop agana shtick got old in 5 minutes

[Rob H.]

93. I watched Richard Belzer do standup once

on TV back in the mid-90s. He's not the worst I've ever seen, and maybe he was having an off night, but sweet Jebus he was terrible. (For what it's worth, I'm a huge fan of his work in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit--when the show can be bothered to point the cameras at someone other than Hargitay and Meloni, that is.)

[Homer Wells]

96. Gilbert Gottfried (sp)

Just everything about him: his grating voice, his total lack of humor!!
Gadzooks, what a terrible comic (?)

:puke:

[scoey1953]

97. voting for emo phillips

Voting for Emo Phillips...just creeps me out.


Second choice: Dennis Miller. A real @$s(-)oLe.

[BikeWriter]

100. Dennis Miller, the arsehole.