Norm MacDonald
The moth joke, dirty johnny, country of germany, 9/11 compilation, ManGrate, guest appearance with courtney thorne-smith on conan.
Louis CK, the only man in the world funny enough to un-cancel himself
Lol true. Though it helps when half of your routine is to joke about how shitty of a person you think you are, and then it turns out that’s true, and people are like “yeah that checks out”
I’ll give you two, one living, one passed.
Randy Feltface is great with crowd work.
Mitch Hedberg was a genius with delivery, and even though I’ve seen most of his recorded work multiple times, I still laugh out loud.
I have a chance to see Randy Feltface live in December but may have to go by myself since my one standup buddy said he “can’t do puppets” lol. I mean I get the puppet hate but this isn’t like Jeff Dunham, Randy is actually legitimately funny to the point that you kinda forget you’re looking at a puppet.
also agreed on Mitch, RIP.
Craig Ferguson is probably my number one though. His specials aren’t even that great but the three times I’ve seen him live have been hysterical, and his Late Late Show was legendary imo, such a quick witted mind for improv.
Loved Ferguson. His books are worth a read, too.
James Acaster
He does tickle me good
James Acaster is the correct answer in here - he is hilariously funny and very progressive
“Can you tell us about your flapjack?”
"Started making it. Had a breakdown.
…Bon appetit."
- James Acaster
- Mitch Hedberg
- Stephen Wright
Love Mitch and Stephen - had never heard of James Acaster but took a chance based on your list and loved him :D thanks for the rec!
Bill Hicks
Patton Oswalt. I love that nerdy little hobbit man when he really gets on a rant.
Scrolled too far without seeing Weird Al listed. He may not do stand-up but he’s absolutely a comedian, and he’s been making me laugh consistently for 30 years now.
Mike Birbiglia
Nate Bargatze
Demetri Martin! One liners galore and fun visual “musical” comedy.
Fern Brady I find always makes me laugh, it’s like she’s enjoying herself and just bringing everyone else along for the ride. Even in interviews I just end up really enjoying myself.
Loved her on Taskmaster. “Have I met these potatoes before?!”
Between herself, John Kearns, and Munya, that season was a goldmine for ‘comedians I had never heard of before and ended up loving’.
I’ve never watched taskmaster you know? People keep saying I should but there’s just so much of it and only so much time in the day.
Try Fern’s season! You don’t have to watch any of the seasons in order, they all exist in a vacuum. And it’s all on YouTube! I say give S14 E1 a shot and see how you like it :)
Jim Gaffigan
The first time I saw Beyond the Pale I thought I was gonna die laughing.
Kyle Kinane
I saw him on Netflix and really enjoyed his set so I saw his live show and he delivered. Very funny guy. I am thinking of giving his podcast a chance although I have not heard of his cohost before. Do you recommend?
He’s on a few podcasts at this point. The boogie monster, where he cohosts with Dave Stone. I like that one. He also has one with Shane Torres called No accounting for taste. That one I have not seen but I’ve seen shorts from and it seems funny.
