Favorite comedian or comedienne ,living or not

[Lakers Fan]

My list :

George Carlin

Mort Sahl


Marilyn Michaels

[skymaster]

Johnathan Winters

George Carlin

Tim Conway

Larry, the Cable Guy

[balabusta]

My favorite comedian was Bob Hope. Not only because he brought so much humor to many people, but also he would visit our country's troups who were stationed in all corners of the globe. Bob Hope was a true american and a true patriot!

[ToddDH]

Oh so many to choose from..........

I guess I'd have to say mine is probably Red Skelton. Not only was he funny, his humor was clean.

Another was Paul Lynde.

Fran's is Totie Fields.

Todd

[Mean Dean]

Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis always cracked me up!

But for a more modern comedian, I'd have to say Robin Williams.

[Aerogirl]

Hands down George Carlin!
YouTube - George Carlin - Saving The Planet subtitulado (Jammin in NY Pt 7/7)

[earl]

Rodney Dangerfield and Dean Martin are my two favorites

[venice]

in his prime..Bill Cosby...great story teller and never dirty...his heir apparent Sinbad

current ..Jay Lamont..the human voice jukebox

[Parrot Mom]

Originally Posted by Henry43

My list :

George Carlin

Mort Sahl


Marilyn Michaels

We saw him a few years ago..and he h asn't changed his material and I don't think the show was an hour long (still wears a red sweater)...The people putting on the show were very upset.. Carlin I adored and I barely remember M.M.

[Parrot Mom]

Originally Posted by ToddDH

Oh so many to choose from..........

I guess I'd have to say mine is probably Red Skelton. Not only was he funny, his humor was clean.

Another was Paul Lynde.

Fran's is Totie Fields.

Todd

You can still see him on tv.. the old skits and y our right.. had a sad life after his son died.. Totie was Totie.. and a blast... Paul was right on the edge..

Getting scary...I remember all these people.

[Parrot Mom]

Originally Posted by skymaster

Johnathan Winters

George Carlin

Tim Conway

Larry, the Cable Guy

Don't know too much about Larry, the Cable Guy, but Tim Conway would break me up with Harvey Korman and Carol Burnett...

[Parrot Mom]

Originally Posted by balabusta

My favorite comedian was Bob Hope. Not only because he brought so much humor to many people, but also he would visit our country's troups who were stationed in all corners of the globe. Bob Hope was a true american and a true patriot!

Remember those days of Hope and Crosby movies.. but as a true patriot..I beg to differ..h e went to visit the troups, but turned around and sold the film /shows to the networks..I lost all respect for him. Oh yes.. I remember Martha Raye and Frances Langford too.. His son, Tony, is a lawyer in Washington and few know who is father was. There are many stars who go over there without fanfare to visit the troops now.. but they keep it under the radar..G-d Bless them..

Guess I'm older than dirt..lol

[Angela Z.]

Robin Williams
Angela Z.

[Lombard]

Originally Posted by Angela Z.

Robin Williams
Angela Z.

Me to, Robin Williams.

[Lakers Fan]

Originally Posted by Parrot Mom

We saw him a few years ago..and he h asn't changed his material and I don't think the show was an hour long (still wears a red sweater)...The people putting on the show were very upset.. Carlin I adored and I barely remember M.M.

MM is my cousin ,I am obligated to include her in all lists ,lol

[rollerdonna]

George Carlin, the Hippy dippy Weatherman. Forecast for tonight: Dark!

donna

[DougR.]

Bill Engvall

[Cruznut2]

Lucille Ball
Red Skelton
Bob Hope
Carol Burnett
Tim Conway
Robin Williams


Laura

[Fern]

From the US:

Dick VanDyke & his brother, Jerry VanDyke
Lucille Ball
Bob Newhart
John Ritter
Robin Williams

From GB:

Judy Dench
John Inman
Penelope Keith

[Parrot Mom]

I have the greatest respect and adore Joan Rivers. From the death of her husband she has turned herself into a successful business woman.. beside being a comic.. Had thought about seeing her show in Boston and weeks before it was completely sold out.. She doesn't take herself seriously...and makes fun of herself..

[katlady]

Charlie Chaplin
Danny Kaye
Donald O'Connor
Robin Williams
Robert Schimmel
Lisa Lampanelli
Eddie Murphy

[Parrot Mom]

DO YOU REALLY REMEMBER HIM? Yup, saw him in person several times.. his wife wrote all his material..

[apiper]

I'll go with Bob Hope. A great American even though he was born in London.

[Parrot Mom]

For an explanation I must tell you as a child growing up in the late 1940's and thereabouts... my mother used to take me into Boston to the RKO KEITH to see all the vaudevillian stage shows AND a movie on Saturday mornings. Thinking back last night the name of Spike Jones, Jerry Colonna, Senor Wences, Liberace (he wasn't a comic, but put on a great show) Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, etc. If there was one thing my mother gave me it was my love of theatre and Parrot Pop and I remember seeing a young comic in a musical..The Princess and the Pea..the young woman in Boston was Carol Burnett..The other musical was ?the Apple Tree... Barbra Streisand..all here in Boston and let's not talk about almost every single Sondheim pre-Broadway like Follies and Little Night Music..Camelot...and some bombs which were successfully "doctored" before NYC. That is one of the greatest legacies the love of live theatre that I have received.

[katlady]

Originally Posted by Parrot Mom

DO YOU REALLY REMEMBER HIM? Yup, saw him in person several times.. his wife wrote all his material..

Sylvia Fine was Danny Kaye's wife and she was really talent. I was a fan of AMC and found Wonder Man. After that I watched all his films I can find.

I heard he conducted the new york philharmonic in the flight of the bumble bee with a fly swatter. Here is a him conducting the audience.

[Fern]

Originally Posted by katlady

Sylvia Fine was Danny Kaye's wife and she was really talent. I was a fan of AMC and found Wonder Man. After that I watched all his films I can find.

I heard he conducted the new york philharmonic in the flight of the bumble bee with a fly swatter. Here is a him conducting the audience.

What a great clip! Thanks, katlady!

[Rev22:17]

Bob Hope

Jack Benny

Abbot & Costello

Tom Lehrer

Norm.

[Ron]

Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, Lucille Ball and last but not least, most members of Congress !!

[venice]

Ron..good one ::::::